Project Management, Agile, etc.
Resume:
TODD TATE
Stockbridge, Georgia 30281
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Energetic, visionary strategist, a results-driven Information Technology / Finance professional qualified by ten years of extensive experience facilitating multi-million-dollar projects, assessing customer needs, strategic planning, project management, and IT Governance. Continuous learner with a passion for innovation. Inspiring leader and articulate communicator; proven ability to train, develop and manage top talent. Exceptional levels of integrity, work ethic and drive to achieve. Possesses an in-depth understanding of methodologies/processes that maximizes solutions, builds business cases, utilizes the principles of total cost of ownership (TCO) and achieves business/technology alignment and deployment. Adept at establishing and implementing organizational strategic objectives, analyzing business procedures, documenting operating processes, preparing variance analysis, highlighting problems, suggesting improvements, and implementing corrective actions. EXPERTISE
• Full Life Cycle Development (10 years)
• Project Team Leadership (8 yrs.)
• Process Management (10 yrs.)
• Business Systems Implementations (10 yrs.)
• Team Lead Experience (10 yrs.)
• Project & Resource Management (8 yrs.)
• Change Control & Change Mgmt. (10 yrs.)
• Risk Management & Assessment (8 yrs.)
• IT Governance (8 yrs.)
• Scrum / Agile Methodology (4 years)
The Judge Group / Ellucian, Atlanta, GA: Contractor 6/2017 – Present Senior Project Manager
• Hired to lead offshore and onshore teams through cycle to configure and deliver complex application upgrades for client testing and implementation. Responsible for working closely with the client, client services, and technical project team to ensure the satisfaction of clients through timely and accurate implementations.
• Responsibilities include: managing software implementation lifecycle and maintain project documentation including schedule, issue & risk log, test plans and status reports. Define and monitor project requirements, dependencies, milestones and timelines.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with large teams geared to facilitate and document working sessions to resolve project issues, direct and coordinate activities of onshore and offshore project teams to ensure projects progress on schedule and define and effectively manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders.
• Effectively present information and respond to inquiries from team members and groups of managers and personnel to keep management and others informed of project status and related issues.
• Leverage risk management experience to guide the facilitation of mitigation strategies with IT and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a keen sense of accountability and ownership over ‘client experience. NextGen / AT&T, Atlanta, GA: Contractor 8/2014 – 5/2017 Senior Project Manager
Key Results:
• Senior Project Manager for AT&T Centralized Development Team (CDT) (2nd Contract). 1/2016 – 5/2017. Senior Project Manager for AT&T Business, Network and Corporate Solutions IT (BNCS-IT) Group (1st Contract). 8/2014-11/2015. Hired to provide strategic planning, engineering and application development support, network planning and infrastructure support for Mobility platforms across a broad group of core AT&T business functions along with production support and business operations assurance. Functional business areas include Mobility, U-Verse, Marketing, Finance and Operations in addition to Big Data initiatives, etc.
• Involved in managing large scale, SDLC & Agile projects impacting hundreds of users with implementation teams spread across the globe. Major activities included Architecture reviews, capacity planning, work scheduling, implementation planning and execution, and post implementation planning and executing (cut-over and normalization).
• Lead Project Manager for VPMS Backend & DB, Phase 1 and Phase 2 ($3 million budgeted project for Phase 1,
$6.6 million budgeted project for Phase 2) a project to certify a virtual common frontend, backend and database system to manage the Virtual Probe Management System to support virtual network probes to collect raw data from the network probes, correlate and analyze the data, and provide KPIs, session traces and reports for the Network Operations teams to monitor and troubleshoot network and services issues. This project supports AT&T’s initiative to virtualize 30% of their network in 2016 and continue optimization by adding new VNFs throughout 2020.
