Project Manager Management

Brian E. Levi

Cell: 248-***-**** ***** ** Mile Rd.

Email: *********@***.*** Ray Township, MI

48096

BUSINESS AND IT CORE COMPETENCIES

-Project/Program Management, including Global -Project Life Cycle

-International / New construction IT start-up -Telematics

-Business, Portfolio, and IT Strategic Planning -PMO and Culture

Change

-Cross-functional Teams -Web Based Applications

-Production Floor and Assembly Plant Applications -ERP

-Integrity, Ownership, Personal Initiative -Customer Focus

IT professional with over 20 years of experience in project/program

management, software development, administration, and portfolio management

with a track record of delivering value. Aptitude for leading diverse,

cross-functional teams, structuring departments and projects for success,

while balancing constraints with customer expectations.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

GM/OnStar 2010 - Present

Senior IT Project Manager Current responsibilities include project and

program management of initiatives with interaction and coordination of

multiple business and IT departments.

Significant Accomplishments:

. Project: OnStar site expansion for Palo-alto, Beijing and Israel.

This is an infrastructure project of approximately 10 members to on

board three new OnStar development offices. Project includes end user

computing, phones, physical security, system security and network.

. Member of the program management team that delivered major

release 4.6 of OnStar, including the RemoteLink Key-FOB

functionality with enhancements to custom developed software and

COTS. Introduced and applied Agile/Lean principles. The 4.6

Program release marked a major step in GM utilization of Agile -

Scrum at the program level. We managed 21 work streams with a

team size of approximately 100 members.

. Member of the program management team that delivered OnStar to

Mexico. Program featured a call center in Mexico and

enhancements to nearly all OnStar backend platforms for

internationalization / Mexico requirements. Custom developed

software and COTS were enhanced. This involved the co-ordination

and integration of 30 work streams / teams.

. Established and managed one of the first internally managed

development teams for project OSTA. This project delivered

custom developed software and CRM extensions for technical call

center advisers to trouble shoot and correct customer account

and vehicle issues.

Navistar/International Truck and Engine Corporation 1992 - 2010

Program Manager, Service Parts Strategic Projects - IT Responsible for the

management of strategic programs for the Parts division including strategic

planning, business relationships, implementation partners, software

providers and internal IT.

Significant Accomplishment:

. As program manager, delivered Distribution Requirements Planning

replacement, "Project Phoenix", a complex Oracle E-Business

implementation with 90 integrations, 50 extensions, as

restructuring of the service parts organization. This featured a

seamless implementation to the business, resulting in improved

forecasting and optimization of the supply chain. Profitability

continued to grow through deployment with no disruption to the

parts distribution centers. Navistar realized a $30M benefit

in the first 18 months since deployment.

. Researched, developed, and proposed the project life cycle,

including templates and tools, to support future large scale

strategic initiatives for the parts division based on the oracle

ebusiness suite of products. This proposal was incorporated by

the PMO group.

Manager, Service and Reliability IT Responsibilities included business

customer relationships, budget management, strategic planning (including

globalization and multi-brand), application portfolio, project portfolio,

and resource management. Projects included multiple Web enabled systems

(warranty through dealer support).

Significant Accomplishments:

. Established customer trust via a track record of taking

ownership for project deliveries and creating a customer-focused

posture for the service and reliability IT department.

. Earned a dotted-line reporting relationship to the VP of the

Customer Service Organization.

Project Manager, Enterprise Applications IT Responsible for major project

initiatives, budgeting, vendor management, resource plans, and project

execution from concept through delivery. Projects ranged in scope from

software development, COTS, ERP customizations, to research. Also served

as member of the Project Life-Cycle definition committee and provided

System Architecture influence/guidance.

Significant Accomplishments:

. "Common Vehicle Tracking" system; delivered a new global Web-

based functionality which tracked product flow and status

through the manufacturing process to product delivery for six

assembly plants. This system consisted of an "Enterprise" core,

3 new shop-floor systems, commercial SW, legacy ERP and order

systems. This software allowed for the redeployment of 90

employees across six production plants and process efficiencies

to achieve $6 million in annual benefit. Lead the diverse

project team of 40 employees and consultants, with on and off-

shore development.

. Served on the SDLC definition committee for manufacturing IT.

. Restructured Mexico production plant's ERP and shop floor

systems to accept all products made at a Canadian plant

. Delivered all computing infrastructure, software (commercial and

custom), and integrations for the operation of International's

Next Generation Vehicle Cab Assembly Plant.

Mexico Phase II Project, Team Lead - Shop-Floor Systems -Lead the project

team responsible for shop-floor systems from requirements definition

through implementation for International's Mexico plant new construction

and start-up.

Truck Manufacturing Shop-Floor Systems acting Manager -Manager of the IT

department responsible for development of new shop-floor systems as well as

support of existing systems at two plants and three joint ventures.

Vehicle Electronics Programming System Lead -Responsible for all aspects of

system enhancements to accommodate the evolution of vehicle electronic

control modules (Engines, ABS brakes, Transmissions, and Instrument

Panels).

Vehicle Electronics Programming System Developer - Designed, developed, and

deployed the software to "program" International's first electronic diesel

engine.

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATION

2013 - Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance

2013 - Recognition award from the Managing Director of OnStar Mexico for

delivery of OnStar to Mexico.

2006 - Earned for Navistar an Industry award from CIO Magazine for custom

developed and integrated composite (Common Vehicle Tracking) system for its

use of SOA.

2003 - Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management

Institute (PMI)

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton,

OH

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