Project Manager Technical

JESSE L. TORRES

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WORK HISTORY

May 2013 – Present

AT&T Mobility – Dallas, TX

Sr. Technical Project Manager – National C&E Program Office

Conducts end to end project management of multiple large projects and may also manage sub components of a large program.

Leads cross functional teams to complete projects or program deliverables within allotted timeline and budget. Identifies key internal/external stakeholders necessary for project completion and develops overall strategy for executive of high value projects.

Defines project scope and objectives, guides activities of a project/program team including delegating tasks to team members, identifies resources, and establishes master timeline for deliverables.

Projects/programs are very complex in nature, rarely follow a repeatable framework, typically span multiple business units or are company-wide, and require a high level of analysis to create project/program plans for new concept projects/programs.

Work with external vendors and internal stakeholders to champion project(s) across the entire organization. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports.

Conducts project/program meetings and is responsible for project/program tracking and analysis.

Ensure adherences to quality standards and reviews project/program deliverables.

Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.

Provides technical and analytical guidance to project team.

Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of major problems. Communicates to client, vendors and/or senior management team.

April 2008 – May 2013

AT&T Mobility– Phoenix, AZ

Sr. Financial Analyst – AZ, NM, San Diego, Las Vegas, Hawaii

Collaborate with market project managers on quarterly forecasting and yearly budgeting of approved projects.

Produce weekly report from published capital expenditure reports for management to review for Project Commitments vs. Capital Plan and alert for possible overruns.

Administrator of MS Access database used to provide region-wide analysis of the published capital expenditure reports.

Provide market-level analysis of the published Purchase Order Report and assist in the resolution to achieve 3-way match (ordered, received, paid).

Collaborate with market and major vendors to drive resolution on Purchase Order issues.

Provide guidance to market in understanding various Network Finance reports, processes, systems and goals.

Manage and create all project codes for the markets in Oracle 11i Financial System.

Manage all existing projects to ensure compliance within the OP46 guidelines.

Drive closure of outstanding Oracle PA projects upon completion.

Timely and accurate submissions and review of funding requirements for all projects.

Review and approve purchase requests for capital purchase orders within the 24 hour service level agreement to ensure proper coding and funding availability.

July 2006 – April 2008

AT&T/Cingular Wireless - Redmond, WA

Procurement Manager – West Region **

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for West Region procurement team. Includes implementation, training & support of new processes & policies.

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Linkify Purchase Request System. Includes administrating, reporting, troubleshooting, training & implementation support.

Champion Linkify benefits with all West Region users.

Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Dataload program. Includes processing & training on multiple PO requests.

Responsible for daily Linkify reporting of previous days activity.

Weekly metrics reporting.

Lead team of 6 Oracle Requisitioners by managing Linkify queue and assigning RUSH requisitions as needed.

Insure Oracle part numbers are used for all bar-coded and non-bar-coded items, educate field on importance of using item numbers.

Work with Fixed Assets as needed to determine part number requirements.

Work with Item Master team to generate new Oracle Item numbers as needed.

Work with Linkify contact and communicate any enhancements, changes, outages, etc. to all users.

Monitor Linkify for aged requests and push through process or determine next course of action.

Liaison between vendors, SCM logistics, purchasing, and AP departments.

Responsible for all market training, occasional travel required.

** Sr. Procurement Analyst from July 2006 then promoted to Procurement Manager in October 2007.

June 2002 – December 2005

San Jose State University – San Jose, CA

Full Time Student

Attended college full time and earned Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with a concentration in Finance.

October 2001 – February 2002

VERITAS Software, Inc. - Pleasanton, CA

Senior Order Administrator

Verify & process sales orders via Oracle Financials for purchase orders received from customers.

Verify shipping status of all orders that I have processed and investigate any orders that have shipping issues with the Fulfillment (shipping) Team.

Research orders within my territory with issues that have been caused or can be resolved within the Order Management department orders.

Liaison between customers and various AR departments.

July 2000 – July 2001

DOCUMENTUM, Inc. - Pleasanton, CA

Maintenance Revenue Accountant

Prepare annual maintenance renewal quotes for customer base.

Assist sales team with customer inquiries regarding their renewal quotes.

Prepare Invoices for customers who have submitted purchase orders and/or acceptance letters.

Update customer’s maintenance database for the Technical Support department reference guide as to which products are being supported and/or terminated.

Prepare Revenue Package Reports and other analysis and for weekly maintenance meetings. Report includes revenue-to-date, revenue-to-go, and other revenue related items.

Reconcile various deferred revenue accounts during month/quarter-end closes in PeopleSoft Financials. Includes processing journal entries for revenues being tracked manually, roll-forward of the maintenance forecast and revenue packages, and other various close-related processes.

Prepares sales team commissions/bookings statements and submitted them to appropriate representatives for review & approval on a monthly basis.

Submit requests for payment to Payroll department once commission statements have been reviewed & approved.

Coordinate with Collections Department on supplying customers with maintenance-related inquires in an effort to collect payment on maintenance renewal invoices.

March 1998 – July 2000

ULTRADATA Corporation - Pleasanton, CA

Order Administration Specialist

Entire sales order processing after customer acceptance. Includes data input, distribution, tracking, and data integrity.

Tracking and updating of the Signed Quotes Spreadsheet and associated analysis.

Project & Task setup and tracking in the Solomon Project Controller module.

Track customer deposits for the Accounts Receivable department.

Detailed Analysis with signed quotes, sales orders, and various other related items.

Shipping of the software packages purchased.

Back-up for the Purchasing department and Purchasing modules.

Back-up for the AR department in the Flexible Billing (invoicing) module.

EDUCATION

High School Diploma, 1995

Lakes High School – Tacoma, WA

Bachelor of Science: Business with concentration in Finance, 2005

San Jose State University – San Jose, CA

SYSTEMS EXPERINCE

Oracle Financials

PeopleSoft

Business Objects

Sweettooth

Solomon Project Foundation

Southware

Linkify

Swifttrac

Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Word)

INTERESTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Eagerness to learn & achieve, learning-curve is said to be at above average (per co-workers comments), team-player who thinks “outside the box”, detail oriented, and motivated.

Driven to create improvements, provide efficiencies and reduce cycle times in daily processes.

Coordinated with system programmer for the successful creation, implementation and training of the Linkify Purchase Request system in 2006.

Successful accounting software conversion and implementation of accounting data from the Southware software to the Solomon Software programs at ULTRADATA Corporation in 1999.

Assisted the Solomon programmer in writing and implementing interface for Order Processing module and Project Foundation module for billing purposes in the Flexible Billing module.

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