Project Manager Management

KEITH LITMAN

** ***** ***** ( Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024

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SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

Highly accomplished senior IT executive with leadership experience in

critical projects and process improvements for ever-changing and demanding

finance industry.

. Diverse expertise in business analysis, resource management and project

management necessary for efficient project delivery.

. Superior communication skills able to mentor and motivate technical

teams manage relationships with clients and lead offshore cross-

functional teams.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Enterprise Transformation ( Agile Methodologies ( Process & Procedure

Improvements

Off-Shore Project Teams ( Cross Functional Technology Leadership (

Strategic Business Analysis

Emerging Technology ( Financial Industry Requirements ( Resource Management

( Team Building

Proactive Leadership ( Process Methodology ( Customer Relations ( Solution-

Driven Management

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Goldman SACHS, Jersey City, New Jersey ( 2010-Present

Vice President - Enterprise Platforms

Manage major projects and assist with enterprise transformation. Implement

critical IT processes and methodology to improve project delivery. Key

projects/programs under my direction have included:

. Manage the delivery of 10+ proprietary Goldman Sachs application

frameworks

. Manage the delivery of Goldman Sachs open source product - GS

Collections

. Introduced and mentor project teams on Agile delivery

. Responsible for the delivery of high profile and high risk projects for

the firm including regulatory initiatives and CTO sponsored initiatives

. Mentor teams that have high profile project delivery

. Lead Business Analysis and Project Management Network for Goldman Sachs

. Responsible for managing corporate Technical Showcases that highlight

technical capabilities to the Business and IT Organization. Typical

attendance is 2000+ individuals.

standard & poor's, New York, New York ( 2007-2010

Senior Director - Structured Finance Information Technology

Manage major projects and assist with enterprise transformation. Implement

critical IT processes and methodology to improve project delivery. Key

projects/programs under my direction have included:

RMBS Data Program Delivery

. Managed multifaceted portfolio of projects including $8M Data Feed

Project that consolidated US Residential Mortgage Backed Security (RMBS)

data, Property Value and Consumer Data - orchestrated 30 cross-

functional professionals, both on- and off-shore throughout project.

. Implemented ASF LINC - universal loan identification number.

. Delivered monthly mortgage performance in 5 days for clients.

. Designed and built Feed Platform eventually used for additional future

business opportunities.

. Implemented integration of iMake platform to S&P architecture.

. Delivered ABSX quarterly releases that supplied credit and cash flow

models

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CDO Program Delivery

. Led and delivered Version 2 of Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)

product suite for consumers - managing all resources, logistics and

on/offshore teams from 5 - 85 members.

. Oversaw 5 projects for Structure Finance Portfolio with projects ranging

in size from $500K to $15M.

PMO Governance

. Built and implemented development framework that utilized best-of-breed

aspects of Agile processes and Rational Unified Processes (RUP) for

repeatable enterprise development.

. Defined and implemented phase gates for more efficient and controlled

procedures between business and IT partners.

gmac commercial finance, New York, New York ( 2006-2007

Program Manager

Generated business growth through management of cross-functional team of

technical, sales and operations professionals. Orchestrated numerous PMO

projects according to systems design lifecycle (SDLC) standards. Led

investment product sales and customer relationship development. Worked

directly with clients to ensure financial strategy strength.

. Created and managed quality assurance group to improve application

development.

. Minimized costs and run rate by initiating use of offshore resources.

. Managed projects including: Migration of GMACCF to Windows XP and Office

2003, Server Virtualization and preparation of data center relocation.

ernst & young, Lyndhurst, New Jersey ( 2005-2006

Assistant Director

Served as project manager for Active Directory Automation Project designed

to streamline user's requests. Implemented strategies to improve IT project

management throughout organization

. Built and implemented development process with outsourcing partner to

utilize Rational Unified Processes (RUP) to create protocols and phase

gates for more efficient and controlled procedures between partner and

company - expanded RUP methodology to entire organization.

morgan stanley, New York, New York ( 2005-2006

PMO Analyst/Consultant

Led project management for Equity Research Products and created

comprehensive requirement specifications for institutional clients

including vision documents, use case, object models and detailed wire-

frames. Worked with teams on extension of Modelware reference data model

and mentored analysts to improve use cases.

Medco health, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey ( 2004-2005

Project Manager/Director Technology

Oversaw business analyst team and project development teams for Special

Care Pharmacy. Served as lead business analyst for Foundation Project to

define intake process for patients using services. Managed and delivered

project plans, bi-weekly status updates and detailed requirement

specifications for Sales and Marketing.

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dell professional services (formally plural), Stamford, Connecticut ( 2004-

2006

Senior Project Manager/Managing Associate

Planned and managed resources and team of project managers, business

analysts and quality assurance for Northeast US Region. Managed key

projects and mentored project teams to ensure effective operations and

project delivery.

. Transformed previously behind schedule Federal Home Loan Bank program

and mentored team throughout OO model verification, functional

decomposition diagrams and Use Case Documentation.

. Generated and documented requirements for new global equity research

platform and oversaw multiple iterative development project in web-based

laboratory organization.

deutsche bank, New York, New York ( 2001-2002

Assistant Vice President / Equity Research Information Technology

Analyzed, developed and executed needs and projects required to improve

content management. Reviewed and performed analysis using RUP and use cases

on Global Equity Research Projects that were slated to be web enabled.

plural, New York, New York ( 1996-2001

Senior Project Manager/Managing Associate

Led and mentored business analysts and project managers assigned to create

custom applications and create effective/efficient business processes.

. Created e-commerce B2B site for ordering and distributing health care

supplies for Henry Schein.

. Delivered 3-tier application for PanAmSat on time and under budget - led

team to design application to book fractionalize bandwidth and create

"routing wizard" to allow PanAmSat customers to book their own satellite

transmissions. Application won Microsoft Technology Impact Award in

1999.

Career Note: Previous experience as Business Systems Analyst for American

International Group and ADP Benefit Services.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION

Master of Business Administration in Management Information Systems

Fordham University, New York, New York

Bachelor of Arts in Economics

City University of New York, New York, New York

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification ( PMI Certification in

process

Certified Rational Rose Trainer and Consultant for Object Oriented Analysis

and Design and Use Cases

Certified Joint Application Design (JAD) Facilitator ( Design Patterns &

Data Modeling Certification

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE

Java, HTML, Angular JS, .Net, C#, C++, Windows 2000, Office 2000 and Higher

Java, ASP, JSP, J2EE, SQL Sever, Oracle, Sybase, Hadoop, HTML, XML, Web-

sphere, Siebel, Commerce Server, MS CMS, Documentum, K2 Workflow, Engine,

Share-Point Portal Server, Vignette, Pega, Version One, JIRA, Rally,

Clover, Crucible, Clickview

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