PAUL M. GAMSU, PMP

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Oakland Park, FL 33309

754-***-****-home

312-***-****-mobile

acdo28@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

. Twenty years of IT Project Management experience

. Significant large scale project experience

. Expert in Microsoft PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio and MS

Office Suite

. Technology Strategies and Planning

. Strong Change Management and Analytical Skills

Certifications: PMP Certification 1999, 2009;

Methodologies: Requisite Pro, LEAN, SDLC, Agile, SCRUM, RUP, PMBOK

EXPERIENCE:

Independent - WellPoint Inc. - Sr. Project Manager

February 2013 - February 2014

As a Program Manager on Affordable Care Act and ICD10 efforts, I was

responsible for:

. Consolidated reporting

. BI Portfolio Management (Mandates & Regulatory changes)

. Artifact tracking via SharePoint and Clear Quest

. Financial consolidations, reporting and oversight

. Coordination of work streams and data flows

. Program dependencies, issues & risks

. Budgets and Forecasting using Planview - $200M Program

. Program resources and scheduling.- Matrix Management of 200+ resources

Project Manager; Multiple large scale initiatives associated to with the

Affordable Care Act and ICD-10 initiatives. Responsibilities included

Budget estimation and management, resource scheduling and executive

reporting. I coordinated and managed multiple work streams using both on

and off shore resources. These projects were managed using an Agile LEAN

level III methodology, Requisite Pro and ClearQuest. Applications included

Web, Mobile and hard wired connections with internal, external and vendor

based clients. Requirements were tracked via Requisite Pro, ClearQuest,

SharePoint and MS Project.

Eagle Creek Consulting - Sr. Project Manager - WellPoint Inc.

January 2010 - October 2012

Eagle Creek Responsibilities:

. Management of College Grad Program - After 3 months of initial

training, I managed groups of 20 resources through 2 year inter

program

. Created performance and achievement program for interns.

. Led Mentor Program for Interns with monthly reviews

WellPoint Responsibilities:

Business Intelligence Program Manager for multiple concurrent programs for

WellPoint. I was responsible for creating and coordinating a 24X7

Informatica support team to maintain all environments for a highly secure

environment. The team were bases in the US and Chennai India. I was also

responsible for the management of a Business Objects and Informatica

development team of 35 working on 10-15 Business Intelligence project

concurrently, including milestone projects for Hedis and ICD-10 compliance.

Other responsibilities included RFP generation, statement of work creation,

staffing forecasts and project budgets.

The Crest of Fine Flowers

September 2007 - April 2009 - Owner

I managed the implementation of all administrative processes for the group

including the evaluation and application of software, internet-based sales

and marketing tools. As lead member of the senior management team, was

responsible for the strategic business and technical direction of the

company. Most notably, architected and implemented vender consolidation,

short and long term business plans and Linux based Deksi CRM. Resulting

efforts increased sales 23%, reduced overhead expenses 45% and increased

margin 4%.

Hewitt Associates

April 2007 - October 2007 - Project Manager

Project Manager assigned to multiple HR and financial projects.

. Created project scope, multiple projects

. Defined project objectives

. Created and managed budgets, timelines and manpower

requirements

. Implemented new processes and procedures with formalized

training

. Reported to the Office of the CIO monthly using Microsoft

Office, MS Project and Lotus Notes

. Successfully implemented all projects on time and budget

. Performed analysis and presented findings for Vista operating

system upgrades

. Led implementation team for new 'Hewitt JEM' methodology

Business Objects

January 2006 - January 2007 - Regional Director - Eastern Region

Regional director assigned to the Planning Business Unit for the eastern

US.

. Responsible for planning and opening Chicago and NY consulting

offices.

. Responsible for developing the regions go-to-market strategies

for large corporate segments.

. Hired and mentored over 40 consultants at all levels and

assist national director with operating decisions for both Chicago

and NY offices.

. Led the 50-member group for GE and participated in CEO's

roundtable on business benefits and deployment of Business Objects

XI/SAP ERP

. Led Sears Implementation of BO with SAP and Oracle to create

central data 'HUB'

. Data Analysis, cleansing, validation and load

. Implemented Business Objects Financial Model into multiple

Healthcare and financial clients.

Independent Consultant

February 2004 - January 2006

ABN Amro - Project Manager

Project Manager assigned to design a Websphere/Oracle application to

facilitate money movement during international trade

processes. MaxTrad.com, won three international financial awards for

innovative techniques to allow B2B customization and white labeling to its

consumers. Using an Agile Methodology, accomplishments include:

. Worked with the business to define objectives for new system

features

. Created project objectives and scope of work

. Defined work and data flows

. Created To-Be process flows

. Created Wire-frame diagrams

. Led JAD sessions with predefined objectives

. Integrated international trade processing requirements

. Created and maintained full technical and customer system

documentation and training libraries

. Data validation and cleansing

. Used RUP Rapid delivery models to deliver new releases every 3

months.

. Microsoft Project, Visio Lotus Notes and Documentum.

Addus Health Care - Project Manager

Business Analyst/Program Manager with large healthcare provider functioning

in 24 states with over 250 mobile and stationary employees.

