Project Manager Management

MICHAEL BRANDON PIERCE, PMP, MPM, MBA

**** *. ****** ***** **** #1016 ? 682-***-**** ? *********@*****.***

Project Manager

Skilled professional in project management that is adept at planning, risk

management and quality management. Effective leader with superior team-

building, and communication. Dedicated and industrious with strong

communication and presentation skills to work at all levels of the

organization. Outstanding motivator and builder of teams; also excels in

independent endeavors. Superior problem-solving and analytical skills.

Successful in meeting new technical challenges and finding solutions to

meet needs of customer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hyundai Merchant Marine, Irving, TX 2009 - 2009

Project Coordinator

. Designed and develop user-friendly data entry forms using Java and

RPG, improving application efficiency and responsiveness.

. Improved system performance by distributing application functions

between server and end-user computer.

. Develop help files according to organizational software quality

standards.

. Designed screens and created tables, forms, reports, and procedures.

. Managed technical aspects of customer relations and coordinate with

department heads to maximize adoption success at customer site.

Accomplishments:

. Volunteered to upgrade EDI Servers, resulting in 100% success in

migration to new server.

. Expanded IT department lesson learned by producing EDI set up manuals

for 301, 310, and 315 modules for future employees and reference

guides.

TEKSYSTEMS - Southern Union Gas Services, Fort Worth, TX

2008 - 2008

IT Project Coordinator (2008 - 2008)

. Collected processes, procedures, and historical information to direct

stakeholders in creation of project-related documents, presentation,

and reports for upper management.

. Updated the project plan (Microsoft Project) to monitor the costs and

schedule against the cost baseline and schedule baseline.

. Created and revised issue log throughout the SDLC, informing the team

and stakeholders that concerns had been identified, noted, and would

be resolved.

. Established a one-on-one training program that was used to teach 30

local personnel and 10 remote personnel.

. Consulted, designed, and implemented security systems for PGAS,

eSuite, and Allegro.

. Managed application databases and performed database administration

tasks.

. Researched tools and techniques to improve propriety applications

(Allegro, PGAS, eSuite). Consulted with stakeholders to ensure new

tools and techniques would meet specified requirements. Performed

quality control to ensure that the project met a certain level of

quality standard. Documented all abnormalities that arose during

monitoring and controlling.

. Handled the change control process using Remedy, which allowed the

business to focus on critical business activities.

Accomplishments:

. Discovered talent to originate new projects.

. Resolved issues and barriers while leading a cross functional team.

. Enhanced the security features of the applications and kept the

applications in compliance with SOX. As a result, the company passed

its first audit since joining the public sector.

. Increased customer's satisfaction during user acceptance testing.

. Increased staff productivity, and consistency with automation.

United States Navy, Keflavik, Iceland/ Earle, NJ 2001 - 2005

Project Manager/ Project Coordinator

. Successfully developed new CMS improvement process plan. All essential

logs, files, equipment such as STUIII, STE, KYK-13, KOI-18, key tape,

and publications at the communications center were indexed and

archived per plan.

. Trained and managed 20 employees and achieved significant improvements

in their productivity, establishing a Communication Security handling

principle for all future employees to follow on the USNS Arctic.

. Performed organizational level operations on KY-57/58, AN/WSC-43, KG-

84A/C, KW(R/T)-46, and KG-84A/C, including inspections and loading to

ensure that the ship had accessible cryptographic communication.

. Utilized a computer matrix exchange terminal to set up and operate

various ASCOMM systems, including ASW Centers Command and Control

systems (ASWCCS), HF, UHF and satellite voice circuits, teletype

circuits, and Data Link 11.

. Coordinated teletype and voice circuits with patrol aircraft and shore

sites. Operated VP Broadcast, records air-to-ground communications,

and briefs/debriefs aircrews.

. Operated equipment such as FCC-100, DAMA, IDNX/ ADNX, WCS-3, R-2368A,

URA-38, SSR-1, SRA-40/49, OA-9123, SB-863, URA-49, URT-297, SRA-56/57,

URT-17 with associated frequency management terminal to maintain

effective communications throughout USNS Arctic deployment.

Accomplishments:

. During inspection, USNS Arctic passed all audits and remained

flawlessly managed for two years.

. Consulted, designed, and implemented new CMS inventory system.

. Established a principle for all future employees to follow on the USNS

Arctic.

. Ensured communications were accessible 99.9% during deployment.

EDUCATION

Keller Graduate School of Management, Irving, TX 2010

Master of Business Administration with a Project Management Concentration ?

3.45 GPA

Keller Graduate School of Management, Irving, TX 2010

Master of Project Management (MPM) ? 3.65 GPA

DeVry University, Irving, TX 2008

Computer Information Systems, Minor Systems Analyst and Integration ? 3.50

GPA

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES/ AFFILIATIONS

. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified by PMI

. Project Management Institute - DFW Chapter Member

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. PMBOK, Extreme Programming (XP), Waterfall, Iterative, Rational

Unified Process, Rational Rose, MS Project Server, Visio, Excel,

Visual Studios, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Allegro, Remedy, PGAS,

eSuite, Active Directory, Exchange Server 2003, Oracle, C#, SQL,

ASP.NET, RPG[pic]

Contact this candidate