Project Manager Management
Resume:
Johannes ‘Jo’ Machiel Putter ad1uqu@r.postjobfree.com
LinkedIn: www.LinkeDin.com/in/johann-putter-72717724
Driver’s License – Yes
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Tel +1-704-***-****
2811 Providence View Ln • Charlotte • NC 28270
PROFILE
Forward-Thinking Business Analyst in Technology / Banking sector & retail – security and compliance
mentored and leads by example cross-functional project teams
Executive level supply chain value operative – Logistics & vendor management
Negotiator. Networker. Coordinator.
Work related achievements
. Executive level experience on projects exceeding $1.6B enabling 12% saving in base costs annually (or, delivering on time/on date under budget ) in a large parastatal corporate orientated environment
.Achieved PCI DSS compliance attestation for the largest clothing retail company in Africa. Managed the development of a customer facing user access authentication solution within the PCI/cloud domain. Engaged with technical and business stakeholders, documented operational procedures, PCI Security attestation and business standards. Therefore, ensuring security data management compliancy and within three months of projected milestone schedules.
.Assisted in the implementation of a Cyber Security Framework for one of Africa’s largest banks. Developed a report that was submitted to the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, indicating an improvement in risk management and governance, as well as the bank’s transparency and disclosure of asset information thereby ensuring the following deliverables:
-Reporting on current asset management landscape, and updating the Enterprise Performance Model (EPM) for the organization.
-Hardening of perimeter security of all assets
-Redesign the active directory environment for Azure directory service structure
-Developed a management process for SSL certificate renewal
-Secure authentication and access administration of RMB critical data
-Preventing Cyber breaches by documenting a requirement for advanced persistent threats
.Responsible in developing a program whereby communities, living on mining property land would benefit from Social Development and Upliftment scheme projects.
.Managed multiple Release Train Engineer (RTE) projects within Wells Fargo’s enhanced security and compliance, and the delivery by cross-functional teams on software development lifecycle (SDLC) initiative releases.
Areas of Experience & Skills
.Cross-industry knowledge
.Cloud Computing/IaaS
.Work-Stream Analysis and Design
.Contract Management
.Document and Quality Management
.Risk Analysis and Assessment
.Accurate Project Milestone Tracking & Reporting
.Team Building
.Mentoring
.Cross-team Collaboration
.Strong Communication & Negotiation skills
.Relationship/Stakeholder management
.Problem Solving/Tailoring Expectations
.Strategic thinking
.Risk/Facility/Release Management
.ISO 9001:2008
.NIST 800-171
.ISO/IEC 27001
.Project Management end to end delivery:
oAgile Scrum (LEAD/SAFE framework)
oJira/Confluence
oWaterfall methodologies/BRDs
oProject Financial Management
oEnterprise Change Management
Professional Experience
Project Management – Wells Fargo (November 2021 – October 2023)
Scope
.To manage ADA (American Disability Association), Security Risk and Data Loss Prevention based projects, and other Federal standard type projects.
.Collaborated with Project technical Leads to develop Business Required Documentation in detailing the required work effort.
.Report to executive the progress of projects.
Activities
.Collaborated with stakeholders in identifying threats of data loss.
.Built business reports by extracting acquired data, in order for business visualization, and to comply with regulatory requirements.
.Setup meetings with stakeholders, sponsors and project team to discuss the ongoing nature of the work required for special project efforts.
.Held touchpoint meetings with team members, consisting of business analysts, DLM engineers, project managers, project sponsors (when required).
.Using Clarity, DLM (Document Lifecycle Management) and Sharepoint, for capturing metric data and reports.
.Co-ordinated and helped facilitate Scrum/Stand-up meetings with Technology Leads to ensure work productivity and continuity.
.Worked with the ADA roadmap in achieving compliance and attestation requirements for the Spectrum Charter environment.
Project Management – Charter Spectrum (February 2021 – October 2021)
Scope
.To manage PCI/DSS standard type projects
.Report to executive the progress of projects and impact to business on a weekly and bi-monthly basis.
