Digital Architect/Product Manager/Business Analyst/Project Manager

Anthony J. Morrissey

** **** **** ( New Milford, CT 06776

203-***-**** ( ***********@*****.***

Digital Architect

A Recognized Expert in Information Technology and Business Strategy

Experienced in All Aspects of Software Development Life Cycle

CORE COMPETENCIES

Broad Technical Experience ( Waterfall Methodologies ( Agile Scrum

Methodologies

Project Management ( Product Management ( Job Costing

Business Requirements Analysis ( Business Process Modeling

Use Case Documentation ( Wireframe Design

Stakeholder Relations ( Cross-Functional Team Management

Presentations and Meetings ( Budget Tracking

Technical Sales and Marketing ( Account Leadership ( Contracts and

Negotiations

EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Innovative Computer Consultants, LLC, New Milford, CT 2004 - Current

Launched an IT consultation company offering a wide variety of technical

solutions.

Company clients include: Housing System Solutions, State Farm Insurance,

ESPN, Inc., Auriel Information Systems, Boehringer Ingelheim

Pharmaceuticals, and Bank of America

Managing Partner/Technical Consultant

Conducted technical sales and marketing functions to include tasks ranging

from pre-sales support and project cost estimating through proposal

creation and final contract negotiations. Facilitate requirements meetings

with business and technology teams. Gather, analyze, and document business

requirements leading to the development of cutting edge business solutions.

Critically analyze information from a variety of sources and identify

process improvements. Explore and document business process models and use

case activities using BPMM 2.0 and UML for 'as is' and future state

business planning. Utilize excellent verbal and written communication

skills to bridge communication between technical teams, stakeholders, and

end users; translate highly technical jargon into business concepts, and

business concepts into technical jargon. Direct cross-functional teams such

as executives, managers, and subject matter experts. Prepare presentations

and flow charts for stakeholders to describe solutions. Develop

requirements specifications according to standard templates utilizing

natural language. Contribute to project planning by identifying milestone

dates and deliverables. Interpret industry specific guidelines and

regulations as they relate to project timelines and outcomes. Craft user

interface wireframes and facilitate review sessions with cross-lines of

business(es) to ensure requirements are met. Conduct end-to-end system

testing to ensure system performance and functionality. Provide daily

direction, management, and leadership to teams as they create solutions.

Act as point of contact for stakeholders and technical team. Track project

deliverables and budget. Conduct quality assurance team meetings to create

test scripts and bug tracking to ensure system integrity.

Previous engagement highlights include:

t Utilized Agile methodologies to collaborate on all aspects of the

software development lifecycle to include analysis, design,

development, and implementation for a cloud based web application

intended for use by all domestic housing authorities with the goal of

ending homelessness in America.

t Served in a leadership role for State Farm Insurance, a Fortune 50

company. The multi-billion dollar project focused on an Integrated

Customer Platform with a goal of broadening business operations and

providing customers the ability to manage accounts on mobile

platforms.

t Led the development and review of digital artifacts such as Concept

Model, Conceptual Flow, Wireframes, Interactive Flows and Content

Control Libraries; striving for process simplification with a "Mobile

First" mentality.

t Conducted 200 "Discovery" interviews with subject matter experts in

both domestic and international business units that spurred the

approval of a multi-year, multi-million dollar project initiative

focused on the optimization of satellite transmission services and

leveraging the proprietary ESPN global fiber optic network. Created

and maintain multi-phased, multi-year project plans via MS Project.

t Created technical specifications documentation and led an

international development team on the migration of several legacy

(ORACLE FORMS) applications to customized, user friendly, Java based

three tier architectures (web and mobile applications).

t Enhanced the business process related to the management of news

gathering activities, allowing international enterprise to better

encapsulate disparate bureau activities into consolidated "news"

stories and reduced 'shoot' costs.

t Improved workflows related to budgeting and actualization processes

for both News Gathering and Remote Event business units of ESPN by

refining business logic in existing production systems.

t Designed a custom web-based Customer Management System allowing

clients the ability to track customers, service schedules, and

payments for a national commercial cleaning company.

t Developed a complex windows application used to streamline the

workflow used to process building permits for the city of South Bend,

IN.

t President Award recipient for leading a diverse team through the

development and implementation of an innovative solution related to

drug research and the reporting of clinical trial data, the system was

widely regarded for increasing market awareness and promoting sales.

CAREER NOTES

Sapphire International, Inc., Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager 1999 -

2004

Multiware, Inc. Business Analyst/Project Manager 1996 - 1999

United States Army/ Army Reserves, Honorable Discharge 1992 - 2000

EDUCATION

Associate of Science, Information Technology, Naugatuck Valley Community

College

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Business Analysis and Design Tools: Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect,

Serena Business Modeling Software, Visio, Balsamiq Mockups, Axure

Requirements Gathering and Process Modeling Tools: Enterprise Architect,

Serena Software, MS Visio

Wireframing Tools: Balsamiq, Axure, MS Powerpoint, Several Others

Project Management Tools: Atlassian Jira, MS Project, MS Excel,

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/ME/98/NT

Application Development Tools: VB 6, Visual Basic for Applications, Visual

FoxPro, FrontPage, ORACLE 10g, Formula 1, Weblogic Workshop 8.1.5, Java,

PHP

Data Ease: DOS, Windows, WebEase, and NetPlus

Productivity Tools: Microsoft Office (Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Access, Publisher)

Contact Management Systems: SalesForce, ACT, DataEase, Goldmine, People

Track, Meeting Track

Financial Systems: QuickBooks, DataEase, MS Money, Quicken

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Intorduction to eRoom, BIPI - AOB, 2006

Front Page, BIPI - AOB, 2006

Introduction to ORACLE, Learning Tree - Boston, MA, 2007

Java, Object Oriented Programing, Naugatuck Valley Community College, 2007

Risked Based Approach, BIPI - Corporate Center, 2007

Max Planning, BIPI - Corporate Center, 2007

Compliance Training, BIPI - AOB, 2007

IDEA for Con, BIPI - Corporate Center, 2007

ARIS - Process Modeling, BIPI - AOB, 2007

Project Management Basics, BIPI - Corporate Center, 2007

AGILE Principals, ESPN - North Campus, 2009

Advanced AGILE Concepts, ESPN - Main Campus, 2010

SCRUM Master Certification, ESPN - Main Campus, 2010

DVTS Training, SFI - Corporate South, 2013

DPL Training, SFI - Corporate South, 2013

CoC Training, SFI - Corporate South, 2013

ISA Training, SFI - Corporate South, 2013

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