SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years’ experience as professional Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Program/Project Manager
• Agile Coaching and Project Management Consulting firm providing services in multiple verticals to over numerous clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Agile Coach
• Implementation
• PMP
• SDLC
• Business Analyst
• Integration
• Prince2
• SharePoint
• Business Objects
• IT Management
• Program Management
• Software Documentation
• Business Process Design
• ITIL
• Project Delivery
• Software Trainer
• Change Management
• MS Access
• Project Management
• Solution Architecture
• Cognos
• MS Office
• Quality Assurance
• SQL Server
• CRM
• MS Project
• Release Management
• SQL*Plus & PL/SQL
• Cross - Functional Leadership
• MS Project Server
• Replenishment
• Supply Chain/Logistics
• Crystal Reports
• MS Windows
• Requirements Analysis
• Testing
• Custom Database Design
• ODBC
• Requirements Gathering
• VBA
• Custom Reports
• Oracle
• Resource Management
• Vendor Management
• Data Warehousing
• PeopleSoft
• SAP
• Waterfall
• ERP
• PM Methodology**
• SAP Retail (Triversity)
• Web Development
• Forecasting
• PMO
• Scrum Master
• JIRA
• VersionOne

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project sponsor provided recognition that project was successfully turned around in under one month.
• Assignment also includes initiatives involving Ariba, Salesforce, SAP MDM and Blueprint Software Systems.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Driving process improvement with vendor relations, process and documentation for vendor acceptance, compliance, quality management and delivering new, revised policy documents and vendor portal for large US fabric and craft retailer.

Program Management Advisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Create Process, Procedures, and support group to form new Project Support Organization
• Implement Release Management discipline, SAP Solution Manager, central document repository, Release based rollout, incident management, single point of failure analysis/mitigation, mission control approach, etc.
• Create centralized workplan using MS Project, individual team trackers, Project Server, etc.
• Played major role in recommending, directing and managing implementation of infrastructure and processes including: JIRA, ServiceNow/SNOW, ALM, ChaRM, ITSM, BPA, QTP, TAO, GTS, Solution Manager, SharePoint Repository, MS Project integrated plans, Deployment/Go Live standard processes and change control.
• Implemented Agile/Scrum based methodology for iterative/R&D based deliverables including Confidential planning, backlog management, user story grooming, Confidential retrospective, JIRA implementation and administration, etc.
• Re - implemented MS Project Server 2003 then upgrade to 2010 including OLAP, Analysis Services, status reporting, enterprise tools, etc.

PMO Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created fully automated time & attendance and project actual work update tool eliminating 5 points of failure and cutting time gathering from 16 step to 4 step process
• Created customized formulas in MS Project work plan to allow instant weekly status for planned percent complete, actual, variance, etc.
• Maintain, update, receive status from team leads, build dashboards, weekly status and percent completes on a 2,500+ task group of over 10 MS Project work plans, including custom application development for cross project status synch
• Created automated Vacation/PTO/Work Remote request tool integrating Sharepoint and SQL Server for streamlined leave tracking and approval workflow
• Expanded role/promotion to build, maintain and run integrated workplan for entire program, including automated and validated status updates, dashboarding and reporting to all levels of management
• Testing including planning, scripting, string, assembly, white box, black box, end to end and performance test

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Full SDLC life-cycle including with discovery, requirements gathering, fit/gap analysis, through development, testing, training, go live, hyper-care and transition to support
• Blend of SCRUM/Agile and waterfall methodologies to provide balance of structure and flexibility
• Under budget and ahead of schedule project completion

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for deployment strategy, project plan, resource forecast and management, and full life cycle project monitoring and control
• Implemented automated systems for MS Project templates, reporting and analysis
• Created centralized data repository synchronized with Kaiser’s SharePoint portal

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating project manager for connectivity collaborating all three distinct silos of railroad operations (wayside, locomotive and back office)
• Responsible for monitoring, driving and reporting on laboratory and field testing
• SCRUM/Agile scrum master for all three tech teams (over 100 members total) including scrum of scrums, Confidential planning, Confidential retrospective, scrum board ownership, etc.
• Responsible for delivering status to director and VP level for all aspects of communications for PTC project

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for PLM/Product Lifecycle Management initiative including process mapping, process improvement and software vendor selection and implementation using Agile/SCRUM methodology.
• Reduced 2 year, $5-7,000,000 project down to 6 months, $500,000 through identification, fit/gap, gap fill and leveraging of existing projects and tools
• Developed methodology to reduce workload 10-20x for project process mapping both within the PLM project and for Disney overall
• Program Manager for Total Cost of Ownership Initiative consisting of three projects worth over $25,000,000.
• Project manager and technical developer for global integrated product sourcing model for multiple parks allowing for total ‘apples to apples’ cost comparison of multiple domestic and international vendors

Project Manager/IT Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• SQL*Plus & PL/SQL Oracle ERP/POS to Excel through MS Access & ODBC providing daily sales to goal year over year, close rates, average ticket, etc. (iMS)
• Oracle ERP/POS interface to SQL Server Ecommerce (Rotman’s)
• Oracle ERP/POS to MS Access custom price tagging system for sales floor (Rotman’s)
• Strategize and develop business model and marketing plan for implementing Confidential Retail’s Microsoft Dynamics/NAV package into the furniture retail industry through partnership with Confidential Retail’s North American operations. Includes discovery, fit/gap analysis, product demonstrations, adding needed industry functionality, development, testing, etc.

Project Manager/IT Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide analysis and best practice recommendations for company-wide organization, process improvement, etc.
• Implemented automated, customized Forecasting and Inventory Replenishment Tool using Oracle ERP/POS to custom database through use of ODBC, PL/SQL to allow automated replenishment purchasing, like skus, linked skus, lead times, safety stock, recommended order, automated PO placement, tracking, etc.
• Selection process of BI/Data Warehousing tool including discovery through vendor selection.

Project Manager/MS Project Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Multi-step ‘wizard’ tool created to build large MS Project files for each client implementation based on a sophisticated template using Microsoft “VBA” (Visual Basic for Applications).
• Included project management discovery to create the lists, activity duration estimates, sequencing, etc. for all template based tasks.

Project Manager/Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migrate recently purchased Confidential franchise from legacy system to GERS/Escalate including master data, current open sales, etc.

Project Manager/IT Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager & technical resource for discovery and requirements for end-to-end business intelligence implementation, resulting in customized dashboards and display on large monitors throughout the corporate office combining real-time data and OLAP data
• Consult and advise on system selection including RFP with leading BI providers like Cognos, Business Objects, Microsoft Analysis Services, etc.
• Consult and advise on determination of key data requirements, recommend best practices for cube build and update
• Consult, advise and develop data model for cubed data in areas like sales, stock/inventory, etc.
• Consult and develop de-normalization of data into OLAP cubes, KPI’s, dimensions, data scrubbing, star schema creation, etc.
• Troubleshoot and stabilize data collection system, develop company buy-in on ‘one version of the truth’ from a collection of several home-grown legacy data sources into a single system of record
• Consult on expansion into new markets, integrating newly acquired companies, etc.

Project Manager/Ecommerce Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Oracle ERP/POS interface to SQL Server Ecommerce two way integration including item and sku data to Ecommerce, sales, account, payment data, etc. to Oracle ERP/POS

Project Manager/Supply Chain Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For two separate companies, back-to-back implementations of FAIRS/Forecasting and Inventory Replenishment System:
• Custom fully integrated Forecasting and inventory replenishment supply chain system fully into existing Oracle ERP/POS
• Features include: Seasonality and Growth forecasting, like & linked sku modeling, substitute skus, like store modeling, forecast override, up/down exception reporting, automated purchase order generation, etc.

Project Manager/Department Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Initiate PMO tool/MS Project Central Server implementation for retail group
• Implement PMI approved methodologies and industry best practices to vastly improve department organization, productivity, morale, etc.
• Supervise development staff through all phases from requirements, development, testing, launch and support
• Technical project manager for Time & Attendance initiative to capture T&A data with API to PeopleSoft and ADP

Technical Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervise development staff through all phases from requirements, development, testing, launch and support & technical project manager in charge of implementing enterprise software solutions.

Project Manager/Implementation Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating project plan, fit-gap analysis, procedural definition, test plans, program change requests, contingency planning, help desk setup, support handoff, etc.

Software Trainer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Trained students on various Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access, and Project) as well as ‘soft skills’ (Business Writing, Project Management, etc.)