Linda Boman Slattery

lbslattery@yahoo.com                Los Altos CA              (650) 996-3450 mobile

 

Senior Technology Manager

 

Positive, results-oriented performer with a reputation for dependability, integrity and humor.  Progressive experience in building and leading competent, productive, flexible project teams in dynamic and fast paced work environments.  Proven record of delivering complex software applications systems that meet the business needs. 

 

Core Competencies

 

  • IT development management: JAVA, C, C++, Unix, ASPs
  • Progressive multinational team management
  • Business and infrastructure applications
  • Large-scale deployment project management
  • Process definition and change management
  • Program Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Identity management and secure access solutions
  • Six Sigma training and implementation experience
  • Vendor management and partnership development
  • Unix infrastructure management
  • Microsoft Office and Open Office productivity tools

 

Professional Highlights

 

Project and Product Management

·         Deployed security infrastructure projects related to identity management, authentication and authorization impacting over 50,000 users

·         Defined project requirements by building strong alliances and leveraging communications skills from C-level to entry level employees

·         Planned and managed project lifecycles in large projects and deployments

·         Delivered LDAP and web services security solutions in a portal environment impacting over 6,000,000 internal and external users

·         Built processes and repeatability into measurement and management functions across multiple projects

 

 Communications and Staff Management

·         Developed a showcase IT Outsourced portfolio consistently demonstrated as a successful cohesive and effective team to internal and outsourced company executives

·         Designed and implemented organizational models to optimize resource utilization while providing staff growth opportunities and improving bench strength

·         Lead multinational matrix-managed project teams in direct and outsourced reporting models comprised of 45 software engineering professionals

·         Honored as Sun Best IT Manager Award Finalist

·         Frequent presenter at the external customer briefing center

 

Business Management

  • Developed strategic architectural vision, short- and long-term delivery roadmaps leveraging current investment in internal and external service suppliers

·         Managed budgets, forecasting for budgets of up to $10M

·         Negotiated and managed key contracts with ASPs, vendor services, and software licensing

 

Career Summary

 

Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara CA                                                                   1990 – 2006

 

IT Senior Resource Manager

Enabled application development and support with personnel, budget, project management resources for a wide range of business and infrastructure applications

·         Delivered identity management and secure access services internally and externally using Sun's Identity Management software stack to run Sun on Sun; including Java Enterprise System Access Manager (aka Identity Server), JES Identity Manager (aka Waveset Lighthouse), JES Directory Server, LDAP, Application Server, Web Server

·         Secured access by enabling Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificate services leveraging Sun's smart card technology and ASP

·         Enabled corporate compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) with centralized user account provisioning, Segregation of Duties, password hardening

·         Responsible for over 30 core Human Resources (HR) and corporate Security applications systems; included 3rd party products (Oracle 11i HRMS, BRIO, ASPs), and web-based in-house developed solutions based on Java, Sybase and Oracle 

·         Developed flexible application support model to provide robust 24*7 coverage for mission- and business-critical applications by leveraging staff time zones and key skills

·         Deployed in-house developed Java application systems to manage the corporate Real Estate portfolio

·         Enabled $50M year/year savings by deploying Flex Office reservation system allowing better use of available office space and enabling Real Estate consolidation

·         Delivered custom infrastructure solutions to administer Sun Wide Area Network, standardize Data Center installs, provide common services for approval workflows, reusable code library, server registration and application inventory

IT Project Lead

·         Delivered the first Java business application system for Asset Management acquisition and tracking; responsibility included architecture and design of database, GUI, operational support, resolution of business and technical issues

DBA

·         Provided 24*7 DBA operational services for ERP applications using IDMS network database management system on IBM hardware and Sybase and Oracle relational database management systems on Unix Solaris/SunOS.

 

Kaiser Electronics, San Jose CA                         Database Administrator (DBA)

 

Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto CA                              Programmer/Project Lead/DBA   

 

Education and Affiliations

 

·         BS, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo CA, Business Administration with Management Information Systems (MIS) concentration

·         Technical courses: University of California Santa Cruz CA including Java, C++, Motif, Oracle/Sybase relational database, Oracle HR application

·         SunU courses: Management skills, Sun's Six Sigma, CAP Change Acceptance Process, Prince2 software development methodology, and ITIL-based software release control and software development Project Life Cycle (PLC)

·         Seminars: Executive Women's Forum (EWF) on Information Security, IAMC (Industrial Asset Management Council)

·         Member: ISSA (Information Systems Security Association)