PROFILE

A results-orientated, customer focused Project Management Professional with a proven record delivering large complex Infrastructure, Network, Financial, Software Solutions and Application projects, meeting schedule using Critical Path Method (CPM), cost and quality requirements; possessing extensive experience managing third-party supplier deliverables and meeting all program goals; demonstrating strong coordinating and resource management skills, excellent written and verbal communication. Successful in Infrastructure upgrades from UNIX to Linux for Uverse applications at AT&T. Extensive experience in managing environment build, migration to clouded service, virtualization, and data storage migration projects and programs. Skilled in the assembly and management of project teams including remote management of global project teams/vendors as per SLA.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• Project/Program/Implementation Management

• Service/Account Management

• Vendor Management (IBM, Accenture, Dunami, AMDOCS, Synchronoss)

• Logistics/Procurement Management

TOOLS AND PROCESS SKILLS

• Primavera Project Management

• Microsoft Project/Critical Path Method/Office

• Microsoft Excel

• Motorola M-Gates Processes (Internal Software Development)

• Risk Management & Motorola Risk Tracker Tool

• Motorola Six-Sigma Methodologies

• AT&T PRISM Tool/AT&T TDP Tool

JIRA/Rally Requirements Management Tools

• AT&T One Change Request Tool

• Agile, Waterfall Methodologies for Project Management, Open Source, Middleware, Hyperian and PeopleSoft

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Consultant, 4/2010 – Present

Series of project assignments including:

AT&T, Senior Program/Project Manager

Managed and executed Infrastructure/Applications projects to support Linux/Cloud for Uverse program. GFP, Java, WebLogic, iplanet, and ORACLE DB within budget and on time using CPM to determine timeline evaluation.

Managed and executed Infrastructure project to support Mobility Program. IBM Netcool Application Suite.

Managed the installation of Development, Staging Test, and Production Servers to support Mobility in the Cloud and on Linux within budget and on time.

Lead Project Manager for development of complex API bundle focused on reducing fraud with the ECO systems development and platform solutions team. The solution provided and verified subscriber information and send API notifications when certain events occur such as a phone being reported lost or stolen and was added as a Network function. This was a major overhaul into the local Networks and included upgrades to the Financial Solutions Software which managed the financial data for the subscriber/phone department. The Business driver was to update Mobile Identity & API’s to include Mobile ID. Completed project 3/31/17 within budget, which consisted of heavy analysis, forecasting, capital/expense creation and monthly (actuals expenses posting) reconciliation of all thirty department budgets which rolled up into the overall main budget which I managed. PeopleSoft software was used to manage the customer information and Hyperion was used to create the financial reporting in conjunction with other Oracle systems and functions to update Supply Chain and inventory.

Lead Project Manager to field a Proof of Concept (POC) system that evaluates and produces key learning into the value of obtaining Social Data and combining it with AT&T network data. Key components are third party vendor (Dunami) and the Twitter power track API (COTS). This platform provides multiple use cases for future projects/initiatives and is projected to save multi-millions each year in consolidating Social Data tools and usage. I managed the Engineering, Design, and Operations Implementation and kept the Vendor on track to deliver on time and on budget.

Lead Project Manager for Automation End to End Proof of Concept to deliver a “Single Source of Truth” for identifying Customers impacted by cable cut and distribution of targeted notifications for cable cut resolution. This is a paradigm shift from a ticket-driven solution to an event-driven solution and required major upgrades to the Local and Long-haul networks... Completed 8/18/17 within budget, which consisted of heavy analysis, forecasting and monthly (actuals expenses posting) reconciliation of all thirty department budgets which rolled up into the overall main budget which I managed. Weekly budget analysis meetings were held with the departments to make sure that the teams were charging correctly and that the departments were not over budget. Slides created in power point for Leadership team.

Responsible for development execution of management goals, project initiation, and objectives of all projects, including status reports and overall project work assignments.

Deployed functionality to automate sales information for Uverse customers for user friendly access using AGILE and Waterfall methodologies.

Used Java for Object Orientated Programing (OOP) which is fundamental in reuse and flexibility of Code from one application to a similar application.

Worked with IBM WebSphere (COTS) and WebLogic (COTS) applications to upgrade from UNIX to Linux.

Performed scheduling, tracking, reporting, risk analysis, cost management variance and change management for migration of applications from UNIX to Linux/Cloud.

Employed strong Software Development Lifecycle Management (SDLC) skills with full end to end experience to achieve on time deployment.

Delivered financial recommendations and budget analysis using Excel with Pivot tables for all projects from start to end.

Established and maintained a positive relationship with key work partners and Clients during a severely compacted implementation timeline.

Maintained audit readiness and compliance for all milestones and passed internal audits up to and through implementation and project close out despite the compacted deadline.

Delivered projects under the software development lifecycle process, utilizing Waterfall, AGILE and AGILE blended SDLC methodologies using AT&T proprietary tools PRISM, One ATT CR Tool, CMPM and Weekly Project SharePoint.

Worked with various vendors IBM, AMDOCS, Accenture and Synchronoss.

Met all ITUP compliance measurements in accordance with official SOX auditing requirements.

AT&T, Senior Program/Project Manager

Responsible for development execution of management goals, project initiation, and objectives of all projects, including status reports and overall project work assignments.

Upgraded Database to automate literature for ecommerce sales of Uverse products using AGILE methodology. Project budgets range from $500k to $5 million dollars.

Deployed functionality to automate sales information for Uverse customers for user friendly access using AGILE and Waterfall methodologies. This was a redesign of the Network functions to reflect the sales. Capital and expense information in one database and streamline reporting.

Used Java for Object Orientated Programing (OOP) which is fundamental in reuse and flexibility of Code from one application to a similar application.

