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Project Manager Management

Location:
Los Gatos, CA
Posted:
October 17, 2012

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Tracy York

Email: *********@********.***

Address: *** *. **** *** #**

City: Los Gatos

State: CA

Zip: 95032

Country: USA

Phone: 408-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 85

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Job History / Details:

TRACY C. YORK

408-***-****

Los Gatos, CA *********@********.***

PROJECT MANAGER

* Experienced project manager offering 20 years of success leading all phases of diverse business/ technology projects: BS (Finance), MBA (Information Technology), Juris Doctorate (Law)

* Business development: Plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains

* Excellent communicator across all levels: Ability to manage project teams developing and fostering relationships with technical teams and ensuring communication with functional teams

* Expert project management methodologies: Able to manage large project teams; known for high quality deliverables meeting or exceeding timeline and budgetary targets

Skills Summary

Project Management

Needs Assessment

Managed technical & business teams

Localization

Complex Problem Resolution

Project Scope

System Migrations/Integrations

Enterprise-wide Implementations

End-User Documentation

Financial Management

Requirements Analysis

ROI Analysis

Costing & Budgeting

Project Scheduling

Risk Management

Legal Compliance

Business Process Analysis

Contract Negotiation

Leadership

Team Management

Complex Problem Resolution

Team Building & Mentoring

Client Relations

Presentations

Business & IT Planning

Vendor Management

Project Management Consultant 2000 - Present

o The Burton Company, Ltd. 2012 - Present

* Assessed and defined best practice models for real estate business identifying inefficiencies and presented to clients plans to correct unproductive methods

* Formed project team to implement tools to help increase productivity, i.e., QuickBooks, Oracle

* Resulted in 75% increase in efficiency

o Consulting Firm (confidential) 2011 - 2012

* 11i implementation of (PA) for a consulting firm, oversaw and participated in the business requirements and implementation, developed testing modules, concurrently implemented

Extensity (similar to iExpense) and conducted end-user training

o Service Firm (confidential) 2008 - 2009

* Conversion from Oracle 10.7 to 11i (AP, AR, OE, GL, FA) Managed technical/functional teams focused on: documenting the business requirements, developed scope and phases of the project, prepared budget, created test plans, trained end-users

* Managed localization of the project

o The Pet Spa 2000 - 2007

* Managed project team for accounting implementation: performed business analysis; prepared functional, accounting and finance requirements, implemented tools, prepared end user documentation and conducted training

* Business development to allow company to get financing for additions and lease agreements

* Prepared and reviewed all financial documents to prepare for corporate taxes/payroll

* Prepared all financials and due diligence to sell business

Law Office of Nina Yablok Sr. Law Clerk 2006 - 2009

o Managed large litigation projects from initiation to trial/mediation/arbitration

o Prepared motions, stipulations and briefs, evidence and witness preparation

o Identified business process efficiencies, implementing tools to manage trademarks, licensing, on-going client case information increasing efficiency by 25%

o Prepared, filed all incorporation documents: bylaws, minutes, articles of Incorporation, stock certificates, organizational consents

o Attended, participated in court, arbitration, mediation, including client opposing counsel depositions

o Prepared, attended client Employment Development Department (EDD) audits

o Managed UCC, DBA and dissolution of corporate entities

o Determined critical licensing issues, license support, tracking via web tool

Cisco Systems, Inc. Consultant 2003 - 2004

o Driver of project initiative and a formed technical and functional teams to analyze and streamline business processes for: Finance, Entitlement, Manufacturing and localization of these efforts

o Project managed analysis of business assumptions, defined system requirements for web tools, increasing accuracy of licensing and support by 20% initially

o Managed system change controls, business processes, data roles and responsibilities

o Evaluated, presented best practice models: Business Process Mapping, TCO, PMO, Finance and Change Management

o Interfaced with General Counsel daily, ensuring compliance of privacy and to attain import/export compliance measures

o Development of Enterprise Architecture budget package and web tools, reducing cost by 30%

o Interfaced with marketing and manufacturing to develop web tracking licensing and support tools

o Utilized project methodologies: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), PMO

o Trained in SCRUM project methodology

SGI Sr. Project Manager 2002 - 2003

o Business analyst between Finance/Accounting and IT to address functional user needs

o Documented all end-user requirements for OE, AP, AR, Project Accounting to prepare for Oracle 11i upgrade

o Key player of Sarbanes-Oxley initiative

FutureNext Consulting, Inc. Sr. Project Manager 2000 - 2001

o Worked with external clients to ensure appropriate sales and support

o Managed implementations of Extensity suite of products and interfaces with Oracle

o Prepared and reviewed contracts to ensure scope of projects was accurate with both parties satisfied with the final project

o Responded to RFP`s and worked with sales teams to present functionality of software

o Managed operating budgets from $100K to $6M

Multigen-Paradigm, Inc. Sr. Program Manager 1999 - 2000

o Managed $15M operating budget

o Documented, managed intense government contracts, change orders, cost reductions

o Managed 15 Project Managers in a matrix environment

Aspect Communications Worldwide Project Manager 1994 - 1999

o Developed, implemented strategic objectives for professional services division to grow business 200% per annum

o Managed global new project initiatives (Oracle 11i, AP, GL, AR), HR (PeopleSoft/Oracle) and

web applications

o Formed, led enterprise-wide task force to address issues faced by start-up consulting organizations

o Implemented Oracle project accounting to manage consulting organization

Education

Juris Doctorate of Law, Lincoln Law School of San Jose

MBA, Information Technology, Golden Gate University

BS, Business Administration, Finance, San Jose State University



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