Project Manager Management
Resume:
Bill Wintrode
Rockford, IL ***07
Telephone: 815-***-****
****.********@*****.***
Professional Profile:
I am an IT Professional with 20+ years of experience working for fortune
500 companies along multiple business sectors. I am a competent manager
with a diverse base of IT knowledge, a strong sense of urgency and
exceptional people skills. . I have extensive experience and knowledge,
bottom-line focused with the ability to deliver complex business solutions
both on time and budget. I am recognized as a strong leader with strengths
in project management, problem resolution, and relationship management.
Professional Experience:
September 2009 - Present: Abbott Labs, Waukegan, IL
IT Project Manager - Contractor:
Responsible for managing of the telecom activities associated with the SAP
CRM / VOIP integration for Abbott Locations in France, Spain, and Italy.
Part of these duties included system testing, user acceptance testing, go-
live cutover activities and go-live hypercare support. Responsible for
managing project for infrastructure changes impacting Unix File Folder
Migration. Responsible for several smaller projects impacting HR Portal
within Abbott and SLA reporting of IT usage and customer satisfaction.
February 2004 - June 2009: Freedom Plastics, Inc., Janesville, WI
Mulit-site
Manufacturer of PVC pipe and fittings.
Director of Information Technology:
Director of Information Technology for a $180 million manufacturer.
Provided strong leadership and direction to all IT staff in both new
initiatives and ongoing maintenance activities. Manage the current IT needs
for the organization; Act as a liaison with other departments; setting
short and long term strategic goals in all areas of technology while
providing the leadership required to meet customer expectations. Implement
and ensure full compliance of IT policies and security requirements. Ensure
that senior management was provided with the tools to allow them to run an
effective and efficient operation. Responsible for strategic planning,
budget creation and control. Keep on the leading edge of technological
developments to continually improve upon systems companywide.
> Championed the installation of a new ERP solution (SAP) for the
organizations three manufacturing sites. Worked with all
functional areas of the business, all locations, and all vendors
to get project completed. Included RFP activities, selection of
software and consulting team, discovery phase, data migration
plan and execution from three separate data sources into a
single database used within the organization. Coordinated System
testing, unit testing and User acceptance testing. Headed the go-
live cutover and associated tracking of issues and changes
during the project and after go-live.
> Installation of a change management methodology regarding
equipment procurement as well as software enhancement and daily
support requests.
> Employee development for all team members to handle successor
ship of duties.
> Responsible for all LAN/WAN security, disaster recovery and
daily operations.
> Upgrade network connectivity with MPLS in preparation for a VOIP
solution which will replace three separate telephone systems
into a centrally managed solution.
> Instituted upgrades to Citrix applications and VPN for improved
connectivity.
August 2003 - February 2004: Sears Holdings, Hoffman Estates, IL.
IT Consultant - Project: PMO - Sears
Headquarters, Hoffman Estates.
IT Project Manager - Consultant:
I was an independent consultant working within the PMO (Project Management
Office) for Sears. My focus was Project management using PM tools and
knowledge along with MS Projects software to manage and report on the
change control initiative project, which was implementing IBM's Rational
Clear case solution.
> Provided daily updates to overall project plan using MS
Projects. Also required to have separate sub-projects which all
rolled into master plan.
> Perform Software Risk Analysis and System Integration Project
management to project members.
January 2001 - May 2003: Motorola Inc, Harvard, IL -
Manufacturer of mobile
communication devices.
Project Manager IV:
Project Manager responsible for the support and maintenance of the supply
chain management software solution, I2 Demand Planner. Supported 6
manufacturing sites in the United States, 2 sites in China, and 4 sites in
Europe, this including data migration from legacy system into i2 Demand
Planner along with Go-live support for all China sites and 3 of the 4
European sites.
> Provided support services to all global locations with critical
planning requirements for maintenance and downtimes to reduce
impact to any location for an extended period. This included
the supervision of 5 personnel.
> Managed 5 local and 8 offshore software designers.
Responsible for enhancements to product and new feature
customization. Required intensive planning and coordination to
insure all parties could be contacted and that coding, system
testing, unit testing, and user testing could be performed in a
timely and efficient manner.
> Led initiative to resolve data integrity issues on item masters,
which impacted accurate MRP and MPS execution and reporting.
April 1991 - Jan 2001: Dana Corporation, Warner Electric Division,
South Beloit, IL
Manufacturing of Motion
control devices
Sr. Project Manager:
Project Manager with the responsibility to implement and maintain ERP
system used by 9 manufacturing sites in the United States and Mexico. Lead
contact for all supply chain, accounting, and manufacturing issues, with
responsibility to provide viable solution to all different locations with
different manufacturing needs. Basic activities included data migration
from legacy systems or paper systems into centralized data repository.
Coordination of resources at the local sites and corporate office. Plan
for testing phase and cutover to new system. Final step was go-live
support and continued support for upgrades and software patches.
> Led initiative to streamline setup and assembly in Wichita Falls
TX, plant, which resulted in being able to improve lead times of
product from 5 days to same day delivery for a quantity of 10 or
less. Overall improvement increased sales by 7% for the plant
and 216% for the manufacturing cell.
> Directed and facilitated migration from old MRP system to new
ERP system. Decrease operating costs by $350,000 over a 3 year
time period, increased performance times for MRP runs from 2
full days to 8 hours, which provided improved accuracy of data
to customers, plant personnel and executive team.
> Automated several reporting and updating processes within the
MRP system to have data ready for associates at the beginning of
day and allowed them to focus on actual work, not administrative
duties.
April 1988 - April 1991: Moore Business Forms, Libertyville, IL -
Catalog Division,
Consumer Paper Product
Sr. Programmer:
Senior Programmer who would meet with end users, design code specifications
to meet end users requirements, code and test solution and then present and
train end users regarding the enhancements.
Education:
BA - Managing Technology Systems, Judson College, Elgin IL - 2005
AS - Data Processing, National College, Rapid City, SD - 1983
Additional Training and Experience:
ESI - George Washington University PMP training (Associates
Certificate):
Scheduling and Cost Control; Systems Integration Project
Management;
Software Risk Management; Managing Information Technology
Projects.
Dana University - Certified Supervisor training 280hrs.
SAP - Business One Enterprise Resource Planning System: All modules
and functions.
SAP - R/3 Enterprise Resource Planning System: FI, CO, MM, PP.
MS-Office applications, MS-Projects, Crystal Reports, Visio, MS
Outlook, EDI
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