1. TAMMY TAYLOR
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL
IT Systems Engineering for the Entertainment Industry
(615) 342-9357 t2.taylor@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT
“ To make a positive contribution to an organization and secure a position where I can effectively exploit my expertise
in process methodologies, leverage my strong organizational skills and employ leadership with excellence qualities. “
PROFILE
Recognized for Project Management and Leadership combining technology with industry IT Governance & ITIL best
practices to improve the quality and caliber of IT operations. Seasoned IT Professional with a strong record of
success developing and implementing technology and processdriven solutions.Proven ability to work with Executive
Management, enabling information-driven decision making and improvingrelationships as well as effectiveness of
communications among all stakeholders, including IT and non-technical Business units.
A dynamic leader with the ability to motivate teams to accomplish projects and internal improvement efforts,
exhibiting leadership in technology and performance improvement.
Strong history of providing effective support to corporate leaders to drive transformation
Specialize in raising the bar, creating strategy and managing risk
Provide leadership, vision, management, mentoring and career development of IT staff
Takes initiative for leading efforts to improve IT productivity while increasing internal IT customer satisfaction.
A true leader with an ability to organize team members towards the achievement of organizations goals and an
unmatched dedication to developing effective solutions.
Proven strengths in problem analysis, resolution, achievement of business objectives, and customer
relationship strategies. Experience in a variety of businessrelated fields, including procurement, sales,
accounting, and insurance.
Motivated by a core belief in customer service, with technology serving as a true business partner and
enabler of organization-wide processes to optimize performance and profitability.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Software Design and Implementation • Project Management • Business Analysis • IT Governance • Requirements
Gathering• Business / Technical Liaison • Communication • Team Building • Cross-Functional Management &
Collaboration• Leadership • Process Improvement • Performance Improvement • Strategic Planning
SDLC Management • Infrastructure Implementations • Data Center Operations
Quality Assurance • Process Design • Policy Implementation
Document Management • Marketing • Procurement
ITIL Certified • COBIT Certified
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dream Music Group Simi Valley, CA 2010-2012
Co-Owner, VP Business Affairs
Successfully initiated and oversaw start-up and development of Christian/Indie recording label.Developed an on-going
business plan securing start-up investment.Developed public image and recognition of brand within the local and
Christian community through new business development, vendor relations and community outreach.Designed and
implemented back-end financial system to manage bookkeeping activities and royalty accounting.Managed legal
affairs including contract management and entity establishment.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Culver City, CA 2001-2010
Architecture Department, IT Process Engineeringand Design 2008-2010
Designed the SPE IT enterprise-wide policy program as part of an overall IT Governance vision. Included strategy for
enterprise-wide adoption, implementation, and support.
Designed and documented governing SPE IT Documentation Policies, approval and publication processes, review
policy, process and documentation style procedures, and policy writing guides.Resulted in the implementation of
the SPE IT Change Management policy and measurements to monitor enterprise-wide adoption and ultimately
worldwide implementation.
Aligned IT processes with ITIL best practices, through staff training and documentation
Developed and created SPE Green IT program,marketing environmental issues and their impact by SPE IT.
Enterprise Infrastructure Services, IT Disaster Recovery (DR) Services
and Business Continuity Program Office 2005 to 2008
Led development of the Business Continuity Program Office strategy for global implementation, including
methodology and framework design for Business Resumption and Disaster Recovery planning.
Effectively led a design team intertwining traditional DR planning with the latest technology advances to deliver a
program strategy focused on benefiting infrastructure operations by leveraging a High Availability Services
approach for the primary data center.
Provided technical strategy and purchasing recommendations using a three-year phased approach in time for
budgetary consideration, evaluation, and approval.
Contract negotiation and procurement.
Promoted DR program and set branding strategies with Executive Management, as well as site leaders, team leaders,
and steering committee members, enabling internal advocacy for the program and the brand.
Led internal marketing campaign to achieve corporate-wide adoption and support to ensure programs would thrive
in all possible risk related scenarios.
