Project Manager

Ernest Hartnett, PMP

Phone: 570-***-****

eMail: ******.********@*******.***

Information Systems/Technology Project Manager

Decisive, action-oriented and results-focused professional offering a solid background in the areas of Information Systems / Technology working for Fortune 500 companies. Offers outstanding talents in the areas of project management, process control, SDLC, application reengineering, integration, functional and business requirements gathering, project documentation and administration.

Professional History:

Project Manager, Mindteck, Inc - Scranton, PA (09/2006-02/2009)

Managed the overall planning, development and monitoring of multiple project plans for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Workers Compensation

- Defined project scope, goals and deliverables to support the Commonwealth's business objectives in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders

- Developed all projects plans and associated artifacts to conform to the Commonwealth's PMO standards

- Developed project status dashboards utilizing macros in Microsoft Excel and Project.

- Effectively communicated project status and risks in a timely and clear fashion to team members and stakeholders

- Cultivated business relationships vital to the success of projects within the Commonwealth

- Coached, mentored, motivated and influenced both Commonwealth employees and contractors assigned to projects

Associate System Business Manager, Kraft Foods - East Hanover, NJ (02/2000-09/2006)

Managed the development and implementation of the company's statistical process control (SPC) initiative within both corporate and manufacturing facilities

- Managed capital budgets in excess of $3 million over a 2-year period with projected returns of $17 million in value by identifying and improving the manufacturing quality process

- Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related projects directed towards the company's strategic business goals within the quality group

- Responsible for system and project administration, planning, estimating, purchasing, execution, implementation and ongoing support

- Managed overall Statistical Process Control initiative into the companies' two largest manufacturing facilities

- Acted as primary liaison between business, technology, vendors and manufacturing team members

- Assured that all identified business goals and objectives were successfully achieved in coordination with functional business groups

- Developed process mapping standards for company's global specification initiative utilizing Microsoft Visio

Senior System Developer, Nabisco Foods - East Hanover, NJ (09/1996-02/2000)

Managed team of developers through various development initiatives in the areas of process control (SPC), documentation management and legacy application enhancements and support

- Reversed engineered process control application from outdated Powerbuilder version to current Microsoft Visual Basic environment

- Developed user-friendly interfaces for plants' maintenance management application, utilizing PowerBuilder client and DB2 database on AS/400 environment

- Developed and managed Citrix environments for company's specification system including installs scripts for deployment to remote locations

- Seamlessly integrated all third party reporting applications (Crystal Reports, Business Objects) and STATISTICA Data Analysis Software

Lead System Developer, Sony Electronic - Park Ridge, NJ (02/1989-09/1996)

Designed, coded, implemented and managed business applications to supporting the product and service marketing manager

- Developed applications to migrate mainframe data to client workstation to use with inventory, sales, promotion and order tracking

- Developed intranet database (Clipper, Focus) to allow product marketing groups the ability to obtain and update product and financial information

- Developed applications designed to manage sales promotions, update customer reports and provide information to vendors for mass mailings

- Provided centralized support for nationwide sales offices for all client/server applications

- Provided business analysis for the conversion of legacy applications over to the client/server platforms including database conversions

- Developed an electronic price book for company's sales force reducing the need to carry large heavy paper price books to the clients during sales calls

- Designed and implemented relational databases applications (PC/Focus, Clipper DB) for transferring sales and inventory data off mainframes and onto the department's workstations

- Developed marketing reports & spreadsheets for tracking results from product promotions

- Maintained all computers and peripherals within the Marketing Service Department

Education:

- Project Management Institute, Morristown, NJ - PMP Certificate

- Computer Programming Institute, Paramus, NJ - Certificate

- Warwick Valley High School, Warwick, NY - High School Diploma

Through out my professional career, I have attended many Project Management conferences and seminars, including Contracting for Project Managers, Schedule & Cost Control, Managing IT Projects and Software, Risk Management.

Technical Skills:

Expert level with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Erwin Data Modeler

Experienced in Object Oriented Programming, Database design and modeling, SQL Query Programming, Technical Writing

Military Experience:

US Army and Reserve - Military Police - Spec/4 - Honorable Discharge

Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ernesthartnett

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