Project Manager Management
Resume:
HAROLD (BUD) ZEIGER (PMP )
*********@*********.*** 102 Dorchester Pines Ct Cary, North Carolina
SUMMARY
. IT Certified Project Management Professional (PMP ) bringing 15+ years
of experience in the development and management of application
software through Capability Maturity Model (CMMI) assessed processes
with industry experience in Manufacturing and Health Care.
. Demonstrated success to organize, set direction and turn around
troubled projects.
. Effective in leading large cross-functional and technically diverse
project teams (100+resources, 50,000+ hour projects) in a global
virtual environment.
. Proven ability to establish an effective Project management Office
(PMO) and an expert in support activities; training, coaching,
planning projects, schedule management (Microsoft Project Server 2007
and MS Project 2003/2007) and SDLC methodologies.
. Adept proficiency in relationship building, interpersonal, planning,
organizing, problem solving, communication and leading.
. Extensive experience in analyzing, designing, leading, mentoring, and
development roles for mainframe systems including projects listed
below such as; HIPAA, Site Manager at SC client site, Mass RMV,
various projects as Systems Manager and Group Leader, IDMS COTS
system.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Schedule Management / MS Project / Offshore/Onshore virtual team
MSPS management
IT Program/ Project Management Leading Cross-Functional Virtual
Teams
Capability Maturity Model (CMMI) Team and Relationship Building
SDLC / Project Management Risk and Exposure Management
Methodologies
PMO Creation and Support Activities Continuous Process Improvement
EXPERIENCE
Electronic Data Systems/Hewlett Packard 1994 - August
25, 2009
Project Manager (2000 - 2009)
Led a number of high visibility projects leveraging virtual global
resources and rescued multiple
critical application projects. Oversaw projects within a PMO and
ensured the project managers were
successful in their role to deliver projects on time and within budget
using early warning indicators,
PMO processes and best practices. "Go to person" and expert in
schedule management, Microsoft
Project Server (MSPS), MS Project 2003 and 2007.
. Provided coaching/mentoring/training to project managers on
development processes, tools (MS Project, MSPS, SAP, etc.), and
schedule management, receiving letters of commendation from the client
areas for "tremendous support" and garnering a reputation as an expert
with comments like "valuable Bud Zeiger lesson".
. Organized and set direction on a floundering $600,000 dollar
assessment activities mainframe assessment project for the State of
South Carolina's Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
(HIPAA) completing the project 25% under budget and ahead of schedule
which resulted in obtaining the contract originally estimated at $30+
million dollars for modifying the applications.
. Managed several on time and under budget 50,000+ hour software
development product releases related to Digital Workflow Asset/Service
Center using a virtual team of 100+ resources across global locations
plus attained CMM level 3 for the organization.
. Reduced project start-up time by 3 to 5 days and improved accuracy of
estimates by 50 percent by creating an Excel estimating tool that
calculated estimates by phase using industry standards and standard
project schedule templates.
. Oversaw a continual fifteen to twenty mainframe and client-server
application projects using early warning indicators, coaching and
issue resolution that resulted in the project managers of these
accounts strengthening a reputation for delivering the expected scope
on time and within budget.
. Saved the $2+ million dollar piece of a client relationship and
resolved issues after being sent to fix the quality issues, client
relationship and manage the e-business "Transaction adapter"
applications team of 20 for a commercial software company providing
b2b transaction processing across the Internet using Java/XML
software.
. Implemented accurate and efficient small work forecasting for
production support schedules, quickly learning VB macro coding to
automate reporting, enabling client contractual commitments to be met
avoiding penalties.
. Led the migration to MSPS for a critical client by learning the tool,
creating a migration checklist, training others, and negotiating
around standards that ensured the schedule forecasting process
remained intact to meet client contractual commitments.
. Enabled the Healthcare migration to MSPS, as a critical resource,
guiding client areas on schedule management practices, creating
schedule templates, and providing needed training that allowed for
uninterrupted delivery of projects to clients.
. Set the vision and led the establishment of a Project Management
Office (PMO), while residing on the leadership team, utilizing
process/template standardization and coaching services that provided a
consistent approach for repeatable effective client delivery.
. Managed the IT department mainframe and client-server applications
development, maintenance, and people management as site manager for 12
analysts at a South Carolina client site for 7 months until a
permanent replacement could be found.
. Administered people management activities (compensation admin,
performance reviews, etc.) for ten local developers while managing
projects.
Information Specialist / Project Manager (1997 - 2000)
. Led several mainframe application projects for Mass RMV where
processes/templates were improved to attain CMM level 2 and as a
result able to bid on additional sales opportunities.
. Managed the Y2K code renovation activities for a variety of customers
across many industries, including NCXIX and Massachusetts Registry of
Motor Vehicles (Mass RMV).
Information Specialist - Role (Information Systems Manager - 1994 - 1997)
. Directed the Memorex information systems facility located in Raleigh
after it was outsourced to EDS, including application development and
maintenance, operations, network infrastructure, and all
administrative functions (budgets, hiring/firing, people management,
etc. for a staff of 10.
. Planned and directed the information systems migration from Raleigh to
Tulsa when the Raleigh Memorex facility was sold, achieving the IT
stability of the Tulsa location.
Memorex Telex, Raleigh, NC Applications Group Leader 1989 -
1994
. Led the ongoing technical development and maintenance of application
software for the manufacturing and accounting systems.
. Conducted gap analysis, with a team of 7, on Cullinet's IDMS COTS
manufacturing accounting systems leading a development team to
establish a fully integrated online system that allowed for
expeditious shipping and purchasing, accurate inventory and reduced
the receivables cycle.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software: MS Project, MSPS 2007, Rational Requisite Pro, JCL, Shadow,
CICS, File-Aid,Sync Sort, VSAM,IMS,IDMS,ADSO, DB2, Culprit, SPF, TSO,
Endevor, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Hardware: MVS, DOS, PC, VM Amdahl, MVS, Windows XP, VM
Languages: COBOL, Assembler, PLI, Fortran, HTML, Java, XML
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration (Computer Science) - Kent State
University, Kent, Ohio
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