SUMMARY:

• Successfully leading projects and meeting technology goals in diverse industries for 15+ years
• Goal - focused professional adept at leveraging best project management practices to deliver superior results on time and within budget with high quality. Handles shifting priorities well and works successfully in either a team environment or as an individual contributor. Received several customer service s.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms: IBM Mainframe, Sybase, Unix, Windows

Tools: Crystal Reports, Maxsys, MicroFocus Cobol, MS Office Suite (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), MS Project, Oracle, SQL Loader, SQL Server

Programming: COBOL, PL/SQL, SQL, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder

Systems: Ecometry Retail System, GEAC packages (Accounts Payable System, Human Resources System, Fixed Assets System, General Ledger, Inventory System, Purchasing & Order Processing Systems, SmartStream), IVIS packages (Fixed Assets System, Capital Projects Management, Accounts Payable / Capital Projects Management System), Lawson Financial Systems, Sungard Invest One Funds Valuation System

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Irving, TX

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created overall project plan and kept projects on target.

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager, (contract)

Responsibilities:

• Selected to push project which had been stagnant. Created overall project plan which helped accelerate schedule to meet deadlines.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Senior IT Project Manager, (contract)

Responsibilities:

• Handpicked by management to revitalize projects that had languished previously; drove successful turnarounds and delivered projects valued at $50K+ on time and on budget.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed significant re-engineering to keep plans updated and project on target despite frequently changing deadlines;
• Split project into multiple phases, enabling successful completion within aggressive time frame (original projection was 4-5 years; restructured plans to ensure delivery within 36 months).

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Leveraged SDLC methodologies to establish organization’s first project management and change control processes.
• Generated savings by devising improvements to fleet management process that led directly to reductions in violations and fines.
• Provided outstanding support for business-critical, custom software packages; ensured changes were installed on time and on budget, and received unsolicited praise from users for exceptional customer service.
• Set up project management processes and change control processes from the ground up where none previously existed.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Applications Systems Analyst / Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Strengthened bottom line by implementing SDLC processes for proper prioritization of maintenance items; reduced overall implementation times and ensured budget was aligned for items most critical to Confidential t care.
• Managed project to fix outdated software with missing source code; drove development of source code with new functionality, bringing tool in line with current user needs.
• Directed project to analyze, audit, and re-engineer processes necessary to maintain SOX/PCI compliance.
• Received customer service .
• Tasked with learning and supporting previously undocumented G/L system; created complete system documentation, wrote program specifications, coded programs, and performed testing.
• Automated manual processes, and fixed programs that had not operated properly for two years.
• Slashed data processing time from hours to minutes, and garnered customer service from IT.

Confidential, San Antonio and Dallas, TX

Senior Developer / Analyst (Contracted Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Provided production support for 27 key systems at H-E-B, and managed software upgrade for three of those systems while minimizing downtime for users.
• Participated in analysis, design, programming, and database design for mortgage system conversion at Washington Mutual.
• Modified and enhanced customer information credit card system and relational databases for Confidential, and played primary role in systems integration testing.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• During merger, converted accounts payable system. Successfully merged several fixed assets systems and two account payable systems. This was done with new employees and two sets of users. All went in on time.
• Worked closely with internal customers to ensure high levels of service and customer satisfaction. After merger, end-users insisted I be kept as project manager.
• Successfully installed many releases of software.
• Pro-active in making numerous improvements to the systems, which resulted in significant cost savings, greatly reduced number of production problems, quicker recovery from production problems, and smoother production processes.
• Supported the Invest One trust portfolio securities/accounting System. We had a SLA allowing for three missed deadlines a year, but never missed a deadline due to our processing.
• Users recommended me for a promotion.