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    B.J. Margoes
    114 Hardy Circle
    Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
    (925) 935-4245
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    Seeking technical management position utilizing over twenty-five years of experience.  
    
    Security Standards, Compliance, and Business Risk Assessments and Audits, IT Infrastructure Management, IT and Network Assessments, Performance and Capacity Planning, Strategic and Tactical Architectural Planning, Engagement and Project Management, Interactive Information Methodologies, Organizational and Operational Processes,  Procedures, Bench-Marking, and Cost Effectiveness.     
    
    Management experience encompasses over twenty-five years of multiple organizational management positions, extensive staff administration, executive management liaison, task force, and team leadership roles. Management skills include organizational and staff development, the establishment of interactive performance and capacity planning organizations, communications service centers, business planning, vendor management, proposals, contract negotiation, technical training, presentation development and delivery, sales, and marketing.
    
    Network Process Management focuses on the integral flow of interactive corporate data that  
    includes network management systems, data and traffic collection, design modeling and simulation studies, tariff /cost database, disaster recovery capabilities, benchmarking, repository database interaction, and the automated production of actionable management reporting.
    
    Technical experience encompasses all levels of data, voice, and systems networking.  Design, engineering, integration, capacity planning, performance, traffic analysis, optimization, tariff analysis, disaster recovery, security, and cost justification.  Engagement and project management, implementation, technology assessment, product evaluations, interactive database development, automated reporting, and technical management presentations.
    
    Financial background includes corporate banking and financial institution mergers and acquisition re-engineering, financial analysis, auditing, budget, inventory, cost analysis and projections, billing, telecommunications tariff impact analysis, profit and loss management, bank operations, cost effective programs, and the establishment of actionable management reporting.
    
     
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
    
    PolyCommerce, Inc.									2002-Present
    Professional Services Business Development Advisor, Principal IT Security Engagements
    
    •	IT Security Business Development Advisor, responsible for joint development of PolyCommerce IT Professional Consulting Service offerings, methodologies, business plans, staffing, training, sales, performing, and project and engagement management.
    •	IT Security Health Check engagements encompass the ten ISO 17799 areas for security standards. Engagements focus on the assessment and analyis of a companies current strategic security policies, procedures, and technical environments, and the recommendations to meet their future business requirements and compliance.  
    
    IBM Global Services									1997-2001
    IBM Certified Network Principal
    
    •	IBM Certified Networking Principal, IT Consulting Services, responsible for development and delivery of the “West Coast Network Design, Modeling, Performance, and Application  Simulation Team.” This team enhanced the IBM Network Methodology through the use of evaluated industry leading networking tools that include Network Design, Modeling and Performance Simulation tools, data collection, application tracing, WAN pricing tools.  
       
    	Network Strategy and Design included assessments in: Performance and Networks Capacity Planning and Management projects, Architectures and Advanced Technology; Infrastructure and Organizational Processes and Procedures; Information Security Risk, Business, and Compliance Assessments; Operations, Help Desk, Data Center Environments, Facilities, and Benchmarking.  Engagement and Project Management in IT Consulting, 
    
    •	Network Consulting Principal in the Great Lakes Region of IBM Global Services.   Responsibilities were to provide enterprise wide networking and systems solutions.  I developed engagements and formed technical teams to deliver solutions.  I initiated and developed a pilot program offering that encompassed the use of industry specific Network Design Modeling and Simulation tools, and developed the methodologies and business case for implementation, both in the Great Lakes Region and the IBM Performance & Capacity Planning National Practice. 
    
    
    KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP								1996 to 1997
    Manager, Strategic Services Consulting, West Coast Region
    
    •	Manager in the Enterprise Network Consulting Services Group.  Responsible for bringing in a Nationwide Business Plan that focused on enterprise Network Capacity Planning and Management solutions.  Developed a team with specific technical skills in Network Management Systems, Data Collection, Network Design utilizing Modeling and Simulation Tools, Network Information Repository Data Base, and Network Infrastructure development.  Network dimensions included architecture, operations, facilities, and organization.
    •	Engagement Manager and performer on multiple, successful client network engagements including a final strategic review on a start up low orbiting earth satellite company, an annual strategic review on one of the nation’s top clothing manufacturers, and a large state agencies  detailed network design and infrastructure to support new application traffic and technologies.   
    
