Project Manager Management

HOWARD F. MERRITT

** ****** **** ? Woonsocket, RI 02895

(M): 508-***-**** ? *********@*******.***

Seasoned project professional with more than fifteen years experience as a

project manager, business and financial analyst. Disciplined, detail-

oriented approach focusing on cross-functional team collaboration.

EDUCATION

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

Bachelor of Science, 1987

University of Virginia (Darden School of Business), Charlottesville,

Virginia

MBA, 1997

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), Providence, RI (2013)

Software Release Coordinator

Managed and monitored the modification, development, testing and

deployment of warehouse and supply chain management systems within UNFI's

network of thirty-five nationwide distribution centers (DCs).

. Coordinated the program and software changes related to the

deployment of the Inventory Optimization (IO) exception-based

forecasting (implemented June 2013) and Distributed Order

Management (DOM) systems.

. Worked with DC managers in identifying issues related to recent

system deployments, then worked with internal IT personnel and

external partners in resolving these problems through code

modifications.

. Identified and tracked IO and DOM project requirements, risks

and issues, managed the mapping of business process flows, and

created in-depth documentation of specifications and project

deliverables.

RBS Citizens Bank, Cranston, RI (2012-2013)

Senior Project Manager

IT Project Manager for Commercial and Consumer initiatives, including

rollout of Asset Finance automated credit underwriting and customer self-

servicing functionality, and Student Banking program modifications.

. Developed baseline project plan applying estimating models, identifying

resource needs and competencies, documenting assumptions and making

refinements to manage overall project performance against plan.

. Identified, clarified and tracked project requirements, processes, risks

and issues, and created in-depth documentation of requirement

specifications, IT design options and overall project vision

deliverables.

. Coordinated interrelated development, testing and implementation

activities across several technical application divisions involved in the

updated Student Banking release.

Texcom Construction LLC, Cedar Hill, TX (2009-2011)

Financial Officer

Fiscal officer for a telecommunications subcontracting firm, specializing

in cellular telephone and microwave transmitter installation and

maintenance nationwide.

. Managed over $14 million in subcontracting functions (including

negotiation, evaluation and execution) with mobile network

operating vendors (including Clearwire and Sprint), an increase

of 61% over the prior year.

. Forecasted long-range trends in the telecommunications market and made

recommendations for projects to maximize company growth. Annual revenues

increased 43% under my tenure.

. Other duties including account reconciliation and payments,

payroll operations, and relationship management. Implemented use

of QuickBooks Pro for periodic company financial reporting

functions,

Bank of America Corporation, Newark, DE (2006 - 2009)

Manager, Card Operations - Business Support

Strategic analysis specialist; Loss and Delinquency Reporting Manager.

Determined viability and impact of financial services project proposals

for U.S. Consumer Card and Business Card divisions.

. Team leader, tasked with modeling, estimating and reporting the

risks, rewards and returns of more than $950 million in revenue-

generating project proposals supporting third-party card

relationship managers.

. Developed in-depth multi-year financial models, utilizing forecasting,

margin analysis and mining of customer segmentation information with

database management systems for strategy proposals of up to $300 million.

. Produced monthly, quarterly and ad hoc loss forecasts and variance

reporting for all Bank of America Card Operations business lines, and

presented loss-related analytics to senior Finance Management personnel.

DecisionPath Consulting, Gaithersburg, MD (2005 - 2006)

Financial Consultant

Customer-facing specialist for an independent consulting firm; partnered

with corporations and government agencies in projects to develop business

intelligence (BI) tech and data warehousing (DW) network solutions.

. Team leader in the successful execution of a multi-million dollar project

to implement detailed, scalable BI/DW architecture for information

integration across a major division of Principal Financial Group.

. Refocused scope of Federal Reserve Bank transaction reporting system BI

project after an in-depth procedural evaluation, reducing project costs

and saving hundreds of man-hours of project team work.

. Liaison between company and client business/financial professionals and

internal technology experts in the design and implementation of complex

BI/DW IT business solutions.

FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Providence, RI (2001 - 2004)

Senior Asset Manager (Jun 2003 - Dec 2004)

Resolved complex accounts facing default, primarily within Healthcare and

Middle Market portfolios. Analytical process included equipment appraisal

and complete credit evaluation of customer and guarantors.

Acquisitions Manager, Corporate Development Division (Jan 2001 - Jun 2003)

Led business development program; pursued growth and acquisition

opportunities for Fleet Capital Leasing's $15 billion leasing portfolio.

. Recovered/restructured over $300 million in distressed Healthcare and

Small Business accounts in 2004.

. Project leader for large cross-functional teams examining and evaluating

multiple simultaneous acquisition opportunities of up to $3.5 billion in

the Equipment Finance, Small Business and Healthcare markets.

. Identified appropriate acquisition targets, allocated and managed

personnel resources (on-site diligence teams), assessed the financial

reward of each venture and proposed methods to mitigate risks and losses,

prepared and presented recommendations to senior management, and led

contract negotiations.

Associates First Capital Corporation, Irving, TX (1997 - 2001)

Director of Research, Corporate Planning & Analysis (Jan 2000 - Jan 2001)

Staff director; executed high-profile research projects (including

competitor analysis, sector performance, country analysis, and market

share) in support of financial services/product expansion planning.

Customer Relationship Manager (Vendor Equipment) (Jun 1997 - Jan 2000)

Staff supervisor for collections operations for a $300 million equipment

leasing portfolio.

. Led in-depth, high-visibility study proposing expansion of company

commercial activities in Asia; served as basis for successful corporate

expansion of equipment leasing operations in Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

. Developed regional marketing and financial guidelines to enhance group

performance; contributed to 5.2% improvement in Eastern and Central

region results.

United States Navy (1987 - 1995)

. Coordinated joint-service supply and cold-weather logistics programs,

including procurement and movement of personnel and equipment, for

scientific missions to McMurdo Station and South Pole, Antarctica.

. Project manager for early initiative to link Navy recruiting offices via

computer automation; report and findings served as basis for later

successful nationwide information technology system deployment.

. Managed the technical and administrative staff of Navy Recruiting

Command's Information Systems Department. Coordinated maintenance

schedules for mainframe systems, developed and executed contracts for

outside services and directed daily tasking for a joint military/civilian

workforce.

SKILLS

Process improvement, proposal generation, SDLC, Agile, Business

Intelligence concepts

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