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Maxwell Sullivan, PMP, CSM

Louisburg, NC ***** 860-***-**** *******.*.********@*****.***

Technical Program Manager

Emphasis: System Migrations & Upgrades, SDLC, Waterfall & Agile Methodologies

Senior Technology Project Manager with more than 5 years of experience seeking a new opportunity. Extensive experience managing all phases of complex technology projects from conception through completion. Well-developed skills gathering requirements, defining project scope, creating project plans and schedules, developing and managing a project budget, managing stakeholder deliverables and resources, and facilitating project deployment. Demonstrated ability to manage diverse cross-functional teams of 100+ technical resources including Architects, Developers, Database Administrators, Business Analysts, Testers, Vendor Contacts, and Business Product Owners. Dedicated leader with excellent communication skills and a proven track record of success completing projects on time and within budget.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management

Gathering Requirements

Project Controls & Scheduling

Budget Management

Defining Project Scope

Jira / Confluence

Risk Management

Managing Project Deliverables

SDLC, Waterfall, Agile Methodologies

Education & Certifications

EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, Willimantic, CT

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science

Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honors Society

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE, Irvine, CA

Graduate Certificate in Project Management

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute

Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Experience

MASSMUTUAL, Remote 2018 – Present

Senior Technology Project Manager, Advisor360 Delivery (2019 – Present)

Serve as a Senior Project Manager on an enterprise essential development team responsible for migrating current advisor and client facing tools to a third-party vendor with a $1 Million budget from ideation through release.

Manage all aspects of a technology migration project from conception through completion. Gather business and functional requirements, define project scope, develop timelines, schedule deliverables, and assign tasks.

Lead cross-functional teams of more than 30 employees across the globe including Business Analysts, Architects, Test Leads, Testers, Developers, Vendor Contacts, and Business Project Owners.

Work closely with business executives, end users, testing and training teams, business readiness teams, and other IT Project and Program Managers.

Compile and maintain a master project plan, develop a budget, and track resources and vendor spending.

Mitigate project risks and present weekly status updates to executive management.

Track and report on all project milestones.

Analyze processes and procedures, identify areas of improvement, and utilize technology to implement solutions.

Key Accomplishments

Successfully developed requirements for 15+ individual systems, applications, and business needs to develop on a new vendor system and enhance client relationship management.

Successfully delivered Minimum Viable Product, creating a field-facing functionality for testing and training development before production launch.

Managed 6+ vendors to successfully co-implement requirements between systems that had not previously communicated. Ensured that over $30 Billion in business could continue.

Senior Project Manager, Product and Brokerage Delivery (2018 – 2019)

Managed all aspects of technology implementation projects ranging from $100K to $1 Million in overall spend.

Gathered business and functional requirements, defined project scopes, developed timelines, scheduled deliverables, and assigned tasks from ideation through release and production validation.

Oversaw 100+ technical resources across multiple (5) concurrent efforts to deliver functionality to the business. Supervised DBAs, Developers, Business Analysts, Testers, business stakeholders, and vendor resources.

Created status updates, business requirements documents, and technical documents.

Presented weekly status updates to executive management tracked and reported on project milestones.

Compiled and maintained a master project plan, developed a budget, and tracked resources and vendor spending.

Mitigated risks, tracked project milestones, and presented weekly status updates to executive management.

Tracked and reported on all project milestones.

Analyzed processes, identified areas of improvement, and utilized technology to implement solutions.

Key Accomplishments

Successfully implemented funds merger of Oppenheimer and Invesco funds, allowing for continued sale of 30+ mutual funds and ensured compliance with federal requirements.

Implemented new long-term care insurance products to 30 states, with a plan for continued rollout to remaining states that is expected to produce over $50 Million annually in sales.

Saved $100K by identifying redundancies and eliminating long-term maintenance spend to adjust, update, and maintain a forms library that was duplicative to a new technical implementation of a long-term care product.

CAPCO, Washington, D.C. 2018

Project Management Consultant (contract)

Managed all aspects of a $1.2 Million data transformation project from conception to implementation.

Oversaw 5 technical resources including a Business Analyst, 3 Developers, and a Tester.

Gathered business and functional requirements, defined project scope, developed timelines, scheduled deliverables, and assigned tasks.

Key Accomplishment

Successfully migrated 5,000 client records to SQL system from an outgoing DB2 database.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, Baltimore, MD 2015 – 2017

Operations Project Manager (2016 – 2017)

Oversaw the manufacturing and development of $20 Million in electronic components for a complex radar system.

Managed product cost, scope, and schedules to ensure successful delivery of multiple radar components.

Key Accomplishments

Successfully delivered more than 400 components per radar system, valued at $1.5 Million per system.

Resolved testing failures and a backlog of product development that increased throughput by 150% from 20 to 50 components weekly. Reduced availability of full system of components from 7 weeks to 3 weeks.

Engineer, Professional Development Program (2015 – 2016)

Developed complex system capabilities translating MATLAB to C/C++ for a ground-based radar system.

Developed test scripts for space system hardware; tested and integrated project code into system releases.

Military Experience & Computer Skills

United States Navy Reserve, Navy Information Warfare Systems Command, 2011 – 2017

Petty Officer 2nd Class, Taught CompTIA Security+ and VMWare Certified Associate to active duty sailors

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal; Honorably Discharged

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Visio, Jira, Confluence

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