REYNOLD Q. LAZARO
**-* ******* **., ****** Village,
West Fairview, Quezon City, Philippines
Mobile No.: +63-927*******
Email Address: *************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
•25 years of solid experience in IT industry with expertise in project management, business and systems analysis, database design, application development and systems end-to-end implementation.
•Last nine (9) years of professional experience focused on Software Development Project Management, Business and Systems analysis and SAP solutions end-to-end implementations.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
•With experience in leading and managing simultaneous projects using different types of methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile with a bit of Scrum and Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Current application / projects:
1. Transmission Asset Monitoring and Database Management System for National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) – a Windows and Android application that will automate the Inspection process of TransCo and generate automatically their Annual Inspection Reports which is a consolidation of several reports.
2. Automated Queuing System for FFCruz Shipping – a Web-based and Android application that will automate the passengers queueing and travel process.
3. Philippines Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) VFMIS-BRMS - an integrated system that will automate PVAO's Veterans Pension Management, Budget Management, Financial Management and Bank Reconciliation
•With extensive experience in Systems Analysis and Business Analysis
•Project Management tools: MS Project, MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
•Software and Development Tools: MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint), Rational Rose, SharePoint, PowerBuilder, MS Visual Studio 2010, .Net, COBOL with Mainframe CICS
•Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase DBMS, Sybase Power Designer, DB Artisan, Oracle, P/L SQL, DB/2
•Goal-oriented. Team Player. With effective communication and interpersonal skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Filmetrics Corp.
IT Project Manager II
May 15, 2018 – present
•Currently managing the:
1. Transmission Asset Monitoring and Database Management System for National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) – a Windows and Android application that will automate the Inspection process of TransCo and generate automatically their Annual Inspection Reports which is a consolidation of several reports.
2. Automated Queuing System for FFCruz Shipping – a Web-based and Android application that will automate the passengers queueing and travel process.
3. Philippines Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) VFMIS-BRMS - an integrated system that will automate PVAO's Veterans Pension Management, Budget Management, Financial Management and Bank Reconciliation.
•Defined formal project scope, activities and timelines (WBS) for the project implementation.
•Coordinated with the PMT (Project Management Team) of PVAO, TransCo and FFCruz Shipping. The team consist of representatives from concerned divisions such as IT, Finance, Budget and other groups within each client mentioned above.
•Filmetrics PVAO project team consist of a Business analyst, a DBA, 7 .Net developers, 7 QA analysts and 2 Technical Supports.
•Filmetrics TransCo project team consist of a Business analyst, a DBA, 3 .Net developers, 2 Android Developers, 3 QA analysts and 1 Technical Supports.
•Filmetrics FFCruz AQS project team consist of a Business analyst, a DBA, 2 Web, 1 Android developers, 2 QA analysts and 1 Technical Supports.
•Conducted meetings and requirements validation to ensure that documented functional specifications are aligned with the requirements as defined by the business and Bid Documents and Terms of Reference (TOR).
•Coordinated with Filmetrics Corp. PMO group and Client’s PMT to ensure that the development deliverables are completed in a timely manner, within budget and with functionalities aligned with signed-off project SOW or TOR.
•Conducted regular project update meetings with the stakeholders and project team for project progress monitoring and discussion of escalated project issues and risks
•Managed project risks and issues by identifying and assessing vulnerabilities of critical assets to specific threats and determining ways to avoid or reduce threats/risks. Worked collaboratively with both clients and project team for immediate risk mitigation and issues resolution.
•Led various activities such as project update status meetings with the client, internal meetings such as daily scrum, and design confirmation activities with the clients as part of our Agile approach.
•Helped in preparing other required documentations such as Detailed Design Document (Functional Specs), Technical Specifications, User Guide, UAT Test Plan and UAT Sign-off documents, Milestone Completion / Acceptance documents and other formal letters when needed.
•Managed incident reports raised by the project team and project stakeholders right after project implementation by recording/tracking, classifying, investigating and recommending solutions to immediately address reported incidents.
•Managed Change Requests by creating a Change Management Plan.
•Assigned as one of ISO 9001-2015 Quality Management Resources (QMR)
Philus Technology
SAP Project Manager
Jun 06, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
As a Project Manager at Nissan Philippines, Inc.:
•Recognized for the successful Go-Live of SAP Business One / NIMS (Nissan Integrated Management System), one of the major and most critical IT projects of Nissan Philippines, Inc. with project ownership under Finance and Internal Control Department.
