STEVEN L. O'BRIEN Tel: 508-***-****
***A Farm Street, Blackstone, MA 01504 E-mail: *********@*******.***
SUMMARY: Expertise in the project management of leading-edge hardware,
software, and services based products to direct and indirect
channels with emphasis on:
. Program design, implementation, and execution
. Detailed project plans and risk assessment
. Project research and requirements definition
. Demonstrated skill in driving multiple large projects
EXPERIENCE:
2008 to RSA/EMC Bedford, MA
2009 The Security Division of EMC, a premier provider of software security
solutions.
Engineering Project Manager
Directed the enVision Continuing Engineering team with primary
focus on managing efforts across multiple groups including
customer support, engineering development, quality assurance
and product management resolving critical customer issues.
. Managed multiple groups coordinating the approval,
tracking, and release of hot fixes to both internal and
external customers providing a 50% improvement in customer
satisfaction.
. Scheduled and defined delivery of all software releases
comprised of service packs, patches, and hot fixes meeting
deliverables expectation 100% of the time.
. Acted as single point of contact within engineering for
critical issues ensuring appropriate response time to multi-
national client escalations fulfilling customer SLA's 100%
of the time.
. Identified, refined and worked with management to
proactively revise current procedures and tools improving
C.E. engineering's efficiency by 30%.
2008 to VERITUDE at FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Smithfield, RI
2008 International Financial Services Company
Systems Project Manager
Served as technical project manager in the FTG (Fidelity
Technology Group) Enterprise Solutions Security Portfolio
responsible for the selection, verification, implementation
and support of enterprise wide security products.
. Project management responsibility for the CPS (Corporate
Pin Server) and RSA Strong Authentication product lines
which included multiple product development and on going
functionality enhancements while delivering over $1 M in
annualized savings.
. Provided project planning/tracking, status reporting,
change control, risk management, financial management, and
resource management on a weekly or as needed basis.
. Supervised cross-functional teams in defining, creating,
implementing, and supporting critical IT business
solutions.
STEVEN L. O'BRIEN Tel: 508-***-****
2005 to WORKSCAPE, Inc. Marlborough, MA
2008 A software innovator in the Human Resources outsourced benefits
marketplace.
Project Manager
Maintained full project management responsibilities for
scoping, planning, and implementing major projects and client
change orders in a highly customized web-based Oracle
application environment.
. Responsible for developing and updating the statement of
work, project plan, resource forecasting, risk assessment
and P&L statement for multiple projects.
. Served as the primary customer interface with full decision-
making responsibility while also identifying and resolving
large scale problems.
2004 to SPENCER TECHNOLOGIES Worcester, MA
2005 A leading provider of network design, technology deployment, systems
maintenance and strategic consulting services for the retail
industry.
Project Manager
Served as relationship manager for multiple clients responsible for
understanding business issues and addressing them through a
combination of services and product solutions.
2003 to DATAVANTAGE Westborough, MA
2004 A supplier of software and services for the retail trade industries.
Sr. Project Manager
Provided account management and consulting services for key retail
customers with a primary focus of leading and delivering Loss
Prevention, CRM, and Sales Productivity client/server
application software implementations.
1996 to EMC CORPORATION Hopkinton, MA
2001 A data storage equipment and software manufacturer.
Engineering Program Manager
Established and managed multi-level strategic engineering
partnerships with industry leading server/OS vendors critical
to expanding EMC's Enterprise Storage marketshare in the Unix
and Windows markets.
. Directed and prioritized SAN (Storage Area Network)
interoperability testing generating a 50% improvement in
connectivity and storage revenues.
EDUCATION: B.S.B.A., Marketing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Project Management Professional Certification Training, Quality and
Productivity Solutions.
Project Management Certificate Program, Bryant University.
PMP Certification Spring 2010.
TECHNOLOGIES: Oracle, DB2, Informix, SQL Server, XML, .Net, C++, Java,
JSP, ASP, Visual Basic.
TOOLS: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office product suite, SDLC
methodology, eRoom, Wiki, SOX Compliance, Rational ClearCase
and ClearQuest.