SUMMARY:

• An accomplished, problem - solving, Information Technology professional with more than fifteen years of diverse industry and functional experience in both the Public and Private sectors. Possesses the organizational, interpersonal, and communications skills necessary to work with all staff levels of an organization. Builds solid relationships with strategic partners as well as consensus across multiple organizational levels; focusing on Leadership, and Team Building; and Performance and Productivity Improvement.
• Effectively communicates complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical staff.
• Skilled in looking at the “Big Picture”; adept at quickly learning both the process and data perspectives of new business environments, and understanding all facets of organizational structure and operations. Works as a team member, as well as independently to achieve success.
• Experienced in all phases of the Project Life Cycle (PLC) and PMBOK principles; and the Waterfall Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Possesses knowledge of Iterative and Agile methodologies; and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI ). Technical skills encompass Client-Server and IBM Mainframe environments; and the design, implementation, enhancement, and use of relational Database Management Systems.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Project Management
• Confidential
• Project Support
• Enterprise Architecture
• Process Analysis
• Process Re-engineering
• Data Modeling
• Process Modeling
• System Conversion
• System Integration
• COTS Integration
• Standards
• Policies
• Procedures
• Quality Assurance
• Mentoring

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Business Process Analysis, Business Process Re-Engineering, Consulting, COTS Integration, Data Modeling, Data Modeling Standards, Data Specifications Development, Database Administration and Support, DB2, Enterprise Architecture, ERwin, Feasibility Studies, Full Systems Life Cycle Development, Functional Specifications Development, Implementation Planning, Legacy to COTS Conversion, Management Consulting, Management Information System (MIS) Design, Mentoring, ORACLE, PLC, PMO, PMP, Policy Development, Procedures Development, Process Modeling, Process Modeling Standards, Project Life Cycle, Project Management, Project Management Office, Project Management Professional, Project Manager, Confidential, Project Team Leadership, Quality Assurance, RDBMS, Relational Database Management Systems, Requirements Analysis and Definition, Scheduling, SDLC, SQL, Standards Development, Structured Methodologies, System Architecture, System Conversion, System Conversion Guidelines, System Conversion Management, System Conversion Planning and Procedures, System Definition, System Design/Redesign, System Documentation, System Enhancement, System Implementation, System Interface Definition, System Migration, System Performance Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Integration, Systems Specifications Development, Systems Technical Support, Team Leadership, Technical Project Management, Technical Writing, Test Plan Development, Testing Support, User Acceptance Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Management Consultant

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Project Management, and Communications plans for this effort.
• Assisted in analyzing other local non-profits to determine what differentiates Homestretch.
• Coordinated the activities of three (3) senior consultants in this effort, and all activity with the client.
• Utilized Basecamp during this effort to appraise both Taproot and Client staff of all activity and deliverables.

Confidential, Fairfax

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Project Management plan for this effort.
• Defined a working and useable definition, and ranking/scoring of client self-sufficiency and long-term housing stability.
• Assisted the Confidential service and housing team in creating a methodological framework for program evaluation.
• Systematized current data collection to remedy Confidential knowledge and evaluation gaps in measuring their program effectiveness and impact.
• Analyzed this collected data to provide guidance on program delivery.

Consultant

Confidential, Hyattsville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed, at Confidential , the contract, required deliverables, and .tasks assigned.
• Defined, at Confidential , the Schedule components for the Use Cases and Interfaces.
• Defined, during Confidential , Use Cases, Requirements, and Interfaces for the proposed system functionality.
• Prepared, at Confidential , the Lessons Learned, and the Past Performance Indicators.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Earned Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Advised professionals within network on PMP certification process.
• Consulted on Project Management issues within professional network.
• Studied Agile methodologies, and their applications.

Consultant

Confidential, Hummelstown, PA

Responsibilities:

• Responded to Work Requests by Confidential for Confidential Reports required for the support of the mission of Confidential .
• Organized and documented the Monthly Confidential Reporting Process for clarity and efficiency.
• Automated and optimized the Monthly Confidential Reporting Process initialization, reducing overall processing time by 4 hours.

Consultant

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Conversion Process through multiple releases of the SchoolMAX system from Confidential through Confidential of Phase 2, including the direct management of two (2) senior staff members (1 Contractor, 1 Client).
• Converted over 90% of Legacy PGCPS data into the new environment in the first two (2) phases of the project utilizing the ETL utility from the previous project.
• Defined the Project Plan/Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the Conversion tasks, and developed the Data Conversion Plan for the project.
• Served as liaison to the PGCPS user community for all conversion-related data issues.
• Provided expertise for analysis, design, and management in this conversion effort that included analysis of the existing systems, translation of the legacy PGCPS data structures into the SchoolMAX framework, and development of specifications for the conversion into SchoolMAX.
• Closed out the primary Conversion Phase of the project through turnover to the Prime Contractor on this project.

