Project Manager Management

Michael Collins, PMP

**** ****** **. ( Denver, CO 80230

Phone: 720-***-**** ( E-mail: abl9qa@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

I have 12 years of experience in the software development and

information technology fields and currently hold a Master of Science in

Information Systems degree from the University of Colorado at Denver as

well as a Project Management Professional certification from the

Project Management Institute. I have extensive experience managing

global development teams towards the successful completion of multi-

million dollar projects for Fortune 500 companies. I have experience

managing the design and development of software solutions for the

telecommunications, multi-family housing, consumer credit, retail,

industrial environmental monitoring, automotive, and cellular

telecommunications industries.

Employment

Qwest Communications, Inc. - Denver, Colorado (November 2007 - Present)

Role: Lead IT Project Manager (Program Manager)

. Managing project teams of 50-250 globally located resources with a

budget of $100 million over 2.5 years from the planning to

implementation phase for the GSA Networx contract at Qwest.

Networx is the largest communications services contract in the

world, to provide innovative voice, data and video services to the

agencies in the General Services Administration (GSA) which

includes NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and

the FCC to name a few.

. Also managing 3 other highly visible programs with 10 project

releases over the course of two years. Helped achieve CMMi level

3 compliance on these programs through the implementation of new

processes and procedures.

. Major responsibilities include managing scope, time, and quality

at a program and project level while maintaining good

communication across the large project team. I have also spent a

lot of time managing stakeholder requests while also managing the

large budgets of these programs.

TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions - Greenwood Village, Colorado

(March 2004 - November 2007)

Role: Senior Project Consultant

. Managed project teams located in the US and India from the

planning to implementation phases of software development projects

for current and new products at TransUnion.

. Primarily responsible for managing quarterly software releases of

updated functionality and bug fixes to the CreditRetriever product

that generated approximately $15 million in revenue a year. This

product caters to the multi-family housing industry and performs a

variety of functions including credit, criminal, and evictions

background checks on prospective tenants before move-in.

. Managed the design and development of new products including:

SmartMove (co-inventor), RentBridge, Online Lease, and National

Criminal Search.

. Responsible for performing team evaluations, managing scope

through steering committee meetings, mentoring and coaching team

members, and working with internal and external stakeholders to

assure that a quality product that met expectations was delivered.

Windsor Technologies - Lafayette, Colorado (April 2002 - February 2004)

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency - Springfield, IL (April

2002 - February 2004)

Role: Sr. Systems Analyst and Project Coordinator

. Managed a team of 7 developers in the design and

implementation of a $1 million Environmental Management

application for the IEPA. This application consists of 10

modules that support the business practices of over 500

employees at the IEPA.

. Collected user requirements, designed the Oracle database and

application, wrote system technical and user documentation,

trained 80 users on the application, and worked with the

client to implement the application into production.

. Gave presentations throughout the life of the project to

update users and management on the overall functionality of

the application, managed the development workload of all

members of the team, created deliverables schedules,

identified and resolved issues internally and with the

client, and resolved design and functionality questions.

Southern California Air Quality Management District - Diamond Bar,

CA (April 2003 - February 2004)

Role: Sr. Business/Systems Analyst and Project Manager

. Managed deliverables and drafted detailed design documents

for the conversion of SCAQMD's billing system that is

responsible for billing all air facilities in Southern

California for their monthly fees.

. Interviewed users, developers, and client management on-site

in order to develop an understanding of the current billing

application and the scope of the re-design effort.

. Created process flow diagrams and detailed program

specifications for developers, updated data models and

directed the activities of the other analysts and technical

writers on the project while communicating our team's

progress with client management.

Education & Certifications

Project Management Professional Certification, Project Management

Institute (Certified since August 2005)

University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado (Graduated in

December 2006)

Master of Science in Information Systems (Enterprise Technology

Management track)

GPA: 3.90 Dean's List: Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006

Named "Outstanding Master of Science Graduate Student" for Fall 2006

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (Graduated in May 1998)

Bachelors Degree in Engineering Management (Manufacturing and Quality

Control focus)

GPA: 3.42 Dean's List: Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Fall 1997

Additional Activities

No Day But Today Charity - Columbus, Ohio (November 2006 - Present)

Role: Co-Chairman

. Help organize our yearly disc golf charity event that raises money

for the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University.

(For more information please go to nodaybut2day.org)

Skills

Additional Certifications: Six Sigma Yellow Belt issued by PMI

Denver Chapter in November 2006, Level 5 RUP Mentor

issued by IBM in March 2009

Development Methodologies: Rational Unified Process (RUP), XP,

Agile, Waterfall

Software Packages: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Visio,

Outlook, Project/Project Server 2003, Sharepoint,

Lotus Notes, SalesForce, Planview

Operating Environments: Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, UNIX, SQL Server, J2EE,

Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP, DB2, MS-DOS

Languages: .Net, Oracle Forms/Reports, HTML, SQL, VBScript, Active

Server Pages, Java Server Pages, JavaScript, DHTML,

PL/SQL, JCL, C, COBOL, Embedded SQL C, XML, Java

Development Tools: Oracle Designer, Oracle Discoverer, MS Visual

Studio, SQL Navigator, SQL*Plus, SQL-Loader, Exceed,

Toad, Cognos Impromptu, ERwin, Frontpage, Crystal

Reports AutoCad 12, PVCS Tracker, Dreamweaver

Ultradev 4.0, Adobe Photoshop, Test Track, Quick

Test Professional, Brio, Clarity, ClearQuest,

Quality Center, Caliber, Requisite Pro

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