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Project Manager Management

Location:
Chicago, IL
Posted:
December 05, 2023

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Dwaine

Thomas

Certified Project Manager

Contact

LinkedIn ULR

LinkedIn

Phone

312-***-****

E-mail

**********@*****.***

Skills

Project Management

Agile and Waterfall Methodologies

Software Development Lifecycle

Microsoft Suite

Client Relationship Management

Resource Management

Vendor Management

Service Industry Partner

Management

SaaS

Salesforce

Confluence

SharePoint

NetSuite

Workflow

Jira

Kanban

Data Analysis / Trend Assessment

Training Programs Development

Trainee Evaluations

Certified Project Manager with a strong background in software and application development professional offering 8+ years of experience in managing professional resources on system use and optimization. Expert in technical implementations for Banking, Municipalities, and Global SaaS projects that align with the organization’s strategic goals, mission and vision while consistently pursuing opportunities to improve service and provide timely delivery. Decisive leader and complex problem-solver with excellent organizational skills and big-picture approach. Career History

6/2022 – Present Project Manager

Bullhorn

• Create and manage project schedules utilizing Clarizen.

• Report and manage all project budgets, invoices, and management reports.

• Manage a team of Strategic Architects, Solution Consultants, and Test Engineers.

• Create and manage RAID (Risk, Actions, Issues, and Decisions) logs.

• Direct multiple global projects of 6+ months duration and project budgets up to $2M.

• Create and manage resource planning, and work collaboratively with Service Industry Partners.

• Facilitate quarterly Steering Committee meetings.

• Utilize Salesforce, SharePoint, Google Sheets, Jira, and SQL.

• Monitor Key Performance Indicators and make recommendations on workflows or enhancements that provide the greatest impact and improvement.

• Participate in Integrated and User Acceptance Testing as dictated by IT change control.

1/2022 – 6/2022 Project Manager

Tatum International (Contractor)

• Create and manage project schedules using MS Project and Project Server.

• Facilitate daily stand-up using Jira and Kanban.

• Collaboratively developed, designed, and redesigned sub-optimal workflows.

• Proactively initiated and implemented strategies to improve client performance and end-user satisfaction.

• Manage technical and solution functional consultants.

• Collaborate with Vendors to mitigate dependencies and risk.

• Gather requirements, design, configure, test, train, and deploy applications.

1/2019 - 1/2022 Project Manager

Tyler Technologies

• Create detailed project schedules and mitigate project risks and actions.

• Facilitate Steering Committee meetings with Key Stakeholders and Executive Sponsor.

• Mitigate risk and resolve conflict.

• Educate team on the adoption of Agile Scrum and Kanban.

• Negotiate project resources with the Resource management team.

• Manage out-of-scope and in scope project items.

• Direct a team of 10+ Implementation Consultants and Test Engineers. Excellent Interpersonal

Communication

Progress Tracking

Technological Instruction

Skill Building

Time Management

Multi-site Operations

Analytical

Microsoft Suite

Google Suite

Budgeting

Testing and Conversion Plans

Strategic Planning

Performance Evaluations

Certifications

PMP

NMLO

Education

BA, Economics

Ripon College - Ripon, WI

9/2017 –10/2018 Implementation RMLO

Credit Union 1

• Assist with the implementation of software developments and recommended processes to increase client retention.

• Identify processing workflow gaps to provide innovative solutions for improvement to senior management.

• Analyze applicants’ financial status, credit, and property evaluations for granting loans.

• Streamlined troubleshooting processes to improve system support and enhance communication between the support team and end-users. 5/2017 - 9/2017

3/2015 – 1/2016

Project Manager

Workforce Assurance Group (Contractor)

• Create and deliver complex project plans.

• Monitor project team performance and facilitate weekly project team meetings.

• Facilitated weekly and monthly forums with the client to discuss any open questions or concerns.

• Generate weekly project status reports.

1/2016 - 4/2017 Project Manager

JP Morgan Chase (Contractor)

• Manage 28-million-dollar portfolio accounts through a commercial card conversion.

• Create project plans while prioritizing, managing, and executing tasks independently.

• Perform assessment, data gathering, and root cause analysis to improve client’s experience.

• Facilitate all customer calls and Executive Stakeholder meetings.

• Generate weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly project reporting.

• Conduct End-to-End User Acceptance Testing (UAT). 11/2010 -

2/2015

Account Manager

Fay Servicing

• Manage loan portfolio for the company’s largest Fortune 500 client.

• Perform end-to-end management and setup for the onboarding of clients.

11/2009 - 11/

2010

Mortgage Banker

New Castle Home Loans

• Facilitate financing for residential properties with a 90% closing rate.

• Analyzed applicants’ credit and property evaluations for granting loans.

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