Project Manager
Resume:
SUMMARY
Experienced proactive Senior information leader with over 17 years of
experience overcoming large challenges in information technology seeks an
opportunity to grow and/or "fix" an organizations existing methodologies &
processes in order to increase efficiency, reduce redundancy, and put in
place repeatable processes allowing executives to concentrate on increasing
revenue instead of decreasing defects.
Competencies
. Expertise translating the big picture into clear, actionable,
business unit strategies
. Obtain key stakeholder ownership and accountability to assure
execution success
. Build, develop & motivate high performing teams. Feed talent pool &
move many to key positions
. Deliver and/or improve processes that provide sustainable competitive
advantage in the market
. Firm grasp of people, process and information required to ensure
optimum performance
Key Accomplishments
. Lead Manager who orchestrated the creation of a newly created PMO
office overseeing 2000 projects with $2 Billion budgeted yearly.
Within one year, project completion improved 400% and the company
saved over $50 Million in project costs as a direct result of my
enterprise project planning initiatives.
. Put a severely late over budget billion dollar initiative back on
track to successfully rollout new services that now brings in tens of
millions of dollars in yearly revenue.
. Oversaw the management and reorganization of an IT Department
containing Oracle developers, Web developers, architects, and tech
support personnel in order to better support the needs of the
organization and its customers through process/policy/personnel
changes as well as project planning methodologies.
. Partnered with marketing for an initiative that brought in $70
Million dollars worth of new business.
. Managed the successful completion of over three dozen offshore
hardware and software projects for Fortune 100 companies.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sr. Consultant [Pyramid Consulting Group] -Federated Investors
Pittsburgh, PA 2009 - Present
. Oversight of the deployment of both infrastructure and investment
related IT projects using primavera portfolio management system for
project tracking.
. Deployed various applications for investment services such as CRM
solutions and etc...
. Worked on various projects in support of Charles River, Interchange,
Omgeo Connect, Edgenet and other applications in support of
Investors/Traders.
. Planned and organized testing and training schedules
. Research/resolve client questions and problems to ensure client
satisfaction and retention
. Coordinated support service with other operating departments
. Deployed MPLS telecommunications infrastructure to replace existing
T1's throughout entire client organization
. Planned/coordinated systems/server relocations as part of datacenter
closings in reconsolidation efforts
. Involved in build out of Datacenter within Pittsburgh location
Sr. Consultant - BNYMellon Pittsburgh, PA 2008 - 2009
. Deployed over 120 EMC Xtender, SQL, Orchestria, and Facetime servers
to US, EMEA, India, China
. Manage Archiving related project activities, manage resources, status
updates to mgmt and project team, manage project budget, Coordinate
technical activities, manage project plan, manage project meetings,
deliver weekly status reports
. Implementation of an enterprise Electronic Communications Compliance
Monitoring system (Orchestria) starting with a proof of concept to
production. Retiring Legacy Compliance Monitoring systems from three
different organizations with different email architectures as a result
of several mergers.
. Directed the Systems Architecture team in all activities related to
Archiving and compliance
Coventry Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 - 2008
National Company offering Health Care Services in 50 states
Senior Manager
. Manager of the applications and systems support Department of over 50
associates overseeing multiple large and small scale software
development projects specializing in new projects & new business in
support of Medicare and Medicaid related software development projects
involving .Net, Java, C/C++, and Mumps programming languages. Systems
support team managed buildout, rollout, and maintenance of new
hardware for vendor developed software.
. Create and implement both Tactical plans and strategic direction to
meet short/long range department & corporate goals.
. Adhered to and followed standard Coventry SDLC.
. Created templates for Dashboard reports, Scope documents, System
Change Documents, issue tracking logs, and etc... used across
organization as well as by all 48 direct/indirect reports.
. Work across multiple lines of business within Coventry.
. Assists in ongoing direction and strategy by aligning functional group
efforts to overall business objectives.
. Build/leverage partnerships across business groups to deliver
innovative solutions. Critical thinker with a proven track record of
delivering technology projects displays collaborative skills and
ability to create sense of urgency to meet objectives.
. Accountable for end-to-end application scoping, planning, development,
implementation and post-implementation maintenance.
. Strong financial discipline and project prioritization in order to
align IT resources to strategic business goals.
. Provides strong leadership and proactive management style.
. Manage activities of remote personnel which include managers, leads,
analysts, and programmers.
. Oversees multiple project teams which are responsible for all phases
of the system development and implementation process including
analysis, design, development, testing and ongoing support for the
client area application systems in an environment of diverse
development platforms, computing environments (e.g., host based,
distributed systems, client server), software, hardware, technology,
tools, etc. Oversees the consultations with clients in the analysis of
short and long range business requirements and recommends innovations
which anticipate the future impact of changing business requirements.