•Defined formal project scope, activities and timelines (WBS) for the project implementation
•Led scoping efforts for the improvements of the NPI core system - NIMS and its interfaces with SAP B1.
•Worked and coordinated with PMP-certified Japanese Management team and followed PMBOK methodologies to ensure success of the project.
•Coordinated with the Finance Project and Internal Control Assistant Manager all engagements including documentation and analysis of business requirements, assumptions and acceptance criteria.
•Conducted meetings and requirements validation to ensure that documented functional specifications are aligned with the requirements as defined by the business.
•Coordinated with the NPI IS development team and Vendor’s (Fast Track – provider of SAP B1) Resource and Development (RnD) team and functional team to ensure that the development deliverables are completed in a timely manner, within budget and with functionalities aligned with signed-off project SOW
•Conducted regular project update meetings with the stakeholders, Japanese management team and project team for project progress monitoring and discussion of escalated project issues and risks
•Managed project risks and issues by identifying and assessing vulnerabilities of critical assets to specific threats and determining ways to avoid or reduce threats/risks. Worked collaboratively with both clients and project team for immediate risk mitigation and issues resolution
•Led various activities such as project orientation for newly hired QA testers and Technical Writer, User Administration and Security trainings as well as user trainings prior to actual conduct of User Acceptance Testing
•Helped in preparing other required documentations such as Technical Specifications, Test Scenarios, Change Requests, Admin Guide, User Guide and UAT Sign-off document
•Managed incident reports raised by the project team and project stakeholders right after project implementation by recording/tracking, classifying, investigating and recommending solutions to immediately address reported incidents
•Managed three (3) simultaneous small projects (Mobile and Web Applications) after the success of SAP B1 / NIMS implementation. These 3 projects were successfully implemented and went live last December 29, 2017
•Coordinated with the NPI’s Legal Department on matters concerning Data Privacy Law.
UST Global
Senior Systems Analyst / Business Analyst / Team Lead / Project Manager
Dec 01, 2011 – Sep 8, 2016
As a Team Lead / Project Manager:
•Recognized for various successful end-to-end implementation of SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense solution to mostly offshore and only one onshore clients such as Nobel Biocare, International Flavors and Fragrances Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprise, Coca-Cola North America, Zoetis, Convatec, VistaPrint, Johns Manville, Avid Technology, Arthrex, Infinera, The Linde Group, Hersheys, Dallas Group, East Man, Live Nation, Discovery Channel, Keurig Green Mountain Coffee, AllState, Broadcom, GMA Network, and UST Global (internal implementation)
•Led scoping efforts for new client engagements including documentation and analysis of client business requirements, assumptions and acceptance criteria
•Conducted client meetings and requirements validation to ensure that documented specifications meet the needs as defined by the clients
•Conducted various workshops such as solutions walkthrough, integration workshops, data migration workshops, user’s administration and security workshops
•Defined formal project scope, activities and timelines for the end-to-end project implementation
•Ensured that projects are delivered in a timely manner, within budget and with completed functionalities aligned with signed-off project SOW
•Managed project risks and issues by identifying threats, assess the vulnerability of critical assets to specific threats and identifying ways to avoid or reduce threats/risks. Worked collaboratively with both clients and project team for immediate risk mitigation and issues resolution
•Conducted regular project update meetings with clients and project team for project progress monitoring and discussion of escalated project issues and risks
•Managed incident reports raised by the project team and clients by recording/tracking, classifying, investigating and then proposed resolution on how to resolve and close those incidents.
