Cordell J. Pride

614-***-**** abnhtu@r.postjobfree.com

Results-oriented, highly productive, and accomplished candidate with MBA and PMP Certification

Skilled candidate with experience in project management, process improvements, IT infrastructure,

and systems administration

Combines strong project management skills and business acumen with exemplary technical skills

Recognized for maintaining high productivity and efficiency levels in high-pressure situations

Accustomed to managing projects through cross -functional coordination efforts

Competent in creation of all project management documentation and procedures/processes

Completed ROI analysis for PMO for future scalability options of enterprise PMIS

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration: University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Graduate Certificate Technology Management: University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

PMP – Project Management Professional – Project Management Institute #1199567

Member - Project Management Institute (PMI) & Central Ohio Chapter

Member – COSPUG Central Ohio SharePoint Users Group

Ohio Dominican University – Adjunct Professor

University of Phoenix – Columbus Campus– Lead Faculty

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Grange Insurance

Jan. 2009 – Sep. 2009

Project Manager

MS Office 2003 to 2007 Upgrade Project – Effort to maximize the use of Office 2007 with SharePoint WSS and

added actuarial benefits with Excel 2007

15 Member Project Team – $0 Budget – Managed internal resources only

Created Project Charter for sponsor sign-off using MS Word

Met with sponsor and stakeholders to develop scope statement

Interviewed stakeholders and wrote business requirements

Created and executing project schedule using MS Project

Facilitated all meetings with core project team and with functional business units

Prepared weekly status reports for Sponsor using SharePoint

Created and maintained SharePoint WSS 3.0 website for project communication

Grange Insurance

Project Manager

IBM Content Manager Upgrade v8.3FP6 to v8.4.1 - Effort to utilize MS Office 2007 documents – external vendors

and agents now using Office 2007 and current version of Content Manager does not support new format

9 Member Project Team - $0 Budget – Managed internal resources only

Interviewed stakeholders and wrote business requirements using MS Word

Created and executing project plans using MS Project 2003

Facilitated all meetings with core project team and with functional business units

Created and maintained SharePoint WSS 3.0 website for project communication

Sub-project and dependency to MS Office 2007 Project

Grange Insurance

Jan. 2008 – Feb. 2009

Project Manager

Consumer Ease of Doing Business Manage My Policy – Program to develop in-house a self-service website for

Grange Insurance policyholders – Site will enable customers to print id cards, view declaration pages, and pay

bill online

Responsible for $400K budget for outsourced services – 22 Member Project Team

Formed core project team (4) for identity management authentication and authorization

Wrote technical requirements for identity management authentication and authorization using MS Word

Facilitated project meetings, working sessions, and presentations

Created and executed project schedule using eProject’s Daptiv PMIS

Managed consultants in planning and implementation phases of project

Grange Insurance

Oct. 2007 – Dec. 2008

Enterprise Business Analyst / IT Project Manager

Agent Account Management – Project to give all independent agents of Grange access to manage their

employee’s access to the Grange Insurance extranet. Website also gives self -service for all identity management

enabling Agency Interface staff to re-direct production efforts

Responsible for $1.6MM budget for outsourced services – 12 Member Project Team

Interviewed business stakeholders and wrote business requirements for website using MS Word

Interviewed IT stakeholders and wrote technical requirements for identity management using MS Word

Delivered multiple presentations to senior management on functionality of website

Managed contactors including invoices for development work on website

Facilitated and monitored use cases and QA testing

Created and maintained Model environment for website authentication and authorization testing

Grange Insurance

Jan. 2002 – Oct. 2007

IT Project Manager

Managed and implemented multiple IT projects including:

PlanView Enterprise Portfolio Management implementation v. 7.1 / Strohl LDRPS 9.0 / Avery Photo ID

Archibus Facility Management / SightMax Chat / Microsoft MIIS 2003 / IBM Records Manager 4.1.3

Grange Insurance

Jun. 2000 – Jan. 2002

Lead Systems Analyst

Novell Administrator / Microsoft Active Directory Administrator / Citrix Administrator

United Healthcare

Oct. 1997 – Jun. 2000

Systems Manager/LAN Administrator

Managed staff of 4 IT support

Management of 4 person IT support staff

Coordination and Execution of IT projects

Administered and Supported Novell 3 & 4 enterprise network (400 users)

Responsible for all IT procurement ($750K Budget) & IT and facility Disaster Recovery

Bank One – LAN Administrator/Business Systems Analyst Jun. 1996 – Aug. 1997

Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield – PC Analyst 1 Dec. 1993 – Jun. 1996

Insurance Claims Specialists – Computer Assistant Jan. 1991 – Dec. 1993

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SharePoint WSS 2.0, WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007

Microsoft Office Suite 2003 & 2007 (MS Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint)

Microsoft Project 2003

eProject/Daptive Project Management Information System

PlanView Project Management Information System

Teach CIS108 Computer Applications for Business – MS Excel, Access, Word, PPT 2003&2007

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