John Antuna

Experience

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  GTE

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1988

  Member of Technical Staff

  Developed a debugging tool, Telephony Applications Computer Operating System (TACOS), for use in conjunction with the GTD5 switchDevelopment of call processing software for the GTD5 switch

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  AT&T

  Jan 1988 - Jun 1995

  Member of Technical Staff

  Software application developer on the ACP (Advanced Communications Package) and the Telecommunication Resource Management Systems (TeRMS, which was the predecessor for the TMS5 system). Designated expert on various features and eventually the entire system. Responsible for maintaining software deliverables for 30 Tier 1 customers

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  Comnet International

  Jul 1995 - Jan 2002

  Director of Software Development

  Joined Comnet, an employee spinoff of AT&T, to lead the software application development, testing and professional services for several product lines. Opened an offshore software development center in 1996 in Chennai India to facilitate the staff augmentation business model as well as support our own internal initiatives. I was responsible for staffing, offshore resource management, providing effort estimates for work to be performed, negotiating 3rd Party software and hardware purchases and contracts (vendor management), software release management, providing expert consultation in software development and overseeing and pricing professional services for various projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Show less

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  Comnet International/Infinite Computer Solutions

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2012

  Senior Director/VP Software Development

  Grew the IT outsourcing company to approximately 350 resources. My responsibilities included planning, leading, and executing $20MM in annual IT outsourced initiatives, requiring management of ~350 on/offshore resources.- Established revenue and margin targets for each fiscal year- Established project management guidelines for the organization- Prepared the IT budget and approved all IT purchases- Primary negotiator for multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts related to development, support, IP sharing, liability, and professional services- Negotiated key deliverables, managed client expectations, and maintained collaborative relationships with clients’ top-level executives- Oversaw the negotiation of contracts to transfer customers’ employees into the organization-Uncovered new software development opportunities with new/existing clients.- Managed multiple US/offshore software application development teams implementing both Waterfall and Agile methodologies- Vendor management of over 40 vendors Show less

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  GLG

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Senior Consultant

  IT Executive specializing in offshore software application development, Offshore resource management, Vendor Management, PMO, IT infrastructure and Agile teams.Provide strategic management consulting to executives at financial and investment institutions, life science companies, the Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurs around the globe. Confidential telephone consultations provide Gerson Lehrman Group clients with custom, direct, and rapid access to perspectives from Council Members, helping them make more informed business decisions. Based on a specific client query, proprietary GLG technology enables clients to quickly locate a variety of highly relevant Council Members. Show less

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  Navistar Inc

  Mar 2013 - May 2015

  Sr. Manager, IT Applications Maintenance, Support and Development/Lean Leader

  Managing support and development teams for 180+ internal and 3rd party applications across the enterprise. The teams being managed provide Tier 2 through Tier 4 support plus development activities across a broad range of technology including C, ASP.net, C#, Java, Perl, Oracle, JBoss, Windows XP, Windows 7 and others. Chosen to lead the Lean initiatives for the IT organization.

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  Professional Benefit Administrators, Inc.

  May 2015 - Feb 2019

  Director of Information Services

  Responsible for managing the infrastructure and application development teams for the company.- Investigated and implemented IT security methodologies - 2-factor authentication (DUO), TLS connections, secure email methodologies, Cisco VPN, Cisco Umbrella, etc.- Responsible for defining the technology stack- Recruiting and Team Building- Introduced the Agile methodology- Introduced Change and Risk management- Drove the creation of a secondary data center- Develop business continuity and disaster recovery plans- Created budget for the organization - Defined the application development and infrastructure road maps - Led migration to O365- Led migration of data center to cloud infrastructure(Azure) for redundancy Show less

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  GLG

  Feb 2019 - now

  Senior Consultant

  Provide strategic management consulting to executives at financial and investment institutions, life science companies, the Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurs around the globe. Confidential telephone consultations provide Gerson Lehrman Group clients with custom, direct, and rapid access to perspectives from Council Members, helping them make more informed business decisions. Based on a specific client query, proprietary GLG technology enables clients to quickly locate a variety of highly relevant Council Members. Show less

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  Health Care Service Corporation

  Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

  Sr. Resource Manager for Health Analytics

  Lead multiple teams of development professionals in a matrix organization to deliver valuable health analytics data to groups of business consumers. The teams are all using the Agile methodology in conjunction with Hadoop, Talend, Hive, Spark and JIRA.

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  RSM US LLP

  May 2020 - now

  Client Technology Advisor

  Manager with the Technology and Management Consulting group of RSM’s Great Lakes practice. Extensive experience working with clients regarding system selection, system implementation and process improvement. Specializes in providing comprehensive services to solve complex business issues in the areas of performance management, IT strategy, IT outsourcing, IT risk, and cloud computing.