Project Manager Management

Brian McElligott

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Professional Summary

Extensive experience in IT projects and project management. Experienced in

budgeting, scheduling and managing teams in requirements phase of IT

projects. Adept at engaging customers in order to understand their business

needs and to discover their unique software project challenges. Recognized

for ability to work independently on challenging projects. Key skills

include:

Project Management Change Management Agile Methodology

Requirements Management Product Management Best Practices

Six Sigma Exposure Conceptual Design Business Modeling

Government Liaison Technical Project International

Management Projects

Customer Liaison Government Affairs PMP Certified

Career Highlights

12 years of software project and implementation experience. Lead teams of

business analysts and developers on a mission critical phase of a long term

project, Coordinated large scale international projects across multiple

countries to insure that each project group was on schedule and aware of

all project changes. Served as a project manager in budgeting resources and

assignment of work items, and as a business analyst in gathering and

documenting requirements and authoring design documents for software

implementation.

Served as a stakeholder point of contact, acting as a SME for a critical

component for multi-million dollar projects. Technical knowledge including

web-based applications, SQL, and Java. Addressed the questions and

concerns of stakeholders through prototype demonstrations and review

sessions. Insured that the project timeline were preserved by working as a

point of contact with customers and development staff to resolve issues.

Work Experience

Software Engineering Services (2008 - Present)

Project Manager / Principle Business Analyst

Lead a team of business and technical analyst in independent verification

and validation activities. Analyzed Medicaid software project activities

and products for quality and process improvement recommendations.

Automated analysis and reporting on incident management, technical contract

management analysis, and project cost analysis. Supported the Texas Health

and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in analyzing project processes and

costing. Promoted best practices and industry standard methodologies

within the technical healthcare systems and projects.

BearingPoint, Austin, TX (2007-2008)

Senior Business Analyst Contractor

Documented the requirements and designs for a new application framework,

used to quickly and cost effectively configure and deploy web based

government agency applications for the State of Texas. Determined total

cost of change including requirements, design efforts, software coding,

testing and deployment. Saved project budgets on average $3,000 on budgets

of $15,000 or less.

GTECH Corporation, Austin, TX (2005-2007)

Senior Business Analyst

Served as a project lead for large-scale international projects. Designed

project plans including resources and budgets. Budgeted work efforts and

managed resources according to project needs. Initiated CMMI business

practices to evaluate customer requests for proposals and contracts.

Evaluated and recommended proposed software tools for the project

management of requirements and software development. Mentored and trained

junior level business analysts in project methodology, requirements

documentation skills, and testing. Ensured compliance to CMMI practices

and industry standards by reviewing corporate methodologies and project

practices, recommending changes and metrics capture.

PlanView, Inc., Austin, TX (2004-2005)

Business Analyst/Product Manager

Documented the requirements and designs for an interface between two

commercial applications. Resolved customer issues in project planning

software deployments. Worked with Marketing and Sales departments to

generate consensus in product strategy. Lead the definition stage of

product development efforts for new functionality in an enterprise level

product release.

Affiliated Computing Services (ACS), Austin, TX (2001-2004)

Business Systems Analyst/Consultant

Lead a project team to design a financial system for government healthcare

billing and account reporting. Managed a development team of five in

maintenance of a healthcare enrollment system. Implemented upgrades and

legislative changes to software and business processes. Served as the

financial systems technical expert.

Accenture, Austin, TX (2000-2001)

Consultant

Documented requirements and designs and coded an inventory and forecasting

application for a 45 million dollar semi-conductor division. Designed a

system interfaces for warehouse tracking software packages. Documented and

trained consulting methodologies for the Government Business Practice.

Saved $22,000 in costs by proposing new travel and tracking software

customized for the business rules of the organization.

Harte-Hanks, Austin, TX (2000)

Business Systems Analyst

Responsible for interfacing with system end users and development teams.

Reviewed documentation and captured functional requirements for enterprise

application deployments. Designed product prototypes and proposals for new

product lines. Worked with Marketing and Sales departments to determine

feasibility and required functionality of new products.

Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Austin, TX (1998-2000)

Business Systems Analyst

Served as project lead for the Texas Department of Health and Texas

Department of Human Services sub-system. Managed data correction and

cleansing efforts. Insured contractual agreements were satisfied across

multiple customers by reviewing contracts and documenting escalation

procedures. Fostered customer relationships by offering services outside

the contractual obligations to insure goodwill and increased customer

satisfaction ratings.

Education & Training

Project Management Certification (PMP) - 2008

Business Analyst Certification, George Washington University - 2007

Coursework in Object-oriented Development and Design, Austin Community

College -2000

B.B.A., Management & Marketing, The University of Texas at San Antonio -

1992

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