Peter J. Wolsey, PMP, CDIA Project Management, Technical
Training & Mentoring
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. An energetic and experienced trainer/mentor, with the skills to
effectively teach both technical and non-technical information, and the
experiential application of those skills. Training skills derived from a
powerful combination of knowledge and personal experience in both
technology and methodology. Also highly skilled at creating and
implementing training programs for technology and business application.
. Experience-based, detail-oriented Project (and Program) Management
skills, acquired through a constant combination of formal education and
hands-on experience. A history of completing projects on time and within
budget, both as a consultant and as an employee. PMI-certified for 10
consecutive years as a PMP.
. Excellent C level verbal and written communication skills, especially in
summarizing and presenting status and metrics to sponsors.
. Strong analytical, problem solving, decision-making and leadership
experience, proven in a wide range of different areas, such as banking,
finance, engineering, defense, etc.
. Substantial experience in establishing and maintaining Governance
processes and methodologies, in both Product Development and Quality
environments, with a constant eye toward satisfying auditing requirements
(SOX, etc.) and CMMI certification.
. Extensive consulting experience, both in the US and overseas. Managed
offshore projects.
. Experience throughout the entire SDLC process.
. Extensive PMO experience - establishing new, assessing existing, and
managing PMO's.
. Over 20 years' experience with MS Office products, 15 years with MS
Project and Visio, and 7 years with HP-PPM, developing a powerful
competency/proficiency in the implementation, customization, and
utilization of them to fit the needs of the Project and Portfolio
Management environment.
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SUMMARY OF PERSONAL SKILLS
Project Environments: Productivity & Project Management
IT infrastructure (WANs, server farms, Tools:
firewalls, telecom, etc.) HP PPM (Mercury ITG) Lotus Notes
Software and Web development Microsoft Word
Application (COTS) implementation Microsoft Excel
Database & Data Warehouse Development Microsoft Front Page Microsoft
Offshore outsourcing of IT projects PowerPoint
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Access
Microsoft SharePoint HP
ART(similar to Captivate)
Quality Assurance / Control / Management Enterprise Content (Knowledge)
Six Sigma Management:
IT Governance Imaging
Workflow
Document Management COLD
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Six Sigma Black Belt, 2005
Six Sigma Green Belt, 2005
Master of IS/IT Project Management, 2004
Master of Applied Project Management, 2003
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI)
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), 2003 (Certification
number 63991)
COMPTIA
Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA), 1996 (Certification
number 933DTT2176)
CONDIE COLLEGE, San Jose, California
Computer Programming/Systems Analysis & Design, graduated with Highest
Honors
PMI (Project Management Institute) 10 year member
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
07/12 - Present Results Positive, Phoenix, AZ - HP-PPM Technical
Solutions Analyst/Trainer
Worked with various clients, such as MoneyGram Int'l, Cox
Communications, and Delta Airlines, to implement or upgrade the HP-PPM
tool. Performed full requirements studies, created the design
documentation, managed the technical implementation of the
customizations defined during requirements, managed the system and UAT,
designed all custom training manuals for all of the various courses,
and then performed the "Train the Trainers" training. Managed the
environments, and the "go-live" implementation. Customer satisfaction
was very high, and all expectations were met or exceeded.
HP-PPM Modules implemented were: Time Management; Proposal Management;
Project Management; Program Management; Risk Management; Issues
Management; Scope Change Management; Resource Management; Budget/Cost
Management.
Created training courses for all PPM modules, then updated them all to
the latest software releases as they emerged. Heavy use of MS
PowerPoint, with screen shots and "how to" step by step instructions,
exercises and examples.
Trained in the use of the HP ART training automation product (similar
to Captivate).
04/12 - 07/12 Sedgwick/Hartford, Hartford, CT (PM Solutions) -PMO
Consultant
Performed a Business Process Analysis on the software and customer data
being purchased by Sedgwick from Hartford Insurance.
Worked with both groups to analyze the software, data, and associated
business processes that supported them. Documented the findings and
them documented the proposed changes to business processes, that would
improve efficiencies and customer satisfaction.
