Robert Odell

Robert Odell

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  • About me

    Retired after 30+ years in the travel and IT industries.

  • Education

    • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

      1970 - 1974
      Business Administration and Management, General
    • Tulsa Community College

      1992 - 1995
      Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science

      AS in Computer Science-PC Software emphasis.

    • Wisconsin School of Business

      1976 - 1978
      Business Administration and Management, General
  • Experience

    • American Airlines

      Oct 1988 - Jan 2001
      Project Manager

      Held various positions from Help Desk Specialist, Fare Base Analyst and Project Manager for AMR Y2K.

    • Sabre Corporation

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2003
      Project Manager

      Sabre sold business to Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

    • EDS Corporation

      May 2003 - Oct 2008
      Project Manager

      EDS was purchased by Hewlett-Packard

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Oct 2008 - Mar 2017

      Continuing my mainframe focus but with the new Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Primary focus on mainframe (zOS, TPF, VM) infrastructure hardware and system software implementations. Experienced in DASD storage (EMC/HDS/HP) and mainframe processor (IBM)installation and configuration. Virtual tape systems, mainframe monitoring systems (server-based), inter-platform projects and ESCON/FICON connectivity experience. 17 years of mainframe with 9+ years PMP certified. IT mainframe infrastructure project management. Included network connectivity, server installations and configurations, z/OS, VM and TPF mainframe processor, DASD and virtual tape hardware installations. Project values from $100K to $25m.

      • IT Project Manager

        Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
      • Project Manager

        Oct 2009 - Oct 2015
      • Project Manager

        Oct 2008 - Oct 2009
    • DXC Technology

      Apr 2017 - Jan 2019
      Project Manager

      Continuing with mainframe infrastructure project management with DXC Technologies, following the merger of HPE Enterprise Services and CSC.

    • No Company

      Feb 2019 - now
      Retired
    • Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus

      Aug 2019 - May 2020
      Student in Pharmacy Technology

      Completed Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) training 5/22/2020.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PMP

      Project Management Institute