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Project Manager Management

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Posted:
April 06, 2010

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ROSE MAROTA, PMP

** ******* *****

Woburn, MA ***01

H: 781-***-****

*.******@***.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Project Manager with 10+ years experience in full SDLC development of

enterprise applications and 6+ years experience managing global teams in

complex, multi-division projects. Hands-on experience with multiple

development methodologies, processes, and tools, including Agile, J2EE,

Oracle, Java, XML/XSLT, Apache/Tomcat, .NET, Sharepoint, MS Project

(Enterprise). Project Size: 3 to 70 FTEs; $250k to $6 million.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

. Managed portfolio of 20+ software development projects for leading

financial services company. Collaborated with senior management to

conceptualize and prioritize roadmap: defined scope and schedule.

Managed projects through full SDLC: requirements, design, coding,

testing. Enhanced products improved processing time.

. Managed all software releases for web enterprise-wide Trade Processing

System for global financial institution. Introduced Agile techniques:

2-week sprints; daily stand-up meetings; collaborative design.

Improved on-time delivery to 98%.

. Led cross-functional team in initiative to re-engineer Call Center

processes for major Mutual Fund company: employed business process

modeling to streamline workflows; integrated third-party imaging

application with funds management systems. Reduced call "talk time"

by 15%.

. Developed Sharepoint intranet site for global project team. Designed

dashboard: project status, risk assessment, milestones, earned value,

backlog burn down chart. Led cross-functional team to define content

and improve onshore/offshore communications.

. Integrated enterprise applications with corporate CRM and managed

Systems Integration Testing. Collaborated with CRM to create test

plans, coordinate testing and resolve data and interface conflicts.

Improved software quality.

EXPERIENCE:

5/1/2009 to current Northeastern University Boston MA

Part-Time Instructor, Project Management

Teach Project Management Practices to adult learners through College of

Professional Studies. Design and develop online and classroom teaching

materials: multi-media lectures, online assignments & tests, discussion

boards. Teach class and coach students. Earned Value, Critical Chain,

Critical Path, Fast-Tracking, Risk Management, Resource Management,

Project, Primavera.

7/2006 to 12/2008 State Street, Westwood MA

Project Manager, Software Development

Managed team of 8 software developers (offshore/onshore) in the delivery

and testing of all software releases for Trade Processing applications.

Collaborated with Analysis, Business and SQA teams to create release scope

and schedule. Managed release testing and delivery. 98% schedule

accuracy.

. Created automated build and deployment application for J2EE

application. Reduced cost of release engineering by 30%.

. Developed region router for MQ messaging system. Designed system;

directed developers in FSD, TAD and coding; testing. Simplified

support for 12+ environments.

. Improved deployment process for release deliveries to testing and

production environments. Reduced downtime by 70%.

. Led initiative to improve software quality. Closed gaps in testing

coverage and created test plans. Managed and trained testing staff.

Automated smoke and regression tests.

3/2002 to 8/2005 Teradyne, Boston MA

Project Manager, Software Engineering

Led global team in development, qualification and delivery of multiple

releases of embedded software for leading semi-conductor company. Executed

CMM Level 3 full SDLC processes; used Six-Sigma techniques to improve

schedule-in accuracy to 5% and software quality (escaped defects <1%).

. Managed transition of all configuration management work to off-shore

development team. Reduced cost of release engineering effort by 30%.

. Led initiative to improve software quality. Formed and led cross-

functional team to identify gaps in test matrix and weaknesses in

software qualification process. Improved test coverage by 40% and

reduced escaped defects.

6/2000 to 1/2002 Picis, Wakefield MA

Vice President, Software Development & Support

Recruited by software development company to build and direct 70-person

software development division. Created a new organizational model and

formed a strong management team. Mentored technical leads into management

positions: project management, staff management.

. Managed support and ongoing enhancement of web-enabled OR Management,

ED Tracking, and Data Warehouse installed in 300+ hospitals.

. Identified need/opportunity and drove development of interfaces to

other commercial software systems. Enhanced products opened new

markets.

. Improved software quality for lead OR management and ED management

systems. Introduced inspection techniques and test procedures.

Improved customer satisfaction.

1/1998 to 5/2000 Siemens Medical Solutions (SMS), Malvern PA

Project Manager, PMO

Coached Programming and Implementation managers in software development,

project management, and line management tools, techniques and best

practices. Developed individualized plans to improve performance of

Software Development Division.

. Coached development managers in re-engineering of Lab Management

System. Introduced project management and RUP techniques. Improved

cycle time by 50%.

. Led successful cross-functional team in implementing a third party

client/server-based application; managed all processes and

deliverables between vendor and corporate headquarters.

. Developed project management templates and tools for PMO (e.g., How to

create a Risk Management Plan; How to conduct Lessons Learned).

11/1993 to 12/1997 Vanguard, Malvern PA

Manager, Funds Management Systems

Managed team of 20 programmer/analysts in the development, enhancement and

support Funds Management, CRM, and Processing systems for Individual

Investors Division.

. Led effort to identify source of slowdowns, instability and downtime

in mission-critical transactional processing system. System

availability increased by 20%.

. Developed and executed plan to move 35 major applications, written in

five separate tools, to an NT platform. Led successful installation of

over 1,700 workstations in less than two months to accommodate

seasonal business needs.

EDUCATION:

B. A., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr PA

M. A., Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY

CERTIFICATION:

PMP Certification (Project Management Professional, Project Management

Institute)

Certified ScrumMaster (Scrum Alliance)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Instructor, Teradyne TQM: Project Management Tools and Techniques

Symposium, Project Summit & Business Analyst World Boston

Website Design & Development, UMass, Lowell, MA

Java Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Advanced Java Development, UMass, Lowell, MA

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS:

J2EE, Distributed Systems, Transaction Processing, Enterprise Systems

Unix, Linux, Windows,

Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase,

HL7, SWIFT

Java, C++, PowerBuilder, XML, HTML, CSS, JSP, EJB, Java Beans

JavaScript, Shell, Perl, Apache, Tomcat, IBM MQ, Websphere

OO, UML, Rational Rose RUP, Iterative, Agile

ClearCase, ClearQuest, Test Director, Rational Robot



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