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Cover Letter

Current?Location US: Stormville, NY

Industry

Accounting / Finance

Compensation

Current: ***,***

Desired: 145,000

Willing?to?Relocate? Yes

Preferred?Locations,

Travel Availability

My?Perfect Job

Desired?Title

Cover Letter

Louis C. Palermo

PMP 9 Ivy Lane Stormville, New York 12582 Ph: 845-***-**** Cell: 845-242-

8242 abot0c@r.postjobfree.com

Dear Recruitment Specialist: I am seeking a position as Senior

Project / Program Manager where I can contribute my professional experience and expertise

toward company profitability and professional growth. Please review my r?sum? (attached)

in light of your current opportunities. The following profile may also be helpful:

Previous Positions Held Senior Certified Project Manager ? 10 years Senior Program Manager

? 8 years Director Management Information Systems?8 yrs Senior Programmer / Systems

Analyst ? 10 yrs Education SUNY Empire State College- BS - Management Information Systems

George Washington University - Three (3) Master\'s Certificates in Project Management,

Advanced Project Management IT Project Management Certification PMP, Philip Morris

Certified Project Manager, Altria Certified Project Manager,CDP, CSM, CNA, Apple Mac Sys

Admin, IBM Risc S/6000 Sys Admin Methodologies PMI PMP, ITIL, Lean Principals, Six Sigma,

RUP, SAP, Waterfall, Agile, CMMI Specialties Financial-Marketing ? Acquisitions, Mergers,

Buy Outs and Divestments 1) Kraft Acquisition of Nabisco ? PMO Setup 2) Divesture ? Sale

of Miller ? CIO Award 3) Kraft Spin Off From Altria ? Visible Program Awards ABCD (Above

and Beyond Call of Duty) ?SAP CRM-CRM MySAP Implementation - 2005 CIO Award ? Sale of

Miller ? 2003 Special Achievement Award? NetIQ Global Rollout ABCD Award ? Kraft Spin

Program ? March 2008 Accomplishments by Position Senior Program Manager? Fortune 10

Environment 1) Kraft (KTS) Kraft Trading System Program? Global distribution of 170 Kraft

Products 2) Philip Morris Global Treasury Systems Program 3) Solid Performance in two

Fortune 10 companies (IBM & Philip Morris) in Global Multi platform IT Infrastructure

Delivery Senior Certified Project Manager - Fortune 10 1) Research Technology projects at

IBM Tom Watson research ? Unix ? Lotus Notes 2) Sabanes Oxley compliance ? Kraft Foods 3)

Software Development ? Sales ? Inventory G/L, AR, AP, MRP II, JIT ? Warehouse Distribution

throughout several data centers. 4) Managed Large complex infrastructure projects . many

with multiple platforms 5) Led Websphere (E-Business) Java, C++, Application development

Team for Kraft ? Nabisco application Integration. Senior Programmer / Systems Analyst 1)

Software Development ? Sales ? Inventory G/L, AR, AP, MRP II, JIT ? RUP Warehouse

Distribution throughout several domestic / international datacenters. Bar coding 2) SDLC ?

(System Development Life Cycle) 3) Provided the leadership that enabled upgrading the

infrastructure on time, within budget within spec leading teams and successfully managing

resources, Director of Management Information Systems 1) Full P&L Responsibility to CEO ?

Oversee 40-50 people in matrixed corporate Environment 2) Member of Corporate Steering

Committee reporting to CEO and Chairman of the Board 3) Provided Visionary Directives on

Corporate Long Term Strategies as well as ROI on Short term expenditures. 4) Strong

written, oral and effective presentation skills I have every confidence that I will become

a vital asset to the Team, I welcome the opportunity to discuss my professional experience

and qualifications with you. Sincerely, Louis C. Palermo PMP

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Resume

Louis C. Palermo

PMP

Home 845-***-**** 9 Ivy Lane

Cell 845-***-**** Stormville, New York 12582

abot0c@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Summary

Seasoned MIS Professional Consultant (IBM, EDS, CSC) well versed in all system

architectures (Network, Mini, Micro, Mainframe) in Fortune 10 as well as private business

enterprise. Experienced in a broad scope of Industries including (Financial Services (

Investments, Capital Markets, Banking, Legal) Retail (Food, Beverage, Tobacco) Insurance (

Property, Casualty, Life, Pension, Annuities and Reinsurance) Manufacturing, Commercial

Real Estate, Paper, Life Sciences, Telecommunications, R&D Research, fluent in Operations

(Service Delivery) Programming, Systems and Management. Corporate Specialist in

Acquisitions, Mergers, Buyouts and Divestures.

Professional Background

Principle Project Manager01/2008 - 08/2008CSC, Computer Sciences Corp. New York, New York

Senior Principle Consultant of the CSC Consulting Group, Authored two White Papers

which will be used in Major Infrastructure Modernization Initiative. First on RPA (Rapid

Portfolio Assessment) and the Second on Software Virtualization. Published and marketed

summer 2008.

