Project Manager Management

Debra Andersen-Reynolds

**** ***** ******, *****, ** 50036

Cell: 515-***-**** Home: 515-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Throughout my career I have had the opportunity to manage a large variety

of projects using a wide array of methodologies including Waterfall and

Agile. Industries in which I have application and infrastructure

experiences include medical, financial, marketing, data warehouses and

publishing. A key project that represents my soft skills as well as my

analytical skills is the digital archive project using the IBM (Italy) NICA

application. The overall goal of this project was to create a GUI digital

archive of all the photos that the newspaper owned. The facets of this

project that make it stand out are:

First implementation at a USA newspaper

Digital conversion of photos

Storage as BLOBs

Flexible search engine

International solution and team

Utilization of multiple third party vendors

Fulfilled within budget and time constraints

My experience also includes managing multiple projects simultaneously,

preparing budget forecasts, and developing return on investment

documentation.

I am skilled in all areas of project management, hardware selection,

infrastructure requirements, team selection, requirements gathering and

definition, scope, budget, timeline, design, development and

implementation. Exceptional follow-through on detailed projects to insure

that solutions fit the problems and that the recommended courses of action

integrate into the existing infrastructure. As project management I have

been responsible for project management of major systems that comprised the

multiple production system and rollouts. Managed projects ranged from 3

months to 3-year rollouts and cost between $10,000 and $4 million.

Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage fiscal resources and staff with

all levels of expertise

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP certification April 2009

Sun Certified System Engineer 1986

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IFMC, Des Moines, Iowa

August 2008 - June 2010

Project Manager

Project Management - managed an average of nine active projects.

Created work-flows and updated documents for the Project Management Office

under the Information Management Services division to support the project

work flows for the Waterfall software development life cycles.

responsible for the entire software development life cycle phases from

Project Definition through implementation

Created at-a-glance deliverables' checklist for the software development

life cycle gates.

Outpatient System Releases - utilized Microsoft project server to manage bi-

annual releases involving 13 applications

Cross-scheduling, resource sharing and coordination among thirteen teams.

CMMI Level 3 Certification - first PM at IFMC to achieve a full system

release under

CMMI Level 3 and following CMS new software development life cycle and

review boards.

Managed time sensitive projects to fulfill government driven measure sets.

MARSH, URBANDALE, IOWA February 2004 - August 2008

Project Manager

Responsible for three business areas: the financial systems; marketing; and

data warehouse support management

implemented several new work-flows and automated systems

Project Leader, Marketing Team - created data marts and implemented a new

campaign tool for the data warehouse

Leader of the team that developed new tools and processes to support

dynamic requirements of the 3rd party application

Worked directly with customers to track and resolve issues with data

Monitored daily timelines of project launches and worked closely with

support team to ensure timely project completions.

Assisted new data partners with data processing and resolving questions and

issues throughout the submission process with multiple customers.

Manager of eight direct reports.

Defined and managed quoting process directly with third party vendors.

Responsible for hiring, leading and training project personnel.

Business Applications - managed and developed applications to support the

financial and marketing business areas

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Coordinator - managed compliance and all internal

and external audits for work area

Manager, Data Warehouse Team - developed and supported a variety of

databases (Informix, DB2, Oracle), using programming languages(C, 4GL, SAS,

Shell Scripts, PHP), and tools (AQT, SAS enterprise, Quality Stage, Data

Stage) and applications coded in FORTRAN 4GL with embedded SQL. .

San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX March 1996 - January 2004

Publishing Systems Director

Project Management - implemented a new editor system that reduced costs and

improved turnaround. Led team that completed the project three months ahead

of schedule and $200,000 under budget. Specified and selected the software

and hardware used to implement the system.

Manager ISP - managed one of San Antonio's first Internet Service Providers

(ISP) while it was owned and operated by the Express-News.

IT audit controller - managed all internal and external IT audits. Provided

guidance to establish processes, logging and controls. Supported work

groups to mitigate weakness when found.

Security Team - served as a member of the Hearst Corporate Security Team

that developed security platforms for bureaus, network topologies, firewall

standards and rule bases.

Innovator - introduced high availability systems concepts to the Express-

News production system.

Worked with international companies to develop and implement the best

solutions available into the existing technological mix.

Trainer - trained staff in UNIX administration and Korn Shell programming

to facilitate the implementation and the sustained operation of the new

system.

Corporate Recognition - named Hearst Corporation Eagle Award winner in 2001

for innovation and problem-solving skills in emerging technologies in the

publishing field.

Manager of eighteen direct reports.

Tech Now, Inc., San Antonio, TX October

1991- March 1996

Director of Education, Facilities, Sun Certified Engineer

Education - certified by Sun to teach twenty subjects including: UNIX

administration; C programming; JAVA programming; SQL, Shell programming

(Korn, Borne, C); networking; Sybase; and Oracle. Proficient in Scripting,

High Availability and System installation and administration.

One of Sun's first certified JAVA instructors.

Facilities - responsible for budget and purchasing for Tech Now's three Sun

Certified Educational Centers in Austin, San Antonio, and New Orleans.

Set up classrooms with work stations and servers for each class. Scheduled

staff and oversaw day-to-day operations of the three education centers.

Sun Certified Engineer - configured and installed Sun systems for clients.

Manager of six direct reports.

Cray Research, Chippewa Fall, WI August 1986-

August 1991

Programmer

Programmed in FORTRAN on the CRAY YMP Super Computer.

Microchip Design and Manufacturing - wrote programs to aid in the design

and manufacturing of microchips.

Memory Design - worked for the memory designer in developing a modeling

program for different memory configurations

EDUCATION

BS Applied Mathematics, University of Wisconsin Stout, May 1986

Debra / Andersen-Reynolds

1128 Boone Street, Boone, IA 50036

Cell: 515-***-**** Home: 515-***-****

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