Project Management
Resume:
GARY A. LIVOLSI
Boston, MA 02210
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Authoria, Inc.
Senior Functional Consultant August 1999 – March 2009
Authoria, Inc. is the leading provider of integrated, strategic Talent Management solutions helping employers increase the
business value of their workforce. Authoria Talent Management includes recruiting management, performance management,
incentive management, compensation management, succession planning, and benefit and policy communication.
Serve as visionary for the product and project ensuring that the implementation matches client requirements to software
solution. Sustain relationships internally and externally with project team members, including information technology
resource(s), project lead(s) project sponsor(s), and executive management. Demonstrate outstanding oral presentation and
written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas. Develop and deliver customer presentations.
Understand and articulate customer's critical business issues and vision for Authoria product. Manage overall customer
communications and expectations. Regularly and strategically mentor individuals in Professional Services implementation
best practices methodology and Authoria software functionality. Mentor and develop Certified Implementation Partners in
Authoria Professional Services implementation methodology, best practices and software functionality.
Ensure that deployment is on time, on budget, and in keeping with customer's overall expectations.
Partners and works closely with clients and the Implementation Team to further understand and anticipate their needs
Provides application suite configuration, implementation documentation, and functional training overviews
Possesses excellent time management, organizational skills, and project management methods.
Conduct / Lead post-implementation assessments for both Authoria and Partner deployment projects.
Provide expert level knowledge and support for the entire application suite to customers as necessary.
Participate in new product development feedback/review activities
Coordinate resources and skills needed to deliver solutions and conduct quality assurance for tasks and deliverables.
Ensure project tasks are completed on time and within budget.
Sustain on-going relationship with project sponsors throughout the duration of the project.
Present project or proposal deliverables to customer executives.
Play significant role in development of initial project scope effort, proposal drafting, and proposal delivery.
Demonstrated value-added role in Authoria product selling efforts.
Demonstrated ability to expand initial project scope through expanded customer vision, draft project scope document, and
close add-on Statements of Work.
Proactively teach others in specific industry areas through knowledge sharing and mentoring.
GTE SERVICE CORPORATION 1993 - 1999
Team Leader - GTE Benefit Resource Services, Danvers, MA
Responsible for various projects within the Voluntary Compliance Review (VCR)/IRS Self Correction program. Handled the
correction process of pension benefit adjustments for 10,000+ former employees, including VIP's. Defined population,
developed correction calculation, supervised audit of the benefit adjustments. Researched and compiled data that became the
model for correcting pension benefits for 42,000+ participants. Developed historical recalculation formulas for current and
former Hawaiian Telephone Company employees denied participation in the company 401(k) plan.
EASTMARK CONSULTING 1992
Pension Analyst - GTE Operations Support, Inc., Danvers, MA
Maintained pension administration systems. Interpreted plan documents to ensure proper plan administration. Calculated and
verified all types of pension benefits. Supported annual reporting requirements. Performed special projects in acquisition,
plan evaluation, and pension communication. Provided assistance in the administration of complex defined-benefit operations.
Computed and communicated individual pension benefits to participants. Maintained effective relationships with key vendors
supporting GTE pension systems.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP.
Web and Internet Technologies: FTP, HTTP, HTML
Software and Database Experience: Microsoft SQL 2000, Microsoft Office 2003.
Computer Courses Attended: HTML and Advanced HTML for the World Wide Web.
EDUCATION:
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
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