Senior Project Designer Resume
Wells, ME
Adaptable technical project leader with strong client focus and proven abilities in analysis, process improvement and problem solving while working in both traditional and matrix structured environments that can bring the expertise and project management toolset from a Fortune 100 company to yours.
EXPERTISE
- PMI Based Project Management
- Business Analysis and Report Writing
- Lean 6 Sigma Process Improvement
- Vendor and Client Management
- Sarbanes/Oxley Compliance
- Business Process and Data Modeling
- Cohesive Team Building
- Asset, Contract, SLA and License Management
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
- AIX, Windows and Mainframe Application and Infrastructure Support
- MS Project, Excel, Word, Access, Visio and SharePoint
- ITIL Change and Incident Management with HP Service Center
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Portland, ME
Senior Project Designer 2009 - Present
- Developing the PMO structure and toolset and mentoring project managers for Work it UP a non-profit dedicated to connecting unemployed professionals to small businesses in need of project management expertise.
- Identifying opportunities to provide value to Work it UP and our clients and creating projects to address them.
Confidential, Dover, NH 1977 - 2009
Senior Platform Support Specialist/Project Leader 2005 - 2009
- Managed team of 4 technicians who installed over 2000 server application and distributed application upgrades per year.
- Prevented negative business impact by managing software, storage and hardware changes for over 100 applications, using HP Service Center, an ITIL change and incident management tool.
- Reduced business outage risk by facilitating business continuity activities for 37 business critical applications.
- Eliminated Sarbanes/Oxley audit findings for 43 applications by coordinating the remediation of database and application file access vulnerabilities.
Senior Software Engineer 2003 - 2005
- Saved company over $300,000 in unnecessary software maintenance costs by managing midrange software assets on software license reconciliation project.
- Ensured software and hardware currency on over 100 AIX servers and 150 Windows servers by leading multiple diverse cross functional teams coordinating OS, hardware, software and storage upgrades.
- Reduced operating cost by coordinating application migrations on over 100 AIX servers creating a more efficient server hosting environment.
Systems Analyst/Project Leader 1977 - 2003
- Increased productivity in the Managed Care Billing Center by over 200% by introducing modifications to vendor supplied software and managing vendor/client relations including SLA management.
- Managed group's Y2K application remediation project resulting in no Y2K related issues.
- Managed development of a midrange billing and receivable application working with a team of employees and contractors from a variety of cultures (North America, Western and Eastern Europe and Asia).
- Ensured application availability to clients by managing a 4 person development team supporting mainframe policy writing, financial and billing and receivable applications.
Deputy Commander 58th Squadron, Maine Wing 2009 - Present
- Managing squadron readiness and mentoring squadron members on their career paths
Maine Wing Deputy Director for Aerospace Education 1991 - 2009
- Managed wing level aerospace education programs and mentored squadron aerospace education officers
EDUCATION
- Masters Certificate, IT Project Management
- B.S., Business Management
- A.S., Aviation Business Management
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- VP of the Wells High School Athletic Boosters Club 2010
- Volunteer for Wells High School 2010 Project Graduation