Project Manager Management
Resume:
Brendan H. McCormack
West Chester, PA 19382
**********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Results-oriented Project Manager with extensive experience in managing large development, IT
infrastructure, and telecommunications projects. Leader committed to quality, and building virtual
project teams focused on teamwork, agility, creativity, and project success. Adept at identifying
customer needs, defining requirements, vendor management and communication. Excels at
being customer-focused, organized and knowledgeable about business process improvement.
Able to motivate a virtual work force to sustain high levels of productivity and accomplish
challenging implementation goals.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• MS office suite – Project, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Windows.
• IT Project Management – Resource Planning, Budgeting, Project Plans, Vendor Management
• Strong ability to communicate, and act as a liasion between business and technical groups
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Manager – JPMorgan Chase September 2012-
Present
• Serve as Project Manager for migration of 500+ users from Microsoft XP to Windows 7
environment. This migration involved migrating users to a Windows 7 virtual stateless
environment.
• Serve as Project Manager for card portfolio conversions and deconversions. Ensure a positve
customer experience as they transition to a new organization that will assume responsibilities
in servicing their financial needs.
• Serve as project manager for all assigned technology infrastructure refresh projects.Server
OS upgrades, business resiliency,disaster recovery solutions for the server and desktop
environments.
Project Manager – Strategic Staffing Solutions/Cigna April 2012- June 2012
• Managed the decomissioning of multiple SDN voice circuits that were no longer required by
the organization.
• Managed the migration of organizational infrastructure support from the incumbent vendor, to
a newly engaged vendor. This vendor is responsible for support of telecom, server, desktop,
and switch support in over 100 locations throughout the country.
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Brendan H. McCormack
802 Carlson Avenue
West Chester, PA 19382
**********@*****.***
Yellow Pages Group Mar 2010-Dec 2011
Project Manager, Consultant
• Responsible for entire project management from inception through closure. Accountable for
project budget, resource identification and assignment, project plans, status reporting to C-
level management, and vendor management. Worked closely with asset management to
insure compliance to all corporate software and hardware licensing.
• Utilized MS Office for a varity of items, including: critical tasks, assignments, timeframes,
developmenet milestones, assigning resorurces, etc.
• Successfully managed, executed and implemented the first disaster recovery plan for the
Yellow Pages Group server and mainframe environment for the IS/IT site. Managed the
backup and restore of server and mainframe environments.
• Worked with hardware and software vendors – IBM, Dell, Micro-Age, SoftChoice, Siemens,
and Symantec.
• Successfully managed the voice, data, desktop, switch procurement and deployment for new
Yellow Pages Group production office. Managed the imaging, testing, and installation of all
required equipment.
• Managed the procurement, installation, and testing of multiple servers (WEB, SQL, QA,
PRE_PROD, PROD) in support of major applications for development team.
• Successfully managed upgrades, including regression testing, user acceptance testing, and
implementation.
Verizon Business 2000 -2009
Project Manager
• Responsible for entire project management life cycle from inception through closure.
• Accountable for project budget, resource identification and assignment, project plans,
status reporting to C-level management, as well as developing and performing daily and
weekly status presentations for senior management.
• Client facing experience in defining project scope, and business requirments. Provide
ongoing project status to all stakeholders.
• Responsible for identifying and recruiting virtual project implementation team members
required for successful project implementation. These team members included, but were not
limited to, engineers, vendors, procurement, and installation professionals from within the
organization, as well as third party vendors.
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Brendan H. McCormack
802 Carlson Avenue
West Chester, PA 19382
**********@*****.***
• Utilized MS Office for a varity of items, including: critical tasks, assignments, timeframes,
developmenet milestones, assigning resorurces.
• Responsible for managing the implementation of data network virtual Points of Presence
in Maryland, Virgina, and Indiana central offices.
• Successfully managed the implementation of long distance data and voice networks for
large business customers. Manged installation of data networks ranging from T1 through OC
services. These services included point to point, frame relay, and ATM deployments.
• Worked with sales teams to design and price out long distance data and voice networks
for large business customers.
• Participated in on site surveys for equipment and network installations at various sites.
• Worked with various hadware and network vendors – Black Box, Fujitsu, Ascend,
Broadwing, Dominion Telecom, Level 3, Verizon, Broadview Networks.
Aspect Telecommunications – ACD/IVR Sales 1997-1999
Major Business Sales Account Representative
Bell Atlantic Corporation 1986 - 1997
Senior Software Developer
LAN Administrator
Boeing Computer Services – Financial Services Division (Banking) 1983 - 1986
Senior Software Developer/Analyst
EDUCATION
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA - BS Management Information Systems
Villanova University - Completed Project Management continuing education courses
PMI@ Member
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