John Clark, PMP

Experience

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  ANPAC

  Aug 1988 - May 1989

  Programmer

  As a programmer at ANPAC I was responsible for writing batch COBOL programs for the claims processing system.

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  DST Systems

  Dec 1998 - Dec 2018

  •Used analytical leadership and IT project management skills to drive technical, business, and vendor teams to collaborate to resolve a performance issue within a key business process that had existed for 4 years. Researched the documentation from the vendor on the equipment and provided direction for detailed troubleshooting. All issues were isolated and resolved.•Used IT Project Management skills to design and lead the project to centralize the mail center functions of a major acquisition.•Developed the IT strategy, business case, and plan to integrate an acquisition that was equal in size to DST Systems, Inc.•Achieved a 50% reduction in the time required to complete IT M&A research using Process Improvement methodologies to implement standards.•Honorable Mention for the “Tom McDonnell Award for Innovation” Show less •Provided project management and analytical skills to identify and coordinate activities to achieve $4M in annual synergies•Identified $10M in technology costs used to negotiate a reduced price for a deal•Identified a suboptimal technology platform that influenced a decision not to pursue a deal•Reduced the time to produce the monthly Disaster Recovery incident reporting by 95%, from 120 hours to 5 hours•Reduced the number of repeat Disaster Recovery issues by 30% in twelve months•Standardized the alerting process for a custom application, eliminating 100% of false alerts Show less •Led a cross-functional project team to reduce the mainframe recovery time by 12 hours through standardization and automation.•Developed and coordinated the IT project plan to implement a strategy to reduce the time-to-market for a key business area from 8 weeks to 3 days.•Setup, managed, and led the PMO for the UNIX and Mainframe environments.•Led and coordinated the projects to standardize the upgrade of mainframe components, resulting in a reduction in upgrade timeframes by 25%.•Led improvements in UNIX asset management reporting, processes, and integration with the delivery and integration teams; resulting in inventory accuracy of 99% in 6 months.•Led improvements in standardization, prioritization, and business unit engagement for UNIX and mainframe projects, resulting in a 70% improvement in delivery.•Received the “Recognition of Excellence” award Show less

  • Lead - IT Governance, Strategy, and Planning Specialist

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  • System Software Admin Consultant

    Feb 2014 - Jan 2018

  • Systems Manager MF / UNIX

    Dec 1998 - Feb 2014
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  Tallgrass Technologies

  Jul 2019 - Sept 2020

  Project Manager
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  Perspecta

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2021

  Project Manager
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  Peraton

  Apr 2021 - now

  Project Manager