SUMMARY:

• Information technology professional for over 20 years wif experience in Consulting, Project Management, Application Development, Application Support and Systems Administration.
• Directs large teams in teh successful creation and integration of diverse applications including communication projects and client/server assignments.
• Successfully coordinates staffs wif divergent interests and backgrounds to complete complex engagements wifin time and cost constraints.
• Extensive technical background provides teh bridge between analysis and interpretation of business problems and teh of teh technical solution. Understands both teh people and teh problem and removes barriers to communication.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Owner/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Employs “team of equals” approach to improve development response times.
• Broad background on multiple platforms (HP, IBM, Teradata, UNIX, Dell/HP/IBM PC’s, Windows).
• Categorizes requirements into a project plan detailing schedules, controls, risk lists, resources, costs and daily tasks wifin teh standards of project management methodologies (PMI, Agile/Scrum,SDLC).
• Post mortem reviews and root cause analysis were used in issue resolution.
• Experience in identifying and managing scope/requirements using formal processes (SDLC,PMI), informal methods, and customized semi - structured processes.
• Excellent record of success in implementing computer technology such as ATM/POS authorization and settlement systems.
• Coordinated purchasing and receiving applications wif a complex inventory identification system dat led to improved purchasing decisions dat yielded both savings in teh initial purchase and more efficient product for teh customer.
• Experience managing high profile projects requiring cross application teams in teh area of enhancement, development, and production.
• Prepare, maintain and submit clear & concise activity/progress, risk mitigation, and budget tracking reports in accordance wif published procedures.Project manager for move efforts involved in bank merger and consolidations.
• Identification of new storage structures dat facilitated application consolidation.
• Reduced data center footprint.
• Consolidated applications across sites yielding less data centers.
• Effort spanned multiple years as multiple mergers were involved.
• Managed project organization involving outside contractors, client project team members, and vendor personnel.
• Provided input for executive over-sight and coordination of efforts wif other client departments.
• Teh effort involved 15 systems wif over 20 applications.
• Locations involved were five sites in three states.
• Based data-mining efforts on specialized telecommunication billing data base.
• Staff included vendor personnel, contractors and client members.
• Planned day-to-day assignment of project tasks in conjunction wif marketing team.
• Scheduled numerous ad-hoc requests.
• Project developed a client/server environment.
• Maintained teh current legacy system as a data base server.
• Included a successful proof of concept of new network hardware.
• Teh effort required teh coordination of client personnel, a telecommunication vendor and teh project team.
• Prepared data center for consolidation and upgrade.
• Identified building modifications required. Included detailed mapping of cable requirements.
• Upgraded switch hardware to meet performance enhancements.
• Conducted Scrum team building seminars.

Confidential

Director

Responsibilities:

• Managed project for major stock brokerage included Proof-of-concept laboratory, work place recovery and overall architecture coordination wif a budget of $1 million dollars.
• Developed proposal for additional $1.5 million dollar project (ed and delivered).
• Developed and budgeted plans for project phases.
• Optimized oil company credit card summary reporting results.

Confidential

Project Manager/Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed teh installation and development of an image application system.
• Delivered fixed-bid contract on time and wifin budget.
• Managed development team; created integrated General Ledger/Accounts Receivable.
• Project Manager for governmental system equipment implementation. Network technology included Cisco switching products. Election Commission technical support. Testing of voting machine application Review of technical voting procedures.