Larry Franklin, PMP, CSM

acn2a4@r.postjobfree.com ( 727-***-****

1128. Nelson Street, Dunedin, FL 34698

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/larry-franklin-pmp-csm/4/300/a66/

IT - Director / Manager/ Senior Project Manager

DRIVEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER WITH 20+ YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT

DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS TO IMPROVE

BUSINESS OPERATIONS. BROAD DEPTH OF IT, PROJECT, AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT

EXPERTISE. SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN BOTH CLIENT SERVER

AND MAINFRAME ENVIRONMENTS. CONVERSANT IN CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND

INDUSTRY TRENDS. ADEPT AT TRANSLATING COMPLEX SOLUTIONS TO NON-TECHNICAL

AUDIENCES AND DISCUSSING INTRICATE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS WITH PROGRAMMERS.

APTITUDE FOR LEADING CHANGE AND ALIGNING IT INITIATIVES WITH STRATEGIC

GOALS AND PLANS. APPLY BEST PRACTICE PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY.

Areas of expertise:

Audits ( Budgeting/Expense Control - Business Development ( Change

Management

Client Relationships ( Consulting ( Cost/Benefit Analysis ( Data

Warehousing ( Deployment/Migrations

International Business ( IT Infrastructure/Design ( IT Security ( IT

Strategy ( M&A ( Needs Assessment

Policy Development ( Process Improvement ( Production Stabilization (

Project Management ( QA/Testing

Software Development ( Turnarounds ( Strategic Planning ( Team

Building/Leadership

Training/Development ( Vendor Negotiations ( Workforce Planning

Professional Experience

THE TALBOTS ( DATA CENTER, TAMPA, FL 2003(2011

Leading specialty retailer and direct marketer of women's apparel,

accessories, and shoes sold under the Talbots brand with annual revenue of

approximately $1.5B per year and 5,000+ employees.

In each of the management roles I served while employed at talbots, I was

the principle contact for executive sponsors and stakeholders to support

their project portfolios for the application areas I supported. This would

involve defining projects that would support the strategic direction for

the department areas, it, and the company has a whole. I managed anywhere

from ten to fifteen active projects at any given time. This would include

initiation through closure, which could involve in-house development, third

party, or a combination of both.

Manager, Credit and Sales Systems (2010(2011)

DIRECTED SALES AND CREDIT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS OPERATIONS FOR THE U.S. AND

CANADA. OVERSAW 4 DIRECT REPORTS AND CAPITAL AND EXPENSE BUDGETS. LED

RECRUITING, HIRING, TEAM BUILDING, AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. COORDINATED

DESIGN, SPECIFICATIONS, DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT, AND STAFFING FOR ALL

PROJECTS. CULTIVATED RELATIONSHIPS WITH VENDORS AND BUSINESS USERS.

SELECTED VENDORS, DEVELOPED STATEMENTS OF WORK, AND NEGOTIATED SALES AND

ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS. COLLABORATED WITH ENGINEERS TO DETERMINE

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS, COSTS, ORDERING, AND INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS.

PRIMARY TECHNICAL CONTACT FOR BANKS, CREDIT AGENCIES, AND COLLECTION

SERVICES CONTRACTED BY TALBOTS AND FOR INTERNAL, SOX, SEC, OCC AUDITS, AND

PCI COMPLIANCE.

- Saved approximately $400K per year in bank and credit card company fees;

obtained Commercial Card Level I, II, and III certifications through

Talbot's in-country bank.

Manager, Point-of-Sale Systems (2009(2010)

SELECTED TO RESTORE FAILING POINT OF SALES (POS) APPLICATION AREA FOR

1,000+ STORES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA. CONDUCTED ANALYSIS, DESIGNED

SOLUTION, AND EXECUTED PLAN TO RESOLVE NEW POS APPLICATION ISSUES.

DEVELOPED AND MENTORED TEAM OF 10. FOSTERED ENVIRONMENT FOR TEAM

COLLABORATION.

- Stabilized production environment for POS applications-started with 600

outstanding issues; applications reported approximately 20 issues per

month at time of job role change to Manager, Credit and Sales Systems.

- Transformed disjointed team of 10 into a highly functional, unified team

Manager, Sales Systems (2003(2009)

SUPERVISED 6 DIRECT REPORTS AND SALES SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S.,

CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND JAPAN. OVERSAW SALES AUDITS, REPORTING, LOSS

PREVENTION, AND CASH RECONCILIATIONS.

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- Led 1 of the largest projects in recent company history, impacting 25+

application areas and business units; successfully installed a client

server sales-audit application that interfaced with the mainframe audit

application.

- Integrated J Jills sales activity into Talbots' applications after

corporate acquisition facilitating use of the same audit and sales

reporting functionalities; analyzed and coordinated with retail and

direct channels of J Jill.

- Converted and seamlessly removed J Jill from Talbots' applications area

after the sale of J Jill with great success.

- Transformed disjointed team of 6 into a highly functional, unified team-1

of the strongest and most respected teams within the IT organization.

TouchMark Consulting, Tampa, FL (2003(2003)

Privately held company providing IT Consulting resources; employs

approximately 200 employees.

