Project Manager Management

JESSLYN GALEAZZI, PMP **** NE Dunckley Street, Portland, OR 97212 (relocating to California)

(503) 282 – 6211 ***************@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

IT Project Manager with over 9 years leading teams to successful project delivery with combination of

technical, leadership, and strategic and business management expertise. Results driven, productive and

positive approach gains influence impact to teams. View challenges as opportunities for growth and

continuous improvement. Previous experience as software developer has provided strong systems

knowledge using SDLC with exceptional skill in building relationships to motivate diverse teams,

including offshore and vendor resources in team collaboration.

Core Competencies:

IT Project Management Process/Procedure Resource Management

Development

Client/Stakeholder Relations Change Management Requirements/System Design

Issue/Risk Management Team Leadership Data/Research/Budget Analysis

EXPERIENCE

Project Manager Development UTi Worldwide, 3/2011 to present:

• Execute project leadership for a global initiative within budget/schedule/scope that establishes a

common platform within multiple cross functional teams while addressing unique requirements

of over 300 individual business units

• Coordination/Delivery of significant enhancements to various internal/external customers within

budget, timeframe. Manage to defined scope through full development lifecycle including

testing/training materials between technical teams and business to secure understanding/sign off

of the solution

• Manage Plan timelines, deliverables, dependencies, change control, facilitate meetings, decision,

risk and issue resolution to clear roadblocks and communicate business decisions to key

stakeholders through status reporting

• Outline Requirements matrix for what is requested through business sessions and what is the

design from technical teams for a clear understanding of delivered solution

• Set up Support site/knowledge, Release notes, Deployment plan processes for technical team and

Implementation standards across integrated teams

• Manage offshore/onsite resources daily work within budget and under budget in 2014 for support

resources by effectively monitoring productivity

Project Manager The Regence Group, 4/2007 to 3/2011:

• Responsible for Project schedules management, deadlines, budget analysis and resource

allocation, status reporting, communications to stakeholders, project teams, vendor management

• Create/implement processes/schedules/dashboards/milestones to manage migration of over 200

large group accounts from legacy system to new platform

• Manage daily inquiries, roadblocks, facilitate issue resolution, and implement improvements for

project/program decisions/issues/risks

• Worked effectively with internal and external project teams (Business Areas, Functional

Development Teams, Procurement, Project Accounting, Vendors) in all phases of the project

lifecycle to establish and meet critical timelines while maintaining budget

• Resource management (including Vendor/Contract) tracking, analysis, cost control, labor

summaries, invoice reconciliation, forecasting

• Participated in planning sessions for Implementation of Phase 1 activities working with key IT

representatives to outline tasks, create timelines, log issues and risks, prepare meeting notes,

communications and status reports

• Provided Training / Job Aids/Procedures/Standards of the Vendor/Contract process to project

teams, vendors

Development Manager Lead Systems UPS-SCS (formally MenloWorldWide) 9/2004 to 4/2007:

• Responsible for Project Management of IT projects including gathering business requirements,

creating statement of work, project plans, work breakdown schedules, resource allocations and

cost estimates for development team

• Coordinate and monitor monthly releases, scope of work, integration testing, implementation and

post implementation support

• Maintain open communications, prepare weekly status reports to convey projects standing for

team and key client

• Evaluate team performance, productivity and conduct reviews for ongoing career development

Computer Programmer Developer MenloWorldWide Forwarding (formally Emery), 3/2000 to 9/2004:

• Analyze current processes and business policies to establish requirement specifications

for software changes in accordance with the SDLC guidelines

• Develop, debug, test and implement pricing & rating software applications. Work with

various

teams as required on multiple business models and projects

• Design and exercise test plans for all aspects of the application which covers both

business and technical issues of the program

• Update and create documentation as needed for enhanced and new projects. Created User

Guide for pricing application with team members

• Prepare system build plans and coordinate activities with the Change Control and

Configuration Management teams

• Prepare PIDS, WBS, Cost worksheet and monitor progress to stay within budgeted

proposals

Education

• Project Management Professional, PMI Certification

• Bachelor of Arts Degree, Sociology, California State University, Stanislaus, CA

• Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information Systems, Portland Community College,

Portland, OR

• Documentum Content Storage System training courses

• Cool:Gen programming CASE tool training course

• Professional courses/education/seminars to maintain compliance and awareness

Software Proficiency

Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Visio, Rational

ClearQuest, Peoplesoft, Sharepoint, Livelink, Clarity, DB2, ORACLE, Freight Forwarding/Supply

Chain applications, Workday, CRM application, PPO, Document Management applications

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