James Roche, PMP, CSM

Experience

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  FM Global

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1987

  Scientific Programmer
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  Stratus Technologies

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1995

  Project Manager
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  Fidelity Investments

  Sept 1995 - Jun 2013

  Managed team of Systems Administrators/Engineers in the US and India accountable for all AIX, Solaris, Windows, Symantec HA and HP, IBM, and Oracle/Sun hardware support. Oversaw server lifecycle management for 1,700 AS400, UNIX, Linux, Windows, SAN, and DAS systems. Responsibilities included budgeting, procurement, implementation, support, and retirement. Participated in contract negotiations establishing & monitoring service level agreements with service providers. Implemented minor organizational realignments to lessen impact on technical staff and prevent knowledge holes within the organization. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Sept 2003 - Jun 2013

  • Systems Administration Manager

    Sept 1995 - Sept 2003
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  Citizens

  Dec 2013 - Sept 2021

  VP Sr. Program Manager

  Leader of transformative infrastructure technologies bringing Citizens Bank to the cutting edge competitive model. Enjoyed deploying Virtual desktop, enterprise network upgrades, Appdynamics and Datadog implementation to critical tier 1 applications, ServiceNow implementation, etc.

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  Intact Technology

  Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

  Sr Program Manager - Federal Government Consulting

  Leader of transformative technology programs including network cloud, desktop virtualization, ITIL service management to the cloud (problem, change, incident, asset discovery functions to private and public cloud solutions). Core methodologies include PMI-PMBOK waterfall with increased focus on AGILE, Kanban and Scrum methodologies. PMP & Scum Master Certifications.

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  Harvard Partners, LLP

  Oct 2022 - now

  Managing Director of Professional Services

  Leads Technology Integrations at Financial Services Companies.