Software Project Manager

JAMES BLAY

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New Palestine, IN 46163 abmkav@r.postjobfree.com

IT PROFESSIONAL

Business Analysis Requirements Software Selection Configuration Architecture Implementation

Versatile IT professional with over 22 years of experience delivering global enterprise scale software within

a Fortune 500 corporate environment. Respected IT expert who has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to

understand complex business problems, translate them into software requirements, drive software design as

well as selection and configuration of appropriate enterprise software solutions and execute successful

implementation within the organization.

Core Expertise & Value Offered:

Business analysis and integration, Resourceful, team oriented mediator with an exceptional ability to

translate business needs into information solutions and bridge the gap between the business and IT.

Relationship building, Skilled communicator adept at developing relationships and building rapport

with both IT and the business based upon trust, honesty, candor and a willingness to listen.

Requirements elicitation and management, Proven expert at eliciting and managing business and

software requirements utilizing multiple techniques to document complex software needs.

Problem solving, Insightful problem solver who is detail oriented yet also able to grasp the “big

picture” in order to transform complex problems into pragmatic, effective solutions.

Software selection and architecture, Accomplished facilitator in the art of mapping user requirements,

system constraints, architectural implications and resource considerations to various possible solutions

and leading groups of stakeholders through the process of software selection and/or solution design.

Software implementation, Recognized leader in successful software implementation, including

organizational change management, business process design and implementation, software testing and

validation, system training and software installation and cutover.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis IN 1990 Present

Lead Business Integrator, 2007 Present

Business Integrator, 2002 2007

Technical Architect, 2000 2002

Team Leader, 1996 2000

Systems Analyst, 1994 1996

Information Analyst, 1990 1994

Consistently progressed to IT positions of increasing responsibility and breadth with this top tier global

pharmaceutical corporation. Recognized as an expert in pharmaceutical business processes and information

management demands, including regulatory, medical, toxicology, product research and development and

clinical trial material supply. Roles have included software support, software design and development, team

leadership, project management, testing leadership and technical architecture. Recent roles have specialized

in business analysis, IT strategy, software selection and enterprise scale, global software configuration and

implementation. Project experience includes numerous global IT projects in the $4M $10M range.

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Select Accomplishments:

As the lead IT Consultant, provided business process and supply chain software expertise to a redesign

initiative across the Product Research and Development organization which transformed the raw

material supply chain, including business processes, organizational structure and software, with an

expected 60% reduction in cycle time and $600K annual savings.

Developed and delivered a comprehensive IT strategic plan, led comprehensive software selection

process and subsequently supported the formation of a $6M partnership with an enterprise software

vendor to develop a first in class software package to support the needs of Chemical Process

Development facilities in Indiana and Belgium.

As the lead business analyst, directed requirements elicitation effort for a $6M pilot plant operations

management software project, documenting over 500 business requirements. Co led all software design

sessions, facilitated the business through the definition of their future state business processes, led

software configuration and end user testing and coordinated user training and software implementation.

Project resulted in annual savings of over $1M from increased productivity, reduced cycle time and

improved quality and analytics.

Led a $4M project as team leader/project manager to replace the existing in house global adverse event

reporting system with a superior vendor package. Completed successful software implementation for 15

affiliates worldwide, establishing the required capabilities to meet European and US adverse event

regulatory reporting requirements. Received an LRL President’s Award for my leadership.

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester NY, Applications Analyst 1988 1990

Participated in an exceptional training program in structured analysis and design, full SDLC software

development and programming in PL/I, MVS, JCL, IMS and DB2. Gained valuable experience in software

support and software design, development and testing.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Purdue University, 1988

AWARDS

Lilly Research Laboratories President’s Award 1998, Eli Lilly IT Solution Achievement Award 1993, 2010

SKILLS

Techniques: Business Process Modeling, Full SDLC, Requirements Elicitation & Management, Workshop

Facilitation, UML, RUP, Lean Six Sigma, Project Management, Software Testing & Validation

Software/Languages: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Access), MS Project, MS

Sharepoint, Oracle Database, DB2 Database, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose, Metastorm ProVision,

Documentum, COBOL, PL/I, SQL, Java, C, JCL, Powerbuilder, Omnis 7, SAS

Applications: SAP ERP, Oracle Agile PLM, Clinicopia, PMX, NuGenesis SDMS, Symyx ELN, Clintrial,

Clintrace, Provantis, SUMS

AFFILIATIONS

ACM IEEE Computer Society IIBA

ENDORSEMENTS

Professional endorsements at www.linkedin.com/in/jimblay. Additional references available upon request.

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