Project Management Information Technology

WALTER (Wally) W. HARSILA, JR.

**** ******* **** ****: 810-***-**** Residence: 810-***-****

Swartz Creek, Michigan 48473 Email: ad3hci@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

An Information Technology (IT) project management, staff or faculty position in which proficiency in state-of-the-art technology, focus on teamwork and excellent analytical ability may be utilized to achieve process improvement.

CAREER SUMMARY

Six years’ experience working at training centers, five years as an instructor and one year as a department head, and seventeen years of successful experience in Information Systems Management positions of increasing responsibility.

Trained in the four phases of project management demonstrating proficiency in applying the training to effectively manage complex projects in diverse environments.

Knowledgeable in managing the integration and conversion of computer systems. Background in programming and experienced in mainframe and client server technology.

Specialized in communications with internal and external customers to identify and resolve problems.

Skilled in software development life-cycle techniques required for Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Managed projects using the Systems Life Cycle (SLC) Roadmap methodology, currently the Global Solutions Management System (GSMS) System Delivery Process - SDP21.

Knowledgeable and experienced in the following Project Management Professional skills:

Initiation Process

Planning Process

Execution Process

Control Process

Closure Process

Knowledgeable and experienced in the following technical skills:

COBOL

Easytrieve Plus

Fileaid (IMS/DB2)

Microsoft Visual Basic

PL / 1

FOCUS

CA7/CA11

Microsoft Access Basic

IMS DB / DC

IMS Inquiry

SLC

Microsoft Project

DB2 / QMF / SQL

Teradata

WAAPSPLT/WAAPDSUT

Microsoft Office

VSAM

Xpediter

SPUFI

VISIO

Endevor

MVS

Vision (formerly Quikjob)

ABC Flow Chart

DVAN

LOGIC

JCL

M&D Fixed Assets

Python

TCP IP

TSO

BTS

OPC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FLINT, MI 2003 - Current

A community college providing high quality, accessible and affordable

educational opportunities and services.

Microsoft Operating Systems and Microsoft Office

Responsible for IT student training in accordance with a pre-defined schedule and syllabus.

KMART CORPORATION, Troy, MI 1998 – 2003

A mass merchandising company.

Systems Engineer

Project Coordinator

Responsible for IT activities associated with opening a new Distribution Center in Amsterdam,

New York.

Team Leader

Led a team of Associates in the Applications Development Core Competency department.

Trained, supervised, and evaluated a team of up to 80 IT Associates..

Conducted effective technical interviews achieving excellent recruitment and retention results.

Technical Team Leader

Led a technical team developing the new DB2 JAVA Item Pricing and Costing system.

signed the Microsoft project plan used for project communications.

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ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS, Plano, TX 1985 – 1998

A leading global IT services company with revenue of $21.5 billion in 2001.

Information Specialist

Managed the year 2000 project team and acted as the change control representative

for the financial department at General Motors Service Parts Operations..

Identified, changed, reviewed, and implemented Year 2000 changes with zero defects..

Provided system change control information to the team resulting in improved

production support.

Advanced Systems Engineer

Responsible for coordinating annual physical inventories for Parts Plants and Parts

Distribution Centers throughout the United States and as Technical Team Leader at General .Service Parts Operations.

Led a team of up to 50 people conducting two annual physical inventories completing the pre-inventory and the inventory tasks.

Led the conversion of the Control M scheduling system to CA7.

Reduced customer monthly on-line system access charges of $50 / month.

Systems Engineer

Maintained and converted mainframe systems and provided direct customer support at General Motors.

Converted a mainframe DB2 system to a client server application. Designed a new employee checklist accelerating their productivity..

Recognized for mentoring new technical people by providing needed system information resulting in highly productive team members.

Wrote check void procedures for the corporate accounts payable system eliminating late fees.

Wrote an on-line training guide used for team training improving team production.

Moved the McCormack & Dodge Fixed Assets System from the Plano Information Processing Center to the Dayton Information Processing Center.

Solved production support problems expeditiously while on call minimizing system down time.

UNITED STATES NAVY, Washington, DC 1959 – 1980

Operations Technician (Chief Warrant Officer)

Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for applying Information Technology used to evaluate electronic intelligence data.

Granted a top-secret clearance based on an extensive detailed background investigation.

Managed a training area of up to 12 instructors and 250 students at the Naval Training Center.

Managed a team of up to 10 Electronic Warfare Technicians responsible for equipment maintenance and gathering electronic intelligence in support of ship’s operations.

Managed a team of up to 25 Operations Specialists in the Combat Information Center responsible for providing communications and control information to the Captain and the bridge.

Instructed data processing operations, electronic intelligence, and combat operations.

EDUCATION

B.S., Data Processing, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 1983

A.S., Data Processing, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL 1971

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