Project Manager

Andrew L. Breyer

**** **** **** • Romeoville, Illinois 60446 • 630-***-**** • **********@*********.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

» Accomplished information systems manager with 20+ years of successful experience in managing the installation, upgrade

and production support of mission critical applications and multi tiered software systems in order to drive achievement of

core business objectives.

» Proven experience in the full cycle planning and management of business, operational and IT projects. Success in technical

roadmapping, process development/enhancement, negotiations, QC, strategic planning, training, methodology development,

benchmarking and business/systems analysis.

» Vast expertise of industry products and protocols, while working with various aspects of innovative and legacy networks, servers,

software, hardware and peripherals. Reduce project life cycle through effective planning and resource utilization.

» Refined communication and collaboration skills to coordinate effectively with multiple internal and external teams. Develop and

implement innovative strategies to reduce costs and meet short and long term business unit goals and translate vision into action

plans.

» Highly skilled in defining and cultivating business requirements at the user and c level and translating requirements into successful

technology solutions, through an exceptional ability to partner with, understand and facilitate communication between business

and technology teams.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Project/Program Management • Resource Allocation/Optimization • Process Improvement

• IT Systems Integration • Technical Support/Troubleshooting • Quality Assurance

RELATED EXPERIENCE

KENNEDY TRANSPORTATION/PRODUCE PLUS Romeoville, Illinois 2008 to Present

Hands-on IT Manager

Multi functional role with total operational, planning, budgetary and IT strategic steering and accounting accountability for two

separate organizations. Manage mission critical projects from concept to post implementation to drive results, increase

efficiencies and reduce costs. Partner directly with business units, executive teams, finance personnel and vendors to gather

business requirements, translate technology business needs and create project plans, methodologies, budgets, RFPs, business

cases, timelines and goals. Serve as SME/mentor on current system functionality, as well as primary support liaison for cross

functional and external/internal contacts, resolving technical product function/usage issues to ensure seamless business process

flow and support achievement of core business objectives. Scope of responsibility includes, but is not limited to: Crystal

Reports customization; data backup, archiving and conversion; system upgrades; server, network and computer

maintenance/administration; software implementation/evaluation; performance monitoring.

• Additional responsibilities encompass all general accounting practices: A/P & A/R, payroll, invoicing, billing and collections, as

well as preparing daily bank deposits and reconciling bank statements and client accounts, performing G/L maintenance and

resolving discrepancies between posted invoices/payments.

• Developed/maintained EDI data sets for numerous client accounts, as well as automated retrieval/email notification to reduce

per character charges and produce significant cost savings.

• Leveraged data from DOT carrier safety/Kelly Blue Book credit ratings databases to develop data reports.

• Led the comprehensive server upgrade from version 2003 to 2012, providing access to additional features including Hyper V

and Domain Controller.

• Implemented various automated functions to increase operational efficiency/productivity, including website load postings and

Crystal Report functions; integrated Crystal Reports into dispatch (TMS) system.

• Upgraded all workstations throughout both organizations from Windows XP to Windows 7.

T F ROWAN CO. Dana Point, California (formerly Naperville, IL) 1996 to Present

Technical Consultant

Technical SME with direct operational oversight, project management and support for enterprise wide applications. Define

business requirements and design concepts for technical system solutions; hold full accountability for the management of

mission critical project control, quality and implementation. Determine complex requirements of both technical and functional

departments and establish priorities and processes in support of system needs.

• Established and maintained an innovative, internal Oracle based cycle time analysis system to streamline the analysis of

customer, manufacturing and purchase order life cycles to enhance on time performance.

