JAMES G. PICKARD, PMP

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SUMMARY

. PMP Certified Senior Project Manager with 10 years of experience in

driving large scale development initiatives.

. Managed globally distributed development teams running multiple

concurrent Agile development projects.

. Monitored and reported project status to Management team while

tracking project burn downs and forecasting velocity.

. Managed risks and dependencies; negotiated features/resource/time

tradeoffs to help team deliver strategic, timely, quality work.

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

. B.S. in Business Administration - 1985, California State University,

Long Beach

. Three years of graduate studies in Computer Science and California

State University, Long Beach

. Agile Project Management - Rally Software Inc.,

2011

. Business Requirement Management - Pragmatic

Marketing, 2011

. No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects - Neal

Whitten Group, 2008

. Contextual Design Training - InContext Design,

2001

. Requirements Management with Use Cases - Lockheed

Martin, 1999

CERTIFICATIONS:

. Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute,

2009

. Masters Certificate - Project Management, George Washington

University, 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Entertainment Partners - Burbank, CA January 2013 - March 2014

Payroll Processing Company

Project Manager

. Project Manager with Entertainment Partners where

I was responsible for managing software

development projects in support of a legacy

Payroll Processing System supporting the

entertainment industry.

. Lead four concurrent Agile development teams of 5-8 team members and

practice all aspects of Agile project management, including release

planning, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration

demonstrations, and facilitating daily stand-up meetings.

. Managed relationships with key EP clients such as

Disney, Bunim Murray, and NBC, in effort to

integrate commercially developed user interfaces

with Entertainment Partner's payroll web service.

. Interfaced with Senior and Executive Management

in reporting project status and recommendations

regarding projects under my scope.

Wolters Kluwer - Torrance, CA September 2006 - January 2013

Global Publishing and Software Services Company

Project Manager

. Senior Project Manager for the Tax and Accounting business unit of

Wolters Kluwer North America with revenues exceeding $1.2 billion a

year.

. Focus was on the delivery of a $60 million, comprehensive Saas online

tax solution for professional tax and accounting firms based in .Net

3.5 (WPF, WCF) + SQL Server platform.

. Responsible for estimating and tracking $12 million dollar development

using MS Project.

. Products represented the first Internet hosted integrated suite with a

common database in the Tax & Accounting industry's history.

. Activities included assembling the project teams, identifying

appropriate resources needed, and developing an estimated budget and

schedule to ensure timely completion of projects.

. Accountable to the PMO for adhering to the project management process

and reporting on project metrics.

. Managed risks and mitigation strategies in the delivery of critical

high risk projects.

. Monitored Quality through bug burn downs and daily triage meetings and

assured closure of critical bugs to meet quality criteria and timely

delivery.

. Orchestrated all project work streams, including Product Management,

Technology Development, Quality and Business Analysis.

. Managed project scope, project schedule, and change control

activities.

. Improved team performance and quality by facilitating and implementing

retrospective recommendations based on team feedback.

Raytheon Corporation - El Segundo, CA August 2005 - September 2006

Defense and Space Manufacturing Company

Senior Supply Chain Specialist

. Supply Chain Specialist responsible for the procurement of military

grade optics and radar chassis fabrication.

. Involved in all stages of supply chain management including, source

selection and development, price analysis, negotiations of price and

terms and conditions, post award tracking and management.

CCH INCORPORATED - Torrance, CA November 1997- August 2005

Publishing and Software Services Company

Design Team Lead (July 2004 -

August 2005)

. Responsibilities included supervision over a team of six (6) Business

Analysts responsible for developing software system requirements and

designs.

. Reviewed Use Cases, UML diagrams, Requirements Documentation, and User

Interface designs in support of a suite of tax and accounting

software.

. Performed personnel performance reviews and set goals and objectives

for the coming year.

Project Manager (August 2001-

July 2004)

. Project Manager reporting to the VP of

Technology.

. Performed all Project Management functions in a

variety of software and infrastructure

implementations.

. Managed the project team, developed and

maintained the project schedule, initiated change

control, and reported status to Management.

. Identified and managed risks with active

mitigation strategies.

. Utilized iterative RUP and Waterfall

methodologies in the performance and execution of

the projects.

. Projects included enhancements to a suite of tax

and accounting products, IT Infrastructure build

outs, and CMMI Level 2 implementations.

Sr. Business Systems Analyst

(November 1997 - August 2001)

. Design/Business analyst responsible for

developing requirements and design documentation

in support of product development and software

enhancements.

. Worked closely with Product Management, Tax

Analysts, Developers, and Quality in running of

Design teams.

. Responded to design related implementation

questions, and assisting in bug resolution.

TOOLS/METHODOLOGIES:

MS Project, Rally, Team Foundation Server, MS SharePoint, MS Outlook,

Lotus Notes, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS

Word, MS Visio, MS OneNote, Enterprise Architect,

MS LiveMeeting, GlobalMeet, Caliber, SLDC, RUP,

Agile, Waterfall, Contextual Design, Mingle,

ClearQuest, Citrix

(References available upon request)

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