Tech PM / team builder

EDWARD GOODMAN, PMP

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Brooklyn, NY

SUMMARY

Certified Project Management Professional with more than 25 years of IT experience,

including 10+ years of IT Project Management experience. Previous experience managing

Data Integration Projects for New York City Government as well as application development,

production support and infrastructure management and change roles. As a permanent member

of a Program Management Office (PMO), had responsibilities for the entire IT project

lifecycle including requirements analysis, project planning, testing, training, vendor

management, business continuity and building service oriented relationships. Proven ability

to develop innovative solutions to business problems resulting in increased client

satisfaction. Solid track record of effectively managing multiple independent projects

simultaneously and delivering projects on time and on budget while exceeding customer

expectations. Service oriented management background is complemented by an ITIL foundation

certification in service management.

EDUCATION

• Masters of Science Degree in Computer Science, Polytechnic Institute of NY

• Bachelors of Arts Degree in Chemistry, Brooklyn College

CERTIFICATIONS

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

• ITIL Foundation Certification in Service Delivery/Service Management

• Certificate Program - Programming in C (MS Windows and UNIX), UNIX, C++, SQL (Oracle),

and PowerBuilder (Cope Institute)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County 08/2007 – 01/2009

Senior Project Manager (Consultant)

• Responsible for the installation of an 800 seat Electronic Content Management system

including requirements gathering, procurement, vendor management and stakeholder

communication and management. Additionally responsible for managing user acceptance

test activities, user training, and first week end user support.

New York City Department of Small Business Services 11/2006 – 01/2007

Senior Project Manager (Consultant)

• The goal of this project was to synchronize and perform data integration activities

between the NYC and NYS databases. Responsible for the automation of the real time

XML data feed from WorKSource1 to OSOS and supporting the current state. The current

state is periodic batch feeds which require analyses and repair for problem records.

Stakeholder management/reporting include NYC’s Department of Youth and Community

Development, Workforce1 career centers and NYS Department of Labor.

Affiliated Computer Services 05/2006 – 09/2006

Senior Project Manager

• Managed and coached two full time Project Managers. Permanent member of Enterprise

PMO. Full PM responsibility including budget and client billing for a variety of

projects related to both software upgrades and infrastructure changes.

• Software projects include the rollout of MS Office 2003 and the upgrade to MS

Windows XP SP2.

• Infrastructure projects include the build out of a ‘decision desk’ in support of

Vote 2006 news coverage and a complete refresh of the World News Tonight offices.

The client was ABC News in New York City.

• Infrastructure consolidation project for Disney Publishing Worldwide in Northampton, MA.

This project included both the relocation of staff and a data center.

• Schedule and assign appropriate staff to support special event coverage for off site

events.

Pocket Prep Partners (New York City) 12/2005 – 05/2006

Contract Associate

• Pocket Prep is an education provider of enterprise project management training to

corporate clients.

• As a contract associate, responsibilities include preparing course material and PMP

test preparation questions and answers.

Deutsche Bank (formerly Bankers Trust) 1996 - 2005

Vice President / Project Manager 1999 - 2005

Responsible for all aspects of support and enhancements to the investment portfolio accounting

system. Staff level varied from 4 to 30 full time employees. Annual budget in excess of $3M.

• Technical lead for the migration of assets from Globeman (an in-house modified version

of Financial Models Company software) to PIMS accounting system.

• Successfully managed all technical aspects of the sale to Northern Trust of all passively

managed funds, both domestic and international. Coordinated numerous areas both within

the bank and with the buyer. Successfully implemented a strict bidirectional Chinese

firewall.

• Member of PMO responsible for enterprise projects, Business Continuity and Disaster

Recovery planning and testing. The business survived the 9/11 disaster with no data loss

related to IT systems.

• Managed the migration of international accounts from Portia to Globeman.

• Led a team setup to select a new investment accounting solution, specifically we targeted

Eagle Investment Systems Star and Pace.

• Responsible for the Change Management / production release process as final approver.

Maintained release notes.

• Managed role recertification and segregation of duties for 20 business critical

applications.

Assistant Vice President / Project Manager 1996 – 1999

Responsible for the 24x7 support of the Globeman investment portfolio accounting system.

• Automated data communication with DTCC in support of confirms and affirms for domestic

equities.

Developed desktop confirm status monitoring solution with a Sybase database. This allowed

the business to support higher trade volumes with a reduced operations staff.

• Established and ran helpdesk that supported domestic and international equity traders

and operations staff.

• Managed the Y2K remediation effort, both in-house and outsourced, for Globeman and

various related systems.

• Managed migration of Globeman and various related systems from the VAX to the ALPHA

platform.

This improved systems throughput vastly, allowing the business to expand with no increase

to the number of servers or staff required.

• Managed the role-out of an electronic broker order system. Delivered start up material

and documentation to over 100 brokers globally and served as primary contact for

resolution of all technical issues. This system supported increased trade volume and

met all audit requirements.

• Developed and supported daily data feed to a global data warehouse running Oracle on Sun

servers.

• Managed a project to fully automate the Change Management / production release process.

WorldCom (New York City) 1996

Systems Consultant

Provided support for all work done by the MIS department. Work included rating daily call detail

files, analyzing and resolving exception records; monthly invoicing and preparation of magnetic

media for a service bureau and customers.

Cope Institute (New York City) 1995 – 1996

Adjunct Teacher

Responsible for all aspects of training and student evaluation. Taught introduction to computers,

UNIX, and programming in C in a UNIX environment.

Chemical Bank (Chase) 1980 - 1995

ChemLink Systems Programmer / Project Leader 1989 - 1995

Developed and supported numerous application systems for electronic cash management information

services, a $50 million a year business serving over 5000 large corporate and middle market

customers.

• Developed, upgraded, and maintained the ChemLink billing system. Modeled price change

scenarios enabling product managers to determine the best pricing strategies.

• Automated accounts receivable function by developing a menu-driven, open item system.

Significantly improving cash flow and enhancing knowledge of customer payment behavior.

• Provided technical support for customer service, billing, and accounts receivable staff.

Supported the application software, as well as, DOS, Windows, VMS, and network issues.

• Contributed to the development and testing of a disaster recovery plan.

• Supervised the activity of two application programmer/analysts.

Financial Services Division-MIS Group 1980 - 1989

Developed automated systems in support of a diverse user base, including sales, Letter of Credit,

Corporate Trust, and cash management services.

• Conceived, designed, and implemented the Sales Matrix System. Gave the sales organization

a view of sales income over time by product, market, and sales representative, along with

comparisons to plan.

Enabled implementation of a new sales incentive program and more targeted marketing.

• Developed automated product P & L statements for all cash management services. Gave the

division’s controllers more timely access and greater flexibility in using this

information to support financial decisions.

• Led a team of 4 programmers in migrating from a mini to a midrange server.

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