Project Manager

Gregory Leytes, PMP®

Phone 973-***-**** E-mail: *******@***.***

SUMMARY: Certified Senior Project Manager with years of experience in Project Office, Business Quality Assurance and proven track record of successful deliveries of Portfolios, Programs, and Projects in Information Technology, Telecommunications, and Healthcare/Pharmaceutical.

IT project management: Managing, directing, and leading teams of technical and business professionals:: All project phases including initiation, design, planning, implementation, testing/QA, deployment, support, retirement :: Project planning, organizing, controlling & reporting :: Proactive change management :: Risk evaluation and control :: Global and distributed teams:: Team development and management :: Development and negotiation of contracts and agreements :: Customers and partners relationship management :: Opportunity assessment and business case development.

Business analysis (BA) and requirements management: Business domain analysis :: Requirements planning and management :: Requirements elicitation, documentation, and tracking.

Project office management: Organizational process development, delivery:: Project Management Office (PMO):: Project management methodology:: Process development and support :: Development and delivery of education materials on project management.:: Process mentoring and process assurance :: Sarbanes-Oxley compliance :: HIPAA :: Independent formal assessment of health, risk and quality of projects ::CMM/CMMI, Rational Portfolio Manager (RPM).

Quality Assurance management (QA): Design, implementation, and support of departmental quality assurance standards :: QA teams/projects management :: Development and execution of test plans :: Test/QA reviews and meetings :: UAT.

Work Experience:

2000 – 2009 IBM, Piscataway, NJ

Portfolio Manager responsible for the smooth and timely delivery of programs and projects within portfolios with total budget of ~$2.5M/year

· Established and supported project management environment at VP level; developed and deployed PM processes in the internal organization;

· Led project managers and team leads on PM aspects of project planning and execution;

· Developed and negotiated contracts and agreements for projects within portfolio;

· Submitted budget proposals, managed portfolio’s budget, responsible for successful delivery of portfolio within allocated budget;

· Collected, analyzed and reported resource utilization and advised on resource allocation;

· Conducted weekly portfolio reviews meetings;

· Reported status of the portfolios to directors and VP;

· Established, managed, and supported portfolio’s documentation repositories (team room, Wiki, etc.);

· Organized and facilitated “Lessons Learned” reviews on programs and projects within portfolio, analyzed input collected, prepared recommendations to teams and management on development process, deployed best practices identified;

· Developed and delivered PM education to management and teams.

Project Manager (PM) responsible for successful projects planning, execution and delivery, ranging from high visibility large scale infrastructure and services projects (as WiMAX project performed with participation of major US and international partners or 35000 hours internal customer sourcing application services project performed by team of over 25 professionals) to small/medium projects, including infrastructure / help desk / sales projects, of ~$25K/$500K budget range.

· Defined project strategy and developed robust project plans;

· Ensured that project objectives are clearly defined, requirements (business, functional, etc.) are developed and properly documented, Requirements Traceability and Verification Matrix (RTVM) is in place and kept up to date through all project phases, acceptance criteria identified and agreed upon early in project cycle;

· Successfully managed project scope, timely addressed project changes though established change control process;

· Managed project budget and resources allocated;

· Deployed Earned Value Methodology (EVM) custom assets on the project providing executives with a clear view of the project status and facilitating pro-active project management;

· Organized and facilitated miscellaneous internal and external reviews, customers/sponsors meetings, conducted weekly project meetings;

· Reported project status to executives and senior management;

· Successfully identified, controlled, and tracked to closure issues, dependencies, and risks allowing smooth project execution;

· Established complete rapport with executives, customers, and team leads in distributed global resources environment allowing clear & effective communications on the project;

· Ensured successful deployment and turnover.

Director Process Representative (DPR) Performed as a focal point for SEI and development process activities within director’s organization:

· Planned and managed deployment of development processes and tools;

· Provided first level support of project management tools as RPM and MS Project;

· Successfully transitioned organization from CMM to CMMI process model;

· Provided support of internal PM systems and tools such as Business Management Reporting System, Global Services (GS) Method; GSRisk;

· Performed Process Assurance Reviews and Internal Readiness Reviews; managed resolution of development process non-compliances.

Quality Assuror (QA) / Project Quality Analyst (PQA) responsible for variety of internal and external projects ranging form ~$30K to ~5M

· Independently assessed and advised on scope, schedule, and cost of projects;

· Performed quality and process assurance reviews according with organizational standards and procedures;

· Identified problems and recommended corrections & improvements to projects;

· Tracked all actions to closure/completion and reported project status to internal review board.

System Architect / Business Analyst / Team Leader responsible for system architecture and implementation

· e2open project: produced a set of architecture and design documentation for web site and integration areas of e2open project, including user interface requirements, look&feel (GUI), integration with exchange members and customers:: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) :: technology selection and evaluation in content management (Broadvision) , MQ Series and RosettaNet positioning , Tivoly products usage recommendations;

· Global Commerce Backbone (GSB) initiative: developed recommendations for senior management on the GSB structure.

1997 - 2000 Senior Application Architect, Merck-Medco, NJ - Project leader, responsible for design, implementation, QA and deployment of Health Utilization Management Applications

1994 - 1996 Senior Software Engineer - Computron NJ - Project leader, client/server data warehousing application

1992 - 1994 Contract employee - AT&T, NJ - Monitoring for telecommunication equipment

1990 - 1991 Member of Technical Staff, Scientific Computing Associates, QA for C-Linda

Software: C/C++, SQL, UNIX, Windows, TCP/IP, Sybase, DB2 :: System design and implementation, OODA, OOP :: Client - Server architecture :: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) :: Database applications development :: Real time system development

Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMI); Senior Project Manager (IBM) Education: Moscow Telecommunication College Major: Telecommunications

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