. Assigns personnel to the various projects and directs their activities
as well as oversee and report on other project teams
. Review and evaluate the work of the staff and prepares periodic
performance reports as well as hire/fire personnel.
. Mentor/coach for team performance and career development in pursuit of
excellence.
Independent Consultant / Executive Project advisor
2005 - 2007
. Consulted on multiple engagements, performing business process
improvements and implementation of project management tasks associated
with infrastructure development/enhancements and software development
for various types of projects such as:
. Created customized SDLC for small business of software consultants in
order to meet deadlines with high quality deliverables. Trained onsite
personnel as well as performed health assessments on various projects
. Supervise the collection of business requirements and creation of
functional specifications for a local independent consulting company
working with small to midsize projects
. Performed research as well as acted as a project resource for local
entrepreneurs selling services such as infrastructure enhancements and
software development
. Created preliminary plans to upgrade a local businesses infrastructure
SAIC,
Warner Robins, GA 2004 - 2005
(Science Applications International Corporation)
Internationally known corporation specializing in the defense contracting
Reason for Leaving: Layoff due to loss of Defense contract (outbid by
Lockheed Martin)
Director of IT (Deputy Program Manager IT Systems Engineering)
. Direct IT & Systems Engineering department and associated teams in the
support and
. Enhancement/development of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
systems, Oracle & SQL Server database administration, and business
Logistics systems to meet critical needs of the business.
. Managed all in house software, hardware, and support teams IT related
. Responsible for the deployment of these teams to meet business
requirements through the successful completion of projects,
initiatives, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Provides tactical and
strategic direction to organization, Vice Presidents, managers, and
supervisors. Supports VPs and IT in the successful operation of Supply
Chain Management systems supporting Air Force, Army, and Navy.
. Provide leadership guidance and training to managers and supervisors
as well as coordinate team member training with the leadership group.
Directs training approach to allow for expansion of teams
capabilities, cross training, and business functional knowledge.
. Directs teams in the ongoing support of hardware/software environments
that are required for the stability and availability of system
environments.
. Rollout/implement a standard project development life cycle as well as
create standard templates required for each project phase for life
cycle of project.
. Created standards for dashboard reports
. Review and approve project timelines, work plans, design documents and
deadlines with the leadership team.
. Interviews, selects, develop & evaluate performance, and managed staff
of over 14 information technology professionals and efforts for 10 -
20 additional personnel
AT&T,
Atlanta, GA 2003 - 2004
Internationally known Telecommunications Corporation
Reason for Leaving: Completed contract
Senior International Network Services Manager (Consultant)
. Manage Network end to end Deployment and Upgrade of Telecommunications
Services for International Corporate clients such as Disney, NEC, and
Chevron Chemical.
. Engage/oversee appropriate third party companies to deploy and
configure correct hardware to multiple client sites before services
are provided. Hardware consists of routers, appropriate switches,
cables, and etc... depending on client needs for that particular
location.
. Overseen multiple offshore project rollouts and directed activities of
other project managers. Responsible for efforts of 60 - 100
personnel.
Sprint PCS, Lenexa,
KS 2001 - 2002
Internationally known Telecommunications Corporation
Reason for Leaving: Layoff due to massive restructuring
Senior PMO Program Manager (Project Director)
. Overseen the adoption and implementation of corporate wide project
management processes, procedures, templates, Waterfall SDLC, and
dashboard reports in real time used across organization.
. Created Project management system (repository) leveraging Crystal
Reports, SQL Server, Project Server to provide ability to customize
dashboards and financial reports in real time to executives and
managers.
. Managed/Supervised the Design, Development, and Deployment of
proprietary Sprint PCS Financial/Resource Planning Systems [Financial,
Scheduling and Resource management systems], which collected $2
Billion annually in project estimates and interfaces with proprietary
Sprint Billing systems in order to plan/manage Enterprise Resources
and annual budgets.
. Supervised the development and management of the intranet Web Portal
to our Financial/Project Systems web based applications that utilized
Java, HTML, ASP, and XML.
. Managed design/deployment/training/setup of corporate-wide centralized
automated project management and collaboration tool.
. Ensured consistent project management methodologies and standards were
used throughout organization for the entire project life cycle such as
planning, implementation, and tracking of schedules, budgets, risks,
and communications.
. Drove the organizations estimation process, estimation consolidation,
estimation entry, and management of financials into a project
management tool.
