PMO Consultant

DANIEL P. FURREY

*********@*****.*** / 917-***-****

SUMMARY

Technology professional with 7 years of experience in both Traditional and Business-focused PMOs ranging from day-to-day Operational support to tactical Service Improvement and Training services to strategic PMO modernization efforts including PMO Maturity assessments, Roadmap development & execution focused on real Project Performance & Value such as Benefits, Impact & Goals; recent efforts reduced Project Overruns from 40% - 5% and Supply Chain delays by 26%.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Portfolio Management Project Prioritization Risk Management

Project Resource Planning & Management Scope Management

Project Scoreboard Status Reporting Benefits Management

Knowledgebase Development Lessons Learned PMO Maturity Assessments

Certified CMMI V2.0 Associate [Sept 2022]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Technology Consultants Feb 2022 – Present

PMO Consultant, [Clients: Acushnet & ABM]

Strategically align client’s Goals and current PMO capabilities and culture

Build target PMO model based on PMO Maturity assessment of client’s current and target capabilities including Project Intake/Initiation/Prioritization, Risk Management, Stakeholder Communications

Develop training, documentation and Governance for Best Practice processes in line with both PMO & PM newly developed Key Performance Indicators [KPI’s]

Valley National Bancorp Apr 2021 – Jan 2022

PMO Consultant

Program Managed Portfolio of 48+ New Construction & Renovation Projects for Office and Branch initiatives (2021 Budget: $15MM).

Reduced Project Overruns by 26% while overcoming multiple Supply Chain issues involving Construction & Technology materials, parts, or Products.

Identified Gaps in Project Life Cycle Processes with Transitional, Short or Long Solutions, Training & Documentation.

Drove Special Projects with C-Level visibility

Axiom Technology Group

Director, PMO Feb 2020 – Nov 2020

Strategically aligned PMO model with company’s Goals, Objectives & culture; tactically develop Road Map based on prioritized PMO Services and client’s needs.

Fostered culture change with better training and education in PM Best Practices. Establishing Project Governance and Best Practices helped reduce Project overages from 40-5%.

Collaborated with internal teams by better integrating Project Transitions from internal Sales to Post Support departments by improving or creating new Business Processes and project communications.

Manage 5 Project Managers, mentor 10 Engineers while improving Client culture w/better ROI.

Day-to-day PMO support for a portfolio of 50+ Projects primarily focused on Infrastructure related including Private Equity M&A, Data Protection, AWS, O365 migrations and standardizing IT environments.

Develop and maintain Capacity Planning and Revenue Project models; oversaw all Project budgets

NetSoft Technologies, Inc. Nov 2007 – Jan 2020

Pfizer

Project Manager Jul 2018 – Jan 2020

Led Initiation Phase & Business requirements effort for Global Access Control project which would eliminate Cross Site access Process while standardizing Facility access internationally.

Identify data needs and draft proposals for new Business processes and Data Feed for platform.

New York Power Authority Jun 2016 – Jun 2018

Program/Project Manager 2017 – Jun 2018

Phase 2: Design / Architect IT related solutions for remaining efforts.

IT PMO: Document Portfolio of IT Projects / Requests, Quarterly meetings addressing Capacity, help End Client prioritize & Scheduling efforts based on Capacity.

“New Ideas / Suggestion box”: developed Solution enabling employee feedback; architected / managed SharePoint solution, Change Management processes & Training; led initial review meetings with business & technical managers.

IT Portfolio Manager 2016 – Jan 2017

Fast tracked $29MM Merger & Acquisition transition of NYS Canals Corp from NYS Thruway to NY Power Authority.

Business Process Documentation / Requirements (Program Manage): worked with KPMG (Team of 20+) documenting current and TOM (“Target Operating Model” / Target State) business processes and subsequent deployment of changes.

ERP: PM Oracle - SAP Migration while managing Vendor and onsite/offsite team of resources.

Application Migration: Program Manage all major application migrations (5 PMs) while also managing all IT Infrastructure related projects (AWS) in line with ITIL risk & controls methodology.

Key Accomplishments:

RFP / SOW: Vendor PC Desktop Deployment with TLS Data Encryption, Managed Print Services (MPS) Program, Gap Analysis for Flood Warning Program

PM: Four (4) Office Space build-outs including LAN / IDF specs, Design/Deploy/Improve Help Desk solution with 90% improvement in Reporting Metrics, Remote Location Network POE upgrade, Risk Analysis remediation, Cyber / InfoSec NIST based framework, MPLS WAN Design/Deployment, AD Federation Migration including AD & O365 Email Migration, New Desktop Deployments for 3 Office, 7 Section offices plus Maintenance, Garage locations & 70 remote locations, Fleet Management, Fuel Terminal System, New Office Relocation & Develop Business Requirements / Processes for new Asset Management program.

Service Improvement Process efforts: remediated many IT-related Business including an overhaul of Accounts Payable / Invoice processes, Reduced Cellular Wireless costs by 32%, Reduced turn around for ‘Lost Phone’ Program from 5 weeks to 3 days, Redesigned “Situational Awareness” video streaming for Movable Dam Locks by reducing costs as well as improving throughput and functionality & developed Platform / business process for reporting & tracking all Shared Service-related issues.

SunEdison Jul 2015 – Apr 2016

Program Manager

Led a portfolio of New Construction Technology projects, M&A / Service-Improvement efforts in the Renewable Energy Sector with budgets up to $500K per project including Telco, Networking, Voice, Systems, SCADA & Physical Security while engaging multiple vendors & internal clients.

EMC (Client: Bank of America) Jul 2014 – Jan 2015

Project Manager

Implement additional Product requirements (Disaster Recovery / Clustering patch, Dual Data Collection & Test environment) to complex Data Protection Advisor (DPA) environment while dealing with 3rd party vendors on a Java-based platform.

Thomson Reuters Sep 2013 – Jun 2014

Project Manager

Led migration of revenue generating Tax & Accounting Enterprise App (Checkpoint); migrated from Sun Solaris / Oracle 10g platform to new LION environment (Oracle LINUX / Oracle 11gR2)

Led technical workstreams including BCP / DR requirements on .NET/Java-based development.

EMC (Client: MetLife Insurance Co.) Feb 2013 – Aug 2013

Program Manager

Led multiple project efforts converting existing mixed Dominos / MS-Exchange environments to new Business Continuity-compliant, Microsoft Cloud-hosted O365 solution & On-Prem environments; (Scope: 55K mailboxes; Work Effort: 22K hrs)

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Sanofi Pharmaceutical Sep 2011 – May 2012

MFX, subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Jan 2011 – Sep 2011

Morgan Stanley Feb 2010 – Dec 2010

Multiple small business clients Jun 2008 – Feb 2010

ICAP Nov 2007 – May 2008

Bear, Stearns & Co, Inc. Feb 2007 – Oct 2007

*Additional experience provided upon request

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