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MICHAEL R. COHEN, PMP, MBA

**** ** *********** ****** **** Raton, Florida 33431 • 561-***-****

*******@*****.*** • http://www.linkedin.com/in/cohenmichaelr

SUMMARY Excellent combination of business and technical background with over fourteen years in information technology with project management, consulting, and software development experience. Versatile career working in internet security, software, e-commerce, government, healthcare, and military industries.

CORE COMPETENCIES

 Expertise in Project Management, Technical Management Oral and Written Communications, Sales, Strategic Analysis, and Business Process Reengineering.

 Emphasis on Leadership, Customer Service, and Team Building.

 Proficient in Analysis, Recommendation, and Implementation of IT and business practices.

 Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies (Waterfall, Spiral, and Agile).

 Software engineering: ASP, .NET, Visual Basic, SQL, ColdFusion, Crystal Reports, XML, and C.

 IT Hardware: Windows servers, Unix servers and IT network infrastructure

WORK HISTORY

May 2009

- Oct 2009 Contract Project Manager –ProTech, Coral Springs, Florida

 Directed a cross functional team of Developers, Analysts, QA, and Implementers to ensure that Pro-Med’s software products were being created effectively and efficiently.

 Software Project Manager responsible for managing the development of Pro-Med’s Emergency Room Software Products.

• Organized the development schedule to get the product to market.

• Supervised coworkers and resources by creating timelines, budgets, and deadlines, to ensure that projects were completed on time and on budget.

• Wrote requirements based on meetings with Physicians, Nurses, and customers.

• Managed new releases and updates of the existing product

• Managed the deployment of the product

 Created a global project plan to include all aspects of the company

• Identified where and when resources are available

• Allowed the Executives to see all the projects and their interrelationships so they can plan for the coming months and years.

2006 – 2009 Project Manager – Optenet, Miami, Florida

 Managed an international team from Spain, Mexico, and Australia that created Internet and Network Security solutions for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Fortune 500 Corporations.

 Supervised three multi-million dollar projects for ISPs in North America.

 Directed US operations in product development, marketing, public relations, and sales.

 Interacted with Executives, Marketing, Sales, and Product Development teams to direct the initiatives in the US.

 Worked with customers to ensure projects fit their requirements, schedule, and budget.

 Traveled to large corporations to demonstrate, consult, recommend, and sell Optenet’s Internet Unified Threat Management (UTM) Security solutions.

M. R. COHEN, 2

2003 – 2006 Project Manager, MRCohen, INC. Washington, D.C.

 Software Project Manager for Integic Corporation’s Workflow software application

• Retooled the software design methodology from Waterfall to Agile programming, thus reducing cost and time of the software project. Developed in Visual Basic and ASP.

 Web project manager that modernized the payroll system at Truland Construction.

• Increased efficiency of accounting team and field engineers by allowing remote electronic filing payroll and timesheets. Development was in VB.NET and SQL.

 Intranet Software Project Manager at Children’s Hospital

• Created intranet web site that reorganized hospital staff functions to comply with HIPAA.

2001 – 2003 Senior Software Engineer – CSC, Washington, D.C.

 Senior Visual Basic, ASP, ColdFusion, and SQL programmer that designed and built the Immigration Reporting web site for Homeland Security.

• Supervised junior software engineers to ensure an effective team.

• Directed daily activities of the software development team by giving timelines, leading status meetings, and overseeing quality of the project.

1996 – 2001 Software Engineer, San Francisco, California

 Software Engineer for Bigtray.com that designed and created a restaurant equipment e-commerce website with ASP and SQL.

• Chief designer for the customer service and checkout process of the website.

 Rapidly constructed websites for several dot-com companies in ASP and SQL.

• Enabled clients to introduce their websites to the public in a shorter time period.

• Visual Basic and SQL engineer that developed programs to reorganize a Children’s Hospital doctor and nursing staff functions.

 Designed and engineered the digital photo lab installed on US Navy aircraft carriers.

• Travelled throughout the country and onboard aircraft carriers to install, train, and service the photo lab.

EDUCATION

2006

1996 Master of Business Administration, American University, Washington, D.C.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP)

ASSOCIATIONS

Project Management Institute (South Florida Chapter)

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