Matthew Rankel
Senior Program Manager / Engagement Manager at VMware
- Role
- Senior Program Manager Engagement Manager at Vmware
- Location
- Morris Plains, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matthew Rankel
Dynamic results-oriented leader with twenty plus years specializing Cloud and Financial programs. Forward thinking, experienced PMO lead and a team builder dedicated to developing a culture of accountability and achieving positive results. Proven track record in managing client relationships from initiation through delivery execution. Create program strategy and roadmap through the gathering and prioritization of inputs, business goals and outcomes. Manage financials, resource plans, project plans and release timetables.Agile Transformation – Successfully led traditional project management teams through Agile transformation for multiple organizations; Developed and coached teams and Project Managers to become highly productive with an agile and growth mindsetKey words: PMO, Program delivery, Program and Project management, Cross Functional Teams, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Strategic Alliance, Budgets, Strategy, Planning, Relationship Building, Agile, Resourcing, Resource Management, Leadership Skills, Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Optimization, Business and System Analysis, Communications, Management Consulting, Consulting, Project Director
Experience
Senior Program Manager Engagement Manager
Aug 2015 — Present · NJ, US
Program Management Office (PMO) – Excel at solving complex business problems and working with Fortune 500 clients to develop and implement strategic technology solutions. Customer Leadership• Successfully managed multi-year $6M program at a large retail/pharmacy to deliver greenfield cloud infrastructure across 4 data centers, automated provisioning (to reduce from days to hours) and the migration of 10K VMs.• Specifically chosen to stabilize relationship with challenging customer/partner and deliver Software Defined Data Center to allow dynamic expansion and prevent Black Friday outage, successfully implemented the project on time.• Selected for 6-month special assignment to manage new corporate product designed to increase customer adoption engagement & investment. Managed team of 7 content creators to develop customizable product adoption plans.• Successfully partnered with large airline to design and deploy an enterprise hybrid cloud solution (vSphere, NSX, VRA, VRB, vROPS) to deliver key business outcomes - redundancy/failover capability, reducing server provisioning time (from several weeks to 5 hours) & build 3 greenfield Software Defined DC and retire legacy DC. Sales Collaboration• Coordinate with 6 salespeople & 1 manager to provide portfolio/pipeline support and drive customer success.• Partner with salespeople on large deals to ensure PMO engagement and to achieve customer objectives.Business Leadership and Management• Providing leadership, guidance and mentoring to Project Managers to support project delivery and compliance.• Collaborate with EUC & Cloud Practice managers to align on key programs, resource pipeline and risky projects.• Received Accelerate Award for S360 and Delivery Excellence Award for airline project.Financial Management• Manage Northeast Enterprise forecast and pipeline, contractor work orders and extensions, PM utilization, etc.• Work with Project Managers to help drive revenue and ensure forecast accuracy.
Education
Villanova University
B.S, Accounting
1987 — 1991
Baruch College
M.S, Computer Information Systems
1996 — 1998
NYU Stern School of Business
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Information Systems
1998 — 2001
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