.Involved in critical decision making in deliverables based on PCI/DSS. Responsible in delivering on these actions and requirements.
Activities
.Identified GAPS in PCI compliance within server infrastructure, and responsible in tracking all actions undertaken in remediating the relevant data. Aligned key activities and risks and tracked the data.
.Provided weekly report feedback to the relevant technical teams ensuring that milestones were addressed and completed.
.Ensured that each project management activity was documented and actioned where required.
.Created project plans and documented each milestone and activity. Tracked each milestone accordingly.
.Extracted data and created reports for analysis purposes, created pivot tables and looked up data where required.
Project Management – Unique Loom (September 2020 – October 2020)
Scope
.To help develop an Agile Project management infrastructure to support their PMO
.Streamline and update their ERP framework
Activities
.Held daily scrum meetings with developer.
.Using Azure, created agile for the relevant project work and reported back to executive and management
.Communicated with warehouse team to look at opportunities in improving and optimizing supply value chain
Agile Project Management Treasury – Wells Fargo (January 2020 – August 2020)
Scope
.Managed and help facilitate multiple Agile projects within the payment processing and networking sector within the Treasury department.
.Mentored the team members by ensuring that they were able to complete their tasks accordingly.
Activities
.Assisted in the coordination of a telephony project that required a quick turnaround in delivery. Tested and analyzed the roll out of new phone lines for a customer call center.
.Managed a weekly design session meeting.
.Co-ordinated efforts with cross-functional software teams, using agile methodologies in the release of SDLC user stories.
.Provided a Daily Status report for multiple projects
.Engaged with Business Unit owners and stakeholders regarding the review of Projects’ requirements
Project Management & Governance– Edcon Limited, Gauteng, South Africa (August 2018 – May 2019)
[Largest Retail chain in Africa similar to Belk or Macy’s Stores]
Scope
.Facilitated and documented all PCI DSS (Payment card industry Data Security Standard) scoping and Network Segmentation for attestation requirements
.Involved in creating a Cloud-based Application Solution Project of user access authentication within the PCI DSS environment
.Managed a cross-function web security team, comprising of ePolicy Orchestra and Checkpoint specialists
Activities
.PCI self-assessment business analysis of Edcon environment in order to determine the vulnerabilities of the company’s current state of securing company and client information;
.Designed a cloud-based application using the AWS services within the PCI environment, for operations to manage and maintain once implemented.
.Documentation required for security state of public domain before/after; monthly incident management report and a report detailing security hardening projects as per client’s requirements;
.Implemented and managed security specific projects in order to achieve PCI DSS attestation;
.Stakeholder and change management engagement relating to new security protocol and updated data protection policies;
Business Analyst – Rand Merchant Bank, Gauteng, South Africa (May 2016 – July 2018)
[Largest banking services & diversified financial services holding company in Southern Africa with a client asset listing of $980 billion]
Scope
.Business Information analysis of the current state of RMB’s ERP, Information & Cyber Security framework
.Develop special programs and projects in improving operational and security requirements
Activities
.Facilitated in the development and implementation of various projects to ensure the Security and Information environment;
.Scrum Master - Project planning and scrum session input within the Scrum team;
.Reported weekly/monthly on business processes, special projects, business strategies and the bank’s asset information;
Senior Program Manager, Umtali Business Consulting, Gauteng, South Africa (March 2014 – May 2016)
[Management Consultancy in social development and upliftment in rural Southern Africa]
Scope
.Assisted clients in establishing a social upliftment program in communities would benefit and mining companies would retain licensing rights, as required by government policy
Activities
.Responsible in the implementation of a social labour plan and developed a community farm business;
.Managed project milestones and reported on the progress in stakeholder engagement meetings;
.Reported weekly/monthly on the projects’ and teams’ performance
Senior Advisor, Procurement QA, Eskom Holdings, Gauteng, South Africa (November 2011 – January 2014)
[Eskom is a South African electric power public utility similar to Duke Energy]
Scope
.Provided Eskom energy technical partners (suppliers and contractor stakeholders) and intercompany departments with quality and technical requirements, specifically advise on a supply value chain procurement strategy
Activities
.Developed a supply value chain technical self-evaluation company template;
.Collaborated through stakeholder engagement and negotiated with technical partners on quality assurance, contract management and implementation requirements;
Procurement Manager, SMMT Online, Gauteng, South Africa (February 2010 – October 2011)
[A non-government organization assisted local state government (Gauteng State) in building, and managing Computer labs of state sponsored schools]
Scope & Activities
.Managed a procurement team, ensured all projects complied with service level agreements, and assisted all teams to deliver on requirements.
