Project Manager Software

Roman Semkiw

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New Market, MD. 21774

Cell 301-***-****

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U.S. Citizen

SUMMARY:

Mr. Semkiw has wealth experience in the information technology, working for

such notable corporations as System Integration Development, ACS, Lockheed

Martin, TRW and Bendix/Allied Signal. He has worked as a project manager,

technical implementation manager, software designer/manager, software

engineer, and systems specialist. He has successfully managed projects

comprised of multiple, separate tasks that ran concurrently, while

maintaining full responsibility for recruiting, hiring, developing and

supervising employees. He has the experience in creating and leading teams

from multiple disciplines and creating vision, strategies and plans in

midst of rapid growth and change. Consistently demonstrate leadership and

oversight of complex IT projects, including planning, organizing, and

allocating IT and business resources. Manage and participate on software

configuration Change Control Boards. Experienced in CMM Level 3 and CMMI

Level 2 PMO establishment and is highly organized, able to see the big

picture while paying attention to small details. Mr. Semkiw is skilled in

working with Sybase, Informix, and Oracle, has experience with Web

application design and development, and has performed integration, system

and user acceptance testing. In addition to having strong communication

skills, he is detail oriented and has strong people skills, which serves

him well as he interacts with all levels of an organization, both

diplomatically and in a tactful manner.

EXPERIENCES:

Syneren Technologies, 4/2013 - Present

Contractor Program Manager for NOAA National Weather Service Tsunami

program

The Contractor Program Manager supports the NOAA's Tsunami Program Director

by developing and maintaining a wide variety of projects to ensure the

viability and currency of this critical mission. The contractor program

manager provides the following comprehensive tasks to support of the

NOAA/NWS Tsunami Program

. Developing and maintaining project plans.

. Support the development and document project requirements

. Recommend technical approaches to meet the project requirements

. Develop and maintain project schedules

. Perform cost estimate analysis

. Monitor and report on project performance and budget

. Support and participate in National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

(NTHMP) meeting, workshops, and projects

. Support and participate in TsunamiReady program

. Coordinate with other NWS and NOAA offices to ensure organization

consistency and policy compliance

. Support Research-to-Operations planning by identifying and

prioritizing tsunami-relate research needs and managing operational

transition of mature research to Tsunami Warning Centers Operations

Systems Integration & Development, 7/2012 - 4/2013

Task Lead/System Analyst

A Project Manager for a new DOL application and leading the planning,

managing the development, managing the project schedule and perform project

management task for the new task.

. Currently managing a new DOL project following the CMMI Level 3

practices.

. Manage the on-site customer relationship by understanding their

current business workflow and issues and provide suggestions how to

improve their current workflow or applications

. Implementing an Agile development system methodology lifecycle for the

new project.

Systems Integration & Development, 12/2004 - 6/ 2012

Project Manager/System Analyst

A project manager uses his extensive experiences in managing complex

projects with successful planning, directing, and tracking. Successfully

lead the development and evolution of several NOAA web based applications.

Has the ability to manage in dynamic, fast-changing environments.

Experience creating and leading teams from multiple disciplines and

creating vision, strategies and plans in midst of rapid growth and change.

Have strong communication and team management skills.

. Currently managing several new NOAA projects using the CMMI Level 2

practices.

. Manage the on-site customer relationship by understanding their

current business workflow and issues and provide suggestions how to

improve their current workflow or applications

. Continuously provide suggestions in improving their current system

methodology process

. Completed a project successfully and on time for NOAA that allow the

user to analyze the current for a given water estuary. Used a CMM

tool, ProcessMax which was used as a guidance tool to implement CMM

level 3.

. Performed Project Management functionalities such as generated a

Project Management Plan document, generated a Configuration Management

Plan document, Risk Management document, and generated and maintained

the Project schedule using Microsoft Project software. Also,

performed system engineering functionalities such as analyzed and

learn the customer operation procedures, generated functional

requirement and system requirements specification documents, and

perform market analysis on several COTS products.

. Mentored staff in methodology and consulting excellence and encouraged

best practice in project management and project planning.

. Produced project status reports, managed the team and resolved day-to-

day issues with emphasis on SDLC.

Key Achievements:

. Managed a new project, web based tidal currents analysis system, from

concept through deployment. System was completed on schedule and on

budget.

. Successfully turned two large, in-progress enterprise projects from

"red" to "green".

ACS State and Local Solutions (formerly Lockheed Martin IMS) 3/1999 -

10/2004

Senior System Consultant and Technical Implementation Manager (TIM)

Served as part of a team charged with the planning, implementation and

ongoing maintenance for the following Web-based and client server projects:

State of New York Disbursement Unit (SDU) for Childs Support Payment

project (Oracle), State of Wisconsin Disbursement Unit for Childs Support

Payment projects (Oracle), State of Pennsylvania State Disbursement Unit

(Oracle) and State of Florida Disbursement Unit (SDU) for Childs Support

Payment project (Informix).

