EDWIN T. HAMILTON
Rockville Centre, N.Y. *****
**************@*****.***
PROFILE
Information Technology Professional. Effective hands-on leader, program/project manager, facilitator and team builder with strong technical, strategic and operational management skills.
●Significant enterprise big data experience, including governance, content management, remediation/clean-up, audit, operational and management reporting, BI, relational data modeling, mining and strong SQL knowledge.
●Effectively managed projects and priorities from inception to completion across business units with differing goals and priorities. Significant experience leading IT project delivery and stakeholder management.
●Extensive hands-on project management experience including: business process analysis, requirements definition, creating business and technical specifications, interface design, data modeling, reporting progress to stakeholders, managing project resources(internal/vendor), managing complex phased timelines and deliverables.
●Worked closely with c-level management and business teams to establish enterprise strategies and priorities to ensure the most efficient support of business partners.
●Managed enterprise-wide project schedules and teams for multiple concurrent IT initiatives on a wide variety of platforms (including web-based); all delivered on time, under budget and as promised.
●Strong, hands-on knowledge of PMBOK/PMI Methodologies. Extensive experience with RFPs, SOWs and contracts.
●Managed full life cycle development of Peoplesoft financials from RFP to deployment, including GL, Procurement and Grants modules.
●Commitment to consensus management, focusing on motivation of cohesive, highly productive development teams.
●Demonstrated skills in problem/risk assessment, resolution and mitigation, strong analytical abilities, collaborative problem solving in a complex interdisciplinary setting.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northwell Health - Senior Project Manager
5/19 - 11/19
●Senior Project manager responsible for enterprise health care systems.
●One of the project mangers on the team responsible for testing and implementing the Soarian Financial and Scheduling applications for Huntington hospital. Large scale deployment with over 10k users and over 70 downstream applications.
●Managed the upgrade of print servers for Soarian.
●Responsible for assisting the training team in managing and tracking Soarian user training.
●Managed a scheduled upgrade of the Soarian application for physician partners and Huntington Hospital.
Institute of International of Education - Manager Internal Systems 4/17 - 4/19
●Senior Program/Project manager responsible for internal applications development and support.
● Responsible for cloud based Applications, Intranet, MediaPort, TheSource, Workfront workflow, HCM Interfaces. Implemented Support Center. Manage team of 4 Analysts/PMs.
●Deployed, cloud based Box file storage/collaboration system.
●Built ground up helpdesk/application support team, process, cloud based application, SLAs and metrics.
Senior Program/Project Manager (Consulting Engagements) 10/13 – 3/17
●Cablevision/Altice (5/16 - 3/17) Senior Project Manager overseeing Network Infrastructure projects, builds and maintenance. Projects include: Head-end consolidations, Server farm expansion, IP Video to Hub, Transport upgrades, Network equipment and software upgrades. Project teams consisted of Network Engineers, Inside and Outside Plant Engineers, Core Systems and Critical Systems.
●JP Morgan Chase (5/14 - 5/16) Senior Project Manager on multiple concurrent projects, utilizing a robustly defined process. The role interfaces with remote teams of Users, Application Developers, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance and Database Administrators. Responsible for, resource allocation, project costing/budget, reporting and planning and overall project management using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
●Sandoz/Fougera Pharmaceuticals (10/13 - 4/14) Short term engagement for Sandoz-Fougera pharmaceuticals to consolidate and retire applications due to a recent merger, utilizing a rigorous Gxp, Information Governance Management framework. Working closely with Business Partners, Infrastructure, Developers, IGM and QA to complete project deliverables on time and on budget.
Columbia University Program Manager (Executive Director, Financial Systems) 01/05 - 10/13
Responsible for enterprise-wide development and support of accounting, budgeting and management/operational reporting applications. Permanent staff of eight, matrix managed larger teams of varying size depending on project.
●Oversaw all Finance Division (program-level) concurrent, dependent and interrelated mission-critical project initiatives. Established a solid track record of coming in on time and on or under budget.
