Leonardo Mederos Corzo **** SW *** PL APT. ***, Miami, FL 331**-***-*** 9882 ********.*******@*****.*** 1
Leonardo Mederos Corzo, MBA, PMP, ScrumMaster
**** ** *** ** ***. 103, Miami, FL 331**-***-*** 9882 ********.*******@*****.*** Experienced Software Engineer, with over 22 years of success in the implementation of diverse technology projects. Over 14 years as Project & Program Manager with extensive experience in the planning, execution and implementation of large enterprise software development and IT projects/programs for different industries like Financial, Banking, Supply Chain, Fuel, Mining, Retail, Healthcare, Transportation and Software Factory. Valued Expertise in waterfall and agile project management methodologies and managing large project teams Onshore and OffShore.
SUMMARY SKILLS:
Project & Programs Management
Agile and waterfall methodologies
Strategic & Tactical Planning
Enterprise Software Development
System Migrations/Integrations
Enterprise/Word Class Implementations
Requirements Management
Analysis & Design
Project Planning
Project Scheduling
Costing & Budgeting
Risk Management
Business Analysis
Team Building & Mentoring
Analytical and Problem solving
Contract Management
Stakeholder Management
Operation and Processes Improvement
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SILNIUM (Boca Raton, United States)
SENIOR PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGER September/2014 -- Present
Responsible for all aspects related to taking the projects from original concept through final deployment and contributes as a subject matter specialist in technology infrastructure implementation and software development and integration.
Leading and Administration of a multidisciplinary team of 24 senior software engineers and Architects, Onshore and Offshore to successful projects completion.
Manage project plan, track dependencies, address constraints, resolve resource conflicts, assess impacts to plan, obtain estimates to complete, forecast use of funds, ensure adherence to SDLC, report progress against plan.
Develop and execute project communications plan, facilitate team meetings, participate in key meetings that directly or indirectly impact the project, keep project stakeholders informed, prepare for and conduct executive steering committee meetings. Ensure Stakeholders Engagement.
Prepare weekly status reports, track open issues; update risks and mitigation plans, identify potential dependencies or constraints.
Manage project Scope, Quality, Schedule and Budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly status.
Oversee software analysis, design and development through the application of Agile and Waterfall standards and principles. Manage and control all aspect of entire SDLC.
Responsible for all aspects of program communication, escalations points, and Ensuring alignment of program resources on program strategy and vision. Management of multiple, strategically aligned Projects.
Implementations Enterprise and Custom software development and integration projects, bringing satisfaction and result for our clients.
CENTRAL DEPOSITORY OF SECURITIES (DCV) (Santiago, CHILE), SENIOR PROJECT / PROGRAM MANAGER &
SOFTWARE FACTORY COORDINATOR September/2012 -- August/2015
Ensuring business realization of strategic objectives through the management of multiple, strategically aligned Projects. Responsible for all aspects of program communication, Escalations points, and Ensuring alignment of program resources and team members on program strategy and vision.
In charge of the Implementation of multimillions dollar project portfolio and programs of the company.
Leading and Administration of a multidisciplinary inside development team of 20 engineers and Coordinator of our external Software Factory with “Tata Consultancy Services” (TCS) with a team of 16 Senior Software Engineers.
Leonardo Mederos Corzo 6256 SW 131 PL APT. 103, Miami, FL 331**-***-*** 9882 ********.*******@*****.*** 2
Manage project plan, track dependencies, address constraints, resolve resource conflicts, assess impacts to plan, obtain estimates to complete, forecast use of funds, ensure adherence to SDLC, report progress against plan.
Develop and execute project communications plan, facilitate team meetings, participate in key meetings that directly or indirectly impact the project, keep project stakeholders informed, prepare for and conduct executive steering committee meetings. Ensure Stakeholders Engagement.
Prepare weekly status reports, track open issues; update risks and mitigation plans, participate in PMO meetings with other Project Managers to identify potential dependencies or constraints
Manage project Scope, Quality, Schedule and Budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly status.
Develop business relationships and integrates activities with other IT departments to ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts.
Oversee software analysis, design and development through the application of Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall standards and principles. In charge of all Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
One fundamental specialist as Business Analyst and in the requirement management in general, and also help scope the projects, writing and validation of use cases, improve business processes, design prototypes, write technical specifications and collaborate in development of the business plans.
Extensive Implementations of Enterprise and Custom software development and integration projects.
Implementation of SWIFT ISO 15022 Standard for core transactions with the Central Bank of Chile.
Implementation of Technology platforms migrations for business-critical (SYBASE from 12 to 15, WAS from 6 to 7), reducing and optimizing the operation and eliminating technological obsolescence.
Roadmap strategy planning and Development for Technological Evolution of the company.
Important results in the permanent Process Improvement for the SDLC, PMO, Software Factory and the processes of the value chain of the company.
ADITIVA S.A. (Santiago, Chile),
SENIOR PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGER September/2001 -- August/2012
In charge of all technical projects and IT consulting engagements. Responsible for the presale, sale and implementation of all technology projects, development, implementation tools and high-level consulting.
Manage a portfolio of projects/programs for our clients and ensuring business realization of strategic objectives through the management of multiple strategically aligned Projects using Scrum and also waterfall methodologies.
