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Project Manager Quality Assurance

Location:
Arlington, TX, 76017
Posted:
March 24, 2011

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Resume:

Kenneth Hill

817-***-****

*******@**************.***

PROJECT MANAGER

PROFILE

A seasoned professional and effectual leader with a proven ability to bring a job in within budget

and timeframe.

• Over 10 years of Information Technology management experience as a Project Manager with

a client base in health care, energy, finance, insurance, manufacturing and

telecommunications.

• Worked in both private and public sectors.

• Highly competent and experienced at communicating to the C-level executive or to the

individual worker.

• Strong communication, presentation, analytical and problem solving skills.

• Extremely process oriented.

• Supported multiple projects both locally and across multiple time zones

• Passed and maintained multiple special clearance requirements for clients and their projects

as the need presented itself.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Computer Scientist Computer Sciences Corporation

Key Achievements

• Technical Lead for the DB2 system programming staff.

• Developed standards, processes, and training programs for related staff.

• Managed dozens of projects ensuring that 100% of the assigned clients ran current software levels

in accordance with contractual standards.

• Managed dozens of IT projects that developed applications and installed software and/or hardware

for 100+ clients in North America, Europe, Africa and Australia.

• Project Manager for over 300 initial installations of DB2 instances and over 1000 DB2 upgrades.

• Project Manager for all DB2 Y2K transitions to assure that 100% of the DB2 clients had no down

time caused by the date change.

• Assisted clients with transition to CSC.

Sample Projects

Software Factory Project

• Lead the effort to develop and implement the framework for DB2 and associated products to be

used by the system programming staff for future projects.

• Developed the project scope and identified the stakeholders.

• Developed and managed the Core Project Team.

• Identified and developed standards, processes, and training programs for related staff.

• Supplied formal reports to stakeholders.

• Negotiated contract exceptions with vendors.

Initial ING Software Upgrade Project

• Understood and documented current architecture and process.

• Developed and managed Core Project Team.

• Identified activities, estimated resources and durations, and developed schedule.

Initial ING Software Upgrade Project cont’d.

• Determined budget.

• Identified risks, planned responses, and monitored and controlled risks.

• Monitored and controlled schedule.

• Planned communications for project team and stakeholders.

• Managed stakeholders’ expectations.

• Documented lessons learned and other items of historical significance.

FAFSA Upgrade Project

• Developed and upgraded FAFSA web site and infrastructure.

• Created and developed the project management plan.

• Identified activities, estimated resources and durations, and developed schedule.

• Determined budget.

• Planned and performed quality assurance.

• Developed and managed Core Project Team (across 3 companies).

• Identified risks, planned responses, and monitored and controlled risks.

• Planned communications for project team and stakeholders.

• Monitored and controlled schedule.

• Established issue log and performed change management controls.

Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual CSC Budget Project

• Identified potential projects for clients based on contractual obligations to establish baseline for

resource budget requirements.

• Collected and communicated customer requirements.

• Developed high-level anticipated resource requirements.

• Estimated anticipated annual budget requirements.

• Identified and communicated risks.

• Created and developed the project management plan for projects.

• Supplied all formal project documentation, reporting, and other communication with stakeholders.

• Documented lessons learned and other items of historical significance.

Owner KVM Health Group

Key Achievements

• Provided marketing, sales, bookkeeping, support to the customers, and other normal services that

would be required of an owner of a small business.

• Developed projects necessary to establish a company – mission statement, budget, marketing

plan.

• Took niche products to market.

• Grew client base 50% per year for three years.

• Identified, researched, and marketed the products.

Sample Projects

Products Project

• Established project scope and project charter.

• Identified products and marketing niche.

• Identified training requirements.

• Identified risks.

• Documented project results and lessons learned.

Conference Project

• Participated in five conferences within a year to market company and products.

• Established project charter and project scope.

• Determined budget.

• Identified activities, resources, duration, and developed schedule.

• Created and managed the Project Team

• Controlled costs.

• Created and maintained an issue log.

• Created lessons learned and historical documentation.

Work History

2004 - Present Owner KVM Health Group

KVM Health Group is a small business that provides exercise sessions, weight loss programs, and

products that support a healthy lifestyle for the individual client.

1991 - 2004 Senior Computer Scientist Computer Sciences Corporation

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is a large computer technology solutions and outsourcing

company with revenue of $16.1 billion annually. They employ around 95,000 with major offices on four

continents.

EDUCATION

B.S. Mathematics (Statistics/Computer Science), Oklahoma State University

MBA (Management/MIS), Oklahoma State University

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP certification eligible February 2011.

OTHER DEMONSTRATED SKILLS

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project), Adobe Acrobat, SAS, SQL, Model 204 User

Language, Fortran, PL/1, C, TSO/ISPF, JCL, DB2, MVS, z/OS, REXX, JES2, JES3, SMPE, File-Aid.

Has written documentation for groups about products, best practices, standards, policies, and

procedures.

Developed and taught courses on IT products.



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