09/11 - 10/11 Hawaiian Electric Company (PM Solutions) -PMO Consultant
Performed a Project Management Maturity assessment for the Hawaiian
Electric Company. Conducted interviews with all levels of personnel
from the president of the company to the project manager practitioners.
Developed and executed an online survey, using a web survey tool, and
extracted all of the relevant metrics. Co-authored the final report,
giving the full assessment from all of the data generated, and
delivered to all levels within the company. Also developed a gap
analysis report of what would be needed to move the corporation to a
level 3 maturity, and mapped out the recommended process and
methodology changes.
01/10 - 08/11 Morgan Stanley -Business Analyst/Project Manager
Member of the HP-PPM implementation and support team for 8 business
groups, and 10,000+ users.
Worked with assigned business groups to determine and document new
requirements, converted those requirements into design and functional
specs, then performed functional testing, and coordinated UAT.
Managed the project timeline and issues, ensuring that the projects
were completed in time to meet regularly scheduled deployments.
Worked with HP-PPM development tools, and Business Objects reporting of
PPM data.
Managed and implemented all licenses and access permissions for all
users.
Managed the level 2 and level 3 help desk issues around the PPM
software, assigning tickets to appropriate Business Analysts and
developers, and ensured timely resolution. Managed metrics gathering
and reporting of ticket resolutions.
Managed the monthly releases of all software updates, including scope
of release content, scheduling, testing, and actual weekend
implementation of code.
11/08 - 12/09 McGraw-Hill -PMO/HP-PPM Consultant/Trainer
Planned and executed implementation and customization of Project
Management, Resource Management, and Time Management through the HP-PPM
tool replacing existing process involving Excel spreadsheets, and MS
Project.
Executed upgrade testing, conversion, and training from version 7.1 to
version 7.5 of HP-PPM
Developed course materials and taught multiple training courses for the
different HP-PPM modules, with hands-on exercises. Taught classes
around the world and locally both live and via WebEx.
Performed regular PMO duties, managing Portfolio of projects, using
complex Excel spreadsheets, and reporting them to upper management via
PowerPoint.
09/07 - 06/08 NIIT USA Inc. - HP-PPM Technical Training&Implementation
Consultant
Trained worldwide HP customer users and implementers, using the various
standard, and also customized, courses offered by HP for the Project
and Portfolio Management (HP-PPM) application (formerly Mercury ITG).
Extensive travel to customer locations (e.g., Bank of New York Mellon
in NY, Pittsburgh, London). Always strong positive response from
clients on quality of training.
4/07 - 6/07 BDP Int'l -PMO Consultant
Custom designed and implemented a PMO office for the IT department.,
including developing all processes, tools and templates.
4/06 - 3/07 Iron Mountain - Snr. Project Manager
Managed the first fully outsourced offshore development program (multi-
project), establishing communications, escalation, reporting, and
governance processes. Created Sharepoint-based databases and templates
to facilitate the execution.
Managed the first large program attempted by the company, comprised of
7 projects, new technologies (SOA and ESB), and a budget of over $6mm.
Program was split between 2 development locations (the 2 largest
projects in PA and the other 5 projects in MA). One location utilized
standard waterfall methodology and PMI process through earned value
reporting, while the other used Agile methodology, with very little
process or metrics. Worked with both location project managers to
define a metrics gathering and reporting process that enabled
conforming reporting to the Steering Committee, while still supporting
the 2 different methodologies.
Defined and established a program management governance methodology,
with associated metrics and report templates. Established a program
homepage within the company SharePoint environment, and authored
databases there for Issues Management, Risk Management, and Scope
Change Management.
Analyzed existing Tier III production support process, which cut across
multiple departments in the company. Redesigned the process to be more
efficient and to enable a better prioritization of all issues, using a
qualitative analysis tool I designed, to categorize each issue
regardless of its source.
7/05 - 4/06 GMAC Commercial Mortgage - Project Management Consultant
Managed the implementation of a large, enterprise Content Management
system (Imaging, workflow and Document Management), integrating it
across 3 separate 3rd party core business applications.
