SUMMARY:

• Confidential is a seasoned Program/Project Management professional with over 20 years of experience in the field. Has worked in this capacity throughout several industries including: Banking/Financial, Automotive, ecommerce/Retail, Consumer Goods and most recently the Railroad industry. Throughout his career Confidential has managed projects varying in size and complexity utilizing different methodologies including Waterfall, Agile/Iterative, along with varying hybrids. Additionally he has managed projects under the Confidential SDP - 21 methodology.
• His experience has shown him what works and what does not work. He has witnessed failure and has participated in and has achieved success throughout his career. He understands the big picture is able to implement according to the company strategy and create that strategy if necessary. Confidential is a leader and motivator of people. He not only relies on his experience but listens to those that are subject matters in their areas within and outside of his team.
• Confidential is well rounded with technologies including Web/Browser based solutions (J2EE and SharePoint) but has also managed many non-browser based legacy system migrations, implementations, and upgrades.
• Most recently Confidential has set up and successfully implemented a Project Management Office (PMO) at Confidential to facilitate its Mechanical PTC government mandate. Before Confidential Confidential was assigned as Release Manager for an Enterprise Data Warehouse solution with Confidential, a multi-national consumer goods giant in New Jersey. This particular project was mostly data base further rounded out Confidential ’s experience by highly complex adding SharePoint front end to his Having worked as an On-line Banking Project Manager, a Vendor Procurement Manager, a Global Trade Product Manager and an eCommerce Program Manager ( Confidential Inc. ); Confidential is well rounded across IT and the Business. He has managed teams on both sides independently and concurrently.
• He has often been first to be called upon for projects of new/cutting edge technology and as a closer of choice to intervene to bring projects back on track or to re-evaluate and re-position them as necessary. Confidential is professional and an excellent communicator working with and managing at all levels of the Corporation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools: Systems, Programs, and Technologies I have worked with to date Weblogic WebSphere WCS (WebSphere Commerce) Web (General) J2EE, XML, PHP, HTML Cold Fusion Oracle SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Order to Cash Logistics - Warehousing Social Media Integration Mobile Devices ebooks, eBook content International Services Wang Kapiti, Darian System Vinette Story Server TouchPoint (FIS) Account Analysis Metavante Account Analysis S1 Systems - Comerica Office Skills MSWord Proficient MSExel Proficient MSVisio Proficient MSProject Proficient MSPowerPoint Proficient MSAccess Familiar can use MSPublisher Proficient MSSharePoint User Proficient Outlook Proficient Lotus Notes Proficient Personal Web Development Skills DreamWeaver Proficient Photoshop Proficient FTP Tools Proficient Homesite Familiar can use

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Program Management

Responsibilities:

• TMDS - 5 Projects - Asked to take on assessment and reporting of project process with the 3rd party vendor. Vendor has been missing dates, and providing poor quality code. Created a small PMO to gather, assess, create and revive processes to re-energize the team. A new schedule whas set, agreed upon, and is being driven to completion. 2 of the 5 have been completed and we are planning for 2015 enhancements.

Confidential

Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Positive Train Control (PTC) Mechanical/Locomotive Program/Project Manager - Hired to set up a Project Management Office for the Confidential within Confidential Ft. Worth. This was needed to help them get back on schedule as they were lagging in their ability to provision and commision locomotives with PTC systems accroding to government PTC mandates. While setting up the PMO and introducinig 14 Project Lifecycle streams, i.e., Governance, Risk, Quality, Issue, Change Control, Configuration, and Communication Management among others; assumed ownership of the entire PTC project within the Confidential .

Confidential, Englewood Cliffs NJ

Responsibilities:

• Connect/Cordillera R2 Release Manager - North America and Mexico - Acted in the capacity of Release Manager on the Confidential EDW Connect project overseeing implementation of code through QA, Pre-Production, and Production environments. Connect is a global multi-phased project that provides reporting capabilities via SAP, ETL/BODS, Semantic, and Sharepoint layers to a greater Management and Supply Chain community of users throughout the world. The project involved working and leading teams from various contract partners including, Accenture, Thorogood, Capgemini, Teradata, and Confidential .

Confidential

Enterprise Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for new Treasury Management System - Enterprise Project Manager in charge of replacing the existing FundTech system with front end customer facing browser based S1 Enterprise platform. System utilizes IBM WebSphere as the application layer and Actuate for generation of reports. Project has been ongoing for 6 years and had gone stagnant. A new team was assigned including myself as the Overall PM in July, 2008. Live implementation for customers in phase 1 has been successful.
• Project Manager for new Account Analysis Replacement System - Overall Project Manager in charge of replacing the Metavante mainframe based system with TouchPoint (FIS) Browser-based system. Technology includes IBM WebSphere as the application layer and Business Objects (Crystal Reports) for generation of statement reports for mainframe printers and files. Project has been ongoing for 3 years and had gone stagnant. A new team was assigned including myself as the Overall PM in August, 2007. Project Implemented Successfully in April 2008.
• Worked within the International Trade Services group to maintain and develop Trade products for the Corporation. Product responsibilities involve ensuring products are friendly and functional for customers, operationally cost effective, and are competitive within the market.

Confidential

CSG Technical Advisor/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked within the Communications Support Group at General Motors to implement Internet and Intranet web sites for internal client customers. Projects ranged from 3-tiered Enterprise Solutions to smart and efficient static web sites. Projects included:

Confidential

Internet eCommerce Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the design and implementation of various Internet projects for the bank including: secured applications, artificial intelligence software for email, Vignette Story Server, Brightware’s dynamic decision software, digital signatures, chat ware, image presentment, and CD-ROM imaging.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• U.S. team member for multinational project to build a global business case and implement Mondex, a smart card that stores electronic cash. This team consisted of members from Scotland, Ireland, England, Australia and the U.S. Personally responsible for the set-up and implementation of Corporate for the system, the procurement of cards and devices for the system, and the beta model used in the Michigan Corporate Headquarters.

Confidential

Commercial/Marketing Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management specialist in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), CD Imaging, Account Analysis, International, and coupon processing products.
• Manager of a staff of 8 responsible for the calculation of commercial statements and applicable earnings credit rates for large commercial businesses.
• Owned and operated my own small business to build and develop small static web sites. Though I have closed the business I still manage and maintain some of the sites for the former clients in exchange for services i.e., vacation time, discounts on products, etc.