Project Manager IT

Michael E. Lin MBA, PMP

* **** ***** 805-***-**** (Mobile)

Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

Email: ****@******.***

Professional Summary

Key competencies include:

Experienced project leadership/management skills with an analyst background leading individuals across functional areas

Presentation skills to all levels of senior and executive level management

6 complete full lifecycle SAP ERP implementations from project preparation, project management to implementation and support – Utilizing ASAP methodology

Proficient in making vital decisions across business platforms that drive project success

Experienced project management experience with SAP/ERP, Business Warehouse and various third party software implementations

Proficient project manager in several software reporting upgrade projects

Experience in RFP/RFI, vendor selection, contract negotiations, needs assessment and proposal creation

Experience project manager in budgeting, resource planning, time estimating, status reporting, business partnering, team leadership and all phases of the SDLC

Experience in delivering performance appraisals through motivation and team building

Experience in strategic planning and organizational alignment

Experience

Schafer Consulting June 2015 – Present

Project Manager / Business Development Manager

Develop sales programs, business plans and campaigns targeting public utilities and transportation organizations

Generate and nurture sales leads for sales campaign initiatives

Created a successful strategic plan, business plan that focused on several IT upgrade initiatives

Successfully lead/manage a team of consultants through a serious of team mentoring activities to generate lead to close results

Successful leadership in project management role overseeing several key RFP/RFI initiatives from conception to implementation

Project manage/lead governmental organizational business units in the creation and delivery of RFP/RFI documents including cost benefit analysis

Successful in development and execution of several winning proposals that awarded firm multi-year contracts

Developed and presented several key presentation campaigns to an audience that included executive and senior level management

Project manage the vendor evaluation and selection process including interviews and demonstration process

Evaluation of proposals for determination of award

Participate in vendor contract negotiations

Work with public organizations to develop strategic plan, change management plan, business plan and project plan

Medtronic Diabetes April 2008 – May 2015

Principle Business Systems Project Manager

Project managed team of analysts supporting multiple Business Warehouse / Business Objects projects across the enterprise

Created, implemented and sustained the enhancements to the reporting and production support strategy

Created and implemented reporting standards and guidelines

Project team lead in all collaboration efforts between 4 value chains to meet operational efficiencies and quality over materials management

Collaboration with Purchasing (Supply Chain) and Operations departments to design and implement material management process solutions

People leader in the design and Implementation of multiple Lean Sigma solutions for various value chains

Lead in several projects which provided a reporting solution for first pass yield, cost of production and QIT monitors

Project management in successful completion of key lead-time metric reports, aging reports and cost of material usage reports – Implemented SIOP and S&OP program and metric reporting solution

Project lead and functional analyst overseeing project resources, allocation of resources, capacity planning of resources as well as cost estimates for the Finance, Production Manufacturing, Supply Chain and multiple enterprise value chains

Designed and developed solutions to adhere with quality assurance as well program standards across all validated systems (Functional and Technical experience)

Development of best practice solutions as well as user training and process documentation

Led various teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results

Project manager / Functional Analyst for the organizational performance dashboard project

Project manage RFP/RFI process for software selection for North America and Worldwide healthcare provider metric and process improvement project

Engage with business units / Lead team of analysts in developing RFP/RFI documents and requirements for vendor selection for healthcare upgrade applications

Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures

Created and delivered a successful Train the Trainer and Super User program for all report analysts within the Medtronic Diabetes division worldwide

Developed a status reporting channel for global development track between 4 different time zones

Project manager for overall management of project systems implementation, Managed project plan and all deliverables associated with milestones

Project manage multiple projects using SRUM and Agile methodology with budgets over 1 million dollars annually

Warner Bros. Entertainment March 1999 – August 2006

Procure to Pay Functional Team

Lead consultants and team members with configuration, design and documentation

Blueprint, functional design, technical design and configuration of the FI/CO AP/MM modules including testing and documentation

Lead the collaboration and development efforts on over 30 different financial reports used today by Warner Bros. Financial business units (Included focus on client service and training)

Responsible for production support related activities, in the finance, accounting and accounts payable department for all system related matters (Included troubleshooting, analytical problem solving, defect resolution and working with the client in a team environment)

Responsible for all phases of the project life cycle including realization kick off as well as the delivery of presentations to senior level executive management

Responsible for roll out of (6) separate implementations that included international territories within Europe, Asia and South America (Procure to Pay team) all capacities of the implementation lifecycle including Blue Print, Fit Gap, Realization and Go Live

Responsible for successful integration, testing, accounts payable configuration, cut over and working with the business units on training, support and enhancements for over 6 successful SAP implementations, which included Europe and Asia Pacific for a large entertainment company

Successfully implemented Phase I of the AP imaging project on August 4th, 2003, on time and under budget

Successfully lead the implemented Phase II of the AP Imaging project on September 29th, 2003 on time and under budget

Successfully performed procure to pay fit gap, localization requirements, blueprinting, realization kick off and numerous presentations to various business units for a 100 million dollar plus SAP engagement for a highly profitable entertainment studio

Responsible for designing integration components, test plans, project plans and end user documentation for systems that integrate between Entertainment Partners and Cast and Crew software with SAP

Cut over Lead for P2P in over 6 successful implementations of SAP version 4.6 and 4.7

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco February 1988 – March 1999

Senior Application Project Analyst

MIS Lead project analyst for all development of applications and support for desktop computing across organization

Lead project analyst for network infrastructure replacement project- Included all phases of the SDLC

Project analyst for several successful financial software enhancements and solutions for the Federal Reserve Bank

Analyst for the design and implementation of critical financial reports and databases for all operational areas with the Federal Reserve Bank 12th District

Manage and lead (13 Team Members) for development of applications hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank 12th District

Project analyst overseeing account relationship management with member banking institutions

Lead development of interface systems between financial institutions and the reserve bank systems

Project manage delivery of cash transportation program – Reduce cost enhance customer experience

Responsible for key presentations to senior level executives for all 12th district financial institutions

Responsible for on-site support for training and delivery as well as installation of communication equipment between the Reserve Bank systems and the financial institution

IT Skills and Knowledge

ERP SAP R/3 AP/MM FI/CO PS BW 7.0, Operating Systems exposure XP, WIN NT 4.0, WIN 2000, Presentation Tools MS Office: Outlook/Power Point/ Excel/ Word, Reporting Tools BW, Report Writer, Crystal Report, Bex, OLAP, Languages SQL, .Net, Visual Basic 7.0 and to some degree ABAP

Testing Tools Mercury Test Director and writing of test scripts, Databases SQL and Microsoft Access (Office Professional), Project Tools Microsoft Project, Methodologies ASAP (SAP), Data Warehouse Business Objects, Webi, Xcelsius 12.0, SQL Server 2005, BOXI 4.0 – CMC, Universe Design and Query Design both Rich Client and Thin Client

Skills & Expertise

Business Objects – All Tools including Admin of CMC, SQL Server – All Tools including Admin and design, Web Intelligence – Business Object Dashboard Builder - Reporting and Query design including Universe build, Project Implementation, FI/CO, SAP BW, Database Administration – Microsoft and SQL, Cross-functional Team Leadership – Greenbelt program, Kaizen and Lean Sigma trained

Education

California Lutheran University

Master, Business Administration; Organizational Behavior 2005 – 2011

University of Phoenix

Bachelors, Business Information Systems 2001 – 2004

Chairman – Medtronic Diabetes Chinese Community (ERG) 2013 – 2015

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification 2015

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