Project Manager Work-From-Home

Kathleen Wasielewski, PMP

(C) 414-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Seasoned and results-driven Project Manager with over 30 years of experience successfully leading the planning, execution, and delivery of diverse projects. Skilled in collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to gather requirements, align expectations, and ensure smooth project execution. Extensive experience managing ServiceNow implementations, network infrastructure projects, software upgrades and installations, and healthcare-related initiatives. Known for ensuring efficient site preparation, clear communication of changes, and seamless installations. Proficient in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, with a flexible approach tailored to meet each project’s unique demands

Experience

Apex Systems- Wisconsin Sr. Project Manager 12/22/2021- 3/30/2025

Responsible for managing a development-focused transactional project for U.S. Bank. Oversaw project budgets, timelines, functional requirements, and system installation. Successfully delivered technically complex initiatives by ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams and maintaining adherence to scheduled project milestones. Provided clear and consistent communication through both verbal updates and written documentation, including project status reports and forecasts.

CDW-Wisconsin Sr. Project Manager 4/7/2014- 12/20/2021

Responsible for managing various projects for various clients. I have worked with Account Executives on sales opportunities for program clients. I have worked with pre-sales on new opportunities. Within CDW and former employers, I served in a variety of project management abilities including:

•Managed and led enterprise messaging migration projects, including Exchange, Office 365 (O365), and Lotus Notes to Exchange transitions.

•Oversaw Windows refresh initiatives, including the deployment and configuration of laptops, desktops, and mobile devices across the organization.

•Directed infrastructure projects involving the installation and upgrade of routers, access points, servers, and other core hardware components.

•Led network implementation projects, ensuring successful design, configuration, and deployment of network solutions.

•Managed Unified Computing System (UCS) implementation projects, coordinating hardware provisioning and virtualization infrastructure.

•Directed the implementation of Unified Communications (UC) and UCX solutions, enhancing collaboration and communication capabilities.

CUNA Mutual-Wisconsin IT Project Manager 9/2011-4/2014

Responsible for the overall direction and leadership of a project team including leading the planning and development of project deliverables, managing the budgets, schedules, scope, issues, and risks. Currently managing and developing the project budget plus tracking and controlling all project costs. Plan and coordinate IT work based on priority, including estimates and work plans. Accountable for the definition and documentation of the release and deployment requirements for the technology solution as well as coordinating work with all IT areas impacted, including the coordination of cross release and cross unit ownership of releases and deployment issues and interdependencies. Develop and maintain project and operational reporting to demonstrate quality execution of project commitments and adherence to service level commitments. Manage relationship with external service providers as part of project execution of application support/hosting ensuring that activities are delivered in compliance with normal policies, technology standards, and security requirements of the CMG IT environment.

Stratagem Inc-Wisconsin Project Manager/Consultant 5/2011-9/2011

Hired on as a consultant and assigned at CUNA Mutual to work on small to medium size projects. I am currently working in the CBSI department managing the encryption and name change projects. In addition to the assigned project, I am researching remote access consolidation, monitoring and providing status for the infrastructure projects, and updating various financial spreadsheets.

Adecco-Northwestern Mutual/ USBank /Manpower-Wisconsin Project Manager/Contractor 12/2009-2/2011 Since 10/2009 I have been working as a contractor/project manager for Adecco, Manpower and USBank. Adecco assigned me at Northwestern Mutual as a Project Manager/Business Analyst working in the Communications department researching client requirements and managing small application installation and implementation projects. Responsibilities included requirement gathering, research analysis, managed issues/risks, and managed budgets.

At Manpower, I was hired as a contractor to manage various development life cycle, software implementation and software installation projects for internal and external clients. Responsibilities included requirement gathering, research analysis, managed issues/risks, and managed budgets

At U.S. Bank I was hired on for a three-month contract to assist the Program Manager start various projects. Prepare project schedules, create initial reports and identify issues/risks. Once the internal project managers finished their existing projects and were available for new projects my contract ended.

FIS/Metavante Corporation-Wisconsin Application Development Project Manager, Sr. 9/2007 – 10/2009

Charged to schedule/plan and implement engineering projects across multiple functional areas, coordinate outside development resources, and provided continuation engineering for existing products.

Key Achievements:

•Involved in high level and functional design successfully implementing needs of the client, building scalability and supporting the customer requirements.

•Independently delivered projects per year of at least $1M total savings in key client impacts.

•Lead an EPMO initiative to implement MS Project 2007 and MS Portfolio Server 2007 Company wide.

•Facilitated a twelve week PMP Certification class resulting in all fifteen students passing the PMP certification.

Rockwell Automation-Wisconsin Project Manager 10/2005-8/2007

Directs, manages and coordinates accepted engineering principles’ for various product developments through all phases of engineering, testing, release and subsequent support. Charged to both create and compile all documentation and resource coordination of the project life cycle phases. Independently identified and addressed all system and process issues that impacted timeline implementation slippage.

Key Achievements:

•Successfully piloted and implemented an agile development methodology.

•Assists in the development of business and marketing strategies, optimizing the performance of new and existing product lines to achieve established business financial objectives.

Education

•PMP Certification 2005

•Certified IBM IT Specialist – 1999

•IBM Certified AIX V4.3 System Administration - 1999

•IBM Certified AIX V4.3 System Support- 1999

•Associate Degree in CIS: Microcomputer Specialist

Milwaukee Area Technical College 1992

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