Project Manager
Resume:
Gary D. MacKay * Saint Paul Street Wilmington, MA 01887
****.******@*******.***
CAREER PROFILE
Highly motivated analyst and consultant with successful experience in project
management, technical and business analysis, and process management.
Catalyst for consistently delivering groundbreaking strategic technology platforms,
processes and programs that differentiate, deliver aggressive results and advance
corporate initiatives.
Innovative manager with an exceptional track record of delivering results that
achieve flexibility and conformity with ultimately lower costs and greater
profitability.
Excellent communicator with proven ability to form strong relationships with, and
gain trust of colleagues and clients of all levels.
Problem solver who acquires new skills quickly and demonstrates "can-do"
attitude when taking on new responsibilities.
Flexible team player willing to travel extensively and volunteer for assignments.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Leader
Textron Financial Corporation 2006 – 2009
Delivered numerous successful projects from inception to closure using PMI and 6
Sigma methodologies for this diversified company that provides Distribution Finance
programs.
Created and maintained project plans and supervised their progress.
Vital performer in vendor negotiations and selection processes.
Established and foster strong relationships with clients, vendors, and
internal/external subject matter experts.
Presented project reports to PMO, CIO, and other senior management.
Achievements:
Managed a cross functional team of over 20 global resources in the establishment
of an ASP hosted distribution finance application for a new office in the United
Kingdom.
Led an upgrade project to move from Crystal Enterprise to Business Objects XI
that completed one month ahead of schedule.
Managed the consolidation of two company hosted Citrix farms into a single
installation at a Sungard facility. Decommissioned 19 servers and consolidated
down to 14 new servers, resulting in a $1,200 monthly savings.
Contributed to the creation of an Application Recovery Document template and
disaster recovery planning project. Received a team award "Textron Financial
Best Practice Award 2007."
Nominated and selected by management to enter the Textron 6 Sigma Greenbelt
program.
Lead Developer
Electrolux Financial Corporation 2002 – 2006
International Decision Systems 1997 - 2002
Directed teams of 5 to over 10 in-house and off-shore developers to design and the
Distribution Finance System (DFS) for this company that provided consumer
appliance and electronic dealers with wholesale inventory financing before it was
acquired by Textron Financial Corporation.
Gathered business requirements and designed software solutions in Synon 2E,
RPG, and CL.
Assigned work to developers and monitored progress toward schedules.
Implemented and maintained database model, change control and software
distribution, iSeries security and system management procedures.
Supported business analysis, quality assurance, and user acceptance by
providing handover and training of software functionality, and establishing testing
environments.
Hired, trained, and mentored resources.
Achievements:
Successfully transitioned the development and production systems and software
to Textron after they acquired Electrolux Financial Corporation.
Contributed to a number of major enhancements to the DFS application including
the streamlining of the Account Management inquiry screens to make key
information readily available. This enhancement reduced the amount of time that
Account Managers spent on the phone with customers.
Completed several installations and upgrades to enterprise software.
Authored and established coding conventions, naming standards, and procedures
for compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) initiatives.
Managed a project to establish an iSeries environment for the DFS application
within Electrolux headquarters. This enabled the implementation of 24/7
operations, and business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
Trained 6 IBM off-shore resources to setup, maintain, and develop the DFS
application so IBM could take the application in-house as their International Re-
marketing Finance System, IRFS.
Contributed to the development of an application for IBM which is currently
supporting over 32 countries on 2 iSeries systems. IBM reported a significant cost
savings upon implementation of said application.
Consistently retained and promoted through a series of mergers and acquisitions.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Account Manager - McCracken Financial Software
EDP Analyst/Conversion Technician - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
System Liasion/Escrow Administrator - Homestead Savings and Loan
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor of Arts, Economics 1988
University of Massachusetts Lowell
2009 - 2010
C++ Programming
C Programming
TCP/IP and Network Architecture
LAN/WAN Technologies
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SDLC Methodologies
Programming languages - CA 2E formerly Synon, RPG, CL, C, C++
iSeries - Security and System Management, Implementer, ROBOT/Schedule,
ROBOT/Alert, FTP, SQL, AS/400 Query, ExtractDB
PMI Methodologies
6 Sigma DFSS Principles
Microsoft - Access, Excel, Outlook, MS Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio,
Visual Studio, Word
Crystal Enterprise/Business Objects
GIS/EDI
Professional Courses:
Design for Six Sigma Greenbelt training
Managing Projects at Textron
Managing IT Projects
UNIX Fundamentals
Synon 2E Design to Construction
Real Estate Sales training
Clarity, NIKU, WEBEX, Solaris, Wintel, Oracle, WebSphere, LDAP, OOP, Notes,
Citrix
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