Project Manager Management

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Harvey L. Kadin

HARVEY L. KADIN

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Brooklyn, New York 11230 Home: 718-***-****

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY & PLANNING PMO BUSINESS ANALYSIS UAT & QA

High-performance Program and Project Manager with over 15 years of successful delivery and rescue of global complex,

cross-functional long-term projects as well as PMO development and portfolio management. Unique ability to understand

and articulate business needs, goals and objectives on a conceptual level. Clarity of understanding combined with

creativity and innovation lead to the formulation of effective and durable solutions. Targeted communication of needs,

strategy and solutions to both business and technology stakeholders along with solid project management and relationship

building skills enabled timely and cost-effective execution and delivery. Careful attention to detail without getting bogged

down in details. Talent, passion and an innate ability to get things done as well as i n-depth experience in Financial

Services and other industries and disciplines (eCommerce, manufacturing, healthcare, and public sector) combined to

enable consistent success.

• • Skilled in relationship building, stakeholder management,

Passion to succeed; strong sense of project ownership.

• Commitment to quality, process and meeting deadlines and influencing

• • Exceptional written and presentation abilities

Thought leader, agile learner and a creative problem solver

• • Strong technical and architecture background

Team builder, leader, motivator and mentor

• • Creative and innovative

Effective in anticipating risks and developing

mitigation strategies and scope management

• Expert Business and Functional Requirements Development

skills.

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

• Retained by McGraw Hill for a 3-month engagement to lead the firm-wide deployment of HP’s

Project and Portfolio Management suite. Contract was extended indefinitely to lead the development

and re-structuring of the entire corporate PMO.

o Problems: The role of the Corporate PMO was undefined and it was not empowered to

implement the changes required to deploy the product. In addition, there were no

institutionalized PM or SDLC processes or standards.

o Solutions: Wrote and acquired approval for PMO charter. Successfully created PMO

staffing plan. Led the creation of firm-wide project management and SQA processes and

procedures and monitoring protocols across all business sectors (including S&P.) Led the

review and audit of high-value, high-visibility projects; both in-flight and post mortem.

Created framework for the capture and analysis of project portfolio and IT assets. Presented

to and acted as consultant to the Executive Steering Committee.

• Employed by B&H Photo Video to “professionalize” the firm’s eCommerce IT team. After 3 months

was promoted to Director to manage the entire 20-person team (BAs, Usability designers,

developers and QA team.)

o Problem: The eCommerce channel, which had previously grown rapidly, was at a virtual

stand-still.

o Solutions: (1) Implemented formal development processed and trained the staff, (2) re-

organized the project portfolio along strategic lines and (3) formed and led a business-

aligned Steering Committee.

o Result: eCommerce sales now exceed the sales of the brick-and-mortar and catalogue

divisions combined.

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• As manager of a 20-person consulting team, was retained by Citibank to test and certify Commercial

Bank Cash Product systems (DDA, Funds Transfer and Sweeps.) Citibank had purchased HP

Quality Center to facilitate the testing.

o Problem: Citibank was under the impression that these products were “plug and play.” They

are not and the team was not trained in using them. There was no time or budget to train

the team.

o Solution: The applications were mainframe-base and required only a subset of HP Quality

Center functionality. Developed a special-purpose test scripting language which included

only the required functionality and retained the services of a Quality Center technical expert

as well as an MS Access developer. The Access developer created an application to

facilitate the entry of the test scripts and the technical expert developed a compiler to

convert the MS Access scripts to HP scripts. Developed and taught a two-hour training

course to learn the scripting language

o Result: All testing was successfully completed on time and within budget. Citibank adopted

the software and processes to facilitate testing in other areas of the Bank

• As corporate PMO consultant to AIG:

o Problem: In reviewing the project status reports for an internal client division, it became

clear that a publicly announced eCommerce insurance product launch was jeopardized by a

lack of operational facilities to support the business.

o Solution: At the request of the division’s CIO, was transferred to the division to build the

operational infrastructure. Accomplished the task in a matter of weeks.

o Result: The product was successfully launched on the announced date. Retained as

Product Manager for division’s Cash and Payments product line.

• As a consultant, was retained by Credit Suisse (then CSFB) to manage the Year 2000 global testing

and certification of all SWIFT access points and associated upstream and downstream systems.

o Problem: (1) there was no central repository of SWIFT usage. Each operating unit in the

various countries made their own arrangements with SWIFT, (2) each unit was responsible

for developing and maintaining their own upstream and downstream applications that

communicated with SWIFT, (3) the testing teams were globally dispersed and (4) the

SWIFT-mandated certification required intra- and inter-bank testing.

o Solution: Developed a survey process to assemble access point, application and team

structure information. Conducted regular international conference calls to communicate

testing requirements, schedules and progress reporting. Managed all intra-CS testing as well

as testing with Correspondents, Custodians and trading partners.

o Result: Certification was completed before the SWIFT-mandated deadlines.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

VANTAGE DIAGNOSTICS NYC

PROGRAM MANAGER DEC 2009 – MAR 2011

• Provide roadmap and strategic direction for proprietary dermatology tele-diagnostic software and

its integration with major healthcare management systems.

