Release Manager Manchester, Nh
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IT MANAGEMENT PROFILE :
ITIL certified Release Manager with extensive IT service delivery experience. Proven ability to
manage multiple projects in high-volume, fast-paced environments. Innovative problem solver and
solutions provider with total commitment to customer satisfaction.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY :
Release Manager, Confidential, Manchester, NH (Sep 2010 – Sep 2011)
Owned and managed all phases of the release management process from change request inception
through post-deployment benefit validation.
- Chaired change advisory board responsible for classifying, prioritizing, and controlling
changes.
- Collected and analyzed project charter information, including business benefits, scope,
effort, and cost.
- Performed release capacity resource analysis to aid project scheduling.
- Planned, coordinated, tracked, and audited release and deployment schedules and
pipelines.
- Conducted weekly status meetings for current and forward scheduled releases.
- Administered automated change management workflow product to ensure state and
federal government regulatory compliance and Sarbanes/Oxley 404 compliance.
- Partnered with business unit executives (clients), project managers, and development
leads to ensure that project timelines were met.
Release Manager, Confidential,Framingham, MA (May 1994 – Apr 2010)
Directed the daily operation of IT service transition function responsible for release and deployment
management. Applied industry standards and best practices to a process that included the following
roles: Sarbanes/Oxley 404 enforcement, corporate standards compliance, and production migration.
Led and managed staff of production acceptance analysts. Analysts audited and deployed all
production deliverables and managed Sarbanes/Oxley compliance repository for all platforms.
- Recruited, trained, and mentored staff members.
- Managed, prioritized, and delegated project workload assignments.
- Evaluated performance of staff members and administered annual appraisals.
- Created resource plans and prepared fiscal year budgets.
Championed and supported IT service management goals, initiatives, programs, and processes.
- Served on change advisory board and ITIL realignment committee.
- Identified, evaluated, and leveraged change management and project workflow products.
- Authored, published, and maintained several change management and Sarbanes/Oxley standards and compliance documents.
- Led department’s disaster recovery offsite testing program.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY :
Systems Analyst, Confidential,Boston, MA (Jan 1988 – Nov 1993)
Developed and maintained application software in a message processing department responsible
for recording and billing customer telephone usage.
Designed, tested, and implemented new systems and major enhancements to existing systems.
- Wrote project designs from user specifications.
- Coded new and modified PL/I and COBOL programs.
- Created test plans and verified user acceptance test results.
CORE TECHNOLOGIES:
Hardware: IBM Mainframe - (3090, 3081, 4341, 9672, ES9000)
Operating OS/MVS (ESA and XA), MS/DOS – Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, XP, Vista
Systems :
Software TSO/ISPF, Docutext, Jobscan, Changeman, InfoMan, File-Aid, MKS Integrity, SDF/II
Products : Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook, Sharepoint),
Daptiv, Remedy, HP Quality Center, Lotus Notes
Databases: VSAM, DB2, CICS, IMS
Languages: PL/I, COBOL, COBOL II, JCL, CLIST, Dialog Manager, SQL, REXX, JAVA
Certifications: ITIL Foundation V3
EDUCATION:
Confidential,Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
