Professional Experience

TEKSystems, Inc. August 2011 – present

IT Program Planner (State Farm Insurance, Inc.) – Bloomington, IL

o Lead Planner on $540 million program which will link all customer data into a one-stop solution for agents and customers alike.

o Responsible for monitoring all project schedules, mentoring project planners, creating program reports for resource analysis and financial metrics.

o Primavera used as scheduling tool. Create specialized reports using Primavera Report Editor. Use EVA, Variances, Burn Rates, and Critical Path Method for schedule monitoring. Load resources and monitor allocations for the entire program with various Primavera reports and views.

o Member of work initiation team to assist in creation, evaluation and authorization of project charters.

o Member of the State Farm Planner Advisory Group. Plan, coordinate, and lead planner knowledge sharing sessions.

o Lead for Release Management, coordinating and planning releases for the program.

o Coordinator for Change Management, planning and scheduling the Change Record process for implementations and/or deployments.

o Coordinated multiple drop efforts to deploy new call flow software (ICM Scripting) in an IP protocol to thousands of State Farm agencies and call centers continent-wide. (Switching from Avaya.)

Used RBC’s (TEKSystems & TCS)to compile the business architecture and data for detail design

Used offshore (TCS) for call flow development, coordinated by Accenture onsite.

Primavera 6.2.1 100% Excel 100% Powerpoint 20% Word 100% Sharepoint 100%

Stefanini IT Solutions, Inc. November 2010 – July 2011

IT Project Manager (Caterpillar, Inc.) – Peoria, IL

o IT project manager for Caterpillar’s Global Information Services central PMO

o Managed projects using multiple language platforms (Java, COBOL, Visual Basic) ($50,000-$400,000) using the traditional waterfall method using PMI principles.

o Used Primavera 6.1 as the project plan (scheduling) tool. Used EVA, Variances, Burn Rates and Critical Path to monitor schedules. Created specialized reports using Report Editor.

o Used as a Subject Matter Expert for a large Agile project on Agile methods.

o Directed to enhance PMO documentation and chartering standards.

o Orchestrated a flat file data conversion to XML project.

o Successfully implemented a major update to a Caterpillar Safety website.

Added a login/registration functionality with database updates

Added an export function to upload the registration data to a safety merchandise retail website

Java based with both flat file and DB2 file platforms

o Led an effort to implement a hardware configuration at a remote strip mine in New Mexico

Coordinated the setup of a temporary office, hardware (IBM BladeCenter GS23 Servers, IBM Rackswitch, DS4000 Systems Storage, Cisco routers, 10gb Ethernet tunnel through microwave link).

Primavera 6.1 100% Excel 100% Powerpoint 50% Word 100% MS-PROJ 10%

CIBER, Inc. September 1998 – November 2010

IT Project Management Planner (State Farm Insurance, Inc.) – Bloomington, IL

Oct. 2005 – Nov. 2010

o Responsible for project planning, creation of project plans (schedules) using Primavera 6.+, driving and updating of project, lead team meetings, create financial and allocation reports for upper management. Used Primavera Report Editor to create specialized reports. Used EVA, Variances, Burn Rates, and Critical Path Method for schedule monitoring. Loaded resources, and monitored allocations with reports and various views.

o Accomplished the migration of a Life Insurance online system from VB to J2EE. ($1.2 million)

o Managed an effort which converted a Life Dividend system to a DB2 table-driven system. ($300,000)

Dividends were all hard-coded. This change drastically simplified the maintenance process.

o Successfully orchestrated large conversion projects from Assembler to COBOL. ($1 million to $2.3 million).

Antiquated life insurance batch processing system which was parm-driven. Also streamlined JCL procedures.

o Organized an effort to make State Farm HIPAA compliant with the state of Minnesota. ($250,000)

o Successfully implemented new State Farm forms templates standardizing Web screen formats throughout Statefarm.com.

An Agile effort with a 90% dedicated team.

o Successfully completed Java projects enhancing the Statefarm.com “user friendliness” by applying avatars for new user help functions.

Online self-service greatly enhanced. Help desk calls reduced by 20%.

o Over 50 projects completed successfully.

Primavera 6.1 100% Excel 90% Powerpoint 20% Word 100% MS-PROJ 10%

IT Project Management / Software Consultant (State of Illinois, Dept. of Central Management Services)

Sept. 1998 – Sept. 2005

o Successfully managed IT projects of multiple complexities using PMI project management principles.

o Responsible for various reporting functions to state managerial staff on request statuses, personnel allocation and personnel availability using Microsoft Suite tools, including MS-Project.

o Led development team as both project manager and mainframe systems analyst on complex online/batch IBM mainframe application software for a large statewide accounting system using COBOL, IMS DB/DC, and DB2.

o Used EDI / FTP processes to transfer data to/from other state agencies

o Made several presentations to multiple State Agencies staff on software enhancements.

MS-PROJ 100% Excel 75% Powerpoint 40% Word 100% TSO-ISPF 100%

Software Consultant with the French Group, LLC @ State of Illinois

May 1998 – July 1998

o Mainframe systems analyst for short-term contract using COBOL and DB2.

COBOL 100% Excel 20% Word 100% TSO-ISPF 100%

Information Systems Analyst – Employee - State of Illinois

Jan. 1989 – May 1998

o Development and maintenance on multiple systems, both online and batch, using COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, and Nomad with IMS DB/DC, VSAM, and DB2 databases.

o Developer on Statewide Case Management System using Foxpro 2.5.

COBOL 90% EZTRIEVE PLUS 10% Word 80% WordPerfect 20% Excel 30%

IBM mainframe operations experience upon request

Technical Skills

PC/LAN: Primavera 4.5-6.2, Microsoft Office Suite including MS-Project, Visio, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, Lotus Notes, DOS, MFE, Wordperfect, Groupwise, Sametime

Languages: Foxpro 2.5, HTML, XML

Hardware: IBM Mainframe, IBM PC & Compatibles

Mainframe: TSO/ISPF, PANVALET, ROSCOE, VIRTUAL MANAGER

Utilities: IMS MFS, BTS, Expediter, File-Aid, IMS Xpert, QMF

Languages: COBOL/COBOL II/COBOL 370, Easytrieve Plus, Nomad, JCL

Databases: IMS DB/DC, VSAM, DB2, SQL

Education

• Lincoln Land Community College – 21 Semester Hours, Data Processing, Springfield, IL

• Illinois State University – 70 semester hours, Agribusiness Management, Normal, IL

Affiliations

• Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance

• Certified ITIL v.3 Foundations

• Member, Project Management Institute, PMP Studies

Contact Information

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