    
    SYSTEMS & NETWORKS, Santa Clara, California				1995 to 1996
    (Cadence / Alta Group subsidiary)
    Manager, Consulting Services
    
    •	Developed and managed a Professional Consulting Service Group that specialized in network modeling and simulation consulting services, capacity planning, enterprise network solutions, and establishing interactive corporate capacity planning organizations for clients.
    •	As a management team member developed business plans, organizational structures, marketing scope, proposals, and channel partner development.  Directly responsible for   developing and managing a certification training group, and delivered consulting sales presentations jointly with sales staff to key customers, while performing individual consulting assignments.  
    
    
    INDEPENDENT CONSULTING						1993 to 1995
    
    •	Conducted multiple contract consulting assignments specializing in data and voice networking projects.  Projects encompassed an overall scope of capacity, strategic, and contingency planning issues that included network design, traffic engineering, modeling and simulation, application sizing network impacts, product evaluations, end to end network automation reporting, and infrastructure organization development. 
    
    •	Strategic development and implementation of Data Network Capacity Planning for a large express package delivery company.  This enterprise network plan development included network management systems, data collection devices, information downloading capabilities to network modeling and simulation tools, network design, and repository data base reporting capabilities.  Completed evaluation process for analytical and simulation modeling tools. This included the purchase, implementation, and staff training.  Contributed in the cost effective design of a new frame relay based data network and new client server application sizing relative to traffic analysis impacts.  
    
    •	Jointly developed with a large stock brokerage client a long term, corporate wide enterprise Network Capacity Planning department.  Working closely with management to evaluate their current environment, I created and delivered the plan, processes, products, people skills and staff, project time frames and tracking, costs and budget impacts, successes, benefits, and management presentations.  Interfaced effectively on a political level with key infrastructure management, and  organizational partners through interviews, and presentations. 
    
    •	Published in the May 22, 1995 InfoWorld technical magazine, a two page article titled “How To Get The Most Out Of Modeling Tools,” which produced an industry wide product comparison of network analytical and simulation modeling tools, and a “Decision Analysis Matrix” (DAM) identifying the categories, weighing criteria, and relative costs required to produce your own product evaluation format.
    
    
    BANK OF AMERICA, San Francisco and Concord, California			1974 to 1993
    Senior Systems Consultant
    
    1989 to 1993
    •	Headed and developed a Data Network and Systems Capacity Planning Task Force that successfully supported corporate wide organizations.  Responsible for identifying multiple cost savings programs.  Recipient of exceptional performance awards.
    
    •	Developed data network capacity planning functions including transmission and traffic analysis tracking and optimization recommendations, projections of network carrier and hardware costs, assessment of hardware and software requirements, development of an interactive organizational data base, and production of actionable management reporting.
    
    1974 to 1989
    •	Responsible for developing Technical Training curriculum for the BofA Systems Engineering (BASE) training organization.  Assessed and developed telecommunications courses, including writing technical course documentation, and produced a technical training career path catalog.   Provided instruction in Traffic Engineering & Network Design, Voice and Data Network Communications, and Interpersonal Skills Development.
    
    •	Management team responsibilities in the planning, development, and implementation of BofA’s communications centers and help desk operations.  This included systems automation development, project management, industry analysis, evaluations, RFP’s, procedures, problem resolution, trouble tracking data base development, and staff development.  Performed multiple management roles concurrently while directing over 100 supervisors and staff.
    
    •	Key member of the BofA Resource Planning organization that produced the first corporate telecommunications strategic plan.  Responsible for the initial design and sizing of BofA’s Retail Teleservicing Centers, and the identification of a multi-million dollar cost containment program implemented by corporate management.
    
    •	Project management and implementation of BofA’s Voice Network that consisted of over 1200 locations and 70,000 users.  Responsibilities also included team leadership, marketing, and end user training.  Recipient of team leadership and exceptional performance awards.  
    
    •	Telecommunications regulatory analysis and reporting included tariff impacts for California, Domestic US, and over 90 International locations.  Interfaces included CPUC, FCC, PTT’s, and international regulatory agencies.
    
    EDUCATION & AWARDS
    
    University of Detroit, Golden Gate University, Michigan State, College of San Mateo, Canada College, and Diablo Valley College exceeded BA requirements. 
    Certifications:  
    	IBM Certified in Networking 
    	IBM IT Strategic Management, Processes, and Procedures.
    Additional completions of over 85 accredited technical and management courses.
    
    Recipient of multiple exceptional performance awards for multi-million dollar cost savings projects, team building and leadership, project management, IT training, human resource and technical development, and marketing.
    
    
    AFFILIATIONS
    
    Active member of nationwide CMG - Computer Measurements Group
    Selective active memberships include: TCA, ICA, WIT, AWC, ISSA.
    
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