Project Manager Management

Darrell Van Horn

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Roles: Experience Summary

Business Analyst An accomplished Information Technology Project

Project Leader Manager with demonstrated success directing

Change Management Manager engagements that improve business functionality

Requirements Management with positive impacts to the bottom line.

Disaster Recovery Extensive experience in managing full project life

Project Manager cycle, including Initiation, Planning, Execution,

Program Manager Controlling and Closing. Proven ability to lead and

motivate teams in order to maximize productivity.

Tools/Methods: Results-oriented professional, with track record

Life Cycle Project Manager for consistently delivering effective solutions

RUP based on critical time and budget constraints.

P.R.I.S.M Strengths include proven customer focus, attention

(PRIMARY REPOSITORY for INFO to detail, excellent communication, organization,

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT) and business analysis.

Requisite Pro Skills Inventory

MS-Office Suite Project Management:

MS-Visio Project Planning & Development

MS-Project Communication Management

Niku\Clarity Resource Management

SDLC Program Planning & Management

Waterfall Methodology Scope Development and Management

Management of Implementation/Deployment

Industry Application: Risk Management & Mitigation Strategies

Banking Issue Management & Action Plans

Financial Services Strategy Planning & Development

Consulting Services Project Budget Management

Telecommunications Project Milestone & Timelines Management

Healthcare Best Practices & Lessons Learned

Education: Analysis/Design:

BS Business Management Technical and Business Use Cases

Grad. 1982 Operational Analysis and Process Improvement

Work with the subject matter experts to identify

Certified Project Manager the business requirements

Project Management Institute Create technical requirement specifications

Obtained 2006 Mentored peers

Facilitate requirements review and sign-off

sessions

Additional Training: Execute test cases and track results using a defect

ESI International log and test results reports

Project Portfolio Management Schedule and facilitate meetings, minutes, tasks,

In a Time of Rapid Change and resources

Agile or PMBOK?

You Can Have both

Computer Associates Quality Assurance:

Visibility into meaningful Organized and monitored a regression testing

metrics schedule

Meeting Enterprise goals Created test plans and test cases for unit,

through PPM system/integration, regression, and user acceptance

Beyond Mandates Best testing

Practices Execute test cases and track results using a defect

log and test results reports

Diversified Business

Communications

The Knowledge Management

Institute Access

Chronological Summary of Experience

Project Manager

Client: Armendar Consultants LLC, April 2008 - June

2010

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

MSzczepanski LLC

Simply Different, Inc.

To provide short term project management services to various clients.

. Creation of detailed project plans that are customized to the

project/product.

. Controlled project scope and prioritized issues to make appropriate

recommendations to senior management on best alternatives to reduce

risk and to meet aggressive project timelines.

. Monitored project deliverables and progress through continuous

communication with project members

. Prepared reports on project progress, problems, Audits,

capitalization of assets, Resource allocation in a complex matrix

environment, and reports based on company standards as it relates to

the internal and external requirements

. Created and maintained work breakdown structures and work packages

while employing CPM techniques to ensure cost, schedule, and scope

compliance

. Worked with client and internal Server farm management on development

of a project plan to consolidate various cluster and backup

production sites.

. Developed project financials including resource planning, cost, and

percent complete ensuring acceptable margins as provided for the

various internal and regulatory Audits.

. Creation of off-shore testing team, training them on client products

and delegating duties to the team. Setting up remote-testing

capabilities, managing daily communication and status reporting from

the off-shore lead.

. Developed complex process plans to ensure that the upgrade and re-

engineering of the product is completed with as few issues / punch

list to minimize time constraints.

. Defined Project Plans using MS Project Plan, setting up deliverable

expectations for both US and off-shore team members; managing budget,

cost and timelines on all projects

Program Manager

Client: AT&T R&D, January 2008 -

April 2008

Middletown, NJ

Waterfall development methodology for software development

. Expert in executing multiple projects ranging from software,

infrastructure, financial and product development when using the

Capitol Project Tracking System, ExpressOne & PRISM reporting Tools.

. Highly experienced in program/project management. Including but not

limited to the waterfall method.

. Execution expert in interim management and management of

turnaround/crisis situations (organizational upheaval, acquisition

assimilation and recovery from poorly managed projects) at the

financial, organizational and project level.

. Professional expertise in leading projects under higher quality

standards in fast a paced environment.

. Responsible for complex budget, forecasting, development,

Infrastructure, cost, resource capacity, vendor contracting using the

Portfolio Admin tools.

Program Manager

Client: Prudential Financial, February 1996 -

April 2007

Iselin, NJ

. Engaged in a Two year rotation as a Program manager as part of

Enterprise Development

Program Manager.

Data Center Program Manager

. Responsible for the Implementation of the new Data Center

. Implementation and design of Data and voice cables (Cat3, 5, 5e, 6 and

7)

. Planned the design of the Data Center LAN and physical Security

Infrastructure.

. Negotiated, Qualified, and selected a Managed Network Services

Provider to monitor the network, 24 x 7.

. Design of Data Center & Server Room Wire Management

. Designed and managed the virtualization and migration of Applications

into the new Data Center.

. Reporting and implementation of Voice, Video and Audio Cabling

. Drove the development of the Service Delivery Model for the IT

Organization based on ITIL Service Management.

. Created the Project Communications Plan.

. Designed the Project Plan, Schedules, and Financials.

. Consistently delivered IT deployment projects on-time, on-budget and

with minimal disruption to critical business processes.

Disaster Recovery / Business Continuation Project Manager

. Estimated emerging customer needs and develops innovative solutions to

meet them.

. Developed solution approach Plan (SA) that solves unique and complex

problems with broad impact on the business.

. Led in the development of business strategy.

. Engaged in the development of and managed business plans to achieve

objectives.

. Lead large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives.

. Translates highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a

variety of audiences along the project plan stakeholders.

. Engaged and participated with the senior leadership to adopt new

ideas, products, and/or approaches.

. Directs cross-functional and/or cross-segment teams.

Implementation Project Manager

. Lead Business Strategy, End-to-End Planning, Change Control, &

Execution.

. Gather requirements, complete gap analysis, approved vendor contracts.

. Engaged in the management of large scale deployments for middle to

large corporations.

. Planned process, scope, risk, quality, compliance, communications &

schedules

Resolve issues, report status, lessons learned & project closure.

. As part of project implementations projects, applications (Microsoft

products, multiple hardware and COTS software products included by not

limited to operating systems) translated highly complex concepts in

ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences along the

project plan stakeholders.

. Generate Business Requirement documents, project charter &

Consolidated Project Plan, scope, cost analysis & budget, Solutions

Approach, Joint Requirement documents, agendas, Risk & Issues logs &

accurate status reports

. Produce metrics framework, detailed MS project plans with schedule set

key tasks & milestones, phases, resource allocation, duration,

dependencies, deadlines & constraints; format critical path WBS GANTT

charts & build project documentation using MS Office, Excel, Word, MS

Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Productivity tools

. Solid experience building teams, managing resources & staff located in

multiple time zones: 30+ - Cross-Functional SME Subject Matter

Experts, Analysts, Architects, Consultants, Vendors, Coordinators,

Database & Systems Administrators, Designers, Developers, Engineers,

Managers, Network & Telecom, Programmers, QA, Training, Security,

Specialists, Business & Technical Resources Hyderabad, India

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