Leading and Administration of a multidisciplinary team (Onshore and Offshore) of about 60 people, compound by Team Leaders and Software engineers with a high level of expertise and certifications.
Manage project plan, track dependencies, address constraints, resolve resource conflicts, assess impacts to plan, obtain estimates to complete, forecast use of funds, ensure adherence to SDLC, report progress against plan.
Develop and execute project communications plan, facilitate team meetings, participate in key meetings that directly or indirectly impact the project, keep project stakeholders informed, prepare for and conduct executive steering committee meetings. Ensure Stakeholders Engagement. Prepare weekly status reports, track open issues; update risks and mitigation plans
Manage project Scope, Quality, Schedule and Budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly status.
One fundamental specialist for our clients as Business Analyst and in the requirement management in general.
Relevant experience participating in projects of transformation, and process Improvement for different industries like Retail, Supply Chain, Fuel, Mining, Finance, eBanking, Software Factory.
Implementation and integration of a World Class solution from JDA to one of the most important company of Retail in Chile (SODIMAC).
Design, Development and Support of an eCommerce marketplace B2B for the National Institute of Steel Distributors (INDA) Brazil, and other operations in Chile. Implementation and integration of eCommerce Solutions for Retailers in Chile.
More than 9 years of experience in banking project implementations. Development of different modules for commercial and eBanking enterprise platform for major banks (Banco de Chile, Banco Estado, Banco BICE) for example: Account Opening and Account management, Credit Management, Implementation of Electronic Banking Committees for Individuals and Companies, Integration of eBanking with core process. Development of Platform "Caja Vecina" one of the most innovative banking services in Chile, which allows banking in remote areas (Banco Estado - Telefonica).
Enterprise Applications development and integrations with POS and Card Payment Solutions, for the management, control and sale of fuels (COPEC).
Development of enterprise applications for capture pressure and temperature in real time for Mining Industry
(Manto Verde – Anglo American).
Leonardo Mederos Corzo 6256 SW 131 PL APT. 103, Miami, FL 331**-***-*** 9882 ********.*******@*****.*** 3
SONDA S.A. (Santiago, Chile),
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER March/2001 -- August/2001
Responsible for successfully managing multiple corporate projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost. Responsible for the requirement management in general.
Manage globally dispersed technology teams about 10 Software Engineers (Onshore and Offshore) to deliver timely business driven solutions.
Responsible for managing project planning, schedule, scope, risks, cost, communication, monitoring and control, and change management
Assessing risk and cross-functional impact and developing mitigation plans
Working closely with Executives, Project Sponsors and other business stakeholders to understand, interpret and evaluate business objectives, business process, risks, constraints and the impact in the project. SODIMAC S.A. (Santiago, Chile),
TECHNICAL TEAM MANAGER December/1997 – February/2001
Leading and Administration a project team of 12 Software Engineers
Responsible for successfully managing multiple corporate projects within the constraints of scope, cost, time and quality.
Manage and develop the project’s plan and schedule; track budget, expenses and risks; escalate issues; develop mitigation plans; communicate status regularly to all stakeholders, and oversee quality control throughout the project’s life cycle.
Analysis, Design, Development, Test and Deploy of some specific software pieces of the Project
Active participation as business analyst specialist for scope the systems, gathering requirements, collaborating in the developing of the Business plans, write use cases, improve business processes, design prototypes write technical specifications and collaborate in the development of the business plans. DISAIC CONSULTANT. (La Habana, Cuba),
BIOMUNDI, West Scientific Hub. (La Habana, Cuba),
SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER September/1993 – November/1997
One fundamental specialist in the requirement management in general.
Analysis, design, development, test and deployment of several enterprise applications, integrations and reports in different technologies. Fundamentally Desktops, Batch Process and Web Applications.
Some technical and architectural solution decisions. TOOLS/TECHNOLOGIES SUMMARY:
IBM WAS, IBM BPMS, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM AIX, Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Enterprise Project Server, Microsoft Windows Server, JAVA EE, SYBASE, MYSQL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Continues Integration Tools, .NET, C#, C, COBOL, VMS, SHELL, SWIFT, Enterprise Architect, Confluence, JIRA, Wiki, Bizagi, Eclipse, TOMCAT, Soap UI, HTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, JSP, SWIFT ISO 15022, SSAE 16, ITIL v3.0, HP UX, ORACLE DB, SQL SERVER, VBasic, AWK, NetBeans, JBoss, Servlets, ASP, PHP, Mobile Applications, ISO 8583, ISO 14443, ISO 7816, PCI DSS, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Transformation Extender, PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, SaaS, RFID, PMO, Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Cloud Computing Services, Function Points, CMS platforms, Crystal Reports, Jasper Report, MuleSoft AnypointStudio. EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Master in Business Administration (MBA), University Europea of Madrid (Spain) and University Andres Bello
(Santiago de Chile, Chile), 2015
BS in Software Engineering, Technical University of Havana (ISPJAE, La Habana, Cuba), 1993 MuleSoft Certified Developer (MCD – Integration and API Associate), 2016 PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), 2011 ScrumAlliance Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 2011
Diplomat in Project Management, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago de Chile, Chile), 2010