Project Manager Management
Resume:
Lee Akerman
Wesley Chapel, Florida, 33544
**********@*******.***
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Lee Akerman, I am a Prince 2 certified project manager with
eight years project experience in both the Telecommunications and IT
industries. I recently moved to the USA from the UK and I am looking for a
full-time position to continue my career as a project manager.
My previous employer was one of the largest Telecommunications companies in
the UK providing mobile and fixed-line telephone and internet services. I
have delivered a wide range of projects including new IT platform and
software installations, system development and outsourcing of services to
third party companies.
I have also experienced project delivery in a customer environment, working
for EDS based on a customer site providing IT services for a global
manufacturing company.
I hold permanent resident status and am available to work immediately. I
can be contacted using the details provided above.
Please find attached my resume with further details on my skills and
experience.
I look forward to hearing from you soon and thank you for your
consideration.
Yours Faithfully,
Lee Akerman
LEE AKERMAN
1326 Yardley Drive, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544 850-***-**** (
**********@*******.***
PROJECT MANAGER -TELECOMMUNICATIONS & IT
I am a Prince 2 certified technical project manager with over eight years
working in a technical project environment. I have recently moved to the
USA as a permanent resident and am looking to continue my career within
project management. I have experience managing multiple concurrent projects
within both Telecommunications and IT industries with exposure to a wide
range of technical projects including systems development, hardware
installation and software upgrades. I have excellent communication and
organisation skills and have used these to effectively manage project teams
both locally and remotely to insure successful delivery.
EXPERIENCE
ORANGE PCS - BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM
Technical Project Manager Sept 2007 to Nov 2009
Project Controller June 2005 to Sept 2007
Responsibilities:
. Delivering projects in line with a structured project framework
. Liaising with sponsors and business analysts to define and document
project requirements and scope
. Working with local and remote technical teams to obtain solutions and
commitments to meet project requirements
. Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external
suppliers
. Forecasting and managing internal and external spend to ensure
projects are delivered within budget
. Identifying, tracking and mitigating project risks and issues
. Using product based planning techniques to forecast project
timescales and ensuring projects are completed in line with these
plans
. Steering projects through regular quality reviews
Key project involvement:
. Managed delivery of 2.5m project to deliver Operational Support
systems to support new IP based Release 4 telephony network
. Managed 1.8m project developing IN systems to standardise
provisioning call triggers within the telephony network
. Managed technical delivery of 1.2m project to outsource internal IT
service desk to offshore third party supplier
. Managed Billing system capacity upgrades and operational workstream
for a multi million pound project to carry all 2G traffic for a third
party Telecommunications supplier on the Orange network, delivering
overall benefits of a quarter of a billion pounds
. Resource management and post-implementation problem/fault resolution
on a 500,000 project to change the customer bill format providing a
cash flow advantage of 21 million
. Managed delivery of a 200,000 project to implement a new
organisational charting software tool for all Orange UK based
employees
. Managed 150,000 upgrade to the remote software distribution tool
across the entire Orange UK estate
ELECTRONIC dATA sYSTEMS (EDS) - BRISTOL, UNITED
KINGDOM
IT Project Coordinator July 2001 to June 2005
Responsibilities:
. Delivering a range of small to medium sized projects on a high
profile outsource at Rolls-Royce PLC
. Liaising with senior management and technical staff to agree project
proposals and cost models
. Documenting project scope and budget requirements
. Steering projects through quality reviews, chasing commitments and
pro-actively resolving issues to ensure projects are completed within
planned timescales to agreed budget
Key project involvement:
. Managed end to end implementation of a 100,000 project to deliver
wireless handheld scanners in a Bristol distribution centre as a
pilot for global installation in all Rolls-Royce distribution centres
. Managed delivery of a 50,000 project to provide connectivity between
two major customer sites and allow direct software integration
AXA SUN LIFE - BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM
New Business Case Manager May 1999 to July 2001
Responsibilities:
. Managing a portfolio of products in a customer facing role
. Deputising for management during absences and supervising team of
around 10 staff
. Utilising management information systems to produce departmental
statistics for comparison against targets
Key project involvement:
. Introduced new financial products to the department including
definition of new requirements, testing system changes and training
staff
. Achieved the Plain English Campaign Crystal Mark by implementing
Plain English to all standard company letters in the department
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
(Including year course taken)
. Self Awareness [Myers Brigg Type II] (2007)
. Basics of Business Finance (2006)
. Prince 2 Project Management Practitioner (2005)
. Prince 2 Project Management Foundation (2005)
. Microsoft Windows 2000 Networking and Operating System Essentials
(2004)
. Unix Fundamentals (2003)
. EDS Project Management [PM2] Fundamentals (2002)
. Microsoft Office 2000 Courses including Microsoft Project 2000 (2001
to 2006)
. Networking Essentials (2001)
. Financial Planning Certificate Level 1 (2000)
EDUCATION
CHEW VALLEY COLLEGE - BRISTOL, uNITED KINGDOM 1996 to 1998
Qualifications Gained:
. A-Levels - English Literature, French and Biology
. A/S-Level - Pure Mathematics
CHEW VALLEY school - BRISTOL, uNITED KINGDOM 1991 to 1996
Qualifications Gained:
. Ten GCSEs Grades A to C
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