Project Manager Quality Assurance

Marty Reed, PMP

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Home: 913-***-****

Olathe, KS 66062 **********@*****.***

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

To obtain a challenging position that will utilize my certification as a

PMP professional and my technical experience managing large projects

through all aspects of the project management and software development

lifecycle.

EXPERIENCE

H&R Block Kansas City, MO.

6/2002-5/2010

H&R Block Field Technology 8-2009-

5/2010

Senior Project Manager

. Project Manager for the Branded/BOB office upgrade project. This

project upgraded 300 offices with new technology and hardware for Tax

Season '10.

-Worked with multiple vendors to manage schedule and ensure offices

were open and ready for tax season.

-Led multiple national weekly team calls with Divisional and

Regional technology managers to ensure project coordination.

-Developed and managed multiple million dollar budget, and ensured

project communication to all levels of management.

. Project Manager for build out of state of the art "Flagship" office in

New York's Times Square.

-Led 1.5 million dollar project which included creative content

development with a 3rd party vendor, and hardware procurement and

installation.

-Negotiated multiple vendor contracts and ensured vendor

collaboration on deliverables.

-Successfully launched office in required timeframe from business

stakeholders. -Completed project from requirements

from definition to office launch in 14 weeks.

H&R Block Corporate Systems 2/2008 -

8/2009

Senior Project Manager - HR/LEGAL

. Managed and delivered multiple applications and deployments for HR.

-ATS/iCIMS - an applicant tracking system for Recruiting.

-PEx/SumTotal - an organizational development system used by HR

to manage the goal development and cyclical review process.

-Skillsoft - Internal training and development site.

. Led team of business analysts and project mangers in support of HR

initiatives/applications. These applications include PeopleSoft HRMS

8.8, and our homegrown time and attendance JAVA based system (STAR)

used by our field staff.

. Tracked and managed project budgets from forecast through deployment.

. Developed and managed comprehensive integration/system project plans

for H&R Block that adhered to the business requirements and

application design.

H&R Block Corporate Systems 5/2005 -

2/2008

Project Manager - Internal Audit/Risk Management

. Delivered an internally developed Enterprise Risk Management System

(ERMS) "dashboard" application to manage and track internal and

external risk points.

- Managed data aggregation efforts from over 15 source systems

(IMR, FIN, Peoplesoft, etc.) for key risk indicators for an

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) dashboard.

- .NET application pulled and managed information from disparate

systems via scheduled jobs, Web Services, etc. and visually

displayed data points in a single easy to use dashboard.

- Guided on-shore and off-shore development teams through all

phases of product development.

. Managed the implementation of multiple SOX / FCM (Financial Control

Manager) deliverables from requirements gathering to delivery.

Application was delivered for first round of SOX testing on time and

under budget.

. Initiated and lead the development of proposals, budgets (P&L

schedules, etc.), and statements of work to garner executive approval

of concurrent projects. Consistently brought projects in at or near

+/- 5% of budget

. Developed and managed comprehensive integration/system project plans

for H&R Block that adhered to the business requirements and

application design.

H&R Block Financial Advisors

6/2002 - 5/2005

Project Manager

. Initiated and lead the development of proposals, budgets (P&L

schedules, etc.), and statements of work to garner executive approval

of multiple concurrent projects. Consistently brought projects in at

or near +/- 5% of budget.

. Led a "matrixed" team of Developers, QA, and Business Analyst staff

through multiple client/server project initiatives.

. Coordinated with multiple project teams to deliver specific data (in

varying formats) correctly and on-time.

. Delivered a CRM and Financial Planning application for HRBFA.

Universal Underwriters Group Overland Park, KS. 12/1997

- 6/2002

Project Manager

. Led a team of 10-12 Quality Assurance Analysts testing a complex

"commercial property" on-line application.

. Responsible for mentoring, training, reviewing the professional growth

of assigned staff.

. Established a requirements tracking system to help communicate and

track requirements from conception through deployment.

. Load tested UUG's web-based applications using Segue's SilkPerformer

and regression & functionally tested client/server applications using

Segue's SilkTest.

EDUCATION

Columbia College

Columbia, Missouri

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management

3.25 GPA

SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

Project Management Professional #512350 (PMP)

CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer)

.NET, JAVA, Advanced Windows knowledge/experience, C++, VB, HTML scripting

languages

Advanced knowledge of PMBOK Methodologies. (Waterfall, Scrum, Agile,

Traditional)

Advanced skills with Project Management Tools (MS Office, Financial, ROI,

CBA)

Crucial Conversations Training, and H&R Block Leadership Development Series

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