CAREER SUMMARY:

**+ years as an experienced Consultant / Contract IT Project Management Professional

oManaged budgets 1 to 15 million dollars.

oManaged 20 or more resources, on and offshore.

oMethodologies; Waterfall, Agile, Scrum

Adept in leading project teams for the deployment of Global Applications.

Proven leadership abilities in directing the on time, on-budget completion of projects.

Experience includes:

oeCommerce, Digital Transformation and Development Operations projects

oProject system implementations, enhancements and conversions for Retail, Healthcare, Banking, Insurance and Manufacturing.

oDevelop procedures to meet cross-functional system needs as well as re-engineered system processes to generate productivity gains and cost reductions.

oEmploy best Project Management practices of integration, scope, cost, time, communications, risk, resource, procurement and quality management

Expertise encompasses:

Project Management IT Service Management

Release/Change Management PMBOK

Process Management ITIL Processes

Sox Compliancy Processes Clarity PPM Processes

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum

Applications/Tools: SAP, Pega, Majesco, Epic, TriZetto Facets, SharePoint, Meditech, PeopleSoft, Oracle/Stellent ECM, Kofax, Remedy, CA-QC, Tivoli, Endevor, Primavera, Peregrine, Clarity PPM, Dentrix, Coupa, ServiceNow, JIRA, Confluence, IBM Websphere

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

09/17 – 04/19

TEKsystems, Independence, OH 44131

Clients: Farmers Insurance, Independence, OH 44133, Signet Jewelers, Fairlawn, OH 44333

Sr. Project Manager

Project Manager for Farmers Bristol West auto insurance projects

Responsible for Signet Special & Holiday Readiness projects

Manage the coordination, planning and tasks for performance testing

04/16 – 06/17

Beacon Hill Technologies, Independence, OH 44131

Client: DentalOne Partners, Independence, OH 44131

Sr. Project Manager

PM for one of the nation’s largest dental service management organizations

Converted the current PracticeView Dental systems to the Dentrix Enterprise system

Manage the coordination, planning and tasks for the consolidation of IT systems from the Independence, OH Corporate Office to Dallas TX

02/14 – 01/16

Randstad Technologies, Independence, OH 44131

Client: CVS Health, Solon, OH 44139

Sr. Project Manager

Project Manager for PBM, Medicare “D”, Membership, Claims, SAP-TR, PFS application projects and CMS (Center for Medicare Services) initiatives for compliance.

Followed the PMO SEP (System Engineering Process), for support of internal products, services, and programs.

Achieved 100% of project objectives on-time and within budget completion

Extensive proficiency with use of the Clarity tool for project and portfolio management.

09/11 – 11/13

Experis IT, Independence, OH 44131

Client: Nationwide Insurance, Highland Hills, OH 44122

Sr. Project Manager

PM for commercial line, membership, claim and financial insurance application projects.

Develop and execute project plans ensuring deliverables are on budget and schedule.

Monitor and control external project interdependencies for offshore projects

Primary use of the Clarity tool for project and portfolio management.

02/11 – 07/11

Exential, Brecksville, OH 44141

Client: Simon Property Group, Indianapolis, IN 46204

Project Manager

Project Manager for Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Record Management (RM) project, archiving Lotus Notes files to a RM system.

Developed Records Management, E-Discovery, Migration Strategy, Business workflows for migrating applications.

Developed IT Governance Best Practices & Framework to align with COBIT and ITIL.

08/10 – 02/11

UST Global, Client: Dana Corporation, Maumee, OH 43697

Project Manager

PM / BPM for transitioning IT business processes to a globally managed service model, development and enhancements of business workflows.

Developed an IT Transformation Strategy, IT Governance, Outsourcing and large-scale change management documents at exec organization/division levels.

07/08 – 05/10

Kaiser Permanente Healthcare, Cleveland, OH 44131

Project Manager

PM for development and enhancements of business workflows releases and changes.

Addressed and resolved IT system audit failures, passing future audits 100%.

Directed, developed and implemented Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliancy changes, ITIL, SAS70 and COBIT best practices for the Remedy Service Management processes.

02/04 - 06/08

Exential Consulting, Brecksville, OH 44141

Client Industries: Healthcare, PBM, HMO, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail

Senior Consultant Project Manager

PM for ECM, ERP and IT projects, using SLDC, Waterfall and Agile methodology.

Improved client processes for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ITIL, SAS70 and COBIT

Developed IT project related training documents, and procedures.

Developed, defined, and documented program specifications, requirements for healthcare implementations of CMS regulations and HIPAA Reporting.

12/95 - 01/04

Chase (Bankone, First Chicago), Columbus, OH 43240

Information Technology - Corporate Financial Systems

Financial Systems, Project Manager

Managed mainframe, SAP ERP, and web project teams for Corporate Financial/Banking systems. Directed and implemented disaster recovery plans, and testing procedures

Lead Project Manager for the credit card and international divisions for the first USA bank implementation of SAP modules and system migration.

Reduced incident problem resolution time for corporate systems by reengineering procedures for the IT service production assurance and support.

EDUCATION:

Baldwin Wallace College ITT - Almeda

B.A. Major: Business Administration B.S. Major: Information Technology

Cuyahoga Community College ICM School of Business

A.A. Major: Business Management A.A. Major: Computer Science

SAP Academy, Waltham, MA Pink Elephant Training, Toronto, Canada

SAP Certification ITIL Certification

Oracle University, Colorado Springs, CO

ECM Certification

BPM Certification

MILITARY:

Veteran, United States Marine Corps

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