Project Manager Quality Assurance

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SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER:

IT Development and Services

Solutions oriented Project Manager offering a strong balance between business savvy and technical

capabilities. Possess 20 years of experience contributing to projects as a Developer, Business Analyst and

Project Manager as needed. Able to communicate with Developers, Management and Clients equally well.

Leverage expertise in software architecture, numerous programming languages and technologies, SDLC

methodologies, project management and coordination to align day to day operations with business goals

and client objectives. Capitalize on superior communication skills to establish and develop valuable client

and vendor relationships. Build and spearhead top performing teams, providing guidance, training and

support needed to ensure on time and within budget delivery of high quality products and services.

Project Management • Strategic Planning • Business Consulting • Financial Management • Proposal

Development Business Analysis • Operations & Program Management • Process Improvement • Contractor

Relations Communication & Interpersonal Skills • Staff Training & Mentoring • Team Leadership &

Motivation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Custom Software Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA

Sr Project Manager

10/2005 present

Clients: People’s Choice Home Loans, Inc., Hilco Trading, Platinum Capital Group. The

Credit Exchange, Q Plus Labs, Nationwide Funding, CashCall Mortgage, Symbian, Nokia,

Apgar & Bullard Insurance Services, Armored Capital Group, Cogility Software, Redback

and Ericsson

Software Architecture and design of N Tier, Client/Server, Web Services, Modular

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Architectures, Intranet and Internet Sites, eCommerce, CMS, Financial and Mortgage

Industry Applications and IT Infrastructure.

Responsibilities include Project Management, Business Analysis, Product Design

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Specifications, Software Application and Database Architecture, and Design.

Provide technical direction to teams of developers, Scheduling Responsibilities,

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Quotes, Statements of Work, Consultant Management, Technical Sales Support, Project

Management, Product Management, Definition and Application of Process and Design

Methodology and New Product Architecture and Design.

Managing a team of as many as 26 software engineers and IT professionals

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Ceira Technologies Inc. (formerly Digital Convergence), Irvine, CA 9/1999

– 10/2005

Director of Software Development (5/2003 –

10/2005)

Software Development Manager (1/2001

– 5/2003)

Sr. Software Developer / Technical Lead / Product Manager (9/1999

– 1/2001)

Clients: People’s Choice Home Loans, Inc., Hilco Trading, Cash Call, Ditech.com,

Instifi.com, Beal Bank, LoanStream.com Platinum Capital Group, GMAC Mortgage.

Software Architecture and design of N Tier, Client/Server, Modular Architectures.

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Responsibilities include Product Design Specifications, Software Application and

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Database Architecture, Design and Programming using Microsoft Visual Studio .Net, C#,

C++, C, Borland Delphi, HTML, ASP, XML, XSLT, VB, JavaScript, Pascal Script, COM,

MFC, ActiveX, IIS and Web Services in Windows Server, NT, and XP environments,

designed and developed ODBC, SQL, and PLSQL Database Applications for Oracle,

Microsoft SQL, Access and FoxPro using ODBC, ADO & DOA.

Architected and implemented interfaces to numerous 3rd party vendors. Other

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duties include providing technical direction to teams of developers, Scheduling

Responsibilities, Quotes, Statements of Work, Consultant Management, Technical Sales

Support, Project Management, Product Management, Definition and Application of

Process and Design Methodology and New Product Architecture and Design.

Managed a team of as many as 37 developers with 14 direct reports.

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InfoQuick, Irvine, CA 2/1998 –

9/1999

Senior Engineer

Software Design of Internet Based Information Server.

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Responsibilities include Product Design Specifications, Object Oriented

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Architecture, Design and Programming using Visual C++, MFC, SQL, ODBC,

COM/DCOM, ATL, ActiveX, SourceSafe, Visual Studio, and Perl in Windows NT and

Windows 95/98 environments. Multiple Software Applications include Web Crawler,

HTML, Java and CGI parse and filter functions, ODBC and SQL Database Applications.

Webstir is the company’s flagship product and is a Content Provider Application which

provides links to IC Manufacturer’s Datasheets via the Internet. The Talon application is a

back end tool that contains a Web Crawler to Index the various IC Manufacturer’s URLs.

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Talon also contains filters for each IC Manufacturer to allow parsing and filtering of the

web pages to extract IC component Part Numbers, Descriptions, etc. Talon also contains

classes and functions for updating and maintaining both ODBC and SQL Databases.

Other duties include Scheduling Responsibilities, Quotes, Oversee Consultants, New

Product Architecture and Design.

Managed a team of 4 developers.

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Geotest MTS, Irvine, CA 1/1995 –

2/1998

Senior Engineer / Manager of Hardware Engineering

Electronic Hardware Design of PC Based Automated Test Equipment.

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Responsibilities include Product Design Specifications, Schematic Capture, PLD and

FPGA Design and PCB layout. I was responsible for projects from Concept to

Manufacturing Stages. Administrative duties include Scheduling Responsibilities,

Budgets, Quotes, Contracts, Oversee Consultants, New Product Selection and Design.

Managed a team of 6 Engineers.

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SRS Technologies, Newport Beach, CA

2/1992 – 1/1995

Senior Engineer, Quality Assurance Manager and Production Manager

Software Design, Quality Assurance and Manufacturing Administration. PC and

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UNIX programming using C and C++. Software products included Printer Drivers, ODBC

Database Design and Query, a Print Preview Application, and several Quality Assurance

Test Utility Programs. I also acted as Quality Assurance and Manufacturing Department

Manager.

Electronic Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, FPGA and Firmware Design, PC

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Board Layout and debugging. Oversaw component purchasing and PCB fabrication.

Products manufactured were High Speed, High Resolution Laser Printers using the SCSI

bus to interface with a UNIX host computer.

Custom Product Design, Irvine, CA

7/1990 – 2/1992

Engineer

Electronic Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, FPGA and Firmware Design, PC

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Board Layout and debugging of computer peripherals. I also managed the Technical

Support Department, Oversaw PCB fabrication, Product Manufacturing and Quality

Assurance. Products manufactured were designed to interface Centronics Parallel and

RS232 Serial ports to UNIX based workstations via the SCSI bus.

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Education

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering (BSEE)

Cooks Institute of Electronics Engineering, Jackson, MI

Advanced Digital and Microprocessor Design (Certificate)

Mid Florida Technical Institute, Orlando, FL

Associate of Applied Science Electronic Engineering (AASEE)

Lake Land College, Matoon, IL

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