Project Manager Software

Alex Freeburne

913-***-**** **************@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfreeburne

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sprint - Telecommunications

Technical Project/Program Manager III 3/2013-Present

Project Manager for Network Deployment group at Sprint. Managing the collection and automation of network deployment

data process. Accelerating the timeliness of reports to market managers and executive leadership. Working on future state

technology roadmap.

Glow Networks - Consultancy firm.

Project manager 8/2012-3/2013

Project Manager for regional telecommunications company. Financial projects and data delivery efforts from Business

Analysts for roll up to executive staff. Departmental Reorganization projects. Analysis of data flow for financial reporting

automation and process improvement.

BENTON & ASSOCIATES - Software engineering and consultancy firm.

Consulting Analyst 3/2008-3/2013

Reviewed existing projects and overall levels of IT project states. Documented open issues and progress. Analysis of legacy

systems. Reviewed third party vendor contracts. Vendor contract reviews. Patient system EDI utilities and

mortality/survivability study. Academic scoring and analysis systems. Legacy software system management. GIS

Mapping/demographic grouping. Lectured on "Virtualization of SharePoint Development" at Johnson County Community

College.

Genesis 10 – Contract IT firm

Technical Project Manager 4/2010 to 7/2011

Performed Data Center lifecycle management projects for a Fortune 10 banking client using international resources from India,

Canada, Singapore and the UK. Defined project scope, requirements, budgets, financial forecasts, WBS and task assignments,

managed multiple vendor resources. Projects involved IBM mainframe, midrange, UNIX, Sun and Windows server relocation,

consolidation, decommissioning, virtual server deployments, data center restacks, network installations and network

transitions. Managed burn rates reports for projects. Extensive time spent with multiple Lines of Business for negotiating asset

life cycle extensions.

SPRINT - Telecommunications company.

Software Engineer V -Subject Matter Expert, Overland Park, KS 7/2001 to 3/2008

Primary enterprise architect and engineering advisor for software initiatives, and enterprise software catalog. Defined desktop

security/software installation standards. Directed software acquisition group determining purchases valued up to $2 million.

Managed software and security consolidation for company of three divisions into one. Lead cross-functional team of 25

supporting 88K desktops. Managed enterprise PC configuration, policies and security. Worked with software installation teams

to resolve enterprise deployment issues. Primary member of work at home team, developing hardware guidelines and software

policies for workers at home. Key speaker at web cast for deploying remote workers. Malcolm Baldridge Award inspector for

3 years.

• Used Agile development to automate support procedures saving 220,000 hours annually.

• Used adaptive goal approach to save $10 million in support costs by creating procedures Worked with cable call

center to revise processes, agent scripts, and call center hardware.

• Architect of desktop management that mitigated 65% of standard support issues.

• Utilities for Active Directory, Windows desktops, and Business Unit stakeholders.

• Completed 80 training courses on Six Sigma, Agile concepts, Project Management, quality assurance, resolving

team disputes, human interaction and customer advocacy.

• Awarded US Patent 8,170,545. Two patents submitted in 2006; three submitted in 2007.

• Participated in executive mentoring program for two years.

INTERTEC PUBLISHING - Media and advertising firm.

Senior Software Architect, Overland Park, KS 2/2001-7/2001

Monitored contract performance; performed IT due diligence for two acquisitions; subject matter expert resource for 20

person IT group. Introduced Agile development methodologies.

SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS - Software engineering and consultancy firm

Director of eCommerce Development, Kansas City, MO 3/2000-1/2001

Managed developers in rescuing complex project, utilizing SQL Server, and Visual Basic. Changed SDLC methodology to

Agile, using short iterative goals for developers. Ran daily Scrums.

RIVERPOINT - Software and business consultancy firm

Senior Associate, Overland Park, KS 3/1997-3/2000

Lead 6 developer manufacturing project utilizing Visual Basic, SQL Server, MS Access. Lead teams analyzing client

systems, software and billing workflow. Technical interviewer for new hires. Winner of the "Iron Man" award for exceeding

billable-hours. Wrote Print/Media ads.

Additional Experience:

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CERNER, DIGITAL SIMPLISTICS

PROFESSIONAL INVENTORY

STRATEGIC THINKER with demonstrated success in reducing costs by: Strategic and tactical IT assessment of

operational policies/procedures for business effectiveness, enterprise security and process efficiency. Use project

management to leverage technology and drive business results.

INNOVATOR with solid analytical skills to target key issues and define winning solutions.

Interviewed and quoted as a source by Max McKeown in: "The Truth about Innovation",

ISBN-10: 027*******, ISBN-13: 978-*********. US Patent holder 8,170,545

VALUE Seasoned professional with a broad range of project experience including Project Management, process

improvement, project analysis, contract/vendor management, object oriented analysis, requirements gathering, and staff

mentoring.

LEADER who has participated in Sprint’s Executive Mentoring program for two years, Chosen for Sprint Leadership

Development Institute (LDI), 1 of 5 student leaders. Interviewed by NPR in January 2009. Interviewed twice in 2011, once in

2012 by Kansas City Star.

TECHNICAL INVENTORY

Visual Studio (VB) .Net. 2012, VB6, SQL Server, Office, MSI, PeopleSoft, Business Objects

EDUCATION

MBA with Project Management certificate, Keller Graduate School PMP Expected shortly.

B.S., Computer Science, University of Missouri at Kansas City

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