.Activities included vendor & contractor relationship management, supplier categorization, performance criteria evaluation and SLA & KPI reviews.
Procurement Manager, MCS, Gauteng, South Africa (February 2007 – January 2010)
[Mining Consultancy Services, advised coal and gold mining houses in optimizing production output, whose clients are internationally based in New Zealand, Australia, Russia and China]
Scope & Activities
.Responsible in purchasing materials and components, as per bill of materials and budget schedule, therefore adhering to a completed product;
.Vendor management policy, supplier cost and service review process, evaluation report submitted to the CEO;
Customer Service Manager, Netsight, Gauteng, South Africa (April 2006 – January 2007)
[A bespoke I.T. support company focused on supporting small to medium enterprises, specifically in the Logistics industry]
Scope & Activities
.Managed and coordinated all customer related queries and ensured all SLAs with maintained and reviewed;
.Ensured that allocated jobs to the support team using TAC (Technical Assistant Call desk), and account managers;
.Client and stakeholder engagement consisted of site visits, service provider assessments, SLA reporting and reviewing
Group IT Manager, Backup Storage Facility, Gauteng, South Africa (February 2005 – March 2006)
[Offsite data backup storage and disaster recovery company]
Scope & Activities
.Managed business and IT infrastructure, including cost and budget requirements, engaged with management staff, reviews and performance appraisals with IT staff team.
Data Base Administrator, Anglo Platinum, Gauteng, South Africa (May 2003 – November 2004)
[Platinum Mining House listed on the London & Johannesburg Stock Exchanges]
Scope & Activities
.Administration, maintenance and reporting from a SQL & Hyperion Essbase database, extracted reports from OLAP business cubes, detailing statistical, production and overall mining output data for a monthly financial information report for the board
IT Support and Data Base Administrator, Promed, Gauteng, South Africa (January 2002 – April 2003)
[An I.T. company that supported radiology practices in Southern Africa with their own ground breaking reporting software]
Scope & Activities
.Hardware, Network, Software and administration support, on or offsite & hardware/software customized for clients;
IT Support, Online Optical Solutions, Gauteng, South Africa (January 1999 – December 2000)
[I.T. consultancy, specializing in securing financial data for commercial and retail clients throughout the Southern Africa region]
Scope & Activities
.Data warehouse processing, extracting and archiving of Oracle data & Database, network support and development.
Education
Schooling/Degree/Course/Diploma
Institution
Year
Risk Management
Udemy
2019
Agile Scrum Master
SCRUMstudy, USA
2019
Project Management for Strategic Advantage
University of Stellenbosch
2017
BA Logistics
University of South Africa
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ISO 9001:2008
South African Qualifications Authority
2007
MCSE NT 4.0
Microsoft
1999
IMM Marketing Management Diploma
Technikon Witwatersrand, South Africa
1994
High School
Florida Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
1990
Computing & Other skills
.Agile/Scrum, waterfall and hybrid (where required) methodologies, using LEAN and Agile framework principles.
.Jira Project Management Software
.Microsoft Project Management Software
.O365 applications and Cloud Based Services Solutions in the Business Enterprise
-AWS services & MS Azure
.Microsoft Office Suite – Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook
-Pivot tables, Sharepoint and Business Intelligence/Analytical capabilities.
-Visio
.Writing
-Reporting
-Operations’ Control Manuals
-Designing Procedures
.Intrabase, Hyperion Essbase and Enterprise solutions
.SQL Database Administration and Development
.EPM SAP Business Flow
.Networking Configuration
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