Project Manager Management

Project Manager

Specialty/Skills: Agile, Scrum, Rational, Lotus, Microsoft

Geographic Location Preference: FL

Salary Range Desired: 100,000.00

Work Status: Authorized

Willing to relocate: No

Term of Employment: FullTime

Work Experience: SeniorLevel

Education: MastersDegree

Brad Sandler

Address: 22299 Tupelo Place

City: Boca Raton

State: FL

ZIP Code: 33428

Country: USA

Phone (home): 561-***-****

Phone (work):

Fax:

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Summary

I have held many project and program leadership positions during my

30+ year career in the computer technology industry. At present, I'm

responsible for project managing the delivery of software solutions

which help client s manager their application development life cycle

and investment priorities.

I have also managed several large projects, including the deployment

of enterprise wide asset reuse management and portfolio prioritization

solutions software.

As a change agent, I have managed the deployment of the IBM Project

Management Knowledge Network, a community for project managers who

publish and reuse their project management experiences and artifacts,

hence driving millions of dollars in annual productivity savings.

As a sought out thought leader, driving process improvements and

organizational efficiency in project, financial, and knowledge

management competencies, I now offer an array of skill sets that will

help improve an organizations productivity and profit contribution.

I have managed all aspects of information technology projects, which

involves the documenting and reporting of project milestones,

meetings, risk mitigation, change request, issues, requirements,

schedule, cost, resource task assignments and client deliverables.

Applications expertise in: the IBM rational lifecycle management

tools, Microsoft Software suite, and Lotus Notes Software.

My industry experience is in energy, education, government, insurance,

healthcare, computer technology systems, financial and entertainment

sectors.

I earned my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from

the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 1999 and my scrum master

certification in 2012.

Please find my resume attached for your consideration for the project

management position.

Experience

IBM Executive Project Manager

March 2006 - Present (6 years 5 months)

IBM Certified Executive Project Manager

- Presently responsible for providing project management leadership

for the IBM business transformation and information technology

organization. This includes managing requirements customer

expectations, project scope, documenting issues, risk mitigation, and

working with developers to deliver solutions in a highly matrix

organization. My mission is to reduce the costly footprint of

legacy applications by replacing them with IBM s life-cycle tooling.

IBM Software Services Project Manager

- Manage the deployment of application life-cycle solutions. This

involves, documentation and management of client requirements,

statement of work, scope, schedule, cost and resources of software

application services delivery projects.

Services Engagement and Knowledge Officer Project Management

Profession at IBM Global Services

December 2000 - March 2006 (5 years 4 months)

Project Management Services Engagement Manager for IBM Global Services.

- Developed the IBM Project Management Service Offering involving the

delivery of project management software to help customers manage their

portfolio of projects in the energy, education, government, insurance,

healthcare, computer technology systems, financial and entertainment

sectors.

IBM Project Management Center of Excellence Knowledge Officer -

- Developed and deployed IBM s project management knowledge management

program.

- Provided education to IBM project managers on the value of sharing

tacit knowledge and created an environment which encouraged creating,

harvesting and reusing intellectual capital that continues to provide

millions of dollars in savings to IBM annually.

- Participated in the deployment of IBM s Enterprise Project

Management application used by over 35,000 IBM project managers and

practitioners.

Project Support Manager PC Company Services at IBM

August 1994 - December 2000 (6 years 5 months)

Senior Project Manager for IBM Personal Computer Division Business

Information and Re-engineering

- Responsible for consulting in all business areas with respect to

the division's application portfolio on development and re-engineering

projects. This included managing and reporting on a multimillion

dollar information technology development and maintenance budget.

Project Manager for IBM Personal Computer Help-center -

- Created the warranty cost model that changed the levels of warranty

and help-desk support on IBM personal computer products and reduced

cost liability.

- Created the warranty cost measurement structures that helped explain

all aspects of over $500M in worldwide warranty and help-desk cost.

- Collaborated on a model for providing answers to customer questions

by using a 900# which generated services revenue for the help-center.

IBM Financial Management at IBM

May 1982 - August 1994 (12 years 4 months)

Financial Pricing Analyst for IBM Education Products -

- Developed selling price strategies for both hardware and software

products designed for the education K-12 marketplace.

Financial Manager for IBM Personal Systems Division -

- Planned, controlled and reported on all aspects of $80M product

development budget and provided leadership and direction to a team of

Financial Analyst who provided financial and accounting support for

the product development team.

Financial Analyst for IBM Finance -

- Created an employee resources tracking system used to assist

management in establishing staffing targets.

- Analyzed and presented the return on controllable assets and monthly

cash flow account balances projections to financial management team.

- Streamlined the Capital acquisition process by establishing a new

process for requesting capital investments resulting in both

improvement in investment knowledge and reduction in processing cost.

Education

Nova Southeastern University

MBA, Business Administration, 1988 - 1990

University of Miami - School of Business

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), 1979 - 1982

Natick High School, 1975 - 1978

Honors and Awards

Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance 2012

IBM Focal Point Software Technical Sales Professional 2012

Top Contributor at IBM 2009, 2010 and 2011

Received Presidents Award for Community Services 2009 and 2011

IBM Bravo Award for Leadership 2009

Nominated for IBM Top Talent Program 2008

Thought Leader since 2007

Certified as IBM Executive Project Manager 1999

IBM Mentor Program Leader for new employee hires

Interests

Sports fan of hockey, basketball, baseball and football. Plays

Softball, Tennis and Golf. Enjoys vacations with family and friends.

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