●Managed department and project budgets of over 5M and a technical team of eight direct reports. Matrix managed larger projects utilizing IT and vendor resources.
●Performed full life cycle development, from requirements definition (BRD) through implementation for several mission critical applications, including Intellectual Property, Cash Flow and Grants Management.
●Finance SME (subject matter expert) for all financial systems interfaces and reports for the project to implement Peoplesoft Financial and Payroll modules.
●Planned and executed an upgrade to the Financial Data Warehouse from Legacy Technology to Crystal Reports/BOXI in to make it compatible with Peoplesoft Financials.
●Identified and assessed project risks, developed plans to mitigate risks and executed resolutions. Directed escalation and resolution of issues as needed, interfacing with senior clients and external groups.
●As Project Manager of several full life cycle systems development projects, effectively managed project financials, teams, time-lines, deliverables, RFPs, SOWs and contracts.
●Created and chaired Finance Technology Steering Committee. Established the meeting format, reported progress to Senior Management and executed directives according to defined priorities.
●Created and utilized a method for objectively evaluating software. This included defining high-level objectives and business requirements via requirement gathering sessions with key stakeholders.
●Managed all enhancements, deliverables, testing, roll-out and progress/issues reports.
●Defined and instituted a Development Methodology and underlying processes, organized and aligned teams/resources to manage programs and projects from feasibility through implementation.
●Responsible for the oversight of enterprise data accuracy and integrity. Created cross-system reconciliations and audit procedures. Lead internal and governments audits of university systems and data.
Shearman & Sterling LLP – Program Manager 01/00 - 01/05
Responsible for the global, firm-wide development and support of internally developed and third-party software applications. Responsible for support of day-to-day business, increasing attorney productivity and enabling cross-practice group collaboration, through thoughtful strategic planning, evaluation and implementation of conventional and emerging technologies.
●Managed teams of Application Developers, Business Analysts and Infrastructure, for multiple full life-cycle applications development projects, including off-shore personnel.
●Oversaw a global implementation of Peoplesoft 8.8 in replacement of several legacy HR systems.
●Jointly, with the infrastructure group, built the Firm’s first portal to provide attorneys collaborative workspaces.
● Created several web-based “Precedents” applications for various practice groups to dramatically increase attorney productivity by providing full-text and keyword search capability on a “best-of-breed” document repository. This enabled attorneys to quickly locate and use pertinent legal precedents.
●Implemented the Firm’s customized accounting (Elite) and benefits (Geneva) packages to automate Financial Services and Human Resources operations.
●Created a web-based Current Assignments system, to provide partners the ability to project and plan future legal team assignments.
●Implemented a formalized full-life-cycle development methodology and executed the purchase of version control and testing software to ensure the delivery of high-quality business applications.
Long Term Credit Bank of Japan – Progam Manager 07/96 - 01/00
Senior Project/Program Manager, responsible for the full life-cycle development, from feasibility through post implementation of all systems for Treasury, Treasury Operations and Planning and Control. Managed a team of 15-20 developers including off-shore resources.
●Project Manager for several full life-cycle systems development projects, including; Forex, Money Market, Loans, Futures and Options all delivered on time and on budget.
BUSINESS PRODUCT EXPERTISE
Peoplesoft 9 (Financials and Payroll) Trading Systems, Accounting Systems, Brokerage, P&L, Billing, Collections, Receivables, Payables, Expenses, Equities, Fixed Income, Futures, Options, Swaps, Loans, Vault, Cash Position, Foreign Currency Exchange, Money Markets, Client Relationship Management, Content Management, Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Time Tracking, Legal, Case Management, Publishing, Insurance, Asset Management, Pharmaceuticals, GXP, Digital Asset Management, Help Desk, Interact Intranet, Workfront Workflow.
EDUCATION
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY – Bachelor’s Degree 3.9 GPA