Project Manager Management

Budget Administration Requirement Analysis RFP and RFI Reviews & Preparation Vendor Management

Infrastructure Development Issue Resolution Proposal Development Work Breakdown Structures

Qualifications Profile

Over 10 years of experience as a project manager. PMP certified with an MBA degree in Management Information Systems and Investment Management Finance. Highly analytical, accomplished, and technically inclined professional with broad-based experience in project management, information technology, and solutions development within various industries. Equipped with the ability to manage projects within technical and business levels; backed by solid expertise in all facets of software development lifecycle. Employed in state government, healthcare, legal, telecommunications, manufacturing, and educational markets. Utilize proven skills in the creation of novel strategies to optimize operational efficiency while significantly achieving goals. Desire to forego early retirement and return to project management / business analysis.

Education

Juris Doctor in Business Law Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA

MBA Management Information Systems and Investment Management Finance Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Business Administration Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Six Sigma Green Belt, Licensed PA Attorney

SKILLS

PM Tools

Project Management Tools (Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Project, and Clarity)

Methodologies

Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and SDLC Methodologies

MS Suite

Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and Exchange) Microsoft SharePoint

Six Sigma

Attained six sigma green belt certification

miscellaneous experience

01/2019 – PRESENT

Obtained temporary teacher’s certification to enable me to teach secondary education in the public schools of Lancaster County Pennsylvania.

relevant experience

NJ Office of Information Technology Trenton, NJ

Project Manager Consultant 8 / 2017– 2 / 2018

Played a lead role on a subset of top 20 IT projects for the Executive Branch of the state of New Jersey

Addressed all risks and issues for four projects to guarantee that they remained on track

Negotiated with Cisco in relation to the development of a VPN/Identity Services Engine in agreement that allowed users of VPN into the New Jersey Office of Information Technology (NJOIT) network

Handled the data center management for the addition of RPX’s to stabilize the electrical load on server racks in a section of data center

Requested bids in replacement of current project management application (Clarity) with a new SaaS PPM implementation

Coordinated with a telecommunications group in establishing plans for the deployment of Voice Over IP for over multiple state agencies of the Executive Branch which reduced implementation timetables

Kaplan, Leaman & Wolfe Philadelphia, PA

Project Manager 1 / 2014– 7 / 2017

Established and strengthened relationships with law firm clients and technology vendors to engage clients in using the firm’s litigation support management services

Maintained involvement in the development of a collaborative proposal writing process with vendors to effectively produce request for proposal (RFP)and request for information (RFI) to prospective clients

Directed e-Discovery implementations for clients of law firms whereby the e-Discovery vendors utilized the e-Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) which was accomplished while analyzing requirements of clients in alignment with law firms’ representation

Communicated with attorneys, clients, and vendors to assess firms’ clients existing document processing procedures, applications and document toolsets, document retention policies and procedures as well as to prepare documentation of current state

Ensured the quick production of judicially required information for client, counsel, and opposing counsel

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Philadelphia, PA

Project Manager Consultant 8 / 2011–12 / 2013

Headed the development and execution of complex hospital based projects involving the information security, facilities, and underlying hospital infrastructure, which included electronically protected health information (ePHI) project supporting the Information Security Department in coordinating operational planning and deployment of the healthcare related project

Led transition of AIX servers to VM as part of a data center consolidation and relocation projects that accelerated the project scheduling and implementation

Closely monitored the infrastructure and privacy office project that involved tracking of three of the hospital’s largest systems for violations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), patient privacy, and information security policy violations

Applied Agile project management in modifying asthma care diagnosis and treatment codes within hospital main system (Epic) for the utilization of staff in administering differential diagnosis and treatment that delivered efficient more functionality within Epic for asthma care patients

Ensured the timely delivery of an enterprise-wide $500K information security project that produced two factor security authentication for all users with remote access to hospital information system, resulting in operational cost reduction to enable dual-factor authentication

Won ISE® Northeast Information Security Project of the Year in 2012 for the implementation of $800K project focusing on implementing eDiscovery vendor software

Telcordia Industries Inc. Piscataway, NJ

Release Manager Consultant 6 / 2008– 2 / 2009

Introduced new telephone number portability projects through application of SDLC and product releases for telecommunications company with $750K budget

Supervised Java development staff for a development project that included the design of a new telephone number portability product in an abbreviated timeframe of six months

Provided expert oversight to diverse and extended product teams, involving offshore and onshore third-party developers, business analysts, third-party project managers, quality assurance personnel, and technical writers, while coordinating efforts of all stakeholders for telephone number portability products

Earlier Positions Held:

Previous experience as Release Manager / Consultant at Educational Testing Services, Relationship Manager at Avaya Inc. Project Manager for Rohm and Haas, and Systems Analyst for Lockheed Martin.

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Articles in Journals

Karafin, C. T. (1998). Don’t ask, don’t tell, a discussion of employee privacy in cyberspace in light of ‘Cohen vs. McVeigh el al.’ University of Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, Vol 3.

Karafin, C. T. (2005). Introduction to open source software licensing. Open Source Software Licensing, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI), PBI No. 2005 – 3983, 1–15

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