Managed many projects for the selection and implementation of 3rd party
business software.
5/03 -7/05 Popular Financial Holdings, Marlton, NJ - Project Manager
Managed the implementation of Mercury IT Governance S/W (now HP-PPM)
and the associated conformance of the IT department to a robust CMM
Level III series of governance processes.
Member of the corporate Governance council, COBIT subcommittee,
developing and implementing processes to ensure an environment of
structured governance and auditable conformity throughout the IT and
Business Development groups.
Managed the creation of an ODS and Data Warehouse combining all legacy
data with ongoing new-system data. Once the DW was established,
utilized BRIO to develop all subsequent financial management reports
generation from it.
Managed the conversion of historical data from legacy mortgage and loan
origination and management system to the new 3rd party replacement.
Managed the conversion of 150 branch offices across the entire US from
a 3270 mainframe environment to a multi-tiered client/server Wintel
environment. This effort included the buildout of a new 70-server fiber-
core data center with full redundancy and SAN storage, and creation of
a WAN connecting all of the branches to the data center. Managed 7
different vendor companies in the field to create a LAN in each branch
office, install T1, ISDN and analog phone lines, routers and switches,
and new PCs for each user. Also managed the installation of DS3 lines
into the data center, and frame relay connections to external service
vendors..
11/02- 04/03 Villanova University, PA - Full Time Student
Completed Master of Applied Project Management program, and Project
Management Professional (PMP) certification.
4/1/96 -10/02 Lockheed Martin Commercial Consulting, Valley Forge, PA
- Senior Consultant
7/01 - JP Morgan Chase Private Bank - Member of project management team on the
9/02 design, development, and test of a global, web-based project management
tool to track all application development projects. Website functions
included monthly YTD plan-to-actual budget performance, weekly project
status and issue reporting, interactive resource planning worksheet to
match forecast to plan, monthly reconciliation to General Ledger, etc.
Backend was a SQL server database.
4/01 - JP Morgan Chase Private Bank - Member of the Program Management Office
9/02 (PMO) on the 2 year Technology Integration portion of the merger of
JPMorgan and Chase Manhattan Private Banks. Responsible for collecting and
tracking all technology integration schedules and budgets within these
sectors. Annual budget managed exceeded $140 million. Utilized MS Project
for schedule tracking, MS Excel for budgets, and MS Powerpoint for
presentation of results to senior management.
4/00 - LabMorgan - Project Management team member during development of a B2B
2/01 browser-based ecommerce application. The application performed Electronic
Bill Presentation and Payment, with dispute resolution, cash management,
AR/P interface, etc. Spent time in Bangalore, India to assist in
overseeing the offshore product development there. Upon return from India,
managed daily ongoing compliance communications. Team manager for all
Acceptance Testing, Bug Reporting and Performance testing.
1/00 - JP Morgan Private Bank - Project manager of Software Development to
2/00 produce a web-based intranet application for the online creation and
processing of requests for hiring consultants within the bank. Used Lotus
Notes and Domino as the platform.
7/99 - JP Morgan Private Bank PMO- Team member in the establishment and
1/00 staffing of the Y2K Global Command Center, the global system health check
process, and contingency planning. Assigned to the Global Command Center
during the Millennium rollover. Developed globally distributed Microsoft
Access and Lotus Notes databases, Excel workbooks, and report generation
from each. Also developed monthly Powerpoint Y2K status newsletter for
firmwide distribution, dynamically linked to the spreadsheets and
databases. Utilized MS Project for schedule tracking.
10/97 - JP Morgan Private Bank - Global Program Management Office (PMO) team
6/99 member on the Year 2000 project. Assigned to oversee and mentor project
teams in the certification of the global computer network infrastructure,
internally developed applications, and vendor products. Tasks included
training and ongoing compliance of all teams in the use of templates and
standard processes for assessment, project planning, renovation,
implementation, testing, certification, regression prevention, rollout,
and risk and dependency management. Utilized MS Project for schedule
tracking, MS Access for risk management, MS Excel for summarized
reporting, MS Visio for organizational structure and reporting, etc.
