Manager Project

THOMAS VENTRE PMP, CSM

***** ******** ******** ***** • Roswell, Georgia 30075

404-***-**** • *********@*****.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Assertive, PMP and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) leader offering over twenty years of hands on application

development and program management experience in the information technology profession. Focused the last several

years on troubleshooting and resolving at-risk initiatives by transforming development/business departments into high

performance agile teams to better align with changing business needs. Offer outstanding talents in:

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Application Development Relationship Management P&L Management

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Production Management Technology and Business Planning Agile/Scrum Leadership

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Project Management/PMO Strategic & Tactical Planning Agile/Scrum Coach

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DAUGHERTY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Delivers strategy, technology and innovation solutions 2010-Present

COX COMMUNICATIONS – SENIOR CONSULTANT, October 2012-present

Manage multiple endeavors of Telephony and video consumption through different phases of project management.

• Successfully initiated a project ($2.5 mm) that will deliver linear video content to small and medium size hotels

in a matrix environment using a traditional Waterfall methodology. Major accomplishments: Started the

process of repairing trust between business and technology; developed a strong project foundation; and

identified/ engaged key stakeholders for the project to be successful.

• Managed a Recommendation Engine program ($5.5 mm) with multiple releases that delivered personalized

video experience by using a hybrid of Agile/Waterfall methodologies. Major accomplishments: Implemented in

scope, in time and with-in budget; developed a partnership between product and technology, reduced backlog of

production defects which increased data integrity and the quality of recommendations.

AT&T - SENIOR CONSULTANT, February 2010-October 2012

Managed a variety of business initiatives to support data quality and Merges & Acquisitions. Responsibilities included:

• Implemented and managed a PMO for a data quality program which included: defined a standardized process

workflow, managed all data remediation efforts, mentored project managers, etc. Trust was gained across

business lines by working the transparent, standardized process.

• Transitioned the business team from a waterfall methodology to an Agile/Scrum Methodology. This resulted in

the team focusing and delivering on high priority initiatives along with successfully meeting changing

requirements.

• Developed a data quality tool using TIBCO’s Business Works to identify corrupt data in the DataBase Of

Record (DBOR) across five dimensions (validity, accuracy, consistency, completeness and uniqueness).

• Managed a M&A process for merging over 1200 cell sites into the DBOR which included the enhancement of

a data validation tool in ACCESS. This process identified over 75,000 potential errors with a potential savings

of 2 million dollars.

NORTH AMERICA Global leader in utility billing, sub-metering and Utility Expense Mgmt 2009-2009

ISTA

Senior Director of Application Development and PMO, July 2009-October 2009 (company merger)

Managed all Information Technology needs including project management (PMO), development, infrastructure, quality

assurance and production support for the multi-family solution group (MSG)

SILVERTON BANK Leading national correspondent bank 2006-2009

Vice President/Application Development Manager and PMO, September 2006-July 2009 (closed by the FDIC)

Overall management of software development, project management, quality assurance and production support in all

lines of business in the bank. Partnered with senior level management team to define, plan and develop initiatives

based on business needs. Implemented a Program Management Office (PMO) using Agile/Scrum as the project

management methodology across all business lines.

• Instilled trust and confidence in business partners that were completely eroded by delivering high quality

projects.

• Transitioned a dysfunctional development team into a high powered, highly efficient Agile/Scrum team of

developers, architects, quality assurance engineers, and scrum masters.

• Restored integrity between the development team and IT management that was confrontational at best.

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• Responsible for developing a yearly IT strategic plan that aligned projects with business strategy.

• Instituted IT monthly steering committee meetings with business partners.

• Created a world-class development environment that consistently and efficiently produced high quality

products.

• Monitored the technology upgrade of outdated legacy applications from Delphi to C#. This significantly

minimized risk, maintained our competitive edge and increased application stability.

• Successfully managed and implemented several projects ranging from less than $100,000 to $2,000,000.

• Oversaw the successful completion of over 50 projects across multiple business lines in a .Net environment.

SUNTRUST BANK, INC One of the nation’s largest and strongest financial holding companies 2001-2006

Vice President/Program Manager, February 2001-September 2006

Managed information technology initiatives to support a variety of business lines. Initiatives ranged from developing a

three year Oracle ERP strategy, developing a partnership with clients, managing multiple million dollar projects, and

maintaining legacy applications to perform day to day operations. Project Management activities span all phases of

system development life cycle, from project definition through project implementation in a matrix environment.

• Implemented Oracle Project Management, Fixed Asset and Project Costing modules on time and in budget.

• Succeeded in implementing a multimillion dollar Oracle Accounts Payable project where the initial project

manager failed.

• Managed and implemented state of the art, $8 million wholesale lockbox enterprise application to three

operational sites that failed three times previously.

• Built and managed high performance development teams while achieving true partnerships with Sales and Ops.

S1 CORPORATION Delivers customer interaction software for financial and payment services 1999-2001

Senior Manager Custom Software Development, August 1999-February 2001

Managed onsite and offshore internet development teams through all phases of the software development lifecycle to

include: designing, coding, assembling, testing, release planning, and documentation. Promoted and embraced change

in a hyper growth, high accountability environment.

• Developed and implemented offshore policies, procedures, development methodologies, and tools that assisted

in achieving the highest possible quality, productivity, responsiveness while maintaining cost effectiveness.

• Developed and implemented a staffing process to hire, develop, mentor, and retain top-notch team members

• Executed core management functionality which included budgeting, capacity and resource planning,

performance reviews and vendor negotiation.

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (EDS) Leading global technology services 1996-1999

Principal/Account Manager, November 1998-August 1999

Account Manager at the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for a $3 million project.

• Managed Amex engagement to support and enhance Oracle applications.

• Assessed, documented, and presented statement of work (SOW) to support Amex’s current Oracle

infrastructure to EDS’s senior level management. SOW was approved by management.

Program Manager, June 1996-October 1998

Managed a program for a number of Year 2000 engagements

• Managed Deutsche Bank’s Year 2000 project for 2 million lines of Wang COBOL code.

• Established an offsite Year 2000 factory for assessing and remediating COBOL code that failed previously.

OTHER EXPERIENCE & IT ENVIRONMENTS

• Financial Services; Telephony; Video; Utilities Corporate Compliance and Governance; Investment Banking

• Software/Environments: Windows Server, SQL Server 2005, TIBCO Business Works, C#, Visual Studio, .NET,

Delphi, Oracle, Java, VB, COBOL, JCL, DB2, Assembler, MS Suite, HP-PPM, Daptiv, Project Workbench

EDUCATION

Pursuing Lean Bronze Certification

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) • ScrumAlliance

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) • Project Management Institute

Bachelor of Arts • Meteorology, minor- math • State University New York at Oswego

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