Derrick's Resume
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IT Manager | Solutions Manager
Senior leadership experience, with strong analytical skills and a broad range of technical expertise in both Quality and Manufacturing operations.
Extensive experience in laboratory systems design and support and recognized for Data Integrity activities (PGS Mission Award); strong communicator
and leader with effective interpersonal and presentation skills.
Core Skills
- LabWare / Empower Administrator
- Server / Network Administration
- Application Programming and Design
- Data Integrity
- Project Management
- Crystal Reports
- Liaison Between IT & Business
- Six Sigma / Agile Methodologies
- Creating Budgets
- Relationship Management
Experience
Tergus Pharma, Durham, NC
Manager, Information Technology, 06/2021 – Present
Manage and develop corporate and/or organizational IT policies, lead enterprise projects, including the
design and deployment of new systems, web application rollouts, and services. Responsible for analyzing
business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders across the organization to develop solutions for IT needs.
- Define IT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and process
- Primary on all hardware and software evaluations and maintain vendor contracts.
- Stay abreast of Cyber-Security trends, and ensure security of data, network, and backups.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software issues related to internal IT.
- Monitor performance of information technology systems to determine cost and productivity levels and make recommendations for improving IT infrastructure.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Sanford, NC & Remote Office 07/2001 – 06/2021
Manager, Manufacturing and Quality Solutions Team, August 2019 – 06/2021
Manage and develop new, and enhance, in-use Quality and Manufacturing systems supporting and designing,
servers, databases and Network architecture for over 100 servers.
- System Owner for multiple Pfizer critical GMP applications including TrackWise (~20K Users).
- Code creation, modification and review
- Responsible for system uptime, issue resolution and reporting for over 15 global systems.
- Pilot and deploy various business intelligence solutions for Pfizer’s core systems.
- Collaborate with senior business management on project budgeting and scope.
- Supervise various cross-functional teams to manage and efficiently deploy complex systems.
- Perform Data Integrity system review and provide resolutions of identified gaps.
- Partner with various departments during system deployments, enhancements and audits.
- Communicate system needs and planning requirements to upper management.
Manager, Agile & Innovative Solution Development Team, September 2016 – July 2019
Project Manager and Developer on project teams that optimized business intelligence solutions used throughout the Pfizer network.
- Developed business case, functional requirement creation and project management activities for projects across multiple geographies.
- Proactively managed and improved relationships with key business leaders, customers, and system users.
- Reviewed and analyzed solution enhancement requests to determine complexity and provided resource / cost estimates
and responsible for project budgets and monthly financial forecasts.
Engineer (Laboratory Operations), July 2013 – September 2016
Deployed and administered various core applications including Empower, LabWare, NuGenesis / OpenLAB and SAP
and associated application enhancements. Member of Data Integrity Steering Committee.
- Ensured software development lifecycle (SDLC) and relative standard operating procedures (SOPs) were followed and
managed expectations of deliverables to drive required business outcomes.
- Maintained a strategic partnership between Digital and assigned business leaders to enhance performance and identify business opportunities.
- Communicated technical aspects of the job to technical and non-technical audiences and partnered with support teams to provide knowledge transfer and guidance.
- Primary Digital partner for decommissioning of various systems during site(s) closure.
Wyeth / Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Business Analyst, Rouses Point, NY July 2001 – July 2013
Project Manager for enterprise and in-house Digital / Engineering project roll outs. Administrated systems
consisting of a variety of hardware types and configurations.
- Managed laboratory systems including LabWare / SQL*LIMS, Empower, NuGenesis and Instrument Controllers
- Communicated to site leadership the end-to-end integrated process and key steps of all functions within site processes.
- Developed and implemented strategies to retire and outsource older legacy systems while introducing enabling technologies
and supporting the adoption of appropriate solutions.
- Primary Digital support for decommissioning of Rouses Point’s API and Manufacturing facilities and site interface
between technical teams and various support towers.
Education
Champlain College at Burlington VT, Bachelor of Science
Major: Software Engineer
State University of New York at Plattsburgh NY, Bachelor of Science
Major: Environmental Chemistry
Technical Skills
Laboratory Systems: Chromatography – Empower, Access Chrom, Turbo Chrom
Lab Information Management System – gLIMS / LabWare, PerkinElmer SQL*LIMS
Data Archive – NuGenesis, OpenLAB, CyberLAB
Software: Office 365 (Admin), Tableau, Crystal Reports, Brio, MS Project, Visual Studio.NET
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL
Operating Systems: Windows, LINUX, Android, VAX VMS, VMware
Hardware: Server/Desktop Administration, Enterprise Network Administration and Help Desk/Support
Languages: C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML, PHP
Systems: Citrix, SAP – Basis Admin, Laboratory / Manufacturing Support Systems, HP Quality Center