Project Manager Management

Timothy M. LaPorta

Email: ab9qeg@r.postjobfree.com Cell Phone – 540-***-****

A results oriented Information Technology leader with an exceptional 24-year track record of problem solving and

fostering strategic partnerships to ensure successful project delivery. A highly dedicated, focused and customer centric

individual with the ability to interact and connect with senior executives from a business and technology perspective.

Focus on maximizing team efficiency by maximizing global resource alignment through strategic planning. Possess

exceptional analytical problem-solving ability with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Areas of expertise include:

• • Negotiation, Contract Management

Program / Project Management

• • Sourcing and Procurement

Testing, Compliance and Optimizations

• • Resource and Vendor Management

Strategic Planning

(onshore/offshore)

• Process Improvement

• QS Best Practices (ETL, DW, BI)

• Banking, Telecommunications, and Life

• Outsourcing/Account Management/

Insurance Industry Experience

Engagement Management

• Analytical and Conceptual Problem Solving

Detailed Professional Experience

Capital One Financial Corporation July 2010 to Present

IT Senior Manager – Quality Services

• Manage a testing service with a budget of $8MM with 17 associates and 65 contractors providing

approximately 150,000 hours annually.

• Lead change agent for the Enterprise Data Services group on the Quality Services Agile Transformation team,

responsible for creating and implementing Agile Testing across the department.

• Led the effort to procure a managed service vendor. This included gathering requirements, RFP development,

vendor candidate interviews, and results reviews.

• Integrated Test Lead for a project that crossed 26 separate platforms. Responsibilities included data / process

analysis for each platform, coordination of code delivery timelines, creation of integrated test cases,

managing the day to day activities during execution, impediment resolution, and executive reporting of

testing results. This effort allowed the company to make a go decision for a production implementation of a

portfolio acquisition.

• Continue to develop partnerships with cross-QS leadership and project delivery teams to improve the

efficiency of integrated testing efforts across multiple complex platforms.

COMSYS 2008 - 2010

Senior Project Manager Consultant

• Successfully created a production-scale test environment and captured performance test results in 6 weeks on

a very complex application. This involved procurement and set up of hardware, installation and configuration

of all software, and creation, execution, and metrics capturing of specific performance test cases. These

results enabled senior leadership to make a grounded decision on the replacement of the application.

• Managed the closing of two data centers and moved the functionality into the corporate data center, as part of

a Data Center consolidation effort.

• Implemented a revenue-generating Rewards checking account for the Small Business Line of Business with

an ROI of $6MM.

• Pro-actively partnered with support teams to ensure project obstacles were overcome and projects were

delivered on schedule.

Capital One Financial Corporation 2002 - 2007

Reporting Manager

• Managed the US Card IT Portfolio Office reporting initiatives, including Monthly Business Reviews with

Senior Executives, portfolio manager analytical reports, and ad-hoc reporting.

• Created an automated project portfolio reporting framework based on a corporate system of record. This

allowed for a reduction of 25% of department staff that was needed to support the previous application.

Additionally, executive reporting accuracy and timeliness was improved to more than 95%.

Senior Project Manager

• Implemented various IT projects, including software development releases, infrastructure projects, defect

corrections, and various ad-hoc projects, ranging in size from 625 to 2,000 man hours.

• Collaborated with multiple groups, including development, testing, configuration management, and release

management to effectively negotiate project resources and timelines.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Qwest Communications: Data Warehouse Manager, Project Lead

• MCI: Project Manager, Development Manager, Financial Analyst

• Banner Life Insurance: Financial Analyst / Accountant

• Tower Federal Credit Union: Financial Analyst

• Potomac Community Federal Credit Union: Branch Manager

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS:

• University of Maryland, BS Degree in Finance

• George Washington University, Masters Certificate in Project Management

• Certified Agile Scrum Master

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