Peter Georges

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Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861

( 732-***-****

abx5wn@r.postjobfree.com

Software Project Manager / Chief Solutions Engineer

Highly accomplished senior information technology professional with a solid

background delivering enterprise-wide solutions in multiple industries

including financial services, retail, life sciences, and business

automation. Recognized as a product visionary with start up experience.

Extensive expertise of SAAS applications and Cloud based solutions.

Capable of overseeing the full life cycle of large-scale project

implementations. Strong ability to define customer requirements, propose

and present formal solutions, and management of development teams.

. Enterprise-level SaaS Architecture

. Training & Documentation

. Development Leadership

. Presales Presentations

. Post Sales Implementation

. Requirements Gathering

. Proposals Preparation

. Needs Analysis

Professional Experience

Independent Consultant 2010 - Present

Contracted exclusively by long standing clients I worked with previously.

Many of my prior employers had been acquired and their solutions, support

and other resources customers purchased were phased out.

. Many prior company acquisitions and mergers resulted in a new product

that essentially required a major project and new implementation but

the customers wanted to retain their existing solution and also needed

integration as an interim decision. .

. Performed software as a Services (SAAS) customized implementations,

onsite customer training, and served as a critical member of the sales

team to support opportunities and define requirements.

. Conducted multiple presentations for customers to further define

needs, SAAS setup, training, and scheduling

. Partnered with Salesforce for CRM efforts and to be an exhibitor and

speaker at their annual user group Dreamforce at the Moscone Center in

San Francisco for the past 5 years. Close business association with

Salesforce since 2005.

Timba Software - New York, NY 2012

Project Manager (SCRUM / Agile)

Timba is a consulting and development company with over 200 developers, who

are focused on creating mobile, social and cloud solutions for the

enterprise. Served as a Project Manager for cross-functional teams that

include offshore and onshore resources leveraging SCRUM / Agile.

CTSpace - San Francisco, California (Home Office Based)

2007 - 2009

Senior Solutions Consultant (company was acquired by the Sword-Group)

Hired by a leading SAAS company providing content management and workflow

applications. Led United States implementations and provided technical

sales support.

. Performed software as a Services (SAAS) customized implementations,

onsite customer training, and served as a critical member of the sales

team to support opportunities and define requirements.

. Conducted multiple presentations for customers to further define

needs, SAAS setup, training, and scheduling.

. Maintained customer communication post-implementation to ensure

satisfaction with project deliverables.

AON RISK SERVICES - eSolutions - New York, New York 2007

Project Manager / Technical Account Manager (division was shutdown)

Recruited by a global leader in risk management, insurance and reinsurance

brokerage, human capital, management consulting, and outsourcing with more

than 46,000 employees in 500 offices in more than 120 countries.

. Collaborated with project teams, customers, and management to

prioritize requirements and develop and maintain detailed project

architecture plans. Performed needs analysis for highly customized web

based solution projects. Determined scope, phases, tasks, assignments,

dependencies, and target dates. Efforts led to assuming full

responsibility for eight large clients.

. Perform critical (SAAS) implementation tasks, handled all support

issues as primary contact, and defined additional areas of opportunity

based on client needs.

Nsite Software Inc. - Pleasanton, California (Home Office Based) 2005 -

2007

Solutions Engineer (company was acquired by Business Objects)

Joined start up company and provider of on-demand business automation

solutions to serve as the lead support engineer for the Eastern and Central

regions. Performed business assessment and business cases to justify

proposed solutions. Delivered software-as-a-service (SAAS) technology

solutions to improve business processes based on client requirements.

Created custom presentations and demonstrations to illustrate product

benefits. Collaborated with third-party vendors including Salesforce.com

and Siebel to deliver integrated CRM solutions. Acted as a domain expert

and consultant to business units. Oversaw post-sale implementations.

. Effectively coordinated development activities across cross-functional

teams and international locations including engineering, product

management, quality assurance and release management.

. Successfully managed 5 business process modeling solutions for 500 new

users through full software life cycle.

. Developed formal proposals and proof of concepts that articulated the

value proposition and demonstrated benefits of technology-based

automation solutions in response to RFI/RFP.

. Planned and coordinated participation in trade show exhibitions and

speaking engagements including user group forums and the annual

Salesforce.com and Siebel World conferences.

