SUMMARY:

• PMP Certified Project Manager with extensive experience in project management, business analysis, system analysis, design and development of mainframe, web - based and client-server enterprise applications
• ITIL V3 Certified
• Managed successful development and implementation of two large data warehouse systems
• Strong experience in data management, data integrity and data security
• Current Public Trust Clearance
• Managed three health insurance projects including Federal CMS, TRICARE
• Seventeen years management experience: computer systems, education, publications, manufacturing, banking and investments, mortgage origination and servicing, government
• Twelve years project management experience, Project Management Professional (PMP), implementing systems for taxes, pensions, mortgage origination, mortgage servicing, health insurance, accounting, property management, data warehouses
• Strong supervisory skills with emphasis on project management, operations, and procedures analysis
• Expertise in managing project scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation, risk management through full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Process oriented, extensive experience in PMBOK, CMMI and ITIL standards and best practices, provided Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services as project management expert to large state revenue systems replacement project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Deputy Program Manager

Confidential

• Manage a five-year contract to provide data warehouse development services to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Oversee approximately $15 million per year of projects and support services for the Integrated Data Repository, a 600TB data warehouse
• Project planning, scheduling, reporting, budgeting
• 40 direct reports - business analysts, technical writers, software developers, database administrators, data architects
• Responsible for ensuring quality of deliverables and meeting federal SDLC and CMMI level 3 standards

Project Manager

Confidential

• Provide project management and support services to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for operations, maintenance and enhancement of yearly $17 million expenditure on central software application
• Project planning, scheduling, budgeting, updating Clarity
• Wrote project documentation including charters, project management plans, system security plans, disaster recovery plan, reports to CIO and senior management
• Managed projects for User Access Control and Data Security

Senior IV&V Specialist

Confidential,Timonium,MD

• Project management specialist on Independent Verification and Validation contract overseeing $54 million replacement of all Pennsylvania Department of Revenue computer systems with new SAP applications.
• Evaluation and assessment of prime contractor deliverables, plans, processes, and reports using PMBOK, CMMI, ITIL, vendor contract and other standards as appropriate.

Project Manager

Confidential,McLean,VA

• Project Manager for Independent Health Association in Buffalo, NY. Development and implementation of a Kalido enterprise data warehouse and master data management (MDM) system.
• Full SDLC and budgetary responsibility using agile methodology.
• Responsible for budget, schedule development and tracking, collecting business requirements, application development, and testing. Produced all project and application documentation.

Project Manager

Confidential,Gaithersburg,MD

• Project Manager at Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Full SDLC and budgetary authority for $4.5 million web-based data warehouse project managing a team of 13 personnel using an iterative waterfall methodology and ensuring compliance with CMMI Level 3 processes.
• Transition and enhancement of a web-based, three-tier data warehouse system developed in .NET, Java and SQLServer with a nationwide rollout.
• Released six (6) major software upgrades in two years.
• Managed teams for application development, data center hosting, help desk, and training, all testing activities.
• Responsible for budget, schedule development and tracking, collecting business requirements, application development, operations and maintenance, and running a help desk.
• Produced all project and application documentation including user guides.
• Also worked on a long term system security integration project to include all computer systems and users, internal and external.
• Assisted in setting up Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting for federal projects.

Senior Project Leader

Confidential,Columbia

• Contract project manager hired to manage mainframe software development and conversion project (convert UB-92 to UB-04 claim form) in formal PMO environment.
• Started project estimated at 15,000 man hours six months from mandated due date. Implemented system on time and on budget while competing for resources with 3 other large government mandated projects.
• Project included teams working on mainframe adjudication, web-based interface, IVR, workflow and imaging, database redesign and migration.
• Managed entire project life cycle using a SDLC waterfall methodology, from schedule development, requirements gathering, scope, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation activities.
• Responsible for coordination and communication of multi-functional team of 64 personnel and budget control. Mainframe, Web (.Net), imaging, workflow, and Windows client server ensuring compliance with CMMI Level 2 processes.
• Held Public Trust clearance.