Resume of Steven Laudani

1. Resume of
Steven A. Laudani
2203 Persimmon Trek Primary Phone: 804‐512‐1751
Richmond, Virginia 23233 ​Steven.Laudani@gmail.com
Summary of ​Qualifications:
● Masters Certification in Project Management ­ George Washingto​n University
● 20​+ years’ experience in program/project management including; 15+ years’ experience managing large complex projects
● Financial, manufacturing, retail, ​and inventory management experience
● Strong interpersonal skills​ w​ith effective negotiating and conflict resolution
● Demonstrated record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
● Successful and proven ​experience managing project dynamics
● Strong communications skills; listens, speaks and w​rites effectively
● Insists on excellence, d​rives for results, and initiates improvements
● 10 years’ experience (development, support, training) on Military (Joint Services) projects
● Empowers others, coaches and develops project members, holds others accountable and builds effective teams
Experience:
Markel (6/2014 – 12/2015) ​Senior Program Manager with Morton Consulting
● Managed a key Markel initiative (Data Center Consolidation Program) affording future growth along with a significant cost
savings by consolidating the existing 7 legacy data center environments into two new “greenfield” data centers in Sandston,
Va. and Atlanta, Ga. (Disaster Recovery Site).
● Design and Implementation of EMC’s Hybrid Cloud technology including self –provisioning
● Design and Implementation of VMWARE’s virtual network (NSX)
● Design and Implementation of Cloud Services security model
● Migrated 3000 servers (Virtual and Physical), 600 TB of data and 800 applications
● Successfully completed IT application and End­User testing
TKL Product Corp (9/2013 – 6/2014) ​Senior Project Manager / Manufacturing Engineering
● Developed​ manufacturing process improvements for the plant including:​ Vacuum Forming​ (plastic), ​Robotic Trimming,
Aluminum Valence bending/staking and Robotic Foam distribution
Altria (7/2013 – 8​/2013) ​Senior Project Manager with Artek/IBM
● Responsible for managing​ two large network remediation’s in Franklin Park and Nashville manufacturing facilities
Project terminated due to Altria budget constraints
MeadWestVaco (2/2012 – 4/2013​) ​Senior Project Manager with Fahrenheit Technology
● Responsible for the development and the deployment of an SAP HR global application ​(My Channel) to Europe, Canada and
Mexico.
● Responsible for moving the Maurepas, France data center to Telford UK.
● Responsible for the ECC 6.0 Re­platform project. Migrating off the main frame to a distributed architecture affording
significant cost savings of $10M/year.​ Managed a large application testing effort including; supply chain SCM for 3
manufacturing facilities, BI, HR, Financials and European headquarters.
● Responsible for managing 3​rd party vendors for application and infrastructure development
● Managed the ETL efforts ​of loading 26 source systems into BW
No​rthrop Grumman (8/2009 – 2/2012) ​Senior Transformation Program Manager with Morton Consulting
● R​esponsible for Networking, Server Services, Messaging and Directory Services and Security activities associated with the
transformation/consolidation of all Virginia Commonwealth agencies.
● Managed 90 state agency data center moves to Northrop Grumman’s state of the art data center
● Managed the transformation of all Virginia Commonwealth agencies onto Active Directory and Exchange 2003.
● Managed ​and coached a team of three Project Managers, four team leads and 28 migrations engineers.
● Developed ​project artifacts used for daily/weekly reporting, forecasting, resource capacity planning and budget tracking.
TKL​ Products Corp (4/2009 – 7/2009) ​Senior Project Manager / Scrum Manager
● Introduced Lean Manufacturing and Agile / Scrum Methodology to ​Senior Management
● Implemented, Managed and Coached Scrum to the Product Development Team
Capital One (11/2008 – 2/27/2009) ​Project Manager (Level 4) with Vision​ IT

