Project Manager
Resume:
GREGORY TAYLOR
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* ****** ***** ~ Dillsburg, PA 17019
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***********@*****.***
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IT Project Manager with strong experience managing design of enterprise technologies to improve
business performance. Designs business systems to align with corporate and stakeholder requirements.
Professional strengths include excellent problem resolution skills, a customer-focused work ethic, and
active collaboration with cross-functional project teams. Leads all aspects of project lifecycles to design
and deliver business-driven technologies. Professional strengths include excellent problem resolution
skills, a customer-focused work ethic, and active leadership of cross-functional project teams. Notable
professional achievements include:
Established and implemented a new software development workflow to make use of reusable
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code that produced greater technical development efficiency.
Assisted in reducing enterprise IDE tool costs by 35%; migrated from an IBM product to
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MyEclipse platform to save ($1.3 Million) resulting from a renegotiated licence structure.
Created training seminar program for incoming hires; guided efforts to improve development
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project efficiencies by ensuring a strong technical knowledgebase.
Led project team involved with major Websphere Application Server migration – 2 year
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project migrating 400+ enterprise applications.
P R OFESSIONAL E X PERIENCE
HIGHMARK BLUE SHIELD, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 2003 - Present
IT Systems Consultant/Project Manager (2013 - Present)
Led the development of new technologies for the business enterprise; analyzed existing
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architectures and made recommendations for technologies designed to improve business operations.
• Planned projects and guided all project participants and stakeholders throughout all phases of
business technology initiatives.
• Collaborated with internal business and application development teams to assess business needs;
communicated requirements to groups responsible for technology development, testing, and other
project-related deliverables.
• Ensured that all development efforts met customer expectations, while ensuring that development
processes aligned to established methodologies.
• Interacted with third-party hardware and software vendors; negotiated new purchases,
maintenance contracts, and upgrades.
• Led technology projects that included application server migrations, new application development
processes using HP Service Manager, and other new business technologies.
Senior Architect / Systems Integration Consultant (2003 - 2013)
Engineered and programmed custom software solutions; managed all phases of the software
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development lifecycle (SDLC), from conceptualization, to development, through testing, and rollout
to production environments.
• Managed all aspects of software design, implementation, administration, and support processes to
ensure the availability, operability, and stability of all assets.
• Researched and recommended new technologies to improve network performance while
controlling and reducing the costs of technology operations across the enterprise.
• Created integrated, component-based enterprise applications; used current technologies,
frameworks, and standards to ensure that software aligned to business requirements.
• Established and implemented a standard process used to design and develop enterprise-reusable
base components.
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P R OFESSIONAL E X PERIENCE ( C o n t i n u e d )
TAYLOR SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania 2001 - Present
Owner / System Consultant
Specialize in eCommerce Development, object-oriented design, database design, computer
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training, Rational RUP development, XML development, and business process reengineering
• Develop messaging interfaces using J2EE / JMS to connect inventory system transactions through
IBM MQ Series returned to a Lawson accounting system.
• Led a training initiative to educate and transition mainframe programmers to using Java, object-
oriented design, and XML.
• Create a prototype J2EE / XML-based customer service module and supplied Java / XML training
for an energy supply and service company.
• Design website and intranet-based operations database reporting system using Java / SQL Server;
improved business technology performance for a music service company.
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1995 - Present
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 2002 - 2005
Adjunct Instructor
Taught college-level coursework in the following subjects:
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Linux Administration, Apache Web Server Administration (Internet class), Object Oriented Design,
Intro to Java, Advanced Java, Intro to XML / XSLT, SQL Server 2000 Database Administration,
Microsoft Office (Internet class), Oracle, PL/SQL, Systems Analysis & Design (Internet class)
T E CHNICAL S K ILLS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Java JEE 6/7, XML/XSLT, HTML, Perl, JavaScript, PL/SQL, Java
APIs, JSP, Servlets, EJBs, JDBC, JAXP, Web Services, JMS, JNDI, Design Patterns,Java Server Faces,
SOA, AJAX, Facelets, JPA, Angular
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: Rational Tools, Rational Software Modeler, RequisitePro, ClearCase,
ClearQuest, XDE, Test Manager, SDLC, Rational Unified Process (RUP), UML, CA Harvest, JUnit, Ant,
RAD, MyEclipse, Software Architect
ARCHITECTURE: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
APPLICATION SERVERS: Websphere, Tomcat, JBoss
OPERATING SYSTEMS: Linux, Windows
DATABASES: SQL Server, MYSQL, Oracle
E D UCATION
Master of Science, Information Systems - SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management - WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Master’s Certificate, Project Management - VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
Certificate, Materials Management - ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE
Currently pursuing a PMP certification - PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
Agile Project Management – HIGHMARK TRAINING CENTER – 10 Course
Green Belt Certificate, Six Sigma
P R OFESSIONAL A F FILIATIONS
Member, PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI)
Member, KEYSTONE CHAPTER PMI
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