Wegmans Inc. - Woodbridge, New Jersey/Rochester, New York 2003 - 2005

Team Leader, Project Management and Customer Service (position required

relocation)

Selected by a major retail conglomerate to manage critical projects for new

lines of business within multiple departments in a cross-functional matrix

environment. Managed project planning, resource requirements, milestones

tracking and scope change control. Duties entailed gathering business

requirements, defining business processes and providing high levels of

software architecture innovation. Led project teams by overseeing business

analysis, prototyping, and inter-departmental communications.

. Successfully managed large-scale Gift Card project over 14 months from

inception to implementation through detailed planning, focus groups

feedback, and benchmark tracking.

. Instrumental in selecting product technology; conducted thorough

research based on ease of integration with existing system,

scalability, time to market, and team skills set.

. Implemented Web Services to allow product ordering via company

website; project led to the successful achievement of targeted sales

goals.

Borland Software Corp. - New York, New York 2001 - 2003

Senior Systems Engineer/Implementation Manager

Chosen by a pioneer in Internet-based technologies to lead software

development projects through full life cycle. Identified and analyzed

business and technical requirements based on needs assessments primarily

for the banking industry. Mapped functional requirements into technical

architectures to deliver complete web-based solutions based on distributed

object technologies. Managed application development, testing, deployment,

and user acceptance. Served as technical liaison and client advocate.

. Successfully applied industry standards to existing customer

investments utilizing Application Programming Interfaces (API) based

on the Web Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) model.

. Established a plug-and-play implementation methodology.

I-Many Incorporated - Edison, New Jersey 1998 - 2001

Principal Projects Engagement Manager/ Sales Engineer

Joined provider of advanced web-based enterprise contract management

solutions to deliver technical sales support and leadership for customized

implementation of software solutions in the wholesale pharmaceutical

industry. Identified opportunities to add value through technology by

responding to RFP and developing proposals and value propositions. Led

project implementations, acceptance, and phased integrations with existing

systems and Oracle databases. Provided post-sales support, interacting with

users, project sponsors, and technology resources.

. Created a knowledge repository of domain expertise from successive

projects and activities that allowed for the reuse of material and

leveraged existing expertise.

. Led offshore development of web-based exchange as a basis for contract

management solutions platform.

Sybase Inc. - New York, New York 1995 - 1998

Senior Technical Account Manager, Strategic Accounts

Selected by one of the top three database companies to oversee service

planning, project management and post-sales support for the largest

enterprise accounts. Served as technical account liaison for client

management. Developed strategies and plans for migration projects from

legacy systems to client/server architecture and defined data warehouse

infrastructure. Managed Sybase and third-party software and hardware vendor

s /resources. Oversaw ISO 9000 initiatives and compliance.

. Provided engagement management/sales support for successful deployment

of mission-critical capital market systems for a large banking client

including derivatives, foreign exchange and risk management

applications.

. Developed global support plans for major clients, facilitating new

systems implementation coordination with other vendors and defining

customer support and service requirements at global locations.

. Achieved target market share and quarterly business development

objectives within assigned accounts, directly resulting in incremental

revenue of over $25 million.

. Designed campaigns focused on a consultative selling model,

quantifying time to market, competitive advantage and return on

investment based on new technology benefits

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) - New York, New York

Client/Server Services Manager - Software Services

Rutgers University ( New Brunswick, New Jersey

Adjunct Professor - Information Technology & Web-based Curriculum

Functional / Technical Expertise

Operating Systems: UNIX, JAVA / J2EE, Windows, iOS, MAC OS X, VMS.

Software: E-Business Implementation, CRM, J2EE, JavaScript, AJAX,

WebSphere, WebLogic, J-Builder, VisiBroker, RAD tools, Web Services,

Salesforce.com, Siebel (Oracle OnDemand).

Relational Databases: Oracle, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server, DB2.

Project Management: SCRUM / Agile, Waterfall. PMBOK, MS-Project, VISIO,

Rational Suite, DPM.

MS Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access.

Middleware: CORBA, IBM WebSphere MQ, API's, RPCs, ODBC, DCE, ENCINA,

ActiveX.

Programming Languages: JAVA, C, C++, Ruby, Visual Basic, PASCAL

Communications/Internet Technologies: TCP/IP, eCom/B2B, HTML, XML, HTTP,

IIOP, SOAP, LAN, WAN.

Education

Rutgers University ( New Brunswick, New Jersey

Master of Science Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science

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