Anabisdally Castro

Anabisdally castro

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director Project & Program Manager at Cisco

  • Education

    • Rochester institute of technology

      2000 - 2003
      Master of science (ms) mathematics and statistics
    • University of puerto rico-mayaguez

      1992 - 1997
      Bachelor of science (bs) chemical engineering

      Activities and Societies: Member of the TAU BETA PI society

  • Experience

    • Eastman kodak

      Aug 1997 - Nov 2011
      Technical project manager
    • United states department of defense

      Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
      It program manager

      CDS Program ManagerResponsible for organizing, directing, and coordinating the planning and execution of program and technical support activities for delivery of Cross Domain Solutions (CDS). Managed a team of 43 contractors and 6 government civilians responsible for deployment and implementation of Cross Domain Solutions. These CDSs facilitate exchange of information across networks with varying security protocols encompassing a unified system of hardware and software. Responsibilities included providing strategically cost-effective solutions to an array of modern day military and intelligence operations, the flawless functioning of which is contingent on seasonable information sharing. As the Cross Domain Solutions Program Manager, a key area of responsibility was the oversight of a multi-million dollar budget as well as ensuring that all customer requirements were satisfied in accordance with the Program Schedule. Significant accomplishments included:· Streamlining and developing new operational processes which resulted in 50% cycle time reduction for selected services. · Validation and re-definition of program deliverables to successfully re-baseline the Program, reaching the delivery of a Final Operational Capability in 9 months which was within budget and schedule. Show less

    • Raytheon cyber products

      Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
      It program manager

      Responsible for managing multiple subcontracts in support of the Department of Defense operations at Ft. Meade. Priorities include providing program oversight and coordination for the work being performed by the different deployment teams as well as staffing of the various programs. Additional responsibilities involve reporting weekly status updates to stakeholders, including risk assessment and appropriate mitigation plans as well as ensuring budget and schedules for requirement deliveries are adhered to for each program. Show less

    • The select group

      Sept 2015 - Jul 2017
      It project manager

      Responsible for managing >$20M/yr multi-year contract for a Cisco customer. This major contract consists of a team of 40 network engineers and 5 project managers that support the customer on a full time basis. In the operational front, key priorities include providing program oversight, coordination of the work being performed by the different deployment teams, managing high visibility project, providing frequent project/program updates, assessment of risk along with mitigation plans,staffing of the various projects and ensuring program deliverables are submitted to the customer per the outlined schedule. In addition, from the business and strategic perspective responsibilities include both internal and external stakeholder engagement, budget oversight and control and growth opportunity discussions and engagement with sales and account team. Show less

    • Cisco

      Jun 2017 - now
      • Director

        Feb 2022 - now
      • Strategy and Planning Manager

        Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
      • PMO Manager

        Jun 2017 - Dec 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Safe agilist certification certification

      Safe
    • Dawia level 2 certification in program management

      Dod
      Sept 2014
    • Itil v3.0 fundamentals

      Jan 2014
    • Data science @cisco green belt

      Cisco
      Apr 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Project management professional (pmp)

      Project management institute
      Apr 2012
    • Portfolio management professional (pfmp)®

      Project management institute
      Jan 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Pgmp

      Project management institute
      Jul 2018
    • Data science for leaders

      Nc state executive education
      Mar 2021
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Anabisdally Castro
      Technical Oscar for Development of Vision2 500T Color Negative Film Montion Picture Academy Apr 2008 Technical Award to the Eastman Kodak technical team for the development of a new fine grain, improved images structure high speed Motion Picture Color Negative Film.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Math Tutor

      Issued by American Red Cross on Jan 1998
      American Red CrossAssociated with Anabisdally Castro