Project Manager Management

Jimmie Jordan, PMP

Denton, Texas

940-***-****(h) jimmie_d_jordan @ yahoo.com 940-***-**** (m)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Senior Project Manager, PMP Certification with broad base business practice expertise in application

development and support across multiple industries. Determined, proactive, innovative technical leader &

developer. Diverse accomplishments in domestic management and international relationships in Fortune

500 and mid-size environments. Strategic analytical skills, resourceful with a proven track record of project

delivery. Consistently obtains high performance through initiative, leadership and cohesive team building.

Strong track record successfully implementing customizations at all levels. Achieved reputation as a project

manager who always gets the job done.

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Project Leadership Software Development Business Process Re-engineering

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Application Development Team Development Customer Relations

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Budget Control Communication Skills Change Management

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Risk Management Issue Resolution Vendor Management

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MS-Project MS Office Tools Agile / SCRUM Methodology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

J.P. Morgan Chase / Washington Mutual Bank, Irving, Texas 2006 – 2014

Commercial Banking Project Management Office

PMO works with business leads to prioritize and budget targeted projects. Assigns staffing to work on

projects as required.

Senior Project Manager – Vice President

Managed strategic technology projects in support of company systems and applications. Ensured

successful business customer and vendor relationships. Managed cross-functional teams to

successfully deliver high impact applications and systems. Monitored projects to comply with Federal

Banking regulations and pass SOX audits. Delivered presentations, project status updates and made

recommendations to Executive and Senior management that impacted project development and

implementation.

• Collaborated closely with team members with various technology skill sets to build cohesive teams.

Proactively managed projects to successfully deliver on time and within budget to +/- 5% variance.

• Served as a subject matter expert for the development of processes, policies and procedures for

new Project Management Life Cycle with the Enterprise Project Management Office. Affected

700+ Washington Mutual project managers. Received Star Award for that effort.

• Successfully led numerous software and technology infrastructure projects supporting Commercial

Loans Servicing, Asset Management, and financial applications.

• Responsible for Stakeholder relationship and reporting to all core team members on project status,

risks, issues and mitigation plans.

• Projects ranged in all levels of size, budgets, timelines and complexity.

• Frequently asked to manage from one to five projects at a time.

• Team successfully transitioned from Waterfall project methodology to Agile in 2014 using JIRA to

store Epics and stories. Full enhancement and issues logs were successfully loaded and managed

on JIRA. team used JIRA to prioritize, story refinement and track progress during sprints. JIRA

functioned as our whiteboard and produced relevant reports.

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George’s Inc., Springdale, Arkansas 2003 – 2005

Poultry processing applications and services providing fresh products to institutions and restaurants.

Program Manager

Managed team of developers located in multiple states in all phases of application development.

Established & maintained clear communications on status, issues, gap analysis and end resolution for

management. Developed Project Plans and Budgets for all projects and weekly status reporting.

Supported Project Management for:

• Sales and Order Entry • Costing • Fleet Management

• Accounts Receivable • Accounts Payable • Plant Performance

• EDI • Unix • MicroFocus Cobol

• AS/400 • Windows NT/XP • Oracle RDBMS

• Oracle Forms • Oracle Reports

• MS-Access • MS-Office and MS-Project.

• Performed complex strategy planning and Project Management for IT and Application Development

for Business Solution Projects. Facilitated project issues with gap analysis and assignment of

resources for closure resolution.

• Provided leadership for all aspects of software development, product evaluation, selection,

implementation and support. Oracle, Access, Oracle Reports, Oracle Forms and MicroFocus

Cobol.

• Developed Change Control Process for Application Support.

• Implemented multiple projects on-time, within budget with satisfied customer acceptance under

extreme time constraints.

o Plant Performance, customized design and development

o Live Accounting conversion from AS/400 to Oracle RDBMS based system

o Fleet Accounting, conversion from AS/400 to Oracle RDBMS based system

o Company Operating Statement, customer design and development

o Feed and Ingredient Processing, conversion from spreadsheet to Oracle RDBMS based system

o Sales and Order Entry in gap analysis phase

• Managed support of applications in a 7x24x365 environment.

Ryder Integrated Logistics, Irving, TX 2001 – 2003

$13B Supply Chain Solutions Provider for Inbound & Outbound Logistics and Warehouse Management

Manager Systems Administration, Ryder Technology Supply Chain Solutions Center

Responsible for the hardware and software infrastructure for Ryder’s Technology Engineering Center.

Managed a team of Systems Administrators in support of UNIX and NT servers. Supported the

implementation of “Best of Breed” warehouse and transportation management applications.

• Developed an integration & Implemented Supply Chain Warehouse Management.

• Supported WEB development for “Best of Breed” 3PL software for real time data access use &

reporting.

• Supported cross matrix QA Test Team with testing strategy & procedures using Mercury Tools. Module,

Unit, System & Stress/Load test performed. Daily reviews & metrics of test results & assignments for

resolution.

• Developed Project Plans and Budgets for Client Supply Chain Implementation and integration to legacy

systems. Managed daily PMO direction to System Administration coordinating with DBAs, QA Testing,

Change Management, Customer Care, 7X24X365 Customer Support- Help Desk for WMS-TMS

implementations.

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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, El Dorado, Arkansas 1998 – 2001

Global manufacturer of specialty chemicals for flame retardants and polymer stabilizers

Manager Information Services, North America

Directed the technology support and services for the North American and Mexico manufacturing sites.

Managed the support of 900+ users, 900+ PCs and 25+ servers. Member of the Executive IT Committee

directing the technology activities for U.S. and Europe.

• Directed and managed project activities of programmers, desktop support technicians, LAN technicians

and DBAs.

• Managed the continuous improvement of LAN infrastructure (Router, Switches and Wiring), PBX and

desktop PCs.

• Partnered with contractors, consultants and vendors to develop strong relationships

• Supported 7x24x365 local area network, applications and PBX support for 7 manufacturing plants

domestically and Mexico.

• Performed complex strategy planning and Project Management for IT and Application Development for

Business Solution Projects. Facilitated project issues with gap analysis and assignment of resources for

closure resolution.

• Project manager for global PC refresh. Developed RFP, vendor selection metrics, vendor negotiation to

final vendor selection. Developed strategy for purchase and rollout of new PCs worldwide.

• Project manager for a global Environmental Health and Safety Application.

• Developed and implemented an Application Change Control System.

• Developed and implemented a hardware and software acquisition process and procedure.

• Developed a hardware and software inventory process and procedure.

• Project manager for the infrastructure hardware rollout for SAP conversion in South Arkansas.

• Successfully managed the Y2K Systems and Application Change Project for South Arkansas.

• Directed the strategic planning and all activities to move all IT processing from Laredo Texas to a plant

in Mexico. Negotiated with Mexican vendors for LAN/WAN, PBX and infrastructure wiring for plant.

• Built a high performance team replacing contractors saving the company $500,000 per year.

ConAgra Poultry Company, Duluth, Georgia 1992 - 1998

ConAgra Foods, Inc. a Fortune 100 food company with a strong presence in consumer grocery as

well as restaurant and foodservice establishments.

Manager Information Systems, Live Operations and Financial Systems

Director Information Systems, Professional Foods Division

EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PMI Certification, Project Management Professional

Agile and SCRUM (Completed 70 hours of professional development training in 2014)

University of Houston, Houston, TX (26 Hours Acquired Business Degree)

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