Designed, developed, and implemented Event Management procedures for citywide emergency preparedness.
Achieved recognition and Executive Management buy-in for a dedicated investment of $11,000,000.
SPE IT Data Center Operations,Production Control Program Development 2001 to 2005
Conceived, planned and directed implementation of a department within Data Center operations specializing in critical
production support for all of IT byinstituting a customer service culture leading to highest user satisfaction level.
Designed first IT documented process and procedures guidelines and implementation strategies. Managed all
production infrastructure implementationsas well asdesign of and all facility services related to the data center,such as
provisioning and procurement of all system hardware and software.
Worked with development teams and stakeholders to successfully design and deploy enterprise-wide programs
such as enterprise-wide Change Management, Production Status, and Production Acceptance processes.
Directed, planned, scheduled, and coordinated all software/hardware deployments at corporate level. post-
production processes, including Enterprise Backup, Storage Area Network (SAN), Capacity Planning, File
Transfers, and Production Scheduling
Managed data centerannual operating and capital budgets in excess of $12,000,000.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
COBIT Certification for the Foundational Principals of COBIT - Control Objectives for IT
COBIT / ISACAConference Presenter
ITIL Management Essentials Certification
ISO 9000
SKILLS SUMMARY
Mastery of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,)
Experience with QuickBooks and with maintaining office budget
Ability to work with several operating systems, including Windows, Mac OSX and MVS/ESA, Unx
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY
Sony Pictures Entertainment Culver City, CA 2001-2010
SPE Architecture Department
IT Process Engineering and Design
Recognizing the vision and need for IT documentation, took initiative in 2004 to begin documenting processes and
procedures for all IT Operations for Sony Pictures. This four-year undertaking led to the design and implementation of
the first IT Policy and Procedures program establishing IT Governance and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Remediation policy
enforcement,with measures for the entire organization.
• Instituted enterprise-wide audit compliance strategies.
• Define governance establishment, program prioritization, business strategy and direction.
• Performed and participated on the board for SOX remediation.
• Provided high value work products for numerous projects on time and on budget.
SPE Enterprise IT and Office of CIO
IT Disaster Recovery
Managed IT as a business, demonstrated value, and built durable and collaborative business relationships. Successfully
motivated and led both Business and IT infrastructure groups to a positive supporting role achieving enterprise-wide
adoption and participation in Sony’s first operational IT Disaster Recovery program.
• Successfully pooled financing from all seven vertical lines of the businesses outside of IT, becoming the first
Project Manager to ever achieve approval for a single project budget of over $11,000,000.
• Managed departments consisting of full time employees in addition to contractors, consultants, off-shoreand
on-shore workers, and virtual teams.
SPE IT Data Center Operations
Production Control Program/Department Development
Managed IT as a business, demonstrated value, and built durable and collaborative business relationships. Identified
and implemented opportunities for cost improvement and managed expense budgets to minimize overhead while
optimizing capabilities.
• Managed annual operating and capital budgets of more than $12,000,000.
• Reducedannual costs for a single budget item from $700,000 to $248,000.
Directed and implemented numerous projects including:
• Design and implementation of first infrastructure supporting enterprise backup and restoration services,
including planning, policy development, and management and critical support.
• SAN strategy development and implementation to support one year’s growth from 20 to 140 terabytes (TB).
Taylor Technologies, Inc. Nashville,TN 1995-2001
Owner, Technology Consulting Firm
Taylor Technologies specialized in world-class consulting and service offerings to support the contract demands of
Computer Associates, IBM and Microsoft clients. Offerings included;
o Troubleshooting mission critical communication outages for VTAM environments relating to
configuration and operating system issues.
o Leading teams to ensure successful networking (SNA/APPC) and systems deployment from definition and
design phases through implementation and continuing support.
Effective mediator between programmers, end users, and clients.
Experience in consulting, technical pre-sales presentations, demonstrations, applications design, installation,
implementation, and client training.