STEPHEN S. PLUMMER Thiells, NY 917-***-**** *******.*******@*****.***
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A Project & Enterprise Program Manager Drives Planning, Execution & Strategy Manages Deliverables and Expectations of Business Owners, IT Teams, and Executive Management
Certified: Scrum and PMP Professional aligning top-line market-driven and budget goals to value-based targets, impacting adoption, perception, and delivery across functions and levels of leadership in matrix, multinational, Fortune 500 organizations and government. Builds and leads teams, and nurtures alliances with sponsors, vendors, executives to achieve goals.
Vertical/Sector Experience: Audit, Automotive, Financial Services, Government, Insurance, Software, Telecommunications
Methodologies/Frameworks: Agile Scrum, PMI/PMBOK, Six Sigma, Waterfall, ITSM
Areas of Expertise: Enterprise-wide Infrastructure/Application, Mergers & Acquisitions, Integration Planning, SDLC
Strengths: Requirements Gathering, Business Rules, Business Case, Operating Model development: ROI, SWOT, RACI
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Business Rule Solutions – Business Analyst Rules, Strategy and Requirements Certificate 2015
PMI/Resch Group, CashFlow Modeling Certificate 2015
Agile Alliance – Certified ScrumMaster (CSM-ID: 376572) 2014
Zachman International – Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA-Architect ID: 691613) 2014
CA Clarity PPM v13, Business Analyst Certificate 2012
Aveta Business Solutions – Certified Six Sigma Green Belt 2009
Project Management Institute PMI – Certified Project Management Professional (PMP-ID: 1252709) 2009
EDUCATION
HUNTER COLLEGE CUNY, New York, NY – Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy; Minor in Mathematics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
YAQADAP CONSULTING, New York, NY President and Owner, 2009 – Present
A provider of Project Management, Business Intelligence and Performance Management Services.
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, Brooklyn, NY Infrastructure Project Manager (2/2017 – 10/2017)
Drove implementation of ServiceNow
Led implementation of Datacenter Server Refresh
Drove NYC 5-borough Program consolidation and staff moves
VERIZON WIRELESS, INC, Warren, NJ Program Manager (3/2016 – 9/2016)
Led India Resources, Project Managers, BAs and created & monitored KPIs
MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC, Montvale, NJ Supply Chain Business Analyst (3/2015 – 9/2015)
Led development of process workflows for operational continuity
VERIZON WIRELESS, INC, Bedminster, NJ Application Project Manager (6/2013 – 12/2013)
Drove implementation of Smart Phone application in partnership with NFL
METLIFE, INC., New York, NY PMO Liaison (3/2010 – 3/2012)
Drove and Monitored $255M burn rate of Transition Services Agreements
WEBSERVES, New York, NY Project Manager Volunteer (4/2009 – 3/2010)
Drove adoption of standard PMI Tools & Processes
RADIANZ/BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Edison, NJ Business Performance Manager FTE, (2007 – 2008)
Capacity Management Productivity, Up-Time, Budget Variance Analysis Business Value Attainment Metrics & Monitoring
Promoted into newly created analytics and performance optimization role for $1.9B financial networking division. Chartered with developing and institutionalizing metrics, industry-benchmark standards, and key performance indicators. Aligned productivity, costs, and specifications with top-line deliverables. Environment: SAP, Cognos, Clarity, SharePoint, MS Project
Formalized processes/targets for multiple business units, and delivered decision-driving analytics and insights
Performed Incident/Problem Management Reporting:
Improved internal perception of the PMO
Infrastructure Project Manager FTE, RADIANZ (2002 – 2007)
Data Infrastructure & Delivery IT Project Management Business Continuity Planning Testing & Deployment
Transitioned to Radianz, which was subsequently divested from Reuters and acquired by British Telecom. Managed infrastructure delivery projects over a SaaS network for large-tier financial services clients. Environment: Waterfall, Clarity
Established requirements, devised phased implementation plans, managed vendor, performed Disaster Recovery:
Created and managed project plans (100+lines) and schedules
THOMSON REUTERS AMERICA, INC., New York, NY Application Project Manager FTE (1999 – 2002)
Data & Applications Architecture Information Systems Delivery Rationalization Full IT Lifecycle Management
Systems development and network migration management. Delivered shared connectivity to banks, brokerage firms, and other financial services clients as client-facing lead. Environment: Waterfall, Clarity PPM, MS Project, Gantt, Network Diagrams,WBS.
Managed clients and internal groups to plan and execute 25,000 migrations and upgrades of Technical services