Confidential

Conversion Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Conversion Process through multiple releases of the CCATS system from Confidential through Confidential of the primary conversion Phase, including the direct management of four (4) senior staff members.
• Defined the Project Plan/Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the Conversion tasks.
• Provided expertise for analysis, design, and management in this conversion effort that included translation of the legacy CCAMIS and CLIP data structures into the CCATS framework, and development of specifications for the conversion into CCATS.
• Designed an Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) utility for the conversion effort.
• Closed out the primary Conversion Phase of the project through turn over to the Prime Contractor on this project.

Consultant

Confidential, Olney, MD

Responsibilities:

• Provided expertise for analysis, design, and data modeling in this conversion effort that included translation of the legacy IDMS data structures into Oracle, and the derivation of data views to support the Confidential Student Systems.
• Analyzed existing systems, concentrating on the functional areas of Administrative Reporting, Regulatory Accountability, Transportation, and Special Education.
• Derived the logical data model to support the Special Education sub-system; and developed specifications for the future reporting capabilities of Administrative Reporting, Regulatory Accountability, Transportation, and Special Education.

Consultant

Confidential, Wakefield, MA

Responsibilities:

• Defined, and revised as needed, the Project Plan/Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for projects migrating into the Consolidated Tier II environment.
• Developed, maintained, and enhanced the Standards Implementation Guidelines (SIG), providing the basis for the transition of Legacy systems into the Consolidated Tier II environment. This includes guidelines for Oracle data modeling, and the UNIX environment.
• Provided guidance and assistance on policies, procedures, and standards affecting the Consolidated Tier II environment; including the development of policies regarding access to the Tier II environment; and the usage of compilers within the Tier II environment.
• For each Project entering the Tier II environment:
• Presented, at Confidential for each project, the Standards and Policies that governed the Tier II environment.
• Reviewed, during Confidential , adherence to, or variance from, the Standards and Policies.
• Reviewed, at Confidential , compliance with the Standards and Policies.
• Designed and developed a new Intranet website for DSMB; providing a source for all Tier II Policies, Procedures, and Standards to the Confidential community, and served as the backup site administrator (webmaster).

Consultant

Confidential, Sterling, VA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed current systems, and created the future (“To-Be”) data and process models for Confidential
• Presented a complete data and process solution to the Fraud Management Office by deriving the current (“As-Is”) and the future (“To-Be”) process models for the Confidential Fraud Management office; the future (“To-Be”) data model for Fraud Management; and a proposal for a future Fraud Management system.
• Presented a complete data and process solution to the Billing Office by deriving the current (“As-Is”) and the future (“To-Be”) data models for the Confidential Billing function by the consolidation of several billing systems into one (1) Enterprise billing system; and the future (“To-Be”) process models for the Billing function.
• Defined the standards for process modeling, and participated in the definition of a Confidential Customer profile.

Consultant

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements from each State Agency to determine feasibility of report requests.
• Developed a simplified methodology for reporting to State Insurance Regulation Departments, reducing development time by 20%.
• Implemented this methodology for tasks assigned.

Consultant

Confidential, Hingham, MA

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the design, development and implementation of a PC/LAN-based tool that identified all date-related items within a system. This tool incorporated a browser and an editor; and was capable of analyzing code developed in various interfaces; and referring it back to the JCL and PROCs from which they were executed. This tool reduced analysis time by 80% for each system.
• Analyzed, modified, tested, and delivered Client software on time with complete compliance for Year 2000.

Consultant

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Provided programming assistance to junior staff members in COBOL and JCL.
• Developed detailed program specifications, program implementation, and performed system testing for this system.
• Analyzed the target database, and corrected database schema flaws resulting in an 80% reduction in production load time.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided programming assistance to junior staff members in COBOL and DB2.
• Developed a change control process and procedures to effectively monitor and report changes to the software being developed.
• Developed functional and detailed program specifications for this system, and performed system testing, program implementation.

Consultant

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Responsibilities:

• Defined system interfaces; developed functional and program specifications; and implemented the mainframe components of this system.
• Developed the interface JCL for bi-directional transfer of data between the client-server environment and the mainframe environment.
• Performed data modeling; data dictionary definition and development