
Victor Blanco
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About me
ITSM Solution Consultant and Customer Onboarding Manager
Education

Centro Técnico de Entrenamiento (CTE)
2010 - 2010MS 70-236 – Configuring MS Exchange 2007 MS Exchange
Centro Técnico de Entrenamiento (CTE)
2008 - 2008MS 70-294 – Windows 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
Milestone Training Center, New York
2007 - 2007IronPort SMTP Gateway and Anti-Spam System Anti-Spam System
Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano (CCCN)
2005 - 2006English Now Program / English at Work Program
Instituto Nacional de Electrónica y Tecnología (INET)
2001 - 2001Computer Maintenance Technician
Colegio Técnico Profesional Mario Quirós Sasso
1996 - 1998Programming Technician
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
2000 - 2004Bachelor of Computer System Engineer Computer System
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
2002 - 20031st and 2nd modules of CCNA of Cisco Networking Academy
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
2009 - 2011Master degree on Project Management Project Management
Experience

Formularios Rosesa
Jan 1999 - Apr 2004IT ConsultantComputer Technician and Graphic Designer

Maersk
Apr 2004 - Feb 2007IT Support TechnicianMAERSK LINE Global Service Center (April, 2004 - February, 2007)November, 2005 – February, 2007: IT Consultant• Being part of the selected team who closed operations of the center in Costa Rica• Application Tester / Deliver training for final users• Provide end-users support (applications and PCs)• Server support assistant (patching, backups, installation, etc)• Website support for www.maerskline.com and IntranetJanuary, 2005 – November, 2005: Data Quality Assurance AgentApril, 2004 – January, 2005: Documentation Agent Show less

HP
Feb 2007 - Feb 2015Position: Transition Service Manager:- Manage Transition to HP support model for new clients obtaining Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) - Messaging and Collaboration (M&C) services- Engage Account Executive, Pursuit team and Solution team to work with them on understanding the contract and deliverables to define the Onboarding Plan for the client- Be the liaison among internal/external teams involved in the onboarding of new clients - Be the ITIL processes owner to represent ECS M&C in processes alignment discussions- Actively work on defining setup of the toolset for the client, including Configuration Management, Request Portal, and Ticketing systems- Work with Support teams to setup Servers Performance Monitoring system and identify criteria for future growth- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and move to production phasesPosition: Team Leader:- Be the primary point of contact for M&C clients for day to day operations- Ensure team delivers support under client`s Service Level Agreements- Prepare Improvement Plans when SLAs are not met- Work with the team’s Level 3 Engineers on analyzing servers performance reports and identify future capacity needs, as well as to ensure optimum use is made of existing hardware/software resources- Assist Team Manager on staff recruiting, including interviews and participation in job fairs- Collaborate to Team Manager on staff evaluations and prepare staff improvement plans - Be mentor for new team members Show less
Cloud M&C Transition Service Manager and Team Leader
Aug 2011 - Feb 2015Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Support Engineer
Feb 2007 - Jul 2011

HP Enterprise Services
Mar 2015 - Mar 2017Information Technology Project ManagerNote: HPE was previously part of Hewlett-Packard (HP)Projects: o Deployment of new ServiceNow IT Service Management toolset (including Integration with HPE and 3rd party tools)o Deployment of Hitachi Self Service Password Reset Systemo Transition of Deskside support for ~14,000 users located across 26 locationsResponsabilities:o Review contracts and identify objectives and clarify assumptionso Identify customer requirements and dependencieso Work closely with Technologies Subject Matter Experts on defining design solutionso Define and manage the project plano Manage project issues, decisions and risks, including escalation to sponsorso Report project progress, status and forecasto Manage scope changeso Manages project budget and resources (including Third Party resources) Show less

DXC Technology
Apr 2017 - May 2019Information Technology Project ManagerNote: HP Enterprise - Services unit merged with CSC, and formed DXC TechnologyProjects: o Transition from DXC/AT&T Network Toolset to Customer’s dedicated toolseto Stand up a Network Operations Team for a client, including hiring, knowledge transfer, and processes definitiono Upgrade of MS Exchange environment to Exchange 2016 on Virtual Environmento Migration of around 25,000 mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016o Cross-forest migration of around 3,000 mailboxes from an acquisition companyo Migration of 13 TB of Enterprise Vault archived data to MS Exchange mailboxesResponsibilities:o Review contracts and identify objectives and clarify assumptionso Identify customer requirements and dependencieso Work closely with Technologies Subject Matter Experts on defining design solutionso Define and manage the project plano Manage project issues, decisions and risks, including escalation to sponsorso Report project progress, status and forecasto Manage scope changeso Manages project budget and resources (including Third Party resources) Show less

HP
Jun 2019 - nowConsult with presales contractual business teams in solutioning ITSM ServiceNow into new customer deals. Also assist customers with ITSM ServiceNow to HP ServiceNow for Incident/Case Management and Asset hardware integration. Integration includes leading customer meetings, project planning, testing, and final signoff. - Responsible to define scope, plan and implement customer onboarding projects on the ServiceNow platform. - Contributor on development of new offerings based on the ServiceNow platform.- Participate in the Agile development lifecycle, writing stories, grooming, and testing.- Lead the ITSM Level 1 Support team responsible to manage user incidents related to ITSM platform.
ITSM Solution Consultant and Customer Onboarding Manager
Dec 2023 - nowCustomer Onboarding Manager and L1 Support Lead
Jun 2019 - Dec 2023
Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft Specialist: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013/2016
Microsoft- View certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificatein IT Service Management
EXINJul 2013 - View certificate

Certified Integrator Secure Cloud Services
EXINJan 2015 - View certificate
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Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile;Download Free Scrum Body of Knowledge(340 pages)Mar 2016 - View certificate

Information Security Foundation (based on ISO/IEC 27002)
EXINJan 2015 - View certificate

MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuration
MicrosoftOct 2011 - View certificate

Project Manager Professional (PMP)
Project Management InstituteMar 2018 - View certificate

MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional
MicrosoftApr 2012 - View certificate

Cloud Computing Foundation Certificate
EXINSept 2014 - View certificate

CompTIA Cloud Essentials
CompTIASept 2014
Languages
- inIngles
- esEspañol
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