PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Current PMP and CSM Certifications. Results - driven manager and coach with 8 years as software developer, 12 years managing enterprise level IT projects, 9 years leading offshore teams, 4 years data storage implementation.
• Extensive knowledge of Agile (SCRUM), RUP and Waterfall. Experienced in all PMI Project Management Phases (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling).
• Expert in gathering, analyzing and defining business and functional requirements; creating global metrics, trend charts and EVM decision-making tools; data-modeling and process-mapping initiatives; and designing/re-engineering processes, work flows and technology. 8 years RFP/RFI.
• Transformed non-agile team to agile team by consolidating the ad-hoc work requests to prioritized monthly backlog, reducing testing cycle by the automation of regression testing.
• Responsible for effectively initiating, planning, scheduling, estimating, forecasting, coordinating, controlling, managing and delivering all activities for projects and related release initiatives.
• Contributing to software process-reengineering efforts aimed at evolving current software development practices to adopt Lean/Agile and Scrum practices.
• Implementing agile development best practices and moving to monthly releases from point releases.
• Anticipates problems/issues and works with all stakeholders to resolve minor and major issues.
• Full SDLC project methodologies experience showing leadership abilities that includes usage and mentoring in Agile and Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Lansing, MI

Responsibilities:

• Introduced teams to Agile methodology SCRUM.
• Led joint application development (JAD) sessions with clients and team to identify project requirements and design criteria.
• Reported to Director and stakeholders on project status.
• Managed teams of 5-10 in US.
• Managed risks and resolved issues that affected scope, schedule and quality.

Tools: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Outlook, OneNote, SharePoint, Changepoint, SCRUM

Independent Contractor

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Managed teams, consisting of managers, developers and testers in India, Mexico and the US.
• Participated in all facets of the SDLC process.

Tools: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Outlook, OneNote, SCRUM

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Sidney, NE

Responsibilities:

• Managed various application projects for Confidential ’s Merchandise and Warehouse
• Led joint application development (JAD) sessions with clients and business analysts to identify project requirements and design criteria.
• Reported to CIO, Director and stakeholders on project status.
• Managed teams in India and the US
• Managed risks and resolved issues that affected release scope, schedule and quality.
• Managed and monitored progress to ensure applications releases were delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceeded expectations.
• Coordinated and managed the technical delivery of new solutions / enhancements, throughout SDLC.
• Performed resource planning / resource management activities.

Tools: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Outlook, OneNote, Planview, Waterfall

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

Responsibilities:

• Over saw application development for Bank Credit Card Applications
• Led joint application development (JAD) sessions with clients and business analysts to identify project requirements and design criteria.
• Experience working with Bank vendors for Credit Card Embossing and Data Preparation.
• Focused on project management principals, strategy, planning and process improvement.
• Initiated and developed change management plans.
• Managed all day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope.
• Met with stakeholders to develop communication plans for the project
• Reviewed deliverables prepared by the team before passing to client for final approval before installation.
• Minimized exposure and risk on project.
• Team size:10-15 Budget: $800K
• Managed teams in India and the US.

Tools: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Outlook, OneNote, RTC, SCRUM

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Focused on project management principals, strategy, planning and process improvement.
• Assisted Program Manager with daily Project Management duties.
• Collected information from 55 - 75 Project Managers, Engineers and Technicians to create detailed reports for daily analysis / reports.
• Collected user requirements and requests, communicated findings to Senior Management, Client, Vendor, Engineering and Technicians with recommendations on actions needed.
• Met with stakeholders to develop communication plans for the project
• Provided analysis leading to the development and implementation of managerial and financial controls in order to create project stability and achievement of project goals and objectives.
• Formulated partnerships between customer, suppliers and other Project Managers
• Created documentation on project planning, reporting, and methodology.
• Tracked all aspects of assigned projects using Microsoft Project.
• Team size: 6-10 Budget: $120K
• Managed teams in Singapore and the US.

Tools: Clarity, Excel, MS Project, Visio, Outlook, OneNote, Waterfall

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Madison, WI

Responsibilities:

• Tools: Java, Bugzilla, Excel, MS Project, Visio, OpenOffice, .Net, Agile (SCRUM).
• Team size: 10 Budget: $500K
• Managed teams in India and the US.
• Handled project management for application to support the federal Affordable Care Act.
• Managed data storage project on MS SQL.
• Led joint application development (JAD) sessions with clients and business analysts to identify project requirements and design criteria.

Tools: Java, Bugzilla, Excel, MS Project, Visio, OpenOffice, .Net, Agile (SCRUM).

Technical Consultant and Adjunct Professor

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Consulted with clients on business ideas / concepts for startup businesses.
• Set up accounting policies / procedures for small businesses.
• Provided analysis of current business operations.
• Implemented managerial and financial controls for organizational stability.
• Teaching high school and college level classes in Computer Science and Business

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Developed a project charter and a project plan detailing work breakdown structure, resource allocation, mitigation of risks and issues to communicate with project teams and stakeholders.
• Maintained a daily meeting review document showing issues and action items, which was used by the project team and by management.
• Maintained a daily meeting review document showing issues and action items, which was used by the project team and by management.
• Managed teams consisting of managers and testers, in India, Mexico, and the US.
• Reviewed the project management office s (PMO) budget forecast and made suggestions for personnel headcount required to fulfill the workload

Tools: Microsoft Excel, Project, Visio, Word and Waterfall.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team consisting of managers and testers, in India, Europe, South America and the US.
• Led testing teams on four implementation cycles of new software releases.
• Maintained a Web - based Intranet dashboard, containing detailed testing information, for senior- and executive-level management.
• Responsible for setting up infrastructure for testing scenarios.
• Created a database application in support of gathering testing requirements that decreased the requirements gathering process by 25% and increased reliability of the resultant test scenarios.
• Created a Microsoft Access application to capture test case data, saving project managers significant time as data was organized and secure.

Tools: C++, .Net, Mercury Quality Center; /Excel, Project, SharePoint, Visio and Agile (SCRUM)

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team consisting of managers and testers, in India and the US.
• Handled project management, including seven subprojects, for replacement of revenue-tracking and mortgage document warehousing systems, overseeing a team of 100 in Florida, Texas, California, and India.
• Managed data storage project on Oracle.
• Led joint application development (JAD) sessions with clients and business analysts to identify project requirements and design criteria.
• Developed a Microsoft Access internal application for change control for project requirements.
• Implemented RUP standards for the PMO and mentored others on proper usage of methodology
• Managed a team consisting of managers and testers, in India and the US.
• Team size:100

Tools: Java, Mercury Quality Center; Clear Quest, Project, SharePoint, Visio, RUP, Agile (SCRUM)

Project Manager

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Managed offshore teams, consisting of managers and testers, in India, Russia, Mexico and the US.
• Participated in all facets of the SDLC process, bringing various projects back on track.
• Managed data storage project on Tandem Nonstop SQL.
• Monitored 5 projects concentrated on the EMC version of UNIX operating system, with 55 developers.
• Researched the fault tolerant marketplace and tracked new Microsoft products.
• Accomplishment
• Designed an Access database that allowed managers to manage trouble tickets.

Tools: C#, .Net, Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, Word, Agile and Waterfall.