Project Manager Training

Sandra M. Walker

Cell: 313-***-**** Email: abkpje@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a Web Developer/Project Manager with over seven years of experience in

the Information Technology Industry. I have worked as a Project Manager

responsible for corporate wide initiatives with high visibility. Developed

websites and managed the entire process from the customer request through

the development, testing, implementation and training of the solution.

Gathered and analyzed complex data, created reports, prepared plans and

presentations, made improvement recommendations and developed training

classes, training materials and delivered training. I have experience in

the automotive, insurance and real estate industries.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Software/Tools/Langua MS Word, VBScript, Visio, Word Perfect, ABT,

ges: Workbench, Internet Explorer, HTML, DHTML, Visual

Basic, Cognos, Crystal Reports, ODBC, COM, DCOM, IIS,

PC Anywhere, MS Excel, Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop,

Adobe Distiller, Image Composer, Visual Interdev, MS

SourceSafe, MS PowerPoint, Active X, SQL, JAVA Script,

MS Front Page, Active Server Pages, FORTRAN, MS DOS,

Lotus Notes, MS Windows API, UNIX, C++, MS Publisher,

C, Dreamweaver, Content Management

Databases: MS Access, SQL Server 7.0, Lotus 1-2-3

Environments: MS Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Walkers, LLC, Detroit, MI July 2007 to

Present

Vice-President

. Research, Purchase, Rehab, Market and Sale investment properties.

. Handle the financial accounts, and all accounting responsibilities

of the company, including Financials.

. Develop, initiate and follow through on major company projects

associated with all aspects of Real Estate.

. Hire/supervise General Contractors as well as serve in the capacity

of General Contractor supervising 6+ Sub contractors.

. Developed and implemented the company file plan, to include

staging/storage.

. Oversee day-to-day company operations.

. Develop and negotiate short and long term contracts for/with

Investors.

. Developed, created and implemented company website.

Thomson Gale March 2005 to July 2007

Project Leader

. Collected, compiled, analyzed and presented weekly and monthly

reports for the Sales and Marketing group using Excel, Word, Access

and Powerpoint.

. Worked with both Sales and Marketing managers to streamline and

automate the reporting process using Word, Excel and Access. Had to

learn their needs, figure out how to get the data, analyze that

data and determine best ways of reporting.

. Initiated several Excel based reports which utilized advanced

macros in order to expedite reporting.

Compuware December 2001 to January 2005

Project Leader

. Collected, compiled and presented weekly and monthly reports for

the Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing group using Excel, Word,

Access and Lotus Notes.

. Worked with the account managers to streamline and automate the

reporting process using Word, Excel and Access.

. Created an Excel based reporting tool to replace word based

reports.

. Reviewed SDP-21 in order to work with OMO Manager to determine

impacts and recommend implementation strategy for the Operations

factory.

Project Leader

. Managed the implementation of a new process for the executive level

approval of large IT projects.

. Developed and managed the process of departmental representatives

documenting projected cost vs. projected benefits and presenting

these details to a panel which included each Departmental Executive

Vice-President.

. Conducted training sessions using PowerPoint for departmental

members and monitored and reported on this process and these

projects.

. Directed the change committee for the implementation of Evolve, an

IT project and resource management software package that replaced

the existing request system for the entire IT Department.

. Conducted training sessions for managers responsible for using this

software which allowed for the submission of all project requests,

as well as, the project creation, management and resource

assignments for every IT project.

Meadowbrook Insurance Group November 1998 to December

2001

Project Manager

. Created, developed, and maintained corporate Intranet using

Microsoft toolset, ASP, IIS, FrontPage, Image Composer and Visual

Basic. Also created some graphic components using Image Composer.

. Reviewed existing departmental workflows in order to develop

specifications for several departmental web-based projects.

. Managed a team of two full-time associates, and four additional

contractors.

. Interviewed departmental Subject Matter Experts in order to

streamline existing workflows for web based automation.

. Conducted user-training sessions.

. Automated several paper forms for the Human Resource department,

including the Associate Manual, which eliminated printing and

distribution of the manual.

. Designed, developed, tested, implemented and maintained an

Information Services Request (ISR) system on the intranet which

tracks work requests that are submitted through the Intranet.

. Designed, developed, implemented, tested and maintained a System

Access Request for the Intranet that tracks requests from

associates for system access.

. Designed, developed, implemented, tested and maintained a Large

Loss Database application for the Intranet which streamlined the

Claims department's notification and handling of losses greater

than $100,000.

. Designed and developed a shopping cart type application, which

allowed for the distribution of automated reports generated by

Crystal Reports and VBA.

. Created SQL Server agents for automatic database cleansing and

automatic notices.

. Managed the Corporate Year 2000 project.

. Coordinated and directed Corporate Year 2000 initiatives.

. Directed departmental and branch management on Year 2000 actions

and coordinated the discovery and replacement or remediation of

hardware, software and network components.

. Coordinated the Year 2000 integration test performed in a test

environment for fixes mimicking the production environment.

. Surveyed, analyzed and documented all critical vendors Year 2000

status and plans.

Amurcon Corporation April 1996 to November 1998

Trainer

. Developed training materials for MS Word, MS Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and

Word Perfect.

. Trained Amurcon employees from all sites on the use of these

products.

. Supported the employee help line and maintained the company

training database.

. Created reports on training for the company using Crystal Reports.

Education

Bachelors of Science - Computer Science

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Training

Instructor Led Training

Beginning MS Visual Interdev 6.0

Updated 10/7/09

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