?Managed Successful ERP Web Proposal with major Fortune 50 company following CSC best

practices (Catalyst Methodology) leading to new business for CSC

Senior Certified Project Manager / Program Manager07/2000 to 12/2007Philip Morris - Altria Corporate Services -EDS New York, New York

Business savvy certified Senior Project / Program Manager that has managed projects from

conception to successful implementation for Miller Brewing, Philip Morris Corporate and

Kraft Foods. With solid Project Management Methodologies (PMBOK, ITIL, Six Sigma, Lean

Principles, SAP) have managed multiple projects concurrently in a cross functional

environment effectively using my excellent business, organizational, team building and

communication skills with a proven track record. (See Honors below)

? Managed and coordinated all global project team activities (SDLC) running several SAP

Implementation, upgrades, Maintenance projects with the Altria Corporate Finance Group for

over two and a half years. Lead Mission Critical SAP Application Development and

Infrastructure Upgrades in Dev-QA-Prod Environments using SAP R/3, Blueprinting, Solution

Manager Templates, monitoring, reporting and documentation. One vital project involved

incorporating Business Warehouse with SAP MySap front end to access all Accounts Payable,

Accounts Receivable and General Ledger documents archived in Documentum repository. This

Archiving Solution linked with SAP ERP Finance (FI) meeting Sarbanes Oxley compliance. SAP

Phases- Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go

Live and Support. (Wintel, Unix, SAP R/3, Oracle 8x,9x,10x,ERP)

? Directed and Managed the Kraft International Trading Systems Program (KTS) (E-Business-

B2B -SAP-Oracle) which involves the sales, marketing and distribution of over one hundred

seventy (170) Kraft and Nabisco Products internationally. Oversaw all Projects, Current

Actions, Work Orders and Future Considerations within the Program. Many projects used SAP

ERP SCM with Solution Manager (vital PM Tool) running against Philip Morris ? Altria best

practices.

? Directed and managed the Miller Brewing Company Program including the Sale of Miller

Brewing from Philip Morris to SAB (South African Breweries). Leading the Miller

Divestment, within Legal and Audit guidelines completed project within budget, on schedule

within scope. Included migration of all SAP R/3 systems to new service provider ?SRP ERP

SCM ? Brewery Distribution. Awarded a CIO Award for this effort in May 2003. . SAP Phases-

Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go Live and

Support.

? Managed successful SAP ERP CRM implementation for Kraft Canada Project. Project saved

over $125K monthly in worldwide sales distribution as a result of new Unix Regatta

hardware and SAP software upgrades and new blueprinting, solution build, implementation

and rollout. Received ABCD (Above and Beyond Call of Duty) Award, corporate recognition

and bonus for this Project Completion. SAP Phases- Project Preparation, Business

Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go Live and Support.

? Portfolio managed the Kraft Spin Program (18 Projects, 12 Project Managers, >$20M)

which involved successfully migrating all business critical applications from Altria

Headquarters to new Kraft environment. Portfolio was prioritized along with Issues and

Risks reported in Weekly Governance. This achievement paved the way for the Kraft Spin off

from Altria in March 2007. Effective Implementation was on time and earned me a 2008 ABCD

Award (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty) Corporate recognition and bonus

? Coordinated all global multi platform, cross functional project team activities (SDLC)

associated with the Global Treasury for over three and a half years. Global Treasury

Systems is Philip Morris\' most vital, most visible financial function - millions of

dollars exchanged internationally daily. Developed I/T process maps and a roles /

responsibilities matrix along with Mission Critical Application Development in Dev-QA-Prod

environments. Using Wintel, Unix, Oracle 8X, 9X, ERP

? Directed and Guided Altria Corporate IT Program Portfolio overseeing corporate projects

including implementation of Sabanes Oxley Internal Control Workbench by Price Waterhouse

Cooper as well as management of large complex projects many with multiple platforms.

? Member of Corporate Steering Committees ( Transposing stakeholder requirements and key

drivers, incorporating best practices into quality long term, short term business

strategies.( full P&L responsibility on Kraft, Nabisco, PMUSA and Altria Corporate

projects (very visible Fortune 10 Environment)

Platform: IBM Unix SPII, Netfinity Windows Servers, VMWare, IBM AS/400, IBM Mainframes,

SAP ERP? (R/3,mySAP,CRM, APO, SCM, FI, MM,) SAP Solution Manager ( Project Administration,

Business Blueprint, Configuration, Test Workbench), Netweaver w/EAI Middleware, Oracle 8X,

9X, 10X, Oracle ERP AIM, DB2, SQL Server, Websphere, Java, C++, J2EE .NET, FileNet, NetIQ -

Vigilent, Sarbanes Oxley, EMC-SRDF High Availability - Business Continuity, Worldwide

