SUMMARY

• Results oriented IT Project Manager with multiple years in software development and implementations.
• Wide array of technical development and support project team management spanning 20+ years
• Highly decorated military officer with extensive management and leadership training and applied experiences
• Effective and accountable manager of small and large diverse development teams
• Extensive knowledge of SAP system architecture and reporting strategies
• Design for Six Sigma IT Green Belt, ASAP certified, ITIL Foundation certified
• PMI trained for PMP certification and Agile Methodologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

SAP Application Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle to facilitate successful delivery to project managers and executive team.
• Provided metrics for status reporting, risk analysis, recovery plans and scope management.
• Developed and oversaw detailed project plans for team work assignments, resource management and delivery schedule.
• Identified, analyzed and recommended business systems solutions to management having broad business impact and technical efficiency opportunities.
• Responsible for team personnel administrative activities, budget and resource planning, development request in - take process,
• Coordinated and led team to redesign development standards, code review criteria and management process and other key, enterprise-wide development guidelines and compliance requirements.

Confidential

SAP Release Manager and Environment Coordinator/Launch Coordination Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created complex multisystem launch plans within IT focused teams; ensured necessary interdependencies were identified and addressed.
• Led and coordinates the Go-Live activities to include execution of deployment plans and checklists.
• Identified and created environment landscape process & data flows for multiple active projects and production support initiatives for engineering, support teams and project team utilization.
• Established SAP release management/launch coordination processes to maintain system integrity, customization & workbench object transports for project and production support activities.
• Managed SAP environment to coordinate with enterprise infrastructure, security, applications & data integration tools and all other enterprise applications.
• Defined implementation & RunSAP support strategies, processes, schedules, resources, technical requirements, upgrades/releases of SAP ECC, BW and Solution Manager systems.
• Defined release management, client management and transportation management strategies.
• Cut-over manager for establishing project schedule, identifying performance enhancement opportunities, coordination of business draw down events with technical system build & load activities.

Confidential

Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led team of 17 developers and contractors for implementation of SAP ECC/CRM/SRM/GTS, Visiprise/CAMS manufacturing execution, Enovia collaborative product lifecycle management, BOBJ and 26 mainframe and server based ancillary systems integration.
• Identified systems integration guidelines and process strategies for 103 point-to-point and interfaces requiring middleware such as PI, WBI, EDI, MII, MQ Series, FTP/SFTP, Axway and shell scripts.
• Managed application change control procedures to provide traceability of development change requests.
• Established estimating standards to support project phase scheduling, resource and budget management.
• Developed documentation standards and checklists for consistent communication deliverables.
• Established process and approval flows for full SDLC process control of over 600 FRICE objects.
• Created, managed and monitored product life cycle progress via metrics measurement tools.
• Led experienced team to identify performance efficiency changes to decrease system usage by 350%.

Confidential

IT Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created project schedule and scope documentation for entire project team with work breakdown structure, project charter, business requirements, key stake holders input, Sarbanes Oxley controls and foreign and audit agency requirements to adhere to standards and avoid $1.5 million penalties in fines.
• Established and monitored project tasks, resource requirements and budget of $235,000 VAT implementation project to include off-shore team and coordination with five additional support groups.
• Used business drivers to identify testing requirements and tools for users and regression & performance impact testing in Project Development Life Cycle (PDLC) for over 400 functional scenarios.
• Experienced with earned value techniques for identifying, managing and mitigating project estimating, budget and schedule risk assessment and issues via project change management process for on-time completion of deliverables with less than .5% variance.
• Directed Revenue Chain Reporting process to combine 24 global sites Financial AR data into consolidated reporting process.
• Established and executed PDLC and management reporting structure for milestones and status updates with IT Vice President, Directors, senior leadership and key business users and stakeholders using ChangePoint collaboration and Business Objects reporting.