SUMMARY:

Successful, results - oriented PMP certified IT Consultant with over 20 years hands-on business applications and IT project management experience. Demonstrated track record managing multiple large scale, highly complex projects in a very fast paced, dynamic environment. Strong project management and test environment management experience.

KEY WORDS:

Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, Release Manager, Scrum Master, PMI, PMP, Project Management Professional, CSM, Certified Scrum Master, WMS, PKMS, Warehouse Management System, Manhattan, OMS, Order Management System, E-Comm, Oracle, ATG, RMS, Ecommerce, Integration, Data Integration, DC, Distribution Center, Fulfillment, Retail, Supply Chain, Agile, SOA, Web, Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Functional Consultant, Structured Systems Analysis and Design, Systems Analyst, MS Project, Quality Manager, Test Manager, Test Lead, Environment Manager, Unit Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing, SIT, End to End Testing, User Acceptance Testing, UAT, Test Automation, Coordinator, HP ALM, Quality Center, Test Director, QTP, Unified Functional Testing, Software Configuration Manager, SCM, CA Harvest, Production Support and Maintenance, Development, Conversion, Data Warehouse, BI, Business Intelligence, OLAP, Business Objects, ETL, Data Stage, ESB, DataPower, HTML, XML, Java, MQ, EDI, Mainframe, DB2, Unix, AIX, AS400, OS400, Oracle, Vantive, Service Center, JIRA, Data Model, Entity Relationship Diagram, SharePoint

TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Confidential Mainframe and Midrange Systems, Sun, HP9000, AS400, Tandem, Sequent

Software: z/OS, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, OS400, Linux, Guardian OS, Oracle, Informix, DB2, CICS, C, C++, COBOL, Visual Basic, Java Script, HTML, XML, SQL, Business Objects, Remedy, PVCS, Quality Center, ClearCase, CA Harvest, CA SCM, EDI/MQ, DataStage, Websphere, MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, COLUMBUS, OH

WMS QA Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Manhattan WMS QA testing of Production Incidents / Change Requests for Maurices, Justice, Lane Bryant and Catherines brands
• Coordinated the End to End testing of PkMS application with RMS, Oracle ATG and OMS applications
• Managed a team of 8 testers working onshore and offshore
• Ensured the Orders submitted are fulfilled and the results validated in a timely manner
• Validated the Packing Slip and Shipping Label changes requested by the Business Team
• Performed regression testing of PkMS application for both inbound and outbound processes

Confidential, WEST CHESTER, OH

QA Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the HATS Project from initiation through final deployment
• Managed the cross platform development involving Oracle, SSIS and Teradata technologies
• Followed the Macy’s Q4M processes for developing the HATS application
• Managed a team of 12 people and successfully deployed the project in production on time within budget

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Test Environment Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the environment build activities for Retek, MDM and SAS Implementations
• Supported the testing activities in 3 test environments for 4 applications
• Ensured the environments are in sync and available all the time
• Worked with a number of legacy teams and coordinated data refreshes to keep the test environment data neat and clean
• Performed Software Configuration Management functions
• Approved and Promoted Software Packages

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Test Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed the project to move the development and test systems
• Prepared the Test Strategy and Management Plan (TSMP) for the testing effort
• Coordinated the System Integration Testing with 6 Applications Teams
• Developed strategy to build four new QA Environments for use by the Confidential ’s Testing Center
• Served as a Subject Matter Expert on a dedicated test environment management team and supported environment management functions for the Quality Services organization
• Gathered and documented test environment requirements by working closely with functional test, development and IT infrastructure teams
• Developed security strategy for the QA Environments access
• Developed data refresh process for refreshing data from production into QA Environments
• Worked with z/OS Admin, Storage Engineering, DBA and Information Security teams to ensure that the environments were built as per the project requirements

Confidential, San Bruno, CA

Test Environment Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed building of four production like QA Environments from beginning for Retek Implementation
• Worked closely with development and test teams to gather QA Environment requirements
• Worked with DBA, Storage Management, IT Security, z/OS Sys Admin, EDI, MQ, ETL/DataStage, WebSphere, Software Configuration Management teams to ensure that the environments were built as per the project requirements
• Responsible for environment scheduling, maintenance and planning across several test environments
• Worked closely with test / development / IT infrastructure teams in troubleshooting and resolving environment related issues and defects in the test environments
• Developed creative solutions for resolving repetitive problems during infrastructure set up and testing
• Coordinated several application and data refreshes from production
• Worked on multiple projects, managing multiple environments simultaneously
• Reduced the amount of time taken to perform production data refreshes from six weeks to one week
• Coordinated the applications testing efforts when z/OS was upgraded from version 1.04 to 1.07 with all the applications teams

Confidential, Farmington Hills, MI

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Applications Development team consisting of Business Analysts, Developers and QC Team
• Coordinated Offshore team efforts including, work assignment, delivery, quality control, issue resolution and escalation
• Enhanced Balancing Package Rules and documented missing rules
• Attended Billing Steering Committee meetings and provided status updates
• Managed System and Integration testing of new policy application with legacy applications including, Billing, Claims, Management Reporting and Financial Applications

Confidential, San Bruno, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Confidential International and Old Navy Business Partners and gathered requirements
• Successfully managed development of Data Warehouse for Replenishment Application using Business Objects
• Enhanced the capabilities of the Legacy Inventory Applications
• Provided Size Scale Analysis data to Old Navy Business Partners for further analysis using Excel Tools