Project Manager Customer
Resume:
Jennifer Lee Branham
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CAREER SUMMARY
Twenty years of experience in information technology, managing several software
development and network infrastructure teams of global employees and projects with
diverse technologies and hardware platforms utilizing various methodologies with
application of SDLC and PMBOX guidelines.
SOFTWARE EDP,DOORS,CMM, EXPRESS, Microsoft Suite, ABC Flowcharter, Word
Perfect, ITE, DTE, DB2, PEGASYS, IMS, Oracle, Seagate Info(Crystal
Reports), VISIO, PMA, PANVALET, TSO/ISPF, ACF2, JES2, JES3,
UCC7/1/11, LOTUS Notes, PACBASE, Mercury Quality Center,
XPEDITER, PWB, LIBRARIAN, Net Meeting, RPM, PgMP, Smart cloud
meetings, IPWC, Maximo and ECRS ticketing,Waterfall
EXPERIENCE
2012 - 2015 IBM - International Business Machines
Project Manager (PM) - Strategic Outsourcing; Global Services
• Managed Disaster Recovery from US to Japan
• Managed projects from original concept through closure
• Managing multiple projects
• Network infrastructure, managing VM and physical server builds,
decommissions and associated configurations including not limited to
Firewall rules; Installation of Software apps and OS; re-pooling of IP
addresses, removal of DNS entries, patching
• Managed the building and upgrade of WebSphere Application Servers
for the customer's use in managing their business web-sites
• Managed VM and Physical servers, refresh (Upgrading to the most
current or contracted version for Window OS or Linux OS, applying fix
patches for SW applications) and migration (migration of VM servers to
a different ESX host within the current Data Center or different data
center)
• Managed PCI compliances with a network environment to identify
vulnerabilities that were corrected by upgrading or removing
applications or servers
• Managed the integration of Oracle OEM with Tivoli using SNMP traps
to allow OEM to monitor remote servers not configured with Tivoli
• Created and maintain the standard management documents, Project
and communication Plan, Lessons learned
• Managed Global installation and maintenance of Cisco Network
Appliances
• Managed SAP GTS upgrade from V7 to V10.1
• Managing 60 – 85 Work Orders
• Managed several 3rd party vendor relationships
• Managed and hosted executive presentations, project meetings and
status reporting
• Point of contact between appliccation, infrastructure and customer
teams
• Managed project budgets
2012 – 2012 ITT Technical Institute, Kansas City MO
• Network Infrastructures
2010 - 2012 Concorde Career College, Kansas City MO
• Computer Science and Algebra Adjunct Professor
2009 - 2010 Vatterott College, Kansas City MO
• College Algebra Adjunct Professor
2008 - 2009 Modis, Kansas City MO
Contract Integration Testing Project Manager CenturyLink
• Managed End-to-End testing phase for a Ethernet Network Project for
COBOL and midrange oracle applications
• Verify and assist with creation of test cases for COBOL billing, order
entry and provisioning application systems
• Track testing results through Quality Center online tool
• Create and monitor defect issues
• Create and maintained MS project plan
2007 - 2008 Yoh Telecom, Kansas City, MO
Contract Project Manager(PM) Sprint/Nextel Communications
• Managed Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Cable joint Ventures.
• Managed conversion of Cable Partners to a common SLA agreement
• Managed the associated COBOL and oracle development project
• Managed the development of an operational Data Warehouse
2006 – 2012 Colorado Technical University (CTU), Kansas City MO
• Information Technology and College Algebra Adjunct Professor
2006 – 2006 Technosoft, Kansas City, MO
Contract Project Manager(PM) Sprint / Nextel Telecommunications
• Managed Network projects through Feasibility and Estimation phase
• Initial intense date driven phase of each project determines feasibility of
a project and alignment with Corporation’s Strategic Target State
Architecture
• Assigned resources and provided the timeline
• Attended feasibility, estimation and Architect Blueprint reviews
• Obtained impacted application’s Level of Efforts (LOE)
Present project summary, proposed solution and estimates
• Liaison between application area and Sponsors
• Maintain several statistical workflow tracking reporting tools
2005 – 2006 Southwestern Bell Company TELECOMMUNICATION, St. Louis, MO
Project Manager
• Lightspeed IP-based network Project to deliver IP-based TV,
broadband and voice services using fiber technologies
• Instituted SBC’s Project Management methodology
• Capability Maturity Model methodology to develop technical
requirement
1991 – 2005 SPRINT TELECOMMUNICATION, Overland Park KS
Project Manager/Manager/Software Engineer
• Managed Sales Force Automation application, a Lotus Notes client and
Web based system
• Managed Network Administrators
• Managed performance reviews, workforce forecasts, budgets
• Managed a DB2/COBOL Mainframe Customer Information system, a
Business Marketing application midrange system and a Customer
Loyalty system DB2/COBOL mainframe system
• Managed the implementation of Local Number Portability
• Managed multiple projects with diverse technologies and hardware
platforms; COBOL mainframe, UNIX, JAVA, Web logic, C++, Lotus
Notes, Oracle, DB2, Mainframe Websphere Java development. A
portion of this team was located offshore in India.
• Managed development & implementation of mainframe web-based
system with 25 employees, waterfall methodology
• Managed conversion of a legacy client server app to a Web based
system
• Managed the Conversion legacy mainframe on-line ad-hoc reporting
system into crystal Seagate Info midrange reporting system, extensive
end-user interaction with 250 users
• Managed the conversion of a legacy DB2 mainframe data warehouse
system into an oracle midrange data warehouse with constellar data
transformer and micro strategy end users interface
• Maintained a COBOL DB2 IMS Customer Information System (CIS) by
coding, testing, design, and implementation
• Developed of COBOL II, DB2 prebill verification system for AT&T
EDUCATION MBA - Information Systems, Avila University, Kansas City, MO
Bachelor of Science - Business Admin/Computer Science, Lincoln
University of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO, Cum Laude
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