•Led and managed SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense integration with SAP ERP, clients’ legacy systems and other 3rd-party systems such as GetThere, Traxo and Paymetric
•Performed data migration and fine tuning for SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense implementation projects
•Prepared team member’s performance appraisals
As Business Analyst / Systems Analyst:
•Conducted client data gathering and interview sessions to elicit and understand business requirements
•Analyzed business requirements through business process modelling, detailed process documentation, gap and risk analysis
•Provided and presented business and system process improvements based on identified and validated issues and risks
•Translated to-be business requirements into functional design and technical specifications and led in communicating these to assigned development / technical team for actual implementation
•Provided oversight during development phase and acted as liaison between development/ technical team and clients for any clarifications on requirements and design specifications
•Conducted system testing such as regression testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing (UAT)
•Conducted regular status meetings with the project team for project progress monitoring and reporting
Prime Technology, Inc. (PrimeTech)
IT Consultant - Software Developer/ Systems Analyst
Oct 27, 2006 – Nov 27, 2011
•Deployed to SGS Gulf Limited as Software Developer/ Systems Analyst (MS Visual Studio 2010 – C#, PowerBuilder 6.5, Oracle 8i) and developed program for automatic testing of applications including auto-creation of test data and validation rules
•Supported/ maintained XPC Y2K online application (accessible via the SGS Wide Area Network (WAN)), SGS’ legacy system for managing inspection orders and generating internal consignment reports
•Performed DBA functions such as database design and database migration for BID systems implementation
Information Professionals, Inc. (IPI)
IT Consultant - Software Developer/ Systems Analyst
Dec 17, 2003 – Oct 15, 2006
•Deployed to the following clients: SGV & Co. (Aug 2006 – Oct 2006), Bahay Financial Services (Jul 2006 – Aug 2006), ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (Mar 2004 – Jun 2006) and Cebu Pacific (Dec 2003 – Mar 2004)
•Performed data gathering, systems analysis, database design, systems programming, testing, debugging and data migration covering systems / processes such as ticket series system, call monitoring system, tape monitoring system, traffic system, HR systems (timekeeping and payroll), respectively. Platforms used included the ff: PowerBuilder v5/ v9, Sybase Anywhere, Oracle v.8i/9i, PL-SQL, MS SQL Server 2000
•Conducted users training and provided technical support
•Managed and resolved technical issues/ concerns raised by process owners and system users
Software Laboratories, Inc.
IT Consultant - Software Developer/ Systems Analyst
Feb 2003 – Jul 2003
•Deployed to American International Underwriters (AIU) – Manila Regional Technology Center as Software Developer/ Systems Analyst (Sybase Adaptive Server v.11.3, 11.9 and 12.5)
•Developed new stored procedures for Korea’s Accident and Health System data extraction (Data Warehousing – Anti-Fraud and Interfaces)
•Enhanced/ modified existing stored procedures for Sybase conversion from version 11.3 to version 12.5.
•Managed and resolved technical issues/ concerns raised by process owners and system users
Information Professionals, Inc. (IPI)
IT Consultant - Programmer
Mar 1998 – Jan 2003
•Deployed to the following clients: LOREAL Philippines (Mar 2002 – Jan 2003), Advanced Communication Resources (Feb 2002 – Mar 2002; Sep 2001 – Oct 2001; Dec 1999 – Jan 2000), ABS-CBN Corporation (Oct 2001- Jan 2002), Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Company (Feb 2001 – Jul 2001), Land Transportation Office (Jan 2000 – Jan 2001), MIASCOR (Sep 1999 – Dec 1999), CALTEX (Philippines), Inc. (Mar 1998 – Sep 1999)
•Designed and developed new applications and/or application enhancements covering systems/ processes such as software data warehousing, health program ID system, bank conversion system, asset management, HRIS, payroll system, price monitoring system, survey system, enrollment and billing system. Platforms used included the ff: PowerBuilder version 5 - 7.3, MS SQL Server, Oracle v.8i, Sybase Anywhere, SAP
•Conducted user training and production application support
•Managed and resolved technical issues/ concerns raised by process owners and system users
Jupiter Systems, Inc.
Programmer (PowerBuilder v.5, Sybase Anywhere, Oracle, MS SQL Server)
Oct 1996 – Feb 1998
•Prepared the technical design for Indent Order Request System (IORS)
•Completed full modification/ customization of the Order Entry and Billing System
•Developed database loader for SC Johnson
•Involved in testing and debugging main modules of Enterprise Resource Information and Control System (ERIC), i.e. Order Entry and Billing System, HRM System, Payroll System, A/R System and A/P System.
•Conducted trainings on SQL Optimization
•Assisted in resolving the technical concerns raised by the Client Support Group and other system users
IBM Philippines, Inc.
Programmer (PowerBuilder v.4, Watcom, DB2)
Oct 1995 – Sep 1996
•Involved in the development, system testing, debugging and report generation of Ayala Life Assurance, Inc. Group Insurance Systems (ALAI-GIS) modules such as Claims and Employee Benefit (EB) modules
Strategic Partners International (SPI), Inc.
Programmer (Realia COBOL w/ CICS)
Oct 1994 – Apr 1995
•Involved in the development, testing and debugging of Loans and Collateral modules of Thai Military Banking (TMB) (considered as one of SPI’s biggest project)
EDUCATION
Systems Technology Institute (STI Caloocan)
Business Systems Major in Cobol Programming with Mainframe CICS
1992-1994
•STI Full Scholar, 1992-1994