Technical Project Manager

Janet Nuziard

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QUALIFICATIONS

Skill set earned from hands-on IT experience implementing and supporting mission critical business applications

Very self-confident, highly motivated, self-starter with excellent communication skills

High level and detail oriented, can multitask with strong organizational, project management and analytical skills

Solid understanding and experience in all phases of application development using various methodologies including iterative and waterfall

Skilled in project financial management including estimating, planning, budgeting, forecasting, monitoring and tracking actuals to plan

Experienced in leading and participating in requirement gathering sessions, status meetings and tollgate reviews

Proficient in creating, maintaining, and executing application project schedules

Knowledgeable in creating, organizing and maintaining business requirements documentation, functional specifications and technical design documentation

Dedicated to effective communication and develop excellent relationships with management, business sponsors, subject matter experts, and technical resources whether internal or external to the organization

Strong enterprise systems integration, process improvement, defect and problem solving skills

Ability to quickly learn large complex applications, system interfaces, conversion mapping, business functional areas and their supporting technologies for new development, maintenance, or conversion efforts

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Management Tools:

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project), Visio, QuickBase, SharePoint, Quality Center

Operating Systems:

HP NonStop, IBM Mainframe, Windows, Linux

Programming Languages:

Java, HTML, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, Visual Basic, Windows Scripting, COBOL, JCL, Dyl280

BI Platform:

MicroStrategy

Workflow:

Pega BPM

Databases:

NonStop SQL, DB2, VSAM, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server,

Teradata, Oracle

File Transfer:

Connect:Direct, JScape, FTP

Web Application Tools:

DevPartner, WebInspect

Version Control Tools:

Endevor, Visual Source Safe, SubVersion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experience Highlights:

Lead all phases of project development – define, design, build, testing, and deployment

Participated in contract negotiations, estimated project costs and time frames, established project plans and schedules, held status meetings and communicated status to all levels of management

Tracked resources and assured estimated versus actual costs aligned to the overall project budget

Key liaison with all development teams, internal clients and external clients

Ensured project documentation was complete and adhered to development methodology standards

Mentored other project managers and team members on business and project processes

Oversaw multiple smaller development efforts in conjunction with the larger efforts

Good understanding of architecture and network concepts and principles due to the real-time nature of the applications

Senior Project Manager – NRI-ITSA, Inc. April 2013 – April 2017

NRI-ITSA is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute, a global corporation providing market-leading Financial IT Solutions, Industrial IT Solutions, IT Platform Services and Consulting services.

Senior Project Manager on the Master Maintenance & Main Order Processing Team (2016 - 2017)

The Project Management role on the Master Maintenance team includes providing retailers with the tools necessary for managing the logistics and valuation of their product inventory between the stores and the corporate office as well as between the vendors and distribution centers.

-Includes a migration effort of the current system to the AWS Cloud environment

-Workflow managed with Pega Business Process Management tool

-Utilizes an Oracle database

-New infrastructure and network setup in the AWS Cloud environment

-Federated authentication utilizing SAML 2.0

-ESB/API Gateway setup

-Web Services implementation for business services

-New disaster recovery architecture

Senior Project Manager on the Business Information Analysis Team (2013 - 2016)

The Project Management role on the Business Information Analysis team includes providing business intelligence solutions for the transformation of data into a format key to analyzing trends and creating new strategic business opportunities. The 7-Eleven Business Information Analysis service supports the core business processes of the Merchandising Department, Operations Department and Stores to provide quick and consistent access to sales and inventory data for analysis and decision making tools across all location and product hierarchies. Projects included:

Store IA Inventory Walk (2015 - 2016)

7-IA Information Analysis (2014 - 2015)

Store IA Private Brands (2014 - 2015)

Store IA Information Analysis (2013 - 2014)

-Developed using Microstrategy as the presentation layer

-Utilized a Teradata data warehouse

-Iterative development for screens with waterfall development for batch and database

-New infrastructure and network setup

-First system to implement 7-Eleven’s federated authentication method utilizing SAML 2.0

-Web services provided user authorization and store information updates

Software Engineer – JC Penney, Inc. February 1987 – February 2013

JC Penney is a retailer selling merchandise and services to consumers through its department stores and Direct (internet/catalog) channels. Experience includes project management, application development and support roles in the Credit Division. Project management role on the Payment Systems team includes many applications within the financial systems group such as authorization of all credit cards types, gift cards, payments, checks, debit cards and settling and reconciliation of the funds with these service providers.

Project Manager/Technical Lead in the Payment Systems area for the Authorization and Settlement

teams (8-10 members). Major projects included:

PayPal (2011 - 2012)

-PayPal and Bill Me Later were implemented as two new payment types for the JC Penney internet site

-All new development included authorization web services on the HP NonStop platform, settlement batch processing system on IBM mainframes, ASP and .Net web applications and file transfer support

-High level of integration between 20+ teams and applications

StyleWatch Magazines (2010 - 2011)

-Upon completion of a purchase, customers were offered the option to purchase magazine subscriptions

-All new development included point of sale and marketing data integration, batch authorization processing and file transfer support

Blackhawk Gift Cards (2010)

-The sale of other merchant’s gift cards were offered at the JC Penney retail locations by Blackhawk Inc.

-All new development included real time gift card value add on the HP NonStop platform, reconciliation batch processing system on the IBM mainframe, .NET web application for the accounting center and file transfer support

Discover BIN Range (2009)

-When Discover purchased card companies with different BIN ranges, JC Penney standardized the identification of all different credit card types throughout the entire company

-Lead the effort for the organization which included 22 different teams, often multiple applications per team

PCI (2008 - 2009)

-With the adoption of the PCI Security Standards, a large, complex enterprise solution was adopted

-The Payment Systems area had modifications to 18 different applications within a 6 month time line, accomplished on time and on budget

-Very knowledgeable on the PCI Data Security Standards and helped set precedence for auditing evidence and requirements

-Responsible for all Payment Systems quarterly and annual audits on 14 applications from 2008 until 2012

Gift Card Fulfillment (2006 - 2007)

-Java developer role in a new online web application used for internal and external bulk JC Penney gift card orders

System Support Group (1994 - 2006)

-Specialized technical support provided for the JC Penney Credit Department

-Applications included credit card authorization, Base24, third party card settlement, JCP credit card billing, statements, embossing, customer service centers and credit processing centers

HP NonStop Development (1987 - 1994)

-Development and technical lead roles on real-time authorization related projects on the HP NonStop platform

-Applications included the JCP credit card, third party bank cards, Base24, checks and gift cards

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science – Business Computer Information Systems

University of North Texas, Denton, TX – 1986 – GPA 3.5

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