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UNITED TALENT Elmhurst, Illinois 2011 to Present

Computer Consultant

Bottom line accountability for on time, on budget and on spec design as well as deployment/go live of enterprise IT solutions

across multi tiered platforms. Establish project requirements, roadmaps, risk, timelines and benchmarks; allocate resources and

manage project life cycles from conceptualization through completion. Perform all routine computer maintenance, database

administration and system backup procedures.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Naperville, Illinois 1997 to 2001

Member of Technical Staff (1998 to 2001); Technical Consultant, Maxim Group (1997 to 1998)

Software/Database Developer responsible for designing, creating and testing Software Change Administration &

Notification System (SCANS) features using various data transport protocols (uucp, ftp and rcp); collaborated with

technical team members to test system features and analyze/modify documentation. Responsible for the administration of

the source code tool (Sablime), which included maintaining the functionality of the host and up to four separate satellite

machines, as well as the directory structure. Served as the Load Build Administrator tasked with compiling source code

and replicating executables/configuration files onto machines. On call 24/7.

• Database Administrator; implemented upgraded system versions within database to increase traceability.

• Migrated NAP products to a high speed network (TCP/IP) to increase productivity.

• Spearheaded the migration of client data from Unify to an Oracle database, via Pro*C, which resulted in annual cost savings of

more than $10K per machine.

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. Lombard, Illinois 1994 to 1997

Programmer Analyst/System Integrator/Technical Consultant

Responsible for application development, technical/user manual composition; hardware/software installations, cable

customization and technical support. Developed an asset tracking solution, as well as a comprehensive shipping/invoicing

system which minimized delivery timelines and improved accuracy. Composed a tool room system designed to automate

labor collection and inventory tracking processes, resulting in streamlined office functions and the elimination of

redundant procedures.

FACTORY CONTROLS Aurora, Illinois 1990 to 1993

Senior Member of Technical Staff (1993); Member of Technical Staff (1990 to 1993)

Established and customized an innovative Manufacturing Execution System (CIMCENTER) to enable real time

tracking/management of shop floor functions (labor reporting, WIP, finite capacity scheduling). Utilized C with embedded

SQL within ULTRIX (UNIX) and VMS on DEC VAX clustered/stand alone processors for programming functions. Developed

a wide range of INGRES database functions, as well as data archiving tools for various tasks, including asynchronous screen

updates. Established coding standards. Provided ongoing mentorship to new staff members.

Selected Prior Experience:

VARIOUS MORTGAGE COMPANIES Various Locations, Illinois 2002 to 2008

Loan Originator

E D U C AT I O N, P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T & T E C H N I C A L A C U M E N

PURDUE UNIVERSITY West Lafayette, Indiana

Master of Science in Computer Science

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana Champaign, Illinois

Bachelor of Science in Math and Computer Science

• Phi Kappa Phi, High Departmental Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa, OCSA; Dean’s List (5 Times); Golden Key

The Things that Make Communications Work ; TOC Critical Chains Concepts Training for Project Implementation ;

Introduction to Java Language, Project Management and Telephony ; Intermediate Accounting .

C; Embedded SQL; QUEL; shell; REXX; Basic; Pascal; FORTRAN; INGRES; ISQL; QBF; Oracle 6/7/8; Pro*C;

SQL*Forms 3.0/4.5; SQL*Plus; SQL*ReportWriter 1.0/2.5; SQL*Loader; PL/SQL; Crystal Reports; Sage MAS 90 & ERP

100; Citrix; QTRACS; R/I Web Client; HTML. FRX; PC*Miler; TMS; Foxpro; Vifred; DB/2; WATCOM VX REXX 2.1;

Dbase IV; SCCS; CMS; IPM; Windows4GL; DCC/2; WordPerfect; LabelMatrix; Lex; YACC; ABF; BarCode Library; Query

Manager; Ingres Report Writer; XCOM; Novell; PolyPM; Microsoft Office Suite; Lotus 1 2 3; ScreenShaper; ReachOut;

Unify Accell/4GL; Unify Vision; Sablime; Remote Desktop; Logmein; Qualcomm; ftp; Panda; UNIX; ULTRIX; VMS; DOS

6.22; OS/2 3.0; Windows (All Versions); Sun OS 2.5 2.6; Server 2003/2008/2012, PC Data Migration.

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