JEFFREY L. KLEKMAN

5311 Webb Court · Orlando, Florida 32821

717.319.4685 · klekman77@gmail.com

 

 

SENIOR MANAGER

Service & Technical Delivery / Data Center Management

 

Highly successful senior leader in the information technology field with 21 years of experience driving excellence in service delivery, technical delivery, and data center management. Solid track record of leading technical operations and managing data centers through excellent organizational skills. Proven history of ensuring timely, accurate service delivery by forging strong relationships with client executives and client teams. Adept at uniting technical teams behind client objectives to meet and exceed all service expectations.

 

 

Service Delivery Management · Data Center Operations · Technical Delivery · Project Management

Technical Team Building · Team Leadership & Development · Client Relations · Technical Organization

Executive Communications · Virtual Support Management · Service Improvements · Resource Allocation

Information Technology (IT) · Issue Resolution · Relationship Building · Service Level Agreements

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

EDS, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania · 1976-2008

IT consulting and contracting company, now a part of Hewlett Packard.

 

Service Delivery Executive, International Paper (2006-2008)

Led daily IT service delivery for a key client of EDS. Interfaced with senior managers at International Paper to drive successful service delivery. Coordinated personal meetings with clients and senior leaders to ensure clear, open dissemination of information and build a solid foundation for communications. Liaised with project managers to define resource requirements and ensure that projects would complete on schedule. Supervised, trained, and developed virtual technical teams. Provided leadership and support for teams managing services for the mainframe and AS400 platforms. Managed budget development and allocation.

 

·         Guaranteed a long-term relationship with multiple Fortune 500 clients by forging partnerships with company leaders.

·         Recovered transformation projects by realigning them with original schedule expectations.

·         Raised service delivery metrics significantly.

 

Service Delivery Executive, Multiple Clients (2005-2006)

Directed IT service delivery on various scales for a diverse range of clients in the manufacturing industry. Communicated with client executives to ensure that all SLAs were met. Coordinated the activities of virtual teams to provide direction and support for all service delivery.

 

·         Provided the highest quality service while maintaining efficiency through remote client support via client delivery executives.

 

Service Delivery Executive / Data Center Manager, York International (2003-2005)

Led data center operations for sites distributed between North and South America. Ensured daily IT service delivery. Coordinated with international senior executives to discuss service delivery, provide updates, and interface on management and support. Managed technical teams in supporting a variety of technical services across multiple towers. Administered the departmental budget.

 

·         Engineered a 100% boost in help desk response times and PC requests.

·         Consistently exceeded all SLA requirements.


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EDS, continued:

 

Solution Delivery Executive, Altria (2003)

Integral in completing due diligence and transformation. Contributed to new business contract planning. Provided key consultations on IT service delivery methods.

 

·         Ensured stability of a new business by traveling between sites to gather data and maintain schedule for due diligence.

 

Solution Delivery Executive, Decision One (2002-2003)

Managed all aspects of information technology. Led local technical teams in providing mainframe and midrange service support. Contributed to the development and growth of positive client relationships.

 

·         Recovered project schedules to complete on time.

·         Built stronger relationships between infrastructure teams distributed between the client and EDS.

 

Data Center Manager, WorldCom (2000-2002)

Orchestrated service delivery, technical delivery, and operability for the Tulsa Data center. Acted as key liaison for senior client executives to address and resolve issues with technical and service delivery. Managed over 130 personnel and 700 systems. Established and managed the budget.

 

·         Eradicated all attrition and surpassed all SLAs.

·         Regained client confidence and trust by improving service delivery.

 

UNIX Product Line Manager (2000)

Coordinated multiregional support of over 1,000 cross-platform UNIX servers. Addressed problems, supported new business implementations, and provided consulting services. Mentored and led a team of system administrators. Liaised with site managers to identify client requirements and appropriately assign resources.

 

·         Ensured operability and efficiency through daily resolution of system issues.

 

Growth for Leaders Program, Facilitator (1999-2000)

Contributed to the success of the Growth for Leaders Course. Collaborated with professional trainers to present and explain leadership experiences from veteran managers.

 

Project Support Product Line Leader (1996-1999)

Managed project support for key mainframe platform projects. Directed the support team in implementing support for all regions. Oversaw workload review processes.

 

·         Maintained efficient allocation of internal resources across diverse product lines.

 

Previous roles with clients of EDS include System Support Manager, Software Service Site Manager, Interactive CICS and Database Group Manager, and Interactive Database Manager. Additional positions available on request.

 

 

FORMAL EDUCATION

 

Bachelor of Science, Math and Computer Science

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

 

TRAINING COURSES

 

EDS Operations Development Program

EDS Systems Engineer Development

EDS System Programmer Development - MVS Software

EDS Growth for Leaders Program - Facilitator and Training