• Lead Project Manager for SD&A and CARE WFE Enhancements Project which consisted of implementing a series of Work Flow Engine Tool Enhancements (new automation, operational enhancements) to improve the efficiency of WFE for SD&A Technicians. Results of this project improved tech/manager efficiency, visibility to key metrics indicators (KMI-s), enhanced technician/manager experience by further consolidating resources into a single interface, enables the ability to keep agents/techs/managers – in process-, ultimately improving quality and the customer experience. Additional initiatives/enhancements in the project focused on Mobile First, Digital Care, and Big Data, to maintain critical applications such as Work Flow Engine, Care Assurance Portal and IVR. Projected: $111.3 million in savings over a 3-year period starting in 2015.
• Lead Project Manager for the NVG599 Internal WAP Project ($3 million budgeted project) which developed new ERP-EPIC ordering rules and created new interface flows between systems to suppress fulfillment of external Wireless Access Point when integrated within the Residential Gateway for installs and repairs. Current projections are for 151,000 monthly shipments generating $5.13 million in monthly cost savings.
• Lead Project Manager for WebSphere and WebLogic Infrastructure Sustainment Project, (8 National Data Centers consisting of 6 DB clusters: 12 Sun nodes, 17 Linux/Cloud nodes; 6 Application Clusters (160 servers), and 6 BEA clusters (55 servers). Managed resources spanning over 8 National Data Centers in parallel for the ISAAC Group. Lead Project Manager for WebLogic upgrade from WebLogic 10G to WebLogic 12C on bare metal & cloud environments.
• Successfully Deployed 3 Agile projects: Force Model Dashboard (project to implement financial dashboards using Hyperion & Microstrategy to enable the TM&O organization to model predictive cost scenarios based on key work drivers, improving the ability to proactively plan and get ahead of cost takeout requests from Finance Front Line Managers), Command & Control One Tool (project encompassed tooling development required to consolidate Global Network Operations Center Incident & Outage Management from multiple environments to the One Tool application, a single tooling platform), and TRG CEs to TAs (project to assist Labs/IT to implement a solution for alarm processing, correlation and ticket counts reduction which will result in streamlining the alarm processing flow, improving the process automation routine, resolving the condition of missing alarms for outages, and decreasing repair time).
• Work daily with Scrum Masters, software development teams, testing teams, Program Managers and Senior Technical Directors of IT within AT&T to build and adhere to AT&T processes and procedures.
• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports for assigned projects.
• Responsible for monthly budget tracking and management within PRISM. Responsible for budget variances and risk analysis to ensure projects are on budget and completed on time.
• Assist with the facilitation of scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.). Tek-Systems, Atlanta, GA 1/2014 to 4/2014
Technical Writer / Project Manager
Key Results:
• Hired to write the plan for a web-based / paperless initiative for the Victims Compensation Program. This program provides compensation to individuals with legal claims toward the State of GA.
• Mapped client business requirements to potential technology-based solutions and identified opportunities for additional process improvements.
• Wrote technology / solutions-based plan to identify options to replace an antiquated claims processing system including a new document management system with workflow capabilities for task and process management, and a web based portal for internal and external victim/claimant, agency access.
• Gathered requirements and analyzed data from multiple teams to provide business intelligence.
• Developed approved project plan, approved Project Charter, Project Initiation Form, Project Initiation Checklist, Communications Matrix, Risk Assessment/Mitigation, Issues log documentation, etc. CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. Atlanta, Ga. 11/2010 – 1/2014 Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst- Finance Key Results:
• Developed and Managed Office of Finance and Business Administration projects for the CAuPRI Initiative, a process enhancement, Title III program for Clark Atlanta University - a portfolio of $115 million dollars and approximately sixty (60) projects across all business units: Human Resources, Finance, Financial Aid, Student Services, Institutional Advancement, Compliance, etc.
• Project Manager for Annual to Monthly Depreciation: Successfully deployed Annual to Monthly Depreciation implementation within Banner ERP system. Monthly depreciation allowed for a smoother audit period for the university, better financial reporting, and this resulted in a 50% cost savings in reduced audit fees ($1.2 million to
$600,000).
