Project Manager Management
Resume:
Robert Simard
Concord, MA ***42
978-***-**** H **********@***.***
SUMMARY: Senior IT Director offering extensive leadership experience in service, manufacturing and
distribution organizations. Demonstrated ability to set and execute IT strategies in high-growth organizations.
Proven ability to initiate, champion and lead IT programs that deliver solid business results. Strong track record
managing multi-million-dollar international programs involving business application systems such as
Operations – Requirements and capacity planning, product engineering, manufacturing, inventory
management, logistics and distribution
Finance – GL, AR, AP, FA, Budgeting and financial reporting systems
Service Management – Customer service, service technician dispatch, depot management
Human Resources – HR management systems, payroll, time reporting, employee databases
Infrastructure – Datacenter management, voice and data network management, security, technical
support
Areas of experience and expertise include:
Post-Acquisition Integration and Conversion Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Strategic IT Planning IT Performance Metrics
Project Budgeting and Cost Measurement Nationwide Voice and Data Networks
Datacenter Design and Management Project Management
Business Systems Design and Implementation Strong Business Process Knowledge
EXPERIENCE
2007 - Present Principal - Simard Marketing Concord, MA
Provide consulting/pm services for business expansion and/or business acquisition projects.
Lead Instructor for area technical school in Windows infrastructure and programming.
1997 - 2006 Iron Mountain Boston, MA
Director of Human Resources Infrastructure Projects (2004 -2006)
Responsible for defining and managing internal HR projects.
Assigned as Project Manager to turn around troubled Oracle HRMS implementation
and to merge two payroll systems into a new payroll system and integrate four time
collection systems. Project involved two software vendors, three consulting companies
and impacted more than 10,000 employees and was completed per revised schedule.
Created multi-year road map for HRMS systems development, which provided HR
management and IT both visibility to budgetary performance and tools to plan and
prioritize projects for HRMS sub-systems around the world. Road map is still in use.
Implemented incentive compensation system for all US employees.
Director of IT Planning and Budgets (2002 -2004)
Managed IT Planning and Business Office. Developed systems for IT team management.
Implemented Project Time Monitoring system for worldwide IT resources, which
tracked all IT staff and contractor time by project for planning and project costing and
provide input to Financial Systems.
Implemented Project Costing system that combined data from Project Monitoring
system and Payables system into total project costs, allowed total project budgeting and
reporting.
Identified issues and corrective actions to insure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley reporting
requirements.
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Director of Business Conversion and Support 1997 -2002
Managed Business Integration team in integrating over 100 businesses and over 200
business systems.
Created integration process that enabled integration of five business systems per
month, a 10-fold increase over the previous rate. Oversaw an average of 20
simultaneous projects per month.
Created formal Project Planning Toolkit that included project kickoff presentation,
regular project reviews and status reporting to sponsors executive management and
reviews of completed projects. Managed 50+ team members in 3 departments.
Expanded Support Center hours to 24/7 coverage in order to support international
internal and external customers and implemented Service Level Agreements for all
major areas of support.
1990 -1997 U.S. Filter/Ionpure Lowell, MA
Formerly a division of Millipore Corporation, sold in 1990.
Director of Information Services
Reporting to President, managed Application Development, Technical Support, Data/Voice
Communications, Computer Operations and Help Desk, supporting 150 local users and
more than 300 remote users.
Managed the selection and implementation nationwide and in Europe of integrated
Financial, Order Entry/Distribution software
Managed the selection and implementation nationwide of integrated Manufacturing
software
Re-engineered Service Management System throughout 26 U.S. locations, generating
more than $1Million annual savings.
Led Business Integration team that integrated 50 newly acquired service companies and
two manufacturing companies into US Filter over a five-year period. Managed 11 team
members within IT.
Designed and implemented a domestic communications network for all data and voice
traffic, reducing communication costs by more than 20 percent, over $1 Million annual
savings.
Implemented Client PC based Analysis Tools and Systems to allow local decision makers
to have access to mission critical data at their desktop.
1987 -1990 Millipore Corporation Bedford, MA
Data Center Manager
Managed Technical Support, Data/Voice Communication, Computer Operations and Help
Desk supporting 600 local users and more than 600 remote users.
Coordinate Support Issues between Europe, South America and U.S. locations.
Implemented Computer Operations improvements including; Automating Production
Scheduling, Hardware Performance Monitoring, UPS with Battery Backup, Systems
Standardization and Business Application Quality Control; all aimed at reducing costs
and/or increasing service levels.
1984 -1987 Whistler Corporation Westford, MA
Director of Information Services
Developed, presented to management and implemented five year plan to support projected
rapid growth of company ($10M to $100M) including selection and implementation of: a
distributed hardware network supporting four manufacturing divisions in six facilities; an
integrated manufacturing and financial system; a personnel and payroll system; and office
automation tools.
Education: B.S. with Honors, Management Information Systems Northeastern University Boston, MA
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