Don Workman

Don Workman

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Licensed Financial Consultant, guest speaker, servant leader " Chase the Vision, not the money"
Rowlett, Texas, United States
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  • WealthGuard Solutions
    Licensed Financial Consultant
    WealthGuard Solutions
    Jul 2020 - Current (6 years 4 months)
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    Caretaker
    Took time to care for sick loved ones
    Feb 2019 - Dec 2019 (11 months)
    Took care of elderly parents and inlaws
  • Data Agility Group Inc DAG
    Sr Project Manager
    Data Agility Group Inc DAG
    Aug 2017 - Jun 2018 (11 months)
    Led in development of project schedules and timeline, gaining buy in and acceptance from all stakeholders.
    • Manage and Monitor the global team’s progress on each project
    • Develops communication, risk management, project charters and alternate strategies based upon customer needs
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    USPS ITO Project Manager
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    May 2015 - May 2017 (2 years 1 month)
    • Provides leadership oversight for infrastructure implementations and
    facilitate development of project timeline, gaining buy in and acceptance of key stakeholders.
    • Assist and oversee current implementation planning process, Provide leadership and oversight for the projects.
    Monitor team’s progress against timeline and hold resources accountable for deliverables
    Monitor and manage project tasks assigned to team
    Participate in regular project team meetings
    Provides leadership oversight for infrastructure implementations and facilitate development of project timeline, gaining buy in and acceptance of key stakeholders.
    Assist and oversee current implementation planning process, Provide leadership and overs
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    Facilities Project Manager- Contractor
    Bal
    Feb 2015 - May 2015 (4 months)
    Responsible for creating, tracking, communicating all facets for facility build out and expansion projects.
    Developed cost analysis is essential to getting a project off the ground.
    Created and cultivated relationships with C-level partners, designers, architects, and contractors are also an important part of my job.
    Lead projects in Dallas, San Francisco, and Houston.
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    CEO
    Data Imaging Services LLC
    Jun 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 7 months)
    Data Imaging Services mission is to provide records management - data-imaging- project management for small to medium sized companies in all industries.
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    Project Management Consultant
    Workman Consulting
    Oct 2008 - Apr 2013 (4 years 7 months)
    Worked at various projects.
    • Assist with business efforts related to integration and network projects
    • Conducts technical and project related research
    • Successfully provides expert planning, in partnership with client/users, business technical issue analysis
    • Effectively identifies, evaluates and develops viable systems and realistic, functional procedures
    • Spearheads and collaborates with project teams to develop, process, or redesign to meet changing client needs
    • Delivers expert recommendations for cutting edge automation opportunities with ability for future upgrades
    • Demonstrates in-depth understanding of supporting technologies, platforms and application
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    SYSTEMS INTEGRATION CONSULTANT
    Perot Systems Corp
    Sep 2005 - Oct 2008 (3 years 2 months)
    • Responsible for data center migrations from client’s facility to the facilities in Plano, TX and Woonsocket, RI. With client participation and approval, performed background due diligence data collection, logistic organization. Facilitated the transfer and set up of the equipment. As a systems engineer we tested network connectivity prior to server moves, server compatibility, and condition.
    • Moving into the Project Management area, part of a collaborative team who successfully relocated the data center for clients utilizing ITIL Service Management tools, SLDC, and PMP methodologies including meeting facilitation.
    • Cultivated relationships with cross-functional teams in a matrix environment from networking, storage, VMware an
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    TECHNICAL OPERATIONS MANAGER
    Novo Market Research
    May 2002 - Nov 2004 (2 years 7 months)
    Initially brought in as the help desk/network administrator, managing all servers and telephone changes and issues; I soon found my role expanding and changing immensely to include more project management tasks.
    • Responsible for all key technical operations activities, budgets and continuous processes improvements
    • Responsible for RFPs regarding purchase of all new equipment, including phone system, computers, and peripherals and managing all vendor activity.
    • Utilized Windows XP, Cisco networking, and Avaya VoIP networking.
    • Identified and initiated the need for and created policy and procedures that resolved need for improvement of network security, network efficiency, and minimize system interruption
    • Tech
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    Support Specialist
    Vinson Elkins LLC
    Nov 2000 - Jul 2001 (9 months)
    Supplied complete hardware/software, telecom and training support to 350+ users during an office-wide conversion.
    Communicated with various levels of staff requiring support.
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    Certification, CSM
    Skillograph
    Jul 2021 - Aug 2021 (2 months)
    Certificate of Customer Service Management
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    Certificate, Six Sigma Green Belt
    Learning ESchool
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 (1 year)
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    Scrum Master
    LearningESchool
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)
    Scrum Master Certificate
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    Certification, CISO
    Cybary Inc
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (1 year)
    this is a certification course for the purpose of making those in technology better leaders in the area of information security.
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    Certification, Project Management
    Grey Campus
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (1 year)
    This is a boot camp course to prep me to take the PMP exam. i am scheduled to take the exam 3/20/2020.
  • NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER
    Certification, Project Management
    NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER
    Jan 2013 - Dec 2013 (1 year)
    This course provided me the tools necessary to become a better project manager. It wasn't however a sponsored PMI course, although it did count for course work when applying to take the exam.
  • Liberty University
    MBA, International Management
    Liberty University
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 (2 years)
    Graduate work in International Management
    Cost Management
    Marketing Management
    Corporate Finance
    Financial Management
    Business Driven Technology
  • University of Phoenix
    B.S, E-business
    University of Phoenix
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2006 (4 years)
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    SHA Data Center Migration
    Apr 2013
    Migrate Physical/Virtual Windows, Mainframe, UNIX, environments from Phoenix, AZ and Conway, AR to Dallas, TX. Implement Service Management Processes and Procedures using Summit ITSM tool.
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    Wolters Kluwer Datacenter Migration
    Jun 2005 - Jun 2007 (2 years 1 month)
    This project was originally conceived as a physical migration of servers into Perot datacenters but evolved into a physical to virtual datacenter migration when I proposed what would become the first virtual enterprise environment built at Perot Systems. My involvement in this project included, but was limited to, the initial proposal, creation of a proof of concept, a whitepaper and documentation, deployment of a multi-tiered ESX 2.5 production environment with vCenter, P2V migration, and administration.
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    WK Data Center Migration
    Complex Data Center Migration from various client locations throughout North America to data centers in Plano, TX and Woonsocket, RI.
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    Award of Excellence
    Perot Systems Corp
    Apr 2007