• Developed key contacts and venture capital funding sources to support international growth and

expansion opportunities.

• Support vendor management and strategic partner relationship management.

• Developed approach to integrating MS Office components with proprietary software platform.

ALLIANCE TIME-MONT D’OR OF AMERICA NYC

PMO - PM APR 2008 – OCT 2009

• Developed and mentored the internal Business Analysis team and function.

• Development and implementation of the Project and Portfolio management processes (Planview-

based)

• Successfully managed multiple, simultaneous projects including eCommerce website navigation

design and implementation as well as end-user experience and behavior targeting

• Successfully managed effort for financial analysis of ROI on marketing expense.

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• Successfully developed BRD for real-time inventory management and allocation process and

system to accommodate both commercial and retail sales.

• Designed and implemented SharePoint-based documentation library.

MCGRAW HILL COMPANIES (STANDARD & POORS + INFORMATION & MEDIA) NYC

DIRECTOR, ENTERPRISE PMO-CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FEB 2007 – DEC 2007

• Successfully created global PMO charter, requirements, governance processes, IT Asset

Management and development plan.

• Led the development and implementation of formal project management process based on the

PMBOK (PMI) framework for multiple SDLC’s (Waterfall, RUP, Agile.)

• Project review, remediation and mentoring of PMP-certified project managers – financial &

manufacturing

• Business process outsourcing and vendor management

• Preparation of and presentation of Executive Steering Committee status and financial reports.

• Led the implementation, training and deployment of Project and Portfolio Management software

(HP PPM).

B&H PHOTO VIDEO NYC

DIRECTOR, ECOMMERCE IT SEP 2005 – JAN 2007

• Managed multiple, simultaneous, inter-related eCommerce projects

• Successfully managed re-engineering of full Content and Catalog Management system.

• Introduced formal functional requirements as well as formal project management and SDLC

processes.

• Successfully re-organized applications development portfolio along strategic lines.

• Managed a team 18 (BA’s. UI designers, developers and QA team)

VERTICON CONSULTING NYC

Selected engagements 2004-2005

PROGRAM MANAGER BANK OF NEW YORK (PERSHING)

• Managed the conversion of multiple, simultaneous Retail Brokerage asset management applications to a eCommerce-

based thin client platform.

• Full life-cycle (CMM Level 4); requirements development and definition through implementation

• Solutions and technical architecture; coordination of off-shore UI design and technology groups

• Stakeholder management and communications

PROGRAM OFFICE DIRECTOR AIG DOMESTIC BROKERAGE GROUP (P&C)

• Oversight of $30MM portfolio of capital projects assuring alignment with business goals and objectives.

• Managed project budgets and actual financials as well as vendor and headcount resources.

• Directed yearly budgeting and forecasting cycle.

• Conflict resolution; Risk, Issue and Scope Management

• Vendor and stakeholder management and stakeholder communications.

CULPEPER GROUP/PHOENIX PARTNERS NYC

Selected engagements: 1997-2003

PROJECT MANAGEMENT JPMORGANCHASE IB

• Planned and managed testing and certification of derivatives products Market & Counterparty Credit Risk and

Exposure applications (Interest Rate & Currency Swaps, options, futures.)

• Developed approach and strategy to test and validate complex valuation model involving Monte Carlo simulation.

Provided tools to extract test data directly from production using direct SQL inquiries [Sybase, Unix].

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT CULPEPER GROUP

• Planned and developed a Foreign Exchange (FX) Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) and GSTPA practice for a

New York-based financial services transition management consultancy

• Treasury management, Settlement & Liquidity Risk operations impact evaluation

• Software evaluation and integration

• Business process testing and certification

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - PMO JPMORGANCHASE

• Directed the Program Office for the integration and consolidation of the JPMorgan into an

enhanced multi-currency Chase general ledger system involving 80 team members.

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• Project plan, timeline, milestones and dependencies

• Risk identification, management and mitigation

• Communications to stakeholders; management of cross-functional team leads and multiple work

streams

PROGRAM OFFICE/PROJECT MANAGEMENT AIG

• Established a Global Program Office for Senior Executive Management (annual IT budget of $2 billion).

• Development of standards and methodologies (CMM)

• The development of a Standard Project Scorecard

• Project budget tracking, management and reporting

• Risk management, project management mentoring and co-management

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CREDIT SUISSE

• Successfully managed the global SWIFT-based industry and mandatory testing program for major international

broker-dealer/investment bank. Multi-location testing; team of 50

• Full end-to-end testing of foreign exchange, trading, equity and fixed income securities processing and funds transfer

functions.

• Coordination of industry associations, custodial and settlement facilities, trading partners, internal users, global

subsidiaries and affiliates

MAIDENFORM WORLDWIDE 1993 – 1997

APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER responsible for full life-cycle development of major manufacturing and sourcing

initiatives.

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK US (FLEET) 1989 – 1993

PROJECT MANAGER responsible for the execution of various strategic initiatives.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

City University of New York

Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Information Systems

EDUCATION

University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Brooklyn College

MBA Studies in Finance and Operations Research BA in Economics with Mathematics

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