. Worked with management to defined short and long term

corporate goals

. Prioritized and integrated current projects into short and

long term goals

. Performed GAP analysis of performed an GAP analysis to address

HIPAA requirements that address gaps between regulatory requirements,

current practices Analyzed business needs to select and implement

McKesson software

. Created new business processes and procedures to support best

practices

. Initiated daily Medicare / Medicaid reimbursement processing

. Created daily integrated processing with home health providers

. Implemented Patient inventory tracking system for long term

care facilities

BDO Seidman L.L.P.

April, 2001 - January, 2004 - Regional Business Line Leader

Regional Business Line Leader; My responsibilities included day-to-day

operations of the Business and IT consulting practice for the Midwest

region. I was responsible for national group with focus on customers with

ERP and Supply Chain initiatives. Package areas included Oracle, JD

Edwards, and Peoplesoft.

Client: Pruitt Healthcare -

Healthcare provider located in 18 with operations included skilled care

and pharmacy functions.

. Created short and long term IT strategy to address aging,

in-house written systems.

. Initiated processes to address non-conforming system to

implement MestaMed skilled and pharmacy systems.

. Worked with pharmacy staff to create emergency

distribution method for medications for hours when the pharmacy

was not in operations.

. Implemented MestaMed system within 9 months of

acquisition in all operation locations.

. Validate HIPAA regulatory requirements and current

business practices

. Created ongoing training programs for high-turn-over

field skilled care givers.

Client: Fantasy Springs Casino -

Indian owned casino with 2700 slot machines with resort hotel with

multiple restaurants and 4 bars.

. Created approach and plan to select player gaming system

. Presented analysis and recommendations for supporting

financial systems

. Created plan for JD Edwards to Oracle financials.

. Documented work and data flows

. Created and managed budgets, timelines and manpower

requirements

. Reported to the Consul of Directors monthly using

Microsoft Office and MS Project Worked with the counsel of

directors to create the strategy to deploy the player gaming

systems

Cambridge Technology Partners

March, 2000 - January, 2001 - Client Partner (Program Manager)

Client Partner for the central market my responsibilities was to work with

the GM, Chrysler and Ford.

. Ford - Implemented Web based customer loan application system

to integrate into SAP.

. GM - Implemented Web based internal employee relocation

system.

. GM, Ford, Chrysler and Nissan - Joint venture to implement

centralized purchasing with / Oracle and Commerce One

. Led JAD sessions for security, functionality, architecture

demands

. Worked with the 'Autos' to define objectives and concerns for

integrated system

. Worked with Oracle and Commerce One to define security

integration points

. Defined work and data flows

. Created To-Be process flows

PricewaterhouseCoopers

November, 1994 - March, 2000 - Practice Director

I was the Consulting Practice Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers; my

responsibilities included day-to-day operations of PricewaterhouseCoopers

Chicago and Central Midwest technology consulting practice with focus on

AS/400 based ERP and related systems (SAP, JD Edwards, Baan, QAD, BPCS and

Peoplesoft) My areas of responsibilities included; Marketing, Business

Development Human Resources, Administration, Consulting Service Deployment

and Delivery.

I was responsible for managing current annual practice revenues in excess

of $7.0M. I successfully grew the practice from 3 employees to a staff of

36 in 4 years. Additional responsibilities included:

. Profit and Loss

. Management, growth and training of a staff of 35+

. Billings and Collections

. Business Planning for Practice

. Management of manufacturing practice operations

. Customer support for ongoing and prospective engagements

. Quality assurance for engagements

. Liaison to all partners concerning with client

. Proposal generation and review

. Risk management

. Staffing utilization and rate realization

. Manufacturing SME with Oracle and JD Edwards

Responded to incoming RFP's for professional service work to complete

software installation and upgrades. The process included qualifying the

request, attending bidder conference(s) to formulate approach to bid (or

not bid). I created responses to RFP with costs, project plan, manpower

requirements and timing. My practice focus was Manufacturing/Distribution

and Retail, middle market organizations with sales of $250M to $1B in

annual sales. Client demographics included multi-national organizations

with global business markets to singular location companies.

New Resources Corporation

July, 1993 - November, 1994

Software Alternatives Inc.

March, 1990 - July, 1993

Reliable Electric

August, 1987 - March, 1990

Mission Viejo Company

September, 1983 - August, 1987

CBS Inc.

August, 1979 - September 1983

EDUCATION

1979 Associates degree in Computer Science from Andover College, Portland,

ME

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

SQL Server, Windows NT/95/98/2000/XP/Vista, AIX, Linux, AS/400, S/38, S/36,

HP, Wang, DEC VAX, DEC Alpha, Sun, Teradata, SQL Server, Oracle

Microstrategy, Informatica, Teradata, Business Objects XI, Lawson,

Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, SAP, Oracle, QAD, Baan, I2, Manugistics, Siemans,

ASI, JBA, JDA, Ariba, Commerce One, Seibel, BusinessWorks, Sales Force,

SalesLogix, Onix

Java, Websphere, .Net Framework, SQL, COBOL, RPG/400, CLP

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