ROGER J. FUDALA
Midlothian, Virginia
804-***-**** mobile, 804-***-**** home
Summary:
Experienced Strategic Business and IT Management Professional with vast knowledge of Business and IT relationships. Expansive thinker with outstanding record of achievement implementing new business processes and programs, delivering strategic innovative business solutions, and managing delivery of solutions. Experienced leading cross functional teams through all phases of large-scale business and technology implementations.
Enterprise IT Director/ Manager experienced developing long range strategic IT plans, domestic and international with successful delivery of multi-year ERP programs and project plans.
Background includes Global IT Manager for Multi-National manufacturing company. Most recently Project Management in Financial Services (Credit Card and Banking), Manufacturing, Consumer Products Distribution, Medical Supply Distribution, Healthcare, and Wireless Communications.
Highly skilled managing technology staff, IT operations, and vendor management including transitioning IT systems and data migration through acquisitions and mergers. Effective communicator with all levels of the organization. Effective working with stakeholders delivering projects to achieve maximum business value.
Core Competencies:
IT / Business Project Management, IT Management, IT Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions, Data Migration, Conversions and Integration, Enterprise System Implementations, Business Systems Analysis and Development, Process & Procedures Development, Risk Management Change Control Management, Customer & Vendor Relationship Management, Resource Manager, Budget Manager, Compliance Manager and Team Leader. Domestic and Global experience as an IT Manager and Director.
Education:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Business Management
Temple School, Washington D.C – Information Systems
Certification:
PMP Certified (Dell “PM3” – Portfolio, Program, & Project Management), 2014. DELL, Inc.
Professional Experience:
FUDALA CONSULTING GROUP
April 2015 - Present
IT Consultant
Periodic consulting services to companies in Richmond, Virginia.
Consultant to executive team at Penny Plate, Inc., Midlothian, Virginia on ERP project review. This was done at the request of the President and the CFO of the investment company. Provide an independent view of the project plan, progress to date, and supporting organization needed to go live.
Consultant to a new company partnership forming in Richmond, Virginia to provide staffing of IT off shore talent as a secondary source to local existing IT staffing companies. Provided insight into the legal, rate structure, benefits programs needed in order to make the new venture staffing a viable start up. This was a service provided to the new company under a non-disclosure agreement.
Consultant to startup new consulting company on RFP approach to develop initial strategy to secure first customer contract. This was a service provided to the new company under a non-disclosure agreement.
DELL, INC.
June 2013 – February 2015
Program / Project Management Advisor
Delivered new software capability for nationwide logistics warehousing systems to optimize picking operations by increasing tote cube volume to meet customer requirements.
Created new position and process for Enterprise Planning of all IT capital investment, change enhancement projects, and problem program fixes working closely with the Business and IT stakeholders, Quality Assurance management, PMO, Project Managers, Testing, Configuration Management, and Environment Management to package work into releases to drive all change from company projects through Quality Testing into the production environment.
Led project team to capture supplier incentives for funding their products into the O&M distribution network and build a method of integrating their funding opportunities back into the general ledger.
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS, INC.
May 2005 – May 2008; July 2009 – December, 2012
Sr. Project Manager
Capital One Financial Corporation, Richmond, Virginia & Houston, Texas
Project Delivery Office Project Management for the Commercial Bank Operations.
Project Management Office development of Basel II program/projects. Developed best practices template, charter, document creation, training schedules for project managers, initial project plans.
Project Management of Capital One Bank merger with Chevy Chase Bank., Bethesda, Maryland. Responsible for data integration of Online Banking and Bill Pay customers. Full project cycle from planning through execution and close.
Project Management of Capital One Bank acquisition of North Fork Bank and Security Savings and Loan of New York. Responsible for data integration of Online Banking and Bill Pay customers. Full project cycle from planning through execution and close.
Project Management of Integrated Testing of Helix Outsourcing project, including Project Server multi-project integration, Resource Management, Defect Management, Budget Management.
Project Management of the data conversion of Rewards Cardholders from the legacy system to the loyalty outsourced vendors.
Customer Retention IT Platform Project Manager, US Card Marketing Delivery / IT – Provided Management of Company’s Customer Retention IT Platform. Managed all IT support and application development, enhancements for marketing initiatives, platform enhancements, operational releases, maintenance, and changes. Managed multiple Projects, Project Managers, On Shore and Off-Shore teams.
VACO TECHNOLOGY
May 2008 – January 2009
Consultant / Sr. Business Project Manager
Health Management Corporation - Richmond, Virginia
August, 2008 – January, 2009
Project/Management of upgraded Content Management system with letter fulfillment outsourcing to R. R. Donnelley Company.
T-Mobile Wireless – T-Mobile USA - Richmond, Virginia -
May, 2008 – August, 2008
Project Management oversight of T-Mobile back office application systems integration and migration projects with SunCom Wireless.
FUDALA CONSULTING GROUP
October, 2002 – 2004
IT Consultant
Consulting services to Performance Resources, Inc. Midlothian, Virginia
Consultant services to JP Morgan Chase and customer Norfolk Southern Railroad on a payables/procurement card project to settle direct inventory purchased with procurement credit card.
COMPUTER AID, INC. Harrisburg, Pa.
February, 2001 - September 2002
Engagement Manager / Senior Consultant
Engagement Manager / Project Manager for a York, Pennsylvania venture capital group with analysis of their six company’s IT department operations. Provided an independent analysis of the company’s IT plan, the effectiveness and health of individual plant application portfolios, IT operations and organizations.
ALCOA / REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY
July 1982 - November, 2000
Global Information Systems Director / Manager
Managed IT resources supporting Information Technology for the Consumer and Packaging Global Group Businesses and subsidiaries in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Spain, and England.
Other positions held at Reynolds Metals Company: Flexible Packing Division Business Systems Manager, Sr. Business Systems Analyst, Regional Sales Representative, IT Project Implementation Lead, Sr. Analyst, and Programmer.