. Interfaced successfully and worked effectively with clients and ACS

personnel by developing business requirements, estimating costs,

assessing products, uncovering alternatives, and developing project

schedules.

. Performed definition of user functional requirements by translating

development and/or maintenance requirements into specifications;

created data file and database designs.

. Directed and assisted the system engineers in generating the

Operations Concept document, the System Requirements document, system

test plans and test procedures.

. Counseled staff on the implementation of new technologies across

websites and the development of implementation plans.

. Participated in implementing automation projects to include work plan

development and routine oversight of its implementation.

. Performed detailed reviews and analysis of program changes, new

equipment, new technology, and other factors and trends impacting

existing systems in order to facilitate the development and

conformance of system modifications.

. Performed feasibility studies, life cycle analysis, and/or

cost/benefits studies.

. Designed systems, provided interpretive analyses, and prepared

associated diagrams/enhancement plans.

. Managed the development of Use Cases and Test procedures according to

customer and system requirements; supported the development team in

unit testing their code; performed system integration and testing of

new software releases, and analyzed and resolved system and operations

issues.

. Assisted the software development team in generating a design document

and design review presentation

. Prepared acceptance test plans, conducted acceptance test, and

confirmed results.

. Controlled the management of the testing platform configurations, and

software products, and managed the tracking and routing of the

Discrepancy Reports.

. Ensured adequate documentation and training resources were provided in

order to complete the system turnover to systems operations staff.

. Mentored less experienced staff in SDLC methodology.

Key Achievements:

. A major accomplishment was taking ownership of the systems as the

project manager for implementing hardware and software at several

customer sites, demonstrated leadership with customers, and consistent

quality in the technical development of colleagues/subordinates. By

establishing clear goals and responsibilities for system personnel and

subcontractors and the projects were implemented successful and on

time.

. Conducted gap analysis for all IT processes. Then, implemented CMMI

Level 2 - Level 3 was in-progress. The impact to the company was that

the technical team went from a chaos level to a managed/quality level.

4/20/98 - 3/26/99 - Lockheed Martin Mission and Space division

Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead

. Analyzed Customer Functional Requirements and assisted in generating

system and software requirements for the development team.

. Participated in software designs and generating documents for the

preliminary and detailed design reviews.

. Supported developers by providing technical directions and provided

assistance with coding.

. Monitored the developer's software unit testing.

. Provided technical direction and assisted the software integration

test team in testing the new software build.

. Supported the on-site software installations and system integration

testing

08/01/95 - 04/17/98 - TRW, Global Change Initiative Division

On the EDOS project held multiple software positions, from Lead Software

Designer to Software Department Manager at Goddard Space Flight Center.

. Interfaced with the customers and senior-level company officials on

significant technical matters often requiring coordination of

activities across organizational lines.

. Provided technical direction in system and software design.

. Exercised judgment on planning, design, and details of work, and made

selections and applications of engineering selection alternatives

based on studies, investigations, and trade-off analysis.

. Involved in developing and maintaining software development project

schedules and budgets.

. Managed and provided technical direction in improving the CMM software

processes such as: software design reviews, code reviews, and software

unit testing process.

10/01/80- 07/31/95 Bendix/AlliedSignal Technical Services

Held a number of software positions, from Software Engineer to Project

Systems Specialist, at Goddard Space Flight Center.

. Managed several software teams, one of which developed a Test

Conductor Workstation (TCW). The system purpose was to provide a user

interface to Small Explorer (SMEX) class of satellites for hardware

and software integration testing.

. Generated software test plans and test procedures and generate

Software Users Guide.

. Developed and maintained coded for a number of spacecraft ground

systems applications

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:

. B.S. in Computer Management and Information System, University of MD

University College, College Park, MD

. Certificate in Computer Science from University of Southern California

Computer Training Center

. Certificate for Unix and C from Goddard Learning Center

PUBLICATIONS:

Oceans 2005 Conference co-writer in 'Designing a Quality Oceanographic Data

Processing Environment'

SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

Software/Systems: 2010 MS Project, MS Office, ClearCase, ClearQuest,

ReqPro, Visio, Java, Oracle, SQL, Solaris/UNIX, Linux, AIX

Hardware: IBM, PC, Macintosh, SUN, HP, VAX, Perkin Elmer, PDP

Methodologies: Rational RUP, SEI's CMMI, ITIL, SOA

SDLCs: Agile, Iterative, Incremental, Spiral, Waterfall and multiple

Engineering Disciplines

Languages, Databases, Communications: C++, "C", JAVA 2, J2EE., Javascript,

Visual Basic, SQL, FORTRAN IV & 77, Assembly, PASCAL, ADA, Sybase, Oracle,

Informix, TCP/IP, Client/Server

Operating Systems, Databases, and Communications:

UNIX, SCO Unix, NT Windows, SUN O/S, AIX 3.2.5 and 4.1.4, VxWorks, HP-VUE,

O/S 32, RSX-11s & 11m, VMS, Sybase, Oracle, Informix, TCP/IP,

Client/server, SNMP, NASA NASCOM DPPS, and NASA CCSDS

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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