Worked with IBM WebSphere (COTS) and WebLogic (COTS) applications to upgrade from UNIX to Linux.

Performed scheduling, tracking, reporting, risk analysis, cost management variance and change management for migration of applications from UNIX to Linux/Cloud.

Employed strong Software Development Lifecycle Management (SDLC) skills with full end to end experience to achieve on time deployment.

Established and maintained a positive relationship with key work partners and Clients during a severely compacted implementation timeline.

Maintained audit readiness and compliance for all milestones and passed internal audits up to and through implementation and project close out despite the compacted deadline.

Delivered projects under the software development lifecycle process, utilizing Waterfall, AGILE and AGILE blended SDLC methodologies using AT&T proprietary tools PRISM, One ATT CR Tool, CMPM and Weekly Project SharePoint.

Worked with various vendors IBM, AMDOCS, Accenture and Synchronoss.

Met all ITUP compliance measurements in accordance with official SOX auditing requirements.

Lead Project Manager for moving existing applications into the Cloud (UNIX to Linux). This includes managing Scope, Schedule and Budget (500k to 5M) for applications.

Accountable to Leadership for status and results of new applications in the Cloud in addition to interacting and facilitating Steering Committee meetings.

Managed four to six projects in 2014 from start to finish to migrate applications from UNIX to Linux/Cloud, working on all projects concurrently through deployment with budgets ranging from $500k to 5 million dollars. Team goal was 73 applications migrated for 2014 and each PM had to complete 5% of that goal. The six projects referenced counted for 10% of the total goal for the year to exceed the goal for 2014 before the end of year freeze. In 2015, the team exceeded the goal of 65 additional applications deployed and I exceeded my goal by completing all four applications which were all extremely large projects.

Motorola, Information Technology Engineering Program/Project Manager

Responsible for development execution of management, goals, project initiation, and objectives of this highly complex project, including status updates and overall project work assignments.

Moved into Java platform to allow easy maintenance, modification and flexibility of code.

Responsible for resource recommendations/allocations for the various projects and worked with the various managers to staff the projects.

Leading project team to deliver on time to the project schedule and budget including developing business rules between the various lifecycles.

Managed issues and risk associated to keep the project on schedule and when needed acquired authorization of change requests that were required.

Successfully delivered the implementation of a pilot in Plantation, Florida for the Subscriber software group within approved schedule and budget. Completed on time and presented financial/budget analysis to Leadership team on a weekly basis using excel and PowerPoint.

Established a successful communication plan to inform business partners, sponsors, stakeholders and external Vendor.

Created and maintained a master document directory for all documents under revision control to make sure proper change management and configuration management to maintain project processes.

Created a program charter and governance plan to assure the successful implementation of the pilot through all phases including all testing phases.

Provided feedback to team members and supervisors on project performance for management rating and ranking and provided mitigation plans for defect resolution.

Motorola, Information Technology Supply Chain Separation, Project Manager

Developed a template using the product lifecycle process for project initiation and execution of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) separation in MS Project.

Managed third party supplier Statements of Work (SOW’s) and change requests for equipment and services for the separation project.

Successful completion of separation for Print room, Part Master and Motorola Contract Manufacturing System (MCMS) from scope definition through testing phases.

Project Manager from scope definition through testing phases for the replication of the PLM applications which are the master data systems for all of the Motorola product data. This includes piece parts, bills of material, prints, specs, environmental compliance data, contract manufacturing master data and change history. This release required 73 Interfaces to all of the various systems.

World Data Systems (USA mid Central), Chicago, IL, 01/2008 – 04/2010

Senior Account Executive

Set up electronic payment for Retailers, Restaurants and Banks.

Installed Electronic Check Conversion (ECC) program to transform check acceptance into a risk-free electronic payment using the latest technology. This process streamlined check funds and helped eliminate NSF check worries for customers.

Worked to establish a new base of Customers with the head of the Division.

Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL and Plantation, FL, 01/2000 – 11/2007

Product Realization Shared Services, Program/Project Manager

Successfully converted 6,000 users to the Motorola Contract Manufacturing System (MCMS) for sharing design specifications using Microsoft Project, Java Programming and utilizing critical path analysis. This program has saved the company over 40 million dollars by avoiding duplicate product builds.

Worked and Managed Third Party Suppliers to complete the Builds for phone products (accessories) for Motorola’s Joint Venture.

Created and tracked Statements of Work (SOW’s) and change requests for contractors to fulfill the design process of connecting into Joint Ventures ERP (Oracle) system.

Integrated Supplier projects/resource allocations within Motorola projects/resource allocations to guarantee that products were shipped on time from the Contract Manufacturers.

Administered rollout of Master Component Library (MCL) which combined all manufacturing components used across the entire organization, enabling a simplified design and build process for the engineering organization. This program saved the company over 30 million dollars by decreasing ten individual Libraries down to one.

Completed rollout of Library Request System (LRS) to Worldwide Design Centers which was the change control management system integrated with the MCL. This program saved the company over 20 million dollars by avoiding duplicate creation of parts within the Library.

Project Manager for combining several Third Party Product Data Management (PDM) Systems into one Global System which led to annual savings of $5 million dollars.

Project Manager for Mechanical Pro-E Intra-link Upgrade for Mechanical Engineering design use from scope definition though testing phases.

Served as the Project Management lead for the Quality Audit (SCAMPI B) of a major Supply Chain project in 2007 which achieved the highest available compliance ranking.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL and Plantation, FL, positions held were: Area Sales Business Manager, International System Installation Program/Project Manager, International Business Planner and Senior Contract Analyst.

Advent Electronics, Rosemont, IL 06/1985 – 09/1988

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Communications Major, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Masters Certificate, Project Management, George Washington University, Washington D.C.

CERTIFICATIONS

Agile Bronze Certification

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