PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Highly-accomplished, visionary project management strategist with exceptional business development and IT skills and experience. More than 20 years of demonstrated achievements in applying technology to solve real business problems contributing to increased IT capabilities and reduced costs in diverse industries in public and private sectors. Superior leadership, interpersonal and team-building attributes with the ability to motivate team members, both as consultant and corporate employee. Dynamic, natural problem-solver and fast-learner committed to success.

• Initiated, planned, oversaw development, tested, implemented, and closed projects. Efforts such as developing the project scope, defining project guidelines, obtaining business and IT sponsor approvals, coordinating the resources necessary to successfully complete the project.
• Communicating major milestones, identified potential project risks, provided continued direction to the project team, and conducted regular status meetings.
• Prioritized procedures for changing scope and project acceptance procedures.
• Met with stake holders towards the end of the project for feedback to assure that project meet their expectations agreed upon schedule, cost and objectives.
• Used agile (iterative) and traditional waterfall methodologies within projects.
• Built and mentored team members, as well as, cross-functional teams and management.
• Knowledgeable of the SDLC
• Implemented best practices.
• Experience in working with data warehousing. EPM (Enterprise Project Management) utilizes data warehousing.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• Directed plans and executed projects
• Gathered and documented requirements to develop project plans.
• Developed business and user cases.
• Developed and evaluated work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to and deliver within the appropriate timeline and within budget.
• Extensive experience facilitating effective meetings
• Maintained issue logs and resolving issues
• Managed multiple project simultaneously
• Provided project documentation.
• Profit and Loss (P &L) responsibilities.
• Extensive experience estimating work.
• Risk Management, Change Management and Risk Mitigation experience.
• Previous experience managing projects on time within budget.
• Developed Statements of Work (SOW) and Proposals.
• Developed communications between teams, senior management and outside vendors.
• Scope Management and Change Control Management.
• Extensive use of MS Project to track and report project status.
• Holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management Information Systems.
• Effective communicator capable of discussing projects with CIOs, Stakeholders, Senior Managements, Cross Functional Teams, Outside Vendors, Peers and Direct Reports.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project/Change Management · Project Planning · Data Base Management · Problem Identification/Resolution · Quality Assurance · Lean & Continuous Improvement · Project/Team Leadership & Development · Strategic Planning · System Integration · Regulatory Compliance · Data Analysis/Modeling/Warehousing · IT/Software Implementation · Organizational Transformations · Relationship Building · Data Infrastructure

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Optimized technical performance, increasing efficiency by 300%, through effective project management strategies and innovative IT initiatives to execute projects for greatest long term value/growth. Successfully planned/executed projects and generated reports in significantly less time. Motivated high-performing teams.
• Improved operational capabilities through delivery of skilled Enterprise-level services, including design, implementation and support of network infrastructure and services. Provided project oversight, process improvements, new technology deployment and cost savings that resulted in database run-time reduction from 26 hours to 6 hours.
• Expanded customer service, by establishing key client relationships to stimulate business development and growth. Increased productivity by 150% with customer service programs resulting in greater customer satisfaction and increased retention of customers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
08/2011 - Present
Project Manager – (Managing Intranet and Internet)
Responsible for managing internet and intranet applications. Analyze complex data systems and document data elements, flows, relationships, and dependencies. Work closely with MIS and business unit managers and staff to analyze data, data structure, data-related business requirements, database infrastructure, and application database configuration, and to address related issues. Develop automated and reusable routines for maintaining, and extracting requested information from database systems. Support the implementation of enterprise-level data integration and reporting architecture. Support all inter- and intra-system EDI processes. Make required changes, updates, and modifications to associated functionality. Create and modify Flash file and day to day upgrade of the web site.

Confidential,LLC
02/2009 – 08/2011
Project Manager – (SDLC Methodology)
Responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of multiple complex business-sponsored IT projects to deliver tasks on time, within budget, and within scope.

• Develop consultancy methodologies for improving performance.
• Cultivating relationships with corporate decision makers.
• Document the project requirements according to the organization standards.
• Write and managed proposals for State contracts.
• Currently implementing best practices.
• Facilitating and coordinating with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• EPM (Enterprise Project Management) utilizes data warehousing. Updated/maintained resources in the data warehouse.
• General Project Management Responsibilities include, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Using MS Project to track projects.

Confidential,09/2007 – 02/2009
Microsoft Project Consultant
Managed effective utilization of resources assigned to the project team, and communicated resource capacity and shortages to the appropriate Resource Manager.

• Rally resources to assess regulatory requirement and identify actions to comply.
• EPM (Enterprise Project Management) utilizes data warehousing. Updated/maintained resources in the data warehouse.
• Responsible for MS Project server security access.
• The contact person for MS Project.
• