PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Seasoned professional with strong organizational, analytical and problem - solving skills. Twenty years of diverse Information Technology management experience. Demonstrated ability to adapt to the needs of multiple organizations and industries. Adept at managing IT projects through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Project Management Vendor Management Staff Development
• Systems Management Business Analysis Business Intelligence
• Budget Management Change Management Application Development

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PM Software: Planview, Clarity, Microsoft Office 365 (Project, SharePoint, Access, Excel, PowerPoint)

Languages: ABAP, JAVA, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VXML, MSXML, XML, XSL, HTML, DHTML, XHTML

Databases: Oracle 11G, MS SQL Server, DB2, IMS, MS Access

Operating Systems: UNIX, LINUX, HP-UX 11, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows, Solaris

Business Intelligence: SAP BI, Crystal Reports 8 - 11, MS SQL Server Reporting Services

QA: Mercury WinRunner, Mercury LoadRunner, HP Quality Center

Middleware: WebLogic, MuleSoft, Oracle SOA Suite

ERP / BPM: PeopleSoft 9.2, Oracle CC&B, SAP ECC 6.4, SAP Sourcing on Demand

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jersey City, New Jersey

Project Manager - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led the implementation of Determine Contract Management Solution (CMS) for the Procurement and Law departments’ global needs.
• Led an effort to acquire and implement PeopleSoft e-Benefits suite.
• Led a global effort to identify a successor to PeopleSoft and multiple financial systems.
• Activities included:
• Led business analysis process through stakeholder interviews and technical reviews with IT and business process SME’s
• Identified potential vendors via interaction with Executive Management and Gartner
• Authored the RFP and coordinated efforts with the Procurement and Cyber Security departments
• Managed recurring project meetings with all levels of management, including the CFO, CIO and other global leaders
• Created vendor evaluation documents that provided quantitative analysis of the vendor’s performance toward addressing system requirements
• Created customer response surveys to provide comparative measurement tools geared toward obtaining and reporting upon the customer’s voice
• Development of an implementation roadmap that integrates variables such as resource availability, contractual obligations, funding, and other key constraints
• Managed all efforts via Planview. This includes schedule management, financial tracking, resource management and PMO reporting via preprogrammed reports.

Confidential, Paramus, NJ

Senior Project Manager - PMO

Responsibilities:

• Led the implementation of a Mobile Workforce Management (MWM) solution which provides a digital work order management process. This solution integrates information from Oracle CC&B and Verizon Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) software to provide full transparency into the activities of the field force. Connectivity between systems was facilitated via MuleSoft.
• Led the implementation of a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution to manage mobile devices associated with the MWM implementation.
• Managed the implementation of a radio-based meter management system provided by our vendor Sensus. This solution allows Confidential the capability to read and control meters remotely.
• Led a corporate effort to improve the performance and reliability of our Automated Meter Reading (AMR) solution nationwide. The effort required re-engineering the system’s architecture, modification of standard business processes, and a national effort to standardize the software versions used by a diverse collection of corporate customers.
• Performed presentations for all levels of management, including our Project Governance Committee, which includes the CEO, CIO, and President of the organization.
• Daily project management activities included:
• Tracking and reporting upon project performance via the established PMO process.
• Lead regularly scheduled project meetings to report performance and direct activities.
• Directed, supervised, and coordinated the project staff.
• Communicated extensively with clients, subcontractors and vendors to establish cordial/effective working relationship.
• Authored the RFP associated with the MWM vendor selection.
• Responsible for the ongoing evaluation and management of the MWM vendor relationship, including contract approval, budget management, and SLA performance evaluation.
• Supervision of budgets exceeding $1.5 million.
• Managed one direct report and up to 4 consultants.

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Project Manager, Messaging Oriented Middleware Group - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led the implementation of a VXML based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system.
• Managed modifications to the Customer Product Library mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
• Management of on and offshore resources in a fully integrated global services group.
• Confidential Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certification.

Confidential, White Plains, NY

Sr. Project Manager - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed the implementation of SAP Sourcing on Demand. This included leading requirements workshops, documenting workflows, establishing the project timeline, budget management and resource allocation.
• Manage the integration of an electronic signature and document management process that allows automation of the organization’s Request for Proposal/Quotation process.
• Authored the RFP for the acquisition of a Long-Term Market Forecast system that will provide statistical analysis of NYPA’s customer base. This system provides NYPA with the ability to forecast revenue and energy delivery capacity for a ten-year period.
• Manage the integration of information from Salesforce CRM with the Oracle Utilities Load Profiling and Settlement system.
• Performed evaluations of vendor responses to RFP’s.
• Initial approval of contractual milestone fulfillment.
• Daily supervision of the work performed by multiple vendor teams in support of software implementation efforts.
• Managed budgets ranging from $600k to $1.6M. This included purchase requisition creation, expense and resource tracking and reporting, and invoice approval.

Confidential, Bethpage, NY

Sr. Project Manager - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed an effort to eliminate all non-standard versions of WebLogic in the organization. Twenty-one applications were segmented into three sub projects based upon their final disposition, upgrade, decommission, or re-engineer.
• Led an effort to eliminate DDE based emulator applications and replace them with API’s.
• Managed the migration of user group administration functionality from multiple legacy systems to LDAP.
• Schedule management and financial performance reporting performed via Clarity.
• Utilized agile methodology to support the delivery of product improvements to DVR services such as multi-room DVR capabilities and menu modifications.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the design and installation of the IT and communications infrastructure of the Philippine entity. This included the selection of hardware / software components, integration of Cisco IP telephony, documenting security policies, and defining access rights.
• Authored high level and detailed project plans for a variety of corporate projects ranging from the expansion of professional services offered by the organization to human resource planning.
• Negotiated partnership arrangements with multiple offshore vendors for services, equipment, and personnel.
• Authored contracts identifying the subsidiary organization’s responsibilities associated with multiple partnership arrangements.
• Managerial responsibility for two project managers and three programmers onshore, as well as the staff of the Philippine entity.

Confidential, New York, NY

Systems Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a $1.7 million project to improve disaster recovery services for the systems under my control. This included determining each application’s restoration priority, developing a software library to use in the event of catastrophic loss, purchasing hardware components and determining backup frequencies for client server applications that required real time or near time recovery capabilities.
• Led a two-year, $5.7 million development project. This system provides information to regional control centers and federal, state and local regulatory agencies. The project was completed on schedule and 14% under budget. A portion of the residual funding was used to integrate a PDA based wireless platform for the application.
• Managed a 16-month, $1.5 million system development effort that provides managerial analysis, tracking and regulatory reporting of safety and industrial hygiene information. This required coordination across multiple departments and the integration of medical, time reporting and payroll systems. The application was designed to meet HIPAA regulations and utilized CPT coding provided by the medical department customers. This SOA development effort utilized UML 2.0 diagrams and processes.
• Responsible for vendor evaluation, selection, and the integration of third party software.
• Authored Request for Proposals (RFP) for third party software and project specific consulting agreements.
• Managed a group of five full-time employees and fourteen consultants.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Census Conversion and Mapping System - Development of a decision support tool that uses location and industry factors in conjunction with census data provided by potential customers to evaluate the viability of the selected product line.
• Development of a sales force data repository which provided Account Managers and Group Sales representatives with enrollment and profitability metrics for their accounts and summarized comparative reports for senior management.
• Automated the generation of the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the Board of Directors.
• Managed a staff of two Project Leaders.