. Managed/ Supervised vendors (Accenture, IBM, Keane, etc internal
and external clients, and a staff in all aspects of the project life
cycle which included project managers, developers, testers, network
engineers etc... Staff sizes ranged from 2 - 20 people. Cross-
functional project teams ranged in size from 2 - 100 people.
. Managed Multiple Deployments of Desktops and Servers to over 500
associates .
. Managed multiple project rollouts and directed activities of other
project managers.
. Managed and contributed to the development of performance metrics for
executive level reports.
Applied Digital Access, Binghamton, NY
1999 - 2001
Telecommunications Operation Support Systems (OSS) software development and
service firm
Reason for Leaving: corporate financial problems leading to bankruptcy
Project Manager (Senior level Pre/Post Sales Support Manager)
. Client Management, E-Project Management, Production Control & Release
Management.
. Managed product development/deployment from point of sale through
product life cycle.
. Profit/Loss management experience on multimillion dollar budgets.
. Overseen highly complex high profile multi-platform OSS software
development and deployment of multiple application software systems
within schedule, cost and quality requirements.
. Managed planning, deployment, support, administration, and training of
SUN Unix, Windows, and Web based network management systems
(Commercial Packaged Software for planning of Enterprise Network
Resources) and servers at customers located throughout the United
States; perform integrations with AT&T, Bell Atlantic and GTE
telecommunications systems operating SUN Solaris platforms; write
customized scripts.
. Managed planning & deployments of both Hardware and Software SUN Unix
Servers, Windows Servers, and Web Servers (IPlanet and Apache) in
support of web based applications utilizing HTML, ASP, XML, Java, and
Perl.
. Supervised Deployments of Hardware and Software to large fortune 500
companies such as AT&T, Bell Atlantic, and GTE.
. Contributed and overseen the change management process for external
clients.
. Managed software development & Deployment project teams where team
members were located in Canada, California, Texas, and Indiana.
. Managed teams of various sizes from ranging in size from 2 - 10
people.
Raytheon Systems Corporation, Binghamton, NY
1998 - 1999
Internationally known corporation specializing in the aerospace engineering
and manufacture of aircraft training simulators
Reason for Leaving: plant closing due to corporate restructuring
Computer Systems Engineer - Secret Clearance
. Assigned to a series of projects in the development and support of the
B2 Bomber simulator including telecommunications systems within a SEI
CMM Level 3 organization for US
Air Force/Army and Department of Defense.
. Managed Installation and integrated of an Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM) WAN project; brought system into compliance with High Level
Architecture (HLA) modifying files on both UNIX and VMS platforms.
Unix administration and installations Programmed on MVS, VMS, and UNIX
platforms. Collaborated with the network engineer in researching and
formulating an Internet firewall solution; identified and worked with
vendor.
New Venture Gear, Syracuse, NY
1997
Manufacturer of transaxles for General Motors and Chrysler Corporation
Consultant - Temporary
. Formulated and managed a cost savings corporate wide WAN upgrade
Project using a Frame Relay Network. Designed network layout;
identified vendor and coordinated installation and integration.
. Devised a database to track MIS hotline problems.
. Windows NT Systems Administration & troubleshooting. Worked Call
Center helpdesk in support of Windows based applications & hardware.
Dewitt Township, Dewitt, NY
1997
Systems Consultant - Temporary
. Managed a project that required a needs assessment, technically
planning, deployment, and designing a cost efficient LAN/WAN network
with solutions to import critical information from old platforms to
new Windows NT based systems.
Sweetwater School District #1 & #2, Wyoming
1992 - 1995
Mathematics Teacher
United States Navy
1978 - 1985
. Telecommunications & Computer Electronics Specialist/Team - Top Secret
Security Clearance
. Managed the implementation of new hardware, new processes, and
implementation strategies.
. Managed multiple projects that used cross-functional teams and/or my
multiple direct reports.
. Several years experience overseeing deployments of various hardware
systems such as satellite computers, navigational computers, and
cryptographic computer equipment.
EDUCATION
George Washington University, Kansas City, MO
2001
School of Business and Public Management,
Master's Certificate in Project Management, (Completed over 300 hrs
classroom Instructions)
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1996-1997
School of Information Studies,
M.S.Telecommunications & Network Management,
State University of New York, College at Fredonia
1989-1992
B.S. Mathematics/Secondary Education, Minor: Physics, Magna Cum Laude,
TRAINING
. PMI - Project Management Institute (2001-Present)
. PMI ISSIG - Information Systems Specific Interest Group (2001-Present)
. PMI - Pittsburgh Chapter
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