Project Manager Strategic Business

Anthony Locatelli

**********@*****.*** • 619-***-**** • San Diego, CA

SUMMARY

Seasoned Program and Project Manager with 20+ years of proven success leading complex, high-impact initiatives for top-tier organizations. Adept at delivering programs on time, within scope, and under budget, while aligning outcomes with strategic business goals. Expertise spans stakeholder engagement, risk mitigation, and both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Known for strong leadership, clear communication, and a consistent track record of driving organizational change in fast-paced, evolving environments across diverse industries.

EXPERIENCE

VERIZON, Program Manager-Portfolio Manager

2018 - 2024

Hired as a Program Management Consultant to lead the successful 1ERP consolidation of multiple Fleet Management companies into Verizon Connect. The consolidation included the conversion of multiple front-office and back-office systems into the SAP and Salesforce Verizon platform.

Recognized with the highest annual award typically reserved for employees after the successful completion of the 1ERP consolidation program and transitioned to full-time employment.

Orchestrated several successful SAP and Salesforce projects, including those for state and local government initiatives.

Promoted to Strategic Portfolio Manager to oversee a $40+M Business Technology portfolio spanning 60+ projects, ensuring alignment between capital plans, strategic priorities, and delivery outcomes.

Revamped the front-door demand intake process, collaborating with business leaders on prioritization, value cases, and strategic alignment to empower informed funding decisions.

HTC GLOBAL SERVICES, Program-Project Manager

2017 - 2018

Successfully led the turnaround of an at-risk PeopleSoft implementation in which prior program managers were unsuccessful in taking the program to launch.

Led the successful go-live of a long-stalled project by implementing effective change management and control strategies, overcoming client resistance and driving progress after years of delays.

Established Program Management Office (PMO) processes to restructure projects for success, resulting in enhanced process alignment with external vendors and improved program governance.

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, Project Manager–Scrum Master Consultant

2017 - 2017

Initiated a new Order Fulfillment Product Team to enhance agility and accelerate time to market for all post-purchase eBusiness functionality.

Championed customer experience initiatives that replaced manually intensive call center ordering with low-cost self-service eBusiness capabilities.

Collaborated with business leadership to successfully redefine a poorly delineated Selection Guide Toolkit Program.

AT&T, Project Manager Consultant

2015 - 2016

Oversaw wireless telecommunications cell site construction closeout activities, including review, approval, and monitoring of the effectiveness of construction implementations.

Prevented millions of dollars in vendor cost overruns by identifying inaccurate or misclassified expenditures.

Diligently managed the vendor performance review process to ensure project scope, costs, and specifications exceeded previous annual targets.

CRICKET WIRELESS, Program-Project Manager Consultant – Converted to Employee

2010 - 2015

Directed the 2014 AT&T Cricket Store Revamp Program, a cornerstone initiative for the successful AT&T/Cricket launch.

Served as Program Manager for the new AT&T/Cricket brand launch, overseeing the delivery of all aspects of Cricket's Marketing Promotions (Advertising, Retail, Online, PR/social media, Grassroots).

Managed multiple ERP and enterprise reporting projects, including billing integration and data warehouse initiatives utilizing Hyperion, Business Objects, and Oracle Business Intelligence tool sets.

Successfully delivered eBusiness initiatives such as My Cricket, Dealer Portal, and engineering rationalization rollouts.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN, Program-Project Manager (sub-contractor)

2008 - 2010

Acted as the primary system integrator for the County of San Diego, managing oversight of BearingPoint, Oracle, EDS, and AT&T.

Developed 3-4 Proposals a month with a high success rate.

Managed vendor relationships, change management, and client relationship engagements.

Directed project management for multiple Content Management and Web Services projects.

Oversaw program management for the Oracle E-Business, Data Warehouse, and Fusion implementation.

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS, Director

2006 - 2008

Director for all aspects of a global team of 3 managers and over 50 resources operating in the UK, US and Australia providing services to clients in over 100 countries.

Oversaw the Business Intelligence area including a multimillion-dollar Data Warehouse initiative.

Managed the program definition phase of a $140m system rationalization program, aligning IT with Hitachi Data Systems mid-market strategy.

Managed the Web Services area including a multimillion-dollar SUN Identity Management implementation.

Responsible for program alignment with the parent organization in the areas of Enterprise Architecture (Hitachi Architecture Council) and Corporate Audits (Internal Audit Organization).

Established a Project Management Office (PMO) and later supported the PMO as the Technical Director.

Applied strategic planning and direction toward executing over 70 successful software development projects in CRM, SCM, ERP, Reporting, ADP, SOX, and Customized Applications Development.

Served as Program Manager (hands-on) for an Oracle ERP implementation and upgrade in the US and Asia-Pacific, earning the Hitachi Hats Off Award for meeting all deliverables ahead of time and under budget.

Responsible for annual budget planning, vendor management, Global Help Desk and management of the offshore development group.

ORACLE CORPORATION, Applications Consultant-Oracle Development

1994 - 2000

Implemented Oracle’s largest ERP client, AT&T (approximately 80,000 users), achieving recognition with the highest annual leadership achievement award due to project success.

Represented Oracle with government clients in the provision of all Oracle ERP modules covering everything from Purchasing, A/P, G/L, A/R and HRMS. State Agencies included the Department of General Services, Department of Justice, Nevada Department of Water Resources and California State University at San Diego.

Successfully implemented AT&T’s Phase 1 Terabyte Data Warehouse within 9 months.

Selected to establish the Application Center of Excellence for facilitating strategic information exchange between Oracle Development and Consulting.

Designed and developed the Oracle Purchasing 10SC and 11i forms/screens; additional responsibilities involved product release management, unit testing standards creation, and oversight of automated/scripted regression test results in compliance with internal Oracle quality standards.

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

California State University of Chico

Bachelor of Arts • Management Information Systems

ITIL and PMP Certified, Competed Platinum Edge Certified Scrum Master Training.

SKILLS

Project & Portfolio Management • Scrum Master • Microsoft Project • Jira • Clarity • ServiceNow • ERP, SCM and CRM Platforms • Salesforce • SAP • Oracle E-Business Suite • BI and Data Warehouse • Vendor Management

HONORS & AWARDS

Leadership awards for successful Verizon SAP-Salesforce and AT&T Oracle program launches.

Leadership award for an Oracle upgrade which included the consolidation of the APAC and Latin America regions.

Hitachi’s highest leadership award, leaders were selected from 900 Hitachi companies worldwide.

Led a Hitachi $140m systems rationalization with oversight of Oracle Insight and SAP Value Engineering programs.

Led the Cricket Store revamp and marketing programs which launched the new Cricket/AT&T brand.

Led three separate corporate transitions from Waterfall to Agile methodologies.

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