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Michael N.

Michael N.

Senior IT Program Manager | PMP | CSM/SAFe | AI | Government Certified

Is your IT program running without structure, missing deadlines, or lacking the executive-level governance it needs? I'm a Senior IT Program Manager with 20+ years delivering complex infrastructure programs, cloud migrations, enterprise AI deployments, and PMO buildouts across Fortune 100 companies, federal agencies, and utilities. I've led projects for Capital Group, Southern California Edison, the CDC, Pacific Gas & Electric, and the U.S. Air Force — managing multi-site rollouts, multi-million dollar budgets, and cross-functional teams of 50+. I bring both deep Agile fluency (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) and disciplined traditional PM governance — so I can work within whatever framework your organization uses. What I can do for your project: ✅ End-to-end IT program management (infrastructure, cloud, enterprise software) ✅ Multi-site workplace technology buildouts — Network, AV, Desktop ✅ ServiceNow implementation (CMDB, Change Management, PPM) ✅ Cloud migrations — AWS, Azure, Power Platform ✅ Enterprise AI tool deployment (Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT at scale) ✅ PMO setup, governance frameworks, RAID logs, executive dashboards ✅ Agile coaching — SAFe, Scrum, Kanban for IT teams ✅ Financial frameworks, 5-year forecasts, budget management Certifications: PMP (No. 4306793) · SAFe 6 Advanced Scrum Master · Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) · ITIL v4 · Security+ · Network+ · PMI-CPMAI (AI, June 2026) Security Clearance: Active Public Trust · Previously held Top Secret/SCI I keep my client list small and my work quality high. I'm happy to provide all credentials and walk you through relevant experience on a free 30-minute scoping call — let's talk about your project.

🇺🇸Irvine, United States$70/hr100% JSS5.00 (1)Since Feb 2009

Earnings and projects

MRR
$552

Last 6 months ÷ 5.3 months active (since May 2026)

World#73,845 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,104 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.8k

Last 6 months: $2.9k

World#23,606 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#4,585 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$3k

Billed in all: $3.1k

World#299,925 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#46,611 / 62.1k
Per project
$1.5k

$1.5k in the last 6 months

World#96,093 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,306 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
2
0% fixed100% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,762 / 62.1k
Projects in all
2
0% fixed100% hourly
World#328,886 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#47,959 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$3.1k+$1.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1k$2k$3k$4kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 17% in Kanban Methodology

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #25Infrastructure Management127 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #5Top 20%
  2. #28Scaled Agile Framework166 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #10Top 17%
  3. #43Kanban Methodology256 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #7Top 17%
  4. #46ITIL253 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 18%
  5. #47Government & Public Sector172 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #24Top 27%
  6. #77Project Management Office402 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #17Top 19%
  7. #85ServiceNow340 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #11Top 25%
  8. #91Cloud Migration472 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #10Top 19%