2. ● Managed a hybrid Agile team consisting of 6 on­shore design/analysis resources and 12 off­shore ​development resources
for the Card Data Warehouse group.
● Managed 3 to 5 concurrent in­flight projects and met all implementation dates.
● Developed and maintained all Project Management Artifacts as required by Capital One standards.
● Tracked and reported all project variances to upper management.
● Led and organized sprint planning and project planning sessions.
● Managed, ​updated and reviewed all project visuals including milestone tracker charts, impediments, weekly goals,
burn‐down chart, sprint stories and acceptance criteria with our assigned business lead and customers.
Wachovia Securities (2/2008 – 5/2008)​ ​Senior Project Manager with Apex
● Planned and coordinated the transfer of technology for the A.G Edwards merger, along with the relocation of Wachovia
Securities to St. Louis including:
● Infrastructure and mission critical applications
● Telecommunications: LAN / WAN requirements and phone systems
● Desktop ​image development and deployment
● Managed a staff of 4 project coordinators and 5 cross­functional teams
D​igiPoS Systems (4/2006 – 11/2007) ​Program / Principle Project Manager ‐ Chief Technical Officer
● Responsible for the management of four global groups; Software R&D, Hardware R&D, Professional Services and Qualit​y
Assurance supporting Global Retail Solutions.
● Re​sponsible for companywide program management including mentoring of all international project managers and hands on
project management for high visibility projects.
● Managed AAFES project: A complex large scale project encompassing 600 military bases world­wide for the replacement of
the point­of­sale systems (infrastructure and applications)
● Responsible for the development of all detailed project plans outlining scope, objectives, risks, schedule, budget,
approach, deliverables, quality objectives, staffing plan, roles and responsibilities, communication plan, and project
controls​.
● Chief Technical Officer Responsibilities
● Established​ the technical directions for a global retail store solutions provider in reference to Hardware R&D, Software
R&D, Professional Services and Quality Assurance.
● Responsible for establishing the direction and conceptual designs for our “Next Generation” of products.
● Presented our Product Roadmap to executive management, global sales force and support groups.
● Established solid QA processes and procedures for our off­shore vendors and groups.
● Negotiated and managed all off­shore vendor contracts and issues.
● Negotiated compensatory reimbursements with our off­shore vendors based on vendor performance.
Philip Morri​s USA (10/2005 – 4/2006) ​Senior Project Manager with IPC Technologies
● Enterprise mail ​system development (Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003)
● Developed and managed the new EDI exchange between all Altria ​groups along with the deletion and archiving of all
confidential data.
● Managed the enterprise wide process​es of application discovery, assessment, remediation, and testing of mail enabled
applications
● Partnered with IBM for the migration of 5.2 TB of mail​ data and infrastructure development
● Followed the Project Management Methodology and System Development Lifecycle
● Managed a staff of 5 engineers, cross­functional teams and IBM implementation team.
GMAC­Mod​el Home Finance (8/2004 ‐ 10/2005) ​Senior Project Manager with Robert Half Technology
● Managed the company transition to a ​Custom E‐Business solution; application development and deployment of (.NET) Leased
Asset Management System (LAMS)
● Responsible for the development of a detailed pro​ject plan outlining scope, objectives, risks, schedule, budget, approach,
deliverables, quality objectives, staffing plan, roles and responsibilities, communication plan, and project controls
● Hired and managed a staff of 6 .NET developers, 3 QA testers and 1 Business analyst​ for the development of acquisitions,
portfolio, accounting, administration and asset management modules.
● Managed the legacy data conversion efforts and processes to an Oracle database.
● Managed expectations with senior executives and users.
● Managed the implementation into production along with 3 releases
Circuit ​City Stores, Inc. (3/2000 ‐ 4/2004) ​Project Manager (Infrastructure & Application Development)
● M​anaged and developed a cost effective solution for a new POS infrastructure across 600 stores including 600 servers, 18,000

3. clients and a new store network infrastructure (wired and wireless).
● Developed a support paradigm that utilized common hardware for both sellin​g and non‐selling clients that drastically reduced
support and management costs.
● Managed the development ​of a proprietary motherboard for our legacy system; including chip level design and firmware
development
● Develop​ed individual and team member objectives for the year based on MIS goals; including strategies, measurable goals and
actual results
● Provide vision, champion change, motivate and influence others.
Philip Morris, USA (4/1996 – 3/2000​) ​Project Manager with Modis Inc.
● Finished Goods ​System Development
● Member of core team responsible for planning ​and managing both engineering and IT development efforts.
● Managed the development of ​a fully automated packaging system that seamlessly integrating into the business system.
This included a full inventory and shipping management system with an SAP interface.
● Core technologies included: Three tiered architecture affording high availability for a mission critical material handling
control system (down­time was estimated at $10K/minute), C&D Robotics technology
● Year 2000
● P​lanned and managed the upgrade and remediation of Philip Morris infrastructure across their 35 locations; including
350+ servers and 1200+ switches and routers.
● Responsible for the management of​ 3 server teams and 3 network teams.
T​KL Products Inc. (1/1990 ‐ 4/1996) ‐ MIS Manager / Project Manager
● Responsible for project and production planning of remote manufacturing facilities in Hong Kong, China, Canada and the
U.S.
● Developed a capacity­planning model for production forecasting
● Responsible for M​aterial Requirements Planning development
AMECOM div. of Litton Ind.​ (8/1980 ‐ 1/1990) Sr. Member of the Technical Staff
● Research and Development
● State of the art design and technology: (Laser, CLSI development, acoustic optical modulation, imagery systems)
● Lead engineer responsible for high resolution imagery system design, integration, environmental testing and tempest
certification
● Secure data communication system interface design
● Customer base included; ​White House, Pentagon, NATO Headquarters, British / Hong Kong secret service, Air Force One,
Israeli Air Force
● Top secret security clearance
United States​ Air Force (8/1976 ‐ 8/1980) Communication Engineer
● Responsible for maintaining high speed base communication systems
● Top secret security clearance
● Honorable discharge
Education:
● Masters Certification in Project Management​; George Washington University (School of Business and Public Management)
● University of Maryland
● Catonsville Community College
● Unites States Air Force (​High Speed Data Communications and Cryptographic Systems Technician)