Project Manager Management
Resume:
DEBORAH CALABRO
Beverly, MA 01915
*********@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly organized, detail-oriented project manager, holding PMP
certification. Concurrently managed complex projects from concept through
successful implementation. Well versed with project management
methodologies that span all phases of the system development lifecycle.
Have lead projects utilizing waterfall, iterative and Agile Scrum and
XP/Agile methodologies.
CAREER HISTORY
WELLS FARGO, Boston, MA (formerly Evergreen Investments)
June 2004 to Present
AVP, SENIOR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER, Wealth Asset Management
* Managed complex program of cross-division merger related technology
projects. Efforts included; integrating applications and workflows
into common infrastructure, migrating similarly aligned business
units onto legacy systems and enhancing application authentication
to interface with two disparate HR systems.
* Delivered a High Net-Worth Suitability development effort to
automate workflow including; submission, approval, and shipment of
Wealth Materials, and incorporated audit, search, and report
capabilities in a secure data repository.
* Executed conversion and vendor relationship to migrate current CRM
to Salesforce, resulting in annual cost savings.
* Administered configuration of Salesforce repository, including
data element definition and creation
* Accomplished Intranet Replatforming which enabled business users to
own content management via Documentum.
* Owned relationship management with multiple business groups and
vendors.
* Supervised team of development, business analysis, and quality
assurance resources in a matrixed environment
* Led workshop with business managers to define project priorities.
* Maintained project plans to accurately reflect progress and work
status. Produced and managed project level work breakdown
structures, activity schedules and effort estimations. Produced
administrative project documentation; Project Initiations,
Statement of Work, Business and Functional Requirements,
Communications Plan, and Implementation Plan.
* Managed change management process for systems and applications.
* Tracked and prioritized future project work, incorporating changes
into scheduled releases.
* Provided status reports for senior management on high risk
development projects.
QA PROJECT MANAGER
* Oversaw projects which included implementation of 3rd-party
Security Master File populated by 13 vendor data feeds and
producing multiple output files for downstream systems, creation of
Holdings and Accounts data warehouse, and a rebuild of the trade
extract process to allow for utilization of SWIFT settlement
instruction communications.
* Managed team of 12 full-time, contract, and offshore resources
across Boston, Charlotte and India.
* Managed off-shore relationship for QA Center of Excellence. Led the
effort to train offshore team of 5 on the in house processes and
methodologies. Prepared corporate Statement of Work for offshore
contract with Indian vendor.
* Successfully converted project and teams from waterfall to agile
methodology.
* Developed standard metrics process for code delivery, test
execution and defect measurements increased traceability between
requirements and defects.
* Wrote Methodology Manual including procedures, processes, workflows
and standards for the 18 person QA Team.
* Established best practices to create a culture of quality and
common deliverables, methodologies and partnerships with various
departments.
STATE STREET, Boston, MA
February 2003 -
June 2004
LEAD QA ENGINEER (Consultant), Securities Lending
* Managed team of 5 onsite QA Analysts and an offshore team based in
Mumbai and served as Test Lead.
* Reviewed business requirements, test case development and test data
population for multiple financial projects with a focus on
Securities Lending and Cash Forecasting.
* Verified transmittal and processing of SWIFT Start of Day Positions
(535) and Sell/Buys (537) files.
* Designed SQL scripts that support testing of intra-day position
updates and static data verification.
* Produced test data by utilizing financial systems to book large
volumes of loans and trade activity.
* Performed oversight of production installation verifications.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Boston, MA
November 1995 - October 2002
LEAD QA ENGINEER, Fund Management, Equity Research, and Institutional
Brokerage
* Managed team of 6 full-time and contract QA Engineers.
* Responsible for Lead QA role for multiple ongoing and short-term
projects, dealing with web-based and client/server applications.
Perform testing for Java, J2EE, C/C++, Sybase, Oracle, XML,
WebSphere, UNIX, Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, mainframe, and Web
Applications.
* Led testing effort for equity fund management and trading,
institutional trading, and order management systems.
* Produced testable functional and system requirements. Verified
accuracy against Sybase/Oracle databases to confirm data
calculation and storage. Confirm that all data has been derived
according to applicable business rules.
* Performed User Acceptance, Regression, and Stress testing of GUI,
database, network load, and dataflow for internally developed
research and fund management applications designed for Equity &
Brokerage Divisions.
* Identified areas of functionality that are viable for automation.
Work with Automation team to develop scripts.
SENIOR TECHNICAL SPECIALIST, Fund Management and Equity Research
* Provided business/systems analysis for Equity Portfolio Management
and Research. This role included; prioritizing requirements and
enhancements, supplementing QA process, preparing user/support
documentation, and training users.
* Represented technology in newly developed remote access
implementation; including system testing, documentation,
installation and training of the Equity Portfolio Managers and
Analysts.
* Developed web pages to provide Fidelity intranet presence for the
Equity Development group. Pages include content for all of the
group's development projects and database schematics showing data
flow and redundancy structure.
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS, Boston, MA
July 1994 - October 1995
NETWORK ENGINEER, Equity Trading, Fund Management and Research
* Administered, maintained, and troubleshot all aspects of three
NetWare 3.12 networks. This responsibility included performing
nightly backups with offsite storage using ArcServe and Mountain
Tape software, creating/deleting user ids, and establishing, and
updating System and User Login scripts.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Boston, MA
January 1994 - July 1994
NETWORK SUPPORT SPECIALIST (Consultant), HRIS
* Administered multiple Novell networks; performed backups, and
oversaw duplexing of file server hard drives.
AMERICAN EXPRESS, Boston, MA
May 1991 - May 1993
AUDITOR
* Wrote and executed scripts to audit pricing accuracy.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Project Management Technical Methodology
PMI PMBOK MSProject FSDM
Planning/Scheduling Excel Summit-D
Business/Functional Word Waterfall
Requirements
Change Management Visio Iterative
Quality Assurance PowerPoint Agile Scrum
Vendor Management SQL XP/Agile
Relationship Management Sybase/Oracle/SQLServer
Reporting/Metrics Documentum
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree ( Salem State College, Salem, MA
Salesforce Administration Essentials ( Salesforce.com Software
Metrics & Measurements ( Software Quality Engineering Hedge
Funds 101 & 102 ( Financial Research Institute Charles River
Development ( Certified Administrator Level 1
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