Project Management

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER

Dynamic IT professional with a solid and proven technology, management, and

consulting skill set, working with large global corporations across a

variety of industry segments. Over 25 years experience transforming

business problems into comprehensive technical solutions, which include

technology, business process, and organizational change. Proposed and

delivered technical solutions on a diverse set of applications including

software packages, custom developed and hosted solutions. Possess a unique

combination of technical, business, consulting, and analytical skills,

successful in building and maintaining strong customer relationships at

both the mid to highest levels of senior management, as well as clients.

Areas of expertise include:

Planning & Budget Management PeopleSoft & Oracle E-Business

Business Process Re-engineering Complex Systems Design & Delivery

Business Process Modeling Program & Project Management

Executive Communication E-Commerce & Web Development

Client Engagement Management Application Lifecycle & Project Application Lifecycle & Project

Methodologies Methodologies

Team Leadership & Staff Consultative Sales Techniques

Development

Vendor Management Implementation of Packaged & Hosted

Solutions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Livonia, Michigan 2008 - current

Director, Digital Media Product Management

Managing the digital marketing product management team which are

responsible for defining and delivering new product features according to

the Agile methodology. Also, responsible for customer support,

organizational change management, and the technical team that maintains our

internet properties: www.RedPlum.com and www.Save.com. As the product

expert, I've worked with external customers to devise creative solutions to

their needs. In this role, I regularly interact with the CTO, CIO, DBAs,

and system and network engineers.

. Established a Microsoft .Net digital media platform (application) that

allowed us to quickly configure client assets and expand interactive

functionality, as well as support the transactional volume of the

business.

. Drafted and filed US patents for innovations in interactive marketing

software. Currently, working to extend them to Europe.

. Assists with business development and client sales. Efforts resulted in

contracts with a large CPG and a several retailers. Currently working

with major retailers and CPGs in Europe.

. Implemented Ektron, a content management package, to reduce time to

publication and lowered operational costs.

. Researched and selected technologies and partnerships for delivery of

promotional advertisements to both internet and mobile consumers. These

include open-source software, SMS and mobile platforms, security

authentication, cloud computing, and Point-of-Sale integration.

. Devised a strategy and plan to converge our interactive and shopper

loyalty software products to deliver greater functionality quicker and

cheaper.

. Create and maintain the overall product vision, roadmap and budget.

. Established a product/platform delivery team of 40 associates and

consultants, as well as off-shore vendors.

KELLY SERVICES, INC., Troy, Michigan 2002 - 2008

Director, Information Technology

Chief Solution Architect 2005 - 2008

Led the PeopleSoft implementation for Payroll, Billing and Receivables,

including architecture, procurement and installation of infrastructure, and

development of custom extensions. Created overall program budgets for

technical staff ($20 million per year) and infrastructure ($3-10 million

per year).

. Implemented PeopleSoft in the United Kingdom and Ireland to support

payroll for 13,000 employees per week, generating 5000 invoices per week,

and collecting Receivables from 3000 customers, as well as deployed

Accounts Receivables for the $5 billion per year North American

operation.

. Coordinated across IT departments and with various vendors to select,

procure, and implement new technologies to support the global

application. The infrastructure consisted of Oracle 10g database

implemented on multiple IBM Linux servers and the PeopleSoft integration

broker, web and application servers, as well as Microsoft BizTalk

deployed on numerous Dell blade servers.

. Worked directly with the Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Administrative

Officer, CIO, and other senior Vice-Presidents on project governance, and

to understand requirements and business process to architect a cost

effective solution. Solutions involved PeopleSoft, custom development,

third-party packages, and hosted solutions (Software as a Service).

. Managed vendor relationship with Oracle/PeopleSoft software and support,

as well as various technical consulting partners.

Business Relationship & Application Director 2004

Managed the back office application portfolio consisting of Oracle e-

Business Suite, mainframe packages, custom and hosted applications.

Established working relationship with the Chief Accounting Officer,

Controller, and department heads from Internal Audit, Treasury Legal, Human

Resources, Salaried Payroll, and Tax.

. Proposed to Chief Administrative Officer a pilot of Oracle e-Business'

employee self-service to eliminate costly printing and distribution of

internal employee payslips.

. Implemented a software package and infrastructure to aggregate, calculate

and remit federal, state, and local income taxes, reducing reserves held

with taxing authorities by more than $1 million.

. Improved team productivity by implementing analysis and testing tools,

training, and establishing standard processes and documentation.

Project Architect & Application Director 2002 - 2004

Oversaw the development and support of an application that takes customer

orders and assigns temporary employees to jobs. The system is used by 4000

people in 2000 offices spread across North America.

. Managed a development team that delivered three major releases a year,

the integration to legacy applications, conversion of operational data

and production support.

. Met project deadlines through tight schedules, optimized processes, and

managing assignments

COMPUWARE CORPORATION, Detroit, Michigan 1992 - 2002

Project Director

Engagement Manager at Kelly Services 1997 - 2002

Managed client relationships, consultant oversight, and service delivery,

which was over $15 million in 1999. Interacted regularly with Kelly CIO,

VPs and Directors, as well as Compuware executives.

. Mentored IT Director and VP of Application Development in complex program

management and software delivery via Joint Application Design, business

process modeling, application design, while overseeing the development of

client/server and web-based applications.

. Supported Kelly's B2B initiative by establishing a team to design and

build common integration services for taking orders via Ariba and

CommerceOne to retain large corporate customers. Project completed in

six months.

Engagement Manager at Ford Motor Company 1996 - 1997

. Established and managed a Project Office for a multi-year global program,

working in partnership with all team leaders to establish common project

management processes.

. Launched a unified project plan for managing the design, development, and

implementation of an engineering application that plans, simulates, and

manages the final assembly process.

Project management for clients including Comerica Bank and an NHL Hockey

Team 1992 - 1996

Additional work experience available upon request

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science Wayne State University, Detroit,

Michigan

Associate in Applied Sciences Oakland Community College, Bloomfield

Hills, Michigan

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PeopleSoft Finance and HR courses PMBOK

MetaStorm Provision Business Oracle AIM & CapGemini RAPID

Modeling Methodology

LPI Leadership Training Compuware Paragon Project Management

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2007, 2008 ITIL training from HDI and Pink

& 2009 Elephant

Society for Information Management

- Detroit

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