RONALD S. MESSINGER
**** **** *** ****, ****** Hill, NJ 08003
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Information Technology Manager with extensive experience in diverse range
of technologies within multiple industry settings. Strong organizational,
planning, logistics, and development capabilities suited for working in all
phases of system and technology development. Solid management skills,
capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize levels of
productivity while forming cohesive team environments. Proven ability to
communicate complex information clearly at all levels.
Key strengths include:
< Practical, results-oriented for day-to-day operations
< Simultaneous control of multiple projects
< Effective analysis and efficiency improvement specialist
< Ability to manage and interact with all levels of personnel
< Maximized cost containment and resource productivity thru effective
planning and organization.
Selected Responsibilities and Achievements:
AppleVacations
Newtown Square, PA
Project Manager
(2007- To Present)
Reporting through the PMO, managed various initiatives through full project
life cycle utilizing PMI methodology and concepts.
. Managed (on shore and off shore team) on promotion code project,
implementing new promotion code functionality in 20 agent/partner and
consumer booking engines. Resulting in additional market share and
revenue.
. Utilizing SAP BI Module, Managed Report Tracking project, providing
hotels accurate daily reporting of new bookings, changes and
cancellations.
. Managed team of both on and off shore developers, for design and
development of new Amstar (The tour and transportation arm of
AppleVacations) website utilizing web content management WCM. Empowering
Business users to quickly and easily manage web content and
communications to meet changing market needs.
SAP America
Newtown Square, PA
Data Center - Project Manager - Consultant (2005-2006)
. Managed "Data Center Floor Planning" for 220 servers through the use of
ADAM software product.
. Determined Power requirements through server implementation.
. Working closely with asset management team ensuring tracking of assets.
First Mutual Mortgage Corporation Cherry Hill, NJ
IT Project Manager/Business Analyst -Consultant (2000-2005)
. Managed implementation project of Genesis software package. Project
included data conversion from multiple legacy systems, while maintaining
current system availability. Significant improvement realized in all
segments of the business, attributed directly to the software
implementation.
American Standard Inc.
Piscataway, NJ
Project Manager/Business Analyst (1994-2000)
. Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong partner relationships
within the business units and IT organization, in support of major
business initiatives and overall IS strategy.
. Managed the lifecycle of local and wide area network infrastructures
encompassing 22 locations. Included system redesign required for business
application roll-out and efficiencies, utilizing third-party consultants
to supplement current staff, setting goals for consultants and staff.
. Significantly reduced overall lifecycle budget by 40%. Accomplished
through renegotiating leases/maintenance agreements and correcting
redundancies carried forward on accounting books. Savings reallocated to
enable other major projects.
. Proven ability to plan and organize IT projects using formal project
methodologies and project tools such as MS Project.
. Managed large scale project, implementation of ASI's ERP software
package, in support of all American Standard U.S. Plumbing Division
locations. Major modules included Sales Order Entry/Distribution,
Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, Purchasing, Manufacturing and
General Ledger, as well as interfaces to various bolt on systems and EDI.
. Successfully created project plan for implementation of ERP system
through determining requirements, scope, milestones, deliverables,
resources, tasks and sub tasks, within time frame required.
. Cost Management achieved and ERP project brought in under budget, on-
time, with a key contributing factor being team-building activities
implementation.
American Standard Inc. Piscataway,
NJ
Project Leader: Manufacturing Systems (1991 - 1994)
Senior Programmer Analyst: Manufacturing Systems (1988 - 1991)
. Directed Project Team in the design, development, and implementation of
fully integrated manufacturing system in support of Demand Flow
Technology globally. Implementation resulted in shortened manufacturing
time as well as 10% reduction in inventory costs.
EDUCATION:
Completed Project Management Certificate Program - Villanova University
Candidate for PMP Certification Summer 2010
The Chubb Institute - 2001 Web Development and Business Programming
92.5 GPA
Middlesex County College
Supporting technical background and skills that provide historical
knowledge for applying effective management principals and management of
personnel:
Java: Java Applications, Servletts, Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Beans,
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Java Development Kit, Java
Foundation Classes, IBM Visual Age for Java, Visual Caf
XML: Extensible Markup Language, Document Type Definitions
(DTD), Extensible Style Sheets Languages (XSL), XLM Schemas,
XLM Notepad
WEB: HTML 4.0, DHTML (cascading Style Sheets), JavaScript,
Active X Controls
Hardware: Compaq Servers, IBM 43xx, 30xx, and AS/400
Software: VSE, MVS, OS/400, VSAM, Relational DBMS, CICS, DB2, NT, MS
Project, MS Access, MS Office products, Visio.
Programming: COBOL, COBOL II, Java, Visual Basic, Oracle PL/SQL