• Project Manager for Banner Workflow Implementation- Successfully implemented Banner Workflow to streamline and automate university processes. Workflow allowed for electronic routing of documentation (paperless environment), an electronic approvals process, and a reduction in manual processes that will save the university money and time.
• Project Manager for AMEX Business Travel Implementation: Successfully implemented AMEX Business Travel implementation (university business travel automation project), which allowed the university to reduce timeframe needed to approve business travel (reduced from 4 to 6 weeks to 24 hours) and capture cost savings through just- in-time air/hotel/car rental bookings. University projected to save $200,000 annually.
• Managed numerous network projects through their complete lifecycle. Projects included: Finance web upgrades, network infrastructure for finance processes (banking transactions, credit card processing, etc.), corporate purchasing system upgrade and server consolidations. Supported IT infrastructure in planning of hardware, software and network project requirements using Banner (Ellucian) ERP System.
• PMO Central Reporting for project milestones, risks, and status updates concerning finance projects under the CAuPRI initiative.
WENDYS ARBYS GROUP, INC. Atlanta, Ga. 7/2007 to 8/2010 Project Manager / Financial Systems Analyst
Key Results:
• Project Manager for T-Recs System Overhaul- Served as Project Manager for total system overhaul and upgrade of T-Recs (to include network and data storage requirements). T-Recs is Wendy’s Arby’s Group’s corporate accounting reconciliation system. Successfully completed project two months under schedule (14-month project).
• Technical Project Manager for the Treasury Department group. Managed numerous, simultaneous projects through their complete project lifecycle. Projects included: application upgrades, network and data storage for T- Recs upgrade, storage and network for electronic trading & electronic funds transfer. Responsibilities included business & technical resources, third party vendors & outsourcers, creation & maintenance of project plans, milestones & issues, & project budgets.
• Served as Project Manager for project to successfully achieve 30% cost reduction within Wendy’s Arby’s Treasury Department by creating bank macros to bring in-house national accounts previously handled by Dataflow, a vendor that manages national treasury accounts through the creation of macros.
• Systems Administrator for corporate accounting reconciliation system. AON/HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC. Atlanta, Ga. 1/2005 to 3/2007 HR / Medical Business Systems Analyst
Key Results:
• Gathered requirements for operations governance (business & financial).
• Managed project work, including development / maintenance of project plans.
• Developed business and audit processes, communications and monitored implementations.
• Designed, developed, and implemented HR Services Technology& Medical governance / oversight tools, metrics and routines.
• Delivered on assigned projects, demonstrating value through increased process efficiencies, reduced cost and alignment of partners across the organization.
• Worked on projects for Glaxo Smith Kline, Allina Hospitals, Wachovia, etc. UNITED STATES ARMY. Ft. Benning, Ga. and Ft. Drum, NY. 1/1991 to 1/1994 INFANTRY OFFICER
Key Results:
• Infantry Platoon Leader - Served as infantry officer at Ft Benning, GA, Camp Casey, Korea, & Ft Drum, NY. Planned and conducted training for a mechanized infantry platoon consisting of forty soldiers & five non- commissioned officers, delegated the procurement of training materials, participated in platoon and battalion training events, and conducted soldier performance evaluations.
• Battalion Staff Operations Officer, Fort Drum, NY. Battalion Staff Operations Officer for infantry Battalion consisting of four light Infantry companies & a battalion staff company (approximately 1000-1200 soldiers). EDUCATION
B.A. South Carolina State University, English
M.I.S. Strayer University, Management Information Systems M.B.A. Keller Graduate School of Management, Finance CERTIFICATIONS
• Currently studying to sit for CRISC exam
• Certified Scrum Master #000336130– June
2014
• Oracle 8i Certified - ‘2004
• Oracle 9i Certified – ‘2004
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