6/98 - Chase Manhattan - Middle Markets - Member of project team performing the
9/98 evaluation, selection and implementation of a workflow automation
standard. Coordinated the 4 integrating vendors' products (BPR Modeler,
desktop GUI, workflow engine, Imaging). Architected an integrated workflow
design within the common bank based on WfMC standards. Utilized MS Excel
to collect and summarize all data for the group, and MS Powerpoint to
present final architecture proposal to client. Also re-architected the
existing imaging system to be more extensible, and compatible with the
other applications.
3/97 - JP Morgan Private Bank - Performed a requirements analysis for an
9/97 Imaging/COLD system, then wrote the technical RFP and implementation plan
for distribution to potential vendors. Selected the RFP recipients,
analyzed the resultant proposals, downselected to the most viable, then
performed an in-depth analysis on winners. Performed a further analysis on
the downselected vendors' current development projects and prepared
presentation of results for senior management.
6/96 - Freddie Mac - Project Manager and technical lead for a workflow and
8/96 imaging project. Performed the analysis and design of the solution as well
as managing the C++ based development. Teamed with the customer to
successfully integrate the solution with a parallel effort by the
customer's own staff.
9/96 - Lockheed Martin - Technical lead in the development of an NT-based
11/96 distributed client/server Knowledge Management solution that utilized
Lotus Notes as the base infrastructure. Technologies applied included
document imaging, OCR, full text indexing and searching, COLD, workflow,
Internet commerce enablement, document management, and distributed
compound object management.
4/96 - Lockheed Martin - Assisted Business Development between client
9/02 assignments, researching, writing and presenting many major proposals.
Required creation of proposed schedules, WBS, and network diagrams for
large IT projects.
2/1/92 - 4/1/96 3D Technology, Conshoken, PA - Program Manager
Managed a PCB design service bureau, successfully balancing multiple
concurrent customer projects and their schedules.
Worked on the Development and marketing of a 3D solids-modeling
software.
7/1/85 - 1/1/92 Cadence Design Systems, Blue Bell, PA - General Manager,
Eastern Design Ops
Managed a PCB design service bureau successfully coordinating an
average of 30+ concurrent customer.
Pioneered the integration of raster imaging and vector-based CAD.
11/1/83 - 7/1/85 Cadcor Inc., Santa Clara, CA - Manager of Training and
Applications
Developed full syllabus and then taught multiple CAD training classes
in PCB design, 3 dimensional piping, and mechanical design.
Trained and then managed a team of trainers doing same. Worked on
development of a CAD-based PCB design automation tool.
9/1/82 - 10/1/83 Austcad Pty., Ltd., Australia - Consultant
One year consulting assignment to support IBM and Fujitsu sales groups
demonstrating 3 dimensional CAD software.
6/1/81 -8/1/82 Gibbs & Hill, inc., Nuclear Energy Div, San Jose, CA- Lead
Design Engineer
Designed control rooms for Nuclear Power Stations using CAD tools.
6/1/79 - 6/1/81 Zilog inc., San Jose, CA - Project Manager
Managed development projects, packaging the first commercially viable
microprocessor (the Z80), and subsequent Z8000's.
9/1/79 - 6/1/82 California Academy of Drafting, San Jose, CA - Instructor
Developed full syllabus and then taught printed circuit board design
evening classes.
10/1/77 - 6/1/79 Datapoint Corp., Santa Clara, CA - Project Manager
Managed special projects in engineering, such as development of the
first 5 " Winchester hard drive (now in all PC's).
1/1/75 - 10/1/77 GE Nuclear Energy Division, San Jose, CA - Product
Designer
Designed control rooms for Nuclear Power Stations. Transitioned the
department to CAD tools.
2/1/73 -12/1/74 Gould Medical Systems, Sunnyvale, CA - ElectroMechanical
Designer
Designed and packaged the first fully portable defibrillator/heart
monitor system for EMTs
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