Global Projects - Global TreasuryAdditional Experience

Senior Certified Project Manager07/1996 to 06/2000

IBM, Tom Watson Research Poughkeepsie, New York

?Directed and managed the migration of 1,600 UNIX AIX Machines at Watson Research in a

Research Environment successfully ontime and within budget from 1/97 to 3/98

?Guided the Lotus Notes Backup / NWS Transition / E-Business - IBM North - 62,000 Users

from 3/98 to 7/00. (All Phases = Communications / Hardware / Software / People ? Full

SDLC) Websphere

?Platform: IBM RISC 6000 SPII-S/80 - AIX, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project 98, Lotus

Notes 4.6, 5.0

Director of Information Systems & Technology 11/1993 to 07/1996AT Clayton Greenwich, Connecticut

?Developed and implemented numerous policies and procedures governing successful

operations, systems, programming and administrative staff effectively in Sales / Paper

Environment

?Developed Information Systems Security procedures which safeguarded company assets.

(Disaster Recovery Plan) (phases = Communications/ Hardware/ Software/People)

?Initiated, designed and managed complete MIS Departmental form analysis which improved

project scheduling work as well as program documentation and standards.

?Provided tech support / consultation to 50 UNIX and over 40 PC/Apple Mac end-users.

?Platform: IBM RISC 6000 AIX, Apple 9500 Server - Appleshare, SCo Unix - System 5.0,

Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Filemaker Pro, Snap-Mail, BBX Basic -

Facts Accounting System

Education

State University of New York - Empire State College Saratoga Springs, New York

B.S., Management Information Systems 1986 -Transfer credits from Fordham University,

Bronx NY

George Washington University- School of Business and Public Management Washington DC -

Master?s Certificate in Project Management - July, 1999- Advanced Master?s Certificate in

Project Management ? September, 2003 -Advanced Master?s Certificate in Information

Technology Project Management ? June, 2005

Committees

?Process and Procedures Steering Committee?, ?TECWorks - ?, ?Rye Brook, New York?, ?2003-

2006?. ?Mentor and conduct continuous improvements in areas of Project Management Process

and Procedures. Have implemented Order of magnitude, budget and definite Cost Estimating

Techniques to the Team. Assignment of resource to tasks to provide more accurate resource

allocation - leveling has also been accomplished.

Certifications and Designations

?PMP - Project Management Professional?, ?PMI - Project Management Institute?, ?2000?.

?Achieved PMP in May 2000; Recertified till December 2012

?Philip Morris Project Manager Certification?, ?Philip Morris ?, ?Rye Brook, New York?,

?2003?. ?Certified Project Manager by Philip Morris

?Altria Certified Project Management Certification?, ?Altria ?, ?New York, New York?,

?2003?. ?First International Certified International Project Manager awarded by Altria

Global Project Management Board

?Certified Data Processor?, ?IBM - C.D.P?, ?1995?. ?Advanced AIX/6000 System

Administration

?Certified Apple Macintosh System Administrator?, ?Apple Computer?, ?1995

?Certified Netware System Manager?, ?Novell?, ?1996

Honors and Awards

?CIO Award?, ?Altria Corporate Services - TECWorks?, ?May 2003?. For successful project

execution of Miller Brewing Divestment along with recognition on corporate website and

bonus. SAP SCM

?Special Achievement Award? ?February 2005? for successful NetIQ Vigilent Project

completion has reduced virus threats to all worldwide Altria UNIX, Windows Servers

platforms by 85%. Corporate recognition, bonus.

?ABCD Award? ?December 2005? for ?Above and Beyond the Call of Duty ? performance on

major visible Kraft Canada SAP CRM Project Go Live completion. Saving over $125K monthly

in worldwide sales distribution. Corporate recognition, bonus.

*ABCD Award? ?March 2008? for ?Above and Beyond the Call of Duty ? performance on Mission

Critical Kraft Spin Off Program. Successfully separating all Kraft Infrastructure from

Altria Corporate making Kraft independent. Corporate recognition bonus

Civic Leadership

President 1997 to 2002

Carmel Area Hockey Club Inc. Carmel, New York

Grass root startup of a Junior varsity - Varsity High School Program in the Putnam County

-Carmel, Mahopac area. Conducted tryouts, assigned USA Hockey Coaches forming two

competitive squads as part of the Mid Hudson Hockey League out of Poughkeepsie, New York.

As President, we setup organization as a non profit - 501c organization. Close to 68

students went through our hockey program in four seasons off to play in college hockey

programs as they graduated. The success of our program prompted individual high school

hockey sanctioned Varsity programs in Carmel and Mahopac High Schools still popular today.

This achievement is my own personal legacy.

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Contact Information

Louis C. Palermo

9 Ivy Lane

Stormville, NY 12582

US

email abot0c@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 845-***-****

Industry: Accounting / Finance

City: Stormville

State: NY

Zip: 12582

Country: US

Date: 20081027

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