Focus

Project Manager or Sr. Business Analyst position

Summary of Qualifications

A results-driven and dedicated IT professional with proven project

management experience and ability to lead and collaborate with diverse

team of business users and IT technical team, plan and coordinate multiple

priorities, and drive initiatives to successful conclusion.

Solid technical background of over 16 years practical experience in all

facets of systems/ software development life cycle and production support

arena.

. Leadership: Takes ownership of projects and engages team members and

project sponsors to get agreement and clear understanding on project

scope, objective, deliverables, milestones, resources and cost/budget.

Strong management skills and ability to organize and provide technical

guidance and coherence to project team.

. Analysis Skills : Solid problem-solving and analytical skills, and proven

experience in liaising with business users and IT technical team, in

gathering and eliciting business requirements and authoring various

business or technical project artifacts.

. Technical Competence: Broad experience in technical systems development

in diverse business areas- banking, financial services, and

manufacturing. Intimate understanding of system development and project

life cycles, process-oriented, knows the system and relevant tools,

familiarity with Change Management process and firsthand knowledge of SOX

or PMO compliant documentations.

. Communication & People Skills: Collaborates and communicates effectively

with both business users/stakeholders and IT team, to ensure they are

aligned and up to date on project status. Practical understanding of how

to get things done - how to motivate team and how to leverage on support

from management sponsors. Demonstrated facilitation and presentation

skills.

. Work Ethic: Professional demeanor and dedicated to achieve defined

goals, project objective and timeline. A can-do attitude in approaching

challenges and willingness to go the extra mile beyond the job

description.

Professional Experience

eBusiness Manager / Project Manager Consultant

Feb. 2007 - Feb. 2010

Amkor Technology, Chandler, Arizona

Business: Semiconductor Assembly/Manufacturing

. Provided support in setup of test cases and coordinating testing of

legacy B2B applications for SAP Billing project. Team facilitates testing

between IT, offshore factories, and corporate finance/billing group.

. Initiated and co-managed the rollout of Microsoft EPM solution

(Enterprise Project Management) to the CMO group. This covered piloting

the project and driving the engagement with external consultants that

configured the Microsoft Enterprise Project tool. Also developed

procedures and conducted initial training of EPM tool users and managers

within Customer Management group.

. Overall project management of IT projects for assigned customers,

maintaining partnership with clients, gathering requirements and

providing support for IT related issues. Performed various User

Acceptance Testing and SOX compliant documentations.

Project Lead-Business Systems/ Sr. Software Engineer Sept.

2000 - Feb 2007

Countrywide Home Loans, Simi Valley, California

Business: Mortgage Banking, Insurance

Involved with various Business Systems projects for Loan Administration and

for Insurance applications based on AS400 system -

. Headed Business Systems development initiatives, which covered Business

Requirements gathering, Project management, User Acceptance Testing,

Deployment to Project Closing. Applied company project mngt. Methodology

(Faster).

. Managed team of Business Analysts and coordinated with IT team, on new

systems development, User Testing and management reporting.

. As lead developer, designed and developed system for extracting

collection/payment information and accrual data for Veterans Admin and

transmittal of data to VA system

. Acted as senior developer for other projects - Treasury Bank reporting,

Branch Expansion project, Special Loans enhancements, and Investor

Accounting projects.

. Also deployed projects for Insurance group which involved conversion of

legacy AS400 application to Web based application - utilizing .NET

frontend with AS400 backend programs. This entailed close collaboration

with .NET developers.

Senior Systems Engineer/Consultant

July 1999- Aug. 2000

INFORMATION ALTERNATIVES, Dallas, Texas

Business: Retail/Distribution Software Consulting

Assigned with client DALY COMMERCE, an ERP solutions provider (based on

AS400 system)

. Provided technical services to the Professional Services division to

customize software to specific needs and business requirements of various

clients.

. Conducted analysis and resolution of various pre and post implementation

issues, as well as production support.

IT Consultant June 1994- June 1999

RCG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Orlando, Florida

Business: Technical Consulting/Banking Software

IT consultant for ALLTEL Financial Services. Responsibilities covered

maintenance and enhancement of HORIZON banking software (on IBM AS400

platform):

. Developed Customer Lending Limit System to establish a common interface

to monitor and regulate customers' credit limits. Also reengineered

Construction Project module.

. Wrote/customized programs for various other modules of Horizon product.

. Handled analysis on impact of new system or enhancement requests to

existing programs, and development of detailed project specifications.

Technology Summary

Hardware: IBM iSeries or AS/400, PC, Mac

Operating Systems/Softwares: OS/400, Windows, Word, Excel, Visio,

Powerpoint, Access

Programming Lang./Tools: RPG/400,ILE, Aldon-CMS, Abstract/Probe, SQL,

Hawkeye, Turnover, MsProject/EPM, Clarity, Lotus Notes, Testtrack, HP

Quality Center

Education

B.S. Industrial Management Engineering, Minor in Mechanical Engineering

De La Salle University, Manila, Phil.

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