Manager Program

JIM McALLISTER

Missouri City, TX ***** 713-***-**** ****************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/jcmcallister-tx

SENIOR PMO PROJECT/ PROGRAM MANAGER

Customer-focused and results-oriented project leader with robust track record of 20+ years leading teams of IT professionals to design, develop, and implement software solutions to solve problems for companies in a variety of industries. Deliver cost-effective, high-performance software and process solutions impacting operations locally, nationally, and globally. Passionate about coaching and mentoring talent and offering training and development that gains others’ buy-in for best practices. Build excellent relationships with customers and team members by leveraging strong communication and interpersonal skills. Key strengths include:

Full Life Cycle Project Management Program Management Project Management Office (PMO) Leadership

Tactical Planning Needs Assessment Resource Optimization Client Executive Relationship Management

Offshore Delivery Models Agile/Scrum Implementing Best Practices Rational Unified Process (RUP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

P2 ENERGY SOLUTIONS, Houston, TX 2014 – 2020

Senior Project Manager - PMO, Global Professional Services

Played leadership role in PMO serving US oil and gas upstream clients. Managed hundreds of services projects, including new product implementations, interoperability initiatives involving P2 and third-party software, data migrations, and upgrades. Collaborated with sales teams to establish Statements of Work, prepare budget estimates, project plans and timelines, directed full project life cycle activities utilizing resources from cross-functional and global teams, and administer project budgets up to $3 million.

Delivered solutions to a diverse customer base ranging from startups to fortune 500 O&G upstream players covering entire O&G Land Management, Accounting, Production Operations, Geospatial, and Reporting suite.

Earned recognition from management and customers for effective leadership, excellent customer service, quality of project deliverables and adaptability in managing some of the largest projects within services organization and portfolio of midcap projects.

Exceeded annual project management utilization targets during entire tenure.

Consistently increased quarterly service revenue when executive leadership identified needs to generate revenue that was not forecasted for current quarter.

Led project to transition Aera Energy from decades old P2 point products to fully integrated product suite with latest technology improvements.

Enabled Aera to retire technical debt and provide single source of truth for master data.

Automated manual processes associated with partner invoicing/receivables and obligation management.

Managed production cutover activities with 100% virtual project teams following outset of COVID-19 pandemic.

Led project to transition Berry Petroleum from an outsourced Land Management firm with system disconnected from accounting to inhouse Land Management group and integrate P2’s Land Management and Accounting systems.

Generated almost $400,000 in additional services revenue by leveraging change control procedures and identifying additional service opportunities.

APEX SYSTEMS, Houston, TX 2013 – 2014

Program Manager - PMO, City Houston – Water Utilities Modernization Initiative

Delivered PMO Portfolio Management Services for the Modernization Initiative to transform technology and processes through enabling solutions ranging from implementing Infor public sector water billing system, web portal collaboration, customer IVR technology, advanced metering infrastructure, to business process redesign.

Managed $5M Program Budget and oversaw planning and execution for 20+ projects with disparate timelines.

Established Quality Management processes and procedures to ensure integrated solutions pertaining to metering infrastructure, commercial utility billing package implementation, and business process improvement initiatives met stakeholder’s needs and incorporated consistent testing strategy and coverage.

Managed the portfolio communication considering of status reports and executive dashboards.

Integrated file-based project plans into At-Task project management software to ensure program objectives are aligned with project tasks and consistent approach to monitoring project activities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

BLUEBACK RESERVOIR, Houston, TX 2012 – 2013

Manager, Software Services - Americas Division

Managed staff consisting of 15–20 software developers and team leads which delivered software-based solutions to exploration and production (E&P) clients. Directed entire service delivery project portfolio, from project inception to application deployment; efficiently managed timelines, budgets, and collaborations with team leads. Managed resource pool and recruitment.

Implemented Scrum methodology within the services staff department, obtained SCRUM Master certification and functioned as Scrum master and mentored staff.

Hired, developed, and managed talent by establishing onboarding process to ensure understanding of department processes, understanding programming and Ocean platform for early career developers.

Drove optimum staff utilization resulting in exceeding revenue for three consecutive quarters.

SCHLUMBERGER/SMITH INTERNATIONAL/PATHFINDER ENERGY SERVICES, Houston, TX 2007 – 2012

Project Manager, IT Field Operations

Managed strategic global redesign initiative to transform service delivery system for Pathfinder’s Measurement and Logging While Drilling (MLWD) and Directional Drilling (DD) business.

Planned all aspects of a global redesign initiative and adeptly established and managed cross-continental project scope, user acceptance, stakeholder management and team communication.

Directed the daily activities of 20 Pathfinder team members and 30 offshore virtual team.

Results of improved delivery system included integrating the service request/fulfillment process, increasing visibility into the Repair and Maintenance process and incorporated n-tier Java technology.

SYSTEMS EVOLUTION, INC., HOUSTON, TX. 2004 – 2007

Manager, Software Engineering, Business & Technology Practice

Led Software Engineering practice which delivered expert-level mentoring, process improvement and project management services to financial services, commercial hardware and software industry, and public sector.

Unilaterally secured new clients, such as JP Morgan Chase, Go Figure, Inc., Aegis Mortgage, and generated repeat business through the successful delivery of initial consulting engagements.

Actively participated in marketing and sales cycle, including gathering initial client needs, conducting sales calls, developing proposals, and owning the definition of SEVI’s software engineering service offerings.

Served as Project Manager to augment resource needs within the Custom Development division.

elead solutions, Inc. houston, TX. 1999 – 2004

Project Management/Consulting Services

Delivered project management, mentoring, and software process engineering to multiple industries.

Delivered project management and process engineering services to leading O&G midstream clients.

Established a comprehensive requirements management process for a 40+ member project team at IEEE.

Led efforts to define RFP to improve Defense Commissary Agency business processes.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Shell Services Corporation, Houston, TX., 1991 – 1999, Senior Consultant

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

SCRUM Master Certification, 2013 – 2017

IBM Rational Software Qualified Practitioner/Rational Certified Specialist

Early career programming and n-tier analysis and design experience in trenches

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