Management Project

John W. Davis, PMP, CSM

******@***************.*** . 917-***-**** . www.linkedin.com/in/jackdavis

SUMMARY

Senior business analyst and project leader, with deep expertise in

technology design and development? project management? recruiting,

managing, developing, and leading people? and cultivating a

performance focused team culture that delivers superlative results.

Combine analytical and strategic thinking with a bias toward action.

Thrive in a fast paced, collaborative, entrepreneurial environment.

Embrace challenge and constant improvement. Transparency, accountability,

and continual learning.

EXPERIENCE

AMC NETWORKS, NEW YORK, NY

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST / PROJECT LEADER 2012-OCT 2014

LED BUSINESS ANALYSIS, PROCESS MODELING, AND DATABASE MODELING FOR AD

SALES AND RESEARCH SYSTEMS PROJECTS.

. Worked with management and staff to introduce and apply business analysis

and project management standards for requirements management, project

risk management, work breakdown, scheduling, and other techniques.

. Delivered IT-based projects to satisfy technical needs of Sales and

Research business units. Projects included:

Sales and Traffic System Upgrade/Replacement,

Electronic Commercial Delivery System,

Multiple upgrades to Market Research Systems.

. Provided single point of contact between IT and client business units for

all IT-related initiatives/issues.

. Responsible for ensuring business systems are operating efficiently. This

includes monitoring system activity, providing exception reporting,

requesting user feedback and tracking of enhancements.

KNOWLEDGE MOVERS, NEW YORK, NY

CO-FOUNDER / DIRECTOR OF TRAINING 2002-2012

ESTABLISHED AND MANAGED PREMIER MANAGEMENT TRAINING COMPANY.

. Trained over 1,000 Fortune 500 business analysts and project managers in

business analysis, project management, conflict resolution, quality

management, business process improvement, and structured design. Clients

included:

Morgan Stanley JP Morgan Chase Time Warner Parsons

Brinckerhoff

TIAA CREF Bloomberg Macquarie Cravath Swaine & Moore

. Created and maintained client relationships with IT leaders and corporate

training departments.

. Developed and taught Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

courses for public and corporate clients with a 98% success rate on the

PMP exam.

. Designed a quality management program that used statistical process

control and other Six Sigma techniques to maintain training quality of

KM's trainers and consultants.

NATIONAL DISCOUNT BROKERS (DEUTSCHE BANK), JERSEY CITY, NJ

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, DATA ARCHITECTURE 2000-2001

. MANAGED DATA MODELING, DATA ADMINISTRATION, DATA MAPPING, AND DATA

MIGRATION FOR ONLINE STOCKBROKER. ADVISED DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS AND

COACHED DEVELOPERS.

. Introduced and enforced standards for data objects, metadata design, and

implementation.

This structured approach enabled smoother, faster, and more robust

application development.

DATA ARCHITECT 2000-2000

. LED BUSINESS ANALYSIS, MODELING, AND DATABASE DESIGN PROJECTS FOR TRADING

SYSTEMS DATABASE PROJECTS. INTERVIEWED EXECUTIVES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS,

DOCUMENTED DATA AND METADATA REQUIREMENTS, CREATED DATA MODELS, DEVELOPED

SQL AND ORACLE PL/SQL SCRIPTS, AND STORED PROCEDURES. THESE PROJECTS

ENABLED EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND COMPANY'S BUSINESS AND

MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC DECISIONS.

AXA FINANCIAL (FORMERLY EQUITABLE LIFE), NEW YORK, NY

MANAGER, BUSINESS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 1999-2000

. MANAGED BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR SALES FORCE LICENSING AND NASD

REGISTRATION SYSTEM. LED A TEAM THAT ANALYZED REQUIREMENTS; CREATED DATA

AND PROCESS MODELS; AND EVALUATED, SELECTED AND NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH

SOFTWARE AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.

SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST 1998-1999

. PERFORMED BUSINESS ANALYSIS, PROCESS MODELING AND DATA MODELING FOR SALES

FORCE EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. INTERVIEWED USERS, FACILITATED JAD

WORKSHOPS, REENGINEERED BUSINESS PROCESSES, AND DOCUMENTED REQUIREMENTS.

ENABLED RESULTING SYSTEM TO LET USERS MAINTAIN BUSINESS RULES AND SAVE 15

MAN-YEARS IN YEARLY MAINTENANCE.

LIZ CLAIBORNE, NORTH BERGEN, NJ

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST 1996-1998

. GENERATED BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS, PROCESS MODELS, DATA MODELS, AND USER

ACCEPTANCE TESTS (UATS) FOR LOGISTICS AND EDI SYSTEMS. WORKED WITH

STAKEHOLDERS TO DEFINE SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES, FACILITATE JAD WORKSHOPS,

ANALYZE AND REENGINEER BUSINESS RULES, AND PLAN AND SUPERVISE UATS.

. Developed prototypes and simulations of warehouse operations systems that

were used to select the most effective deployments of the distribution

system design options. The resulting system saved over $5 million in

annual distribution costs.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA-Bachelor of Arts, Economics

CREDENTIALS

Scrum Alliance-Certified Scrum Master (CSM), 2011

Project Management Institute (PMI)-Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certification, 2002

KEY SKILLS

. Business analysis, business process reengineering, data modeling, process

modeling, JAD facilitation, and data warehousing. Agile and PMI-based

project leadership.

. Software development: quality management, statistical process control,

and UA testing.

. Relational database systems, including SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MS SQL Server,

and MS Access.

. Power user of Microsoft Office, Visio, and MS Project, various software

engineering tools.

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