Project Manager ( Assigned to Talbots

HIRED TO TURNAROUND AND LEAD CLIENT'S $1.7M PROJECT TO REPLACE THEIR

MAINFRAME SALE-AUDIT APPLICATION WITH A NEW CLIENT SERVER SALES-AUDIT

APPLICATION. CONCURRENTLY TOOK ON LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR SALES SYSTEMS TEAM

AFTER IT MANAGER'S LOA; ESTABLISHED GOALS, SET EXPECTATIONS, AND ASSISTED

WITH DAY-TO-DAY TEAM OPERATIONS. MANAGED PROJECTS WITH BUDGETS RANGING FROM

$5K($1.7M. HELPED CLIENTS DEFINE PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS AND ASSISTED WITH

PRODUCT EVALUATIONS. DESIGNED AND MAINTAINED PROJECT PLANS AND SCHEDULES.

SERVED AS PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR BUSINESS UNITS AND VENDORS.

FORMALIZED AND ENSURED EXECUTION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS BY VENDORS.

- Realigned sales-audit application project with the business and vendor-

designed and successfully deployed plan that resolved installation issues

and brought the project back on schedule within 6 months.

Additional Professional Experience

KFORCE, TAMPA, FL ( PROFESSIONAL STAFFING AND SOLUTIONS FIRM (NASDAQ:

KFRC).

PROJECT MANAGER ( NEW DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION SUPPORT ( ASSIGNED TO

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON

MANAGED UP TO 10 CONCURRENT PROJECTS. OVERSAW A PRODUCTION SUPPORT AND

MAINTENANCE TEAM OF 5(27. ASSIGNED AND SCHEDULED RESOURCES FOR EACH

PROJECT. COORDINATED PROJECTS THAT CROSSED BOUNDARIES WITH OTHER IT

DEPARTMENTS. DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED PROJECT PLAN TO ENSURE APPLICATION

STABILITY AND PROPER DOCUMENTATION. OVERSAW ALL GLOBAL TREASURY ACCOUNTING

APPLICATIONS INVOLVING MONEY MOVEMENT AND REPORTING.

- Delivered mission critical, system integrity for client's sales-audit

application achieving 99.9% up time in 3 months-50%+ early; transitioned

system from abending 3(4 times per week to an average of 1 time annually.

Computer Business Associates, Tampa, FL ( Professional staffing and

solutions firm.

PROJECT MANAGER ( ASSIGNED TO EQUIFAX

MANAGED Y2K CONVERSION PROJECT FOR AN FBS CREDIT CARD APPLICATION.

SUPERVISED TEAM OF 35 MAINFRAME PROGRAMMERS.

- Achieved on-time installation with only 5 reported errors(converted

thousands of programs, JCL, procedures, and data files.

Origin Technology in Business, Tampa, FL ( Professional staffing and

solutions firm.

PROGRAMMER ANALYST ( ASSIGNED TO GTE DATA SERVICES

PROJECT MANAGER ( ASSIGNED TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE

PROGRAMMER ANALYST ( ASSIGNED TO GTE DATA SERVICES

DATACARE, TAMPA, FL ( HOSPITAL SOFTWARE FOR MED-LARGE SCALE HOSPITALS

Project Leader - Senior Programmer Analyst

VIRGINIA BAPTIST HOSPITAL, LYNCHBURG, VA. ( HOSPITAL

Programmer Analyst

OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

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Education& Training

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN DATA PROCESSING, CENTRAL VIRGINIA COMMUNITY

COLLEGE, LYNCHBURG, VA

Computer Operations Certificate, Central Virginia Community College,

Lynchburg, VA

Coursework: C++, C, SQL, Clarity, Object Oriented Analysis, MS Project 98,

Visual Basic, MS/DOS

E-Commerce, Administrative Systems ( Client Server, Oracle Internet

Application Developer, ASP

Project Management, Exploring the Agile Lifecycle, Practice of Program

Management, Certified SCRUMMASTER Training, Advanced Project Schedule

Development, ITIL Foundation, Gather Business Requirements, Basics of

Process Modeling, Project Risk Management, Recovering Troubled Projects

Technical Skills

CLIENT SERVER: WINDOWS 3.X 95, NT 4.0, CLIENT SERVER 2003, UNIX, IBM MQ

SERIES, SQL, PL/SQL, MS SQL SERVER, SYBASE ORACLE, MS VISUAL BASIC 6.0, C,

C#, JAVA, MSMQ, IBM WEBSPHERE, PLANVIEW, CRYSTAL REPORTS 6, NIKU, CLARITY

DATA WAREHOUSING, REPORTING SERVICES, ANALYSTS SERVICES; AND MICROSOFT

OFFICE, PROJECT, SHAREPOINT, AND VISIO

Mainframe: 390, MVS, DOS/VSE, VSAM, CICS Command Level Assembler, CICS

Macro Level Assembler, Assembler CICS Command Level COBOL, COBOL, COBOL II,

COBOL MVS, RPG II, File-Aid, Abend Aid, and JCL

Professional Memberships

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI), TAMPA BAY CHAPTER ( RETAIL INDUSTRY

PROFESSIONAL GROUP

TAMPA BAY TECHNOLOGY FORUM (TBTF)

Professional Certification

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI), PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)

Scrum Alliance - Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

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