Consultant and Project Manager Resume

SUMMARY:

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Consultant and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Experience with clients from small businesses to Fortune 500.
Experience in a variety of industries including distribution, manufacturing, non-profit and professional services.
Engage directly with client executives to determine needs and then meet those needs with business process improvement, software implementation, customization, reporting and business intelligence.
Provide project management and work closely with subcontractors and third-party vendors to provide clients with the desired outcomes with the most efficient use of time, resources, and money.
Manage teams of up to 8 consultants and developers.
Work closely with IT departments to insure proper operation of all hardware and software involved.
Have managed dozens or implementations and projects including multiple cloud migrations.

Confidential

Senior Financial Systems Consultant

Responsibilities:

Worked with clients to implement Acumatica and Dynamics SL including third-party modules and features.
Worked with clients to determine if software customization is necessary and then create design specifications to hand off to development team for coding.
Typically engaged as a lead consultant and project manager for most projects on which I was engaged.
Consistently achieved utilization above goal.

Confidential

Senior Consultant & Director of IT

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities included both developing internal systems as well as client systems.
Maintained in-house VPN, LAN and website.
Was responsible for client accounting software implementation and support using Confidential SL/Solomon and Best MAS90/ MAS200.
Acted as Project Manager on most projects, including managing other consultants and maintaining project plans, budgets, and client status reports.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

Performed implementation, training, and on-going support of Confidential SL/Solomon accounting software, Windows NT/2000 servers and networks, SQL Server, Citrix Metaframe, and more.
Assisted with sales process and performed in-person or online demos for prospects.
Responsible for performing most version upgrades and completed over 20 upgrades and migrations.

Confidential

IS Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed staff of 6 including network engineers, desktop support and software developers.
Managed 120-user network with VPN
Managed Solomon (Dynamics SL), Microsoft Exchange, and many other applications.
Worked closely with senior management to develop new business strategies and new or improved business processes.
Implemented a thin-client methodology giving remote users access to network applications,
Developed and implemented EDI system
Assisted with development and implementation of e-commerce web site
Assisted with Lawson ERP system implementation for parent company.