Project Manager Business Analyst

Yury Kheyman

* ****** ** · Scarsdale, New York **583

Phone: 917-***-**** · E-mail: ***********@*****.***

TECHNICAL Languages: Visual Basic, SQL, SAS, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript

SKILLS Software: REDIPlus, Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBooks, Adobe, Visio, Lotus Notes, Encompass, SharePoint, BMC Remedy, Bloomberg, ConnectWise, Smartsheet, SolarWinds, Trello, Jira, MS Teams, Slite, GitHub

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

PM Standards, INC. New York 3/2021 – Present

Principal Consultant – Sr. Project Manager

Manage multiple (8-10) concurrent projects for clients across Financial, Telecommunications, and IT services industries. Projects including, but not limited to, Data Center Migrations and Moves, Cybersecurity Enhancements, AWS and Azure Migrations, Mobile Card Reader Rollouts, Enterprise Voice Product/Projects deployments, as well as Website and custom application development. Implementation budgets ranging from $3,000 to $800,000

Define, redefine, and manage process and policy for PMO, while adhering to PMI best practices

Develop full-scale project plans and their dependencies using MS Project and Smartsheet; closely managing project timelines, with resources and stakeholders located in multiple geographical regions across the globe, ensuring delivery within the set forth timeframe and budget, following Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies

Communicate Launch/Release changes and develop risk and back-out plans

Align activities with vendors, project managers, portfolio managers and PMO

Coordinated and prepared comprehensive executive-level analysis and status reports

Prepare standard project artifacts such as project charters, organization charts, business requirements, risk registers, communication plans, WBS, and meeting minutes

Track project financial impact on budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project base upon changes to constraints

Work with developing team to establish test plans and assist with testing

Provide project documentation as well as accurate and timely management reporting and presentations to support monthly steering committee meetings, using Vision, PowerPoint, and Excel

Maximize efficiency and decrease implementation timelines by 40%, by conducting process improvement projects / post mortems, creating a set of recommendations highlighting successful and unsuccessful elements

Effectively communicate to all levels of the organization on impacts to project scope, budget and risks

Work with existing and prospective clients to review application feature requirements, clarify specific business case needs and work through priorities for development

Canon Business Process Services New York 10/2018 – 11/2020

Sr. Project Manager

(Project Management Office)

Managed multiple simultaneous, complex projects. Projects scope ranging from concept/initiation through implementation and beyond post-implementation support, while adhering to PMI best practice, and Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Projects including Canon’s proprietary software installations and upgrades, AWS and Azure migrations, RPS (Remote Print Server) Upgrades, as well as hardware installation and set-up for new and existing clients

Reviewed SOWs, gathered business requirements, and translated them into functional and technical specifications

Managed day-to-day technical aspects of the project, including cross-functional decision-making, schedule, scope, risk, communication and issue resolution/escalation, to report accurate status, problems and possible solutions to the stakeholders and executive management.

Analyzed actual versus planned performance and took appropriate corrective actions to lead complex projects ($2M+) involving cross-functional teams to success within the constraints of budget, scope and schedule

Assembled project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs; and escalating functional, quality, risk and timeline issues

Managed a range of PM tools used by teams across CBPS to achieve goals. Tools including GitHub, MS Teams, Smartsheet, and Trello

Developed Business Process Design Workflows In Canon Intelligent Automation Software based upon client needs and requirements, including enhancements for reusability and support

Blink Fitness (Corporate) New York 03/2018 – 06/2018

Consultant - Sr. Project Manager

(IT Department)

Managed software development and application upgrade projects, while proactively monitoring changes in project scope, identifying potential crises, and devising mitigation and contingency plans

Used MS Project to closely manage project timelines and resources, to ensure delivery within the set forth timeframe and allocated budget

Partnered with key stakeholders to manage critical projects for the organization, while coordinating with internal and external clients

Reengineered Blink project management processes to improve efficiency and reduce the length of future initiatives

Created and executed project work plans and coordinated efforts with all levels of the organization to create a strategy for prioritizing and implementing Blink deliverables

Provided monthly budget planning and forecasting efforts to ensure actual spend vs. planned are within expectations and variances are well documented and communicated

Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals

Provided thought leadership to project analyses and process improvement activities

Delegated responsibility to project teams, and held the stakeholders accountable for timely and accurate delivery

InfoHedge Technologies New York 03/2013 – 01/2018

VP of Project Management

(Project Management Office)

Managed multiple simultaneous projects involving the set-up of an entire back and frontend infrastructures for new, as well as existing hedge funds, for as many as 400 users.

Recruited, trained, managed, and oversaw a team of project managers who assisted and coordinated client implementations; and ensured that InfoHedge PMO and PMI best practice project governance standards were being adhered to

Created required deliverables for all project lifecycle phases, including but not limited to requirements analysis, specification, project planning and scheduling, implementation, rollout and maintenance

Proactively managed changes in project scope, identified potential crises, and devised mitigation and contingency plans

Managed process and policy for PMO client and business interaction

Used MS Project and ConnectWise to develop full-scale project plans and their dependencies; closely managed project timelines and resources, to ensure delivery within the set forth timeframe and budget

Responsible for developing business requirements documentation and translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications

Enhanced communication by conducting presentations, using MS PowerPoint and Visio, to train cross-functional teams and vendors

Managed client pre-implementation discovery audit, and post implementation as well as problem resolution prior to handoff to internal support team

NPD Group New York 05/2012 - 11/2012

Consultant - Project Manager

(Project Management Office)

Responsible for NPD’s new country sites internet/intranet rollouts, as well as existing websites upgrades; version migrations; and environment (QA, UAT, Production) refreshes. Projects scope ranged from concept/initiation through implementation and beyond post-implementation enhancements, while adhering to the Software Development Life Cycle while using Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Developed business requirements documentation and translated business requirements into functional and technical specifications

Provided project documentation as well as accurate and timely management reporting using MS Excel, MS Word, and Visio

Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that supported business goals

Thomson Reuters New York 10/2006 - 12/2011

Project Manager

(Transaction Group, Sales and trading)

Managed multiple simultaneous (10+) on-boarding projects with Thomson Reuters’ (PTS) Post Trade Services products. Managed software/web developing projects involving web-based applications supporting PTS clients, ranging from 100K to 1.5M in budget

Liaised between technical staff, engineers, and (TAMs) technical account managers, as well as the corresponding parties on the clients’ side throughout all phases of the implementations

Assessed and analyzed business requirements in order to guide design of technical solutions, and to coordinate and implement process improvement opportunities

Created detailed project plans and their dependencies, while communicating with business partners, as well as liaised with development, Engineering, and QA teams for large scale / global projects

Organized and used SharePoint to store project documents / meeting minutes, track project statuses, risks, milestones, issues and resolutions

Citigroup New York 03/2006-10/2006

Consultant - Business Analyst / Team Lead

Managed numerous end-to-end large-scale, multi-faceted projects and marketing/risk/sales campaigns

Gathered all requirements from Marketing and Risk departments; translated business requirements into functional and technical specifications

Coordinated efforts with other groups to plan for inter-group dependencies and milestones

Used SQL and SAS to validate data and analyze outputs throughout the campaign coding process

Created reports using SQL to display requested data/criteria for Marketing and Risk departments

Maintained deadlines, task lists and contingencies

Analyzed product performance and recommended corrective actions, when necessary

Reengineered DMB processes to improve efficiency and reduce the length of the life cycle

DHL/Danzas New York 08/2003-03/2006

Project Manager

IT Department

Worked closely with end-users and developers to develop the look and functionality of Quality Assurance, User-Admin, and Payroll applications

Managed a group of developers and QA professionals

Discovered efficient ways to utilize resources, delegate responsibilities and design time schedules

Oversaw all phases of project and product development life cycle

Planned, directed and coordinated day-to-day activities as well as development of multiple projects

Developed and delivered customer product demos

Analyzed detailed business requirements, system requirements and information flow

Considered technical feasibility, timelines, and cost estimates of custom development and special projects

Designed and created Operational Handbooks for all applications/products rolled out by the department

EDUCATION Bernard M. Baruch College, CUNY New York

Bachelor of Business Administration June 2001

Major: Computer Science and Information Systems

Minor: Finance

LANGUAGES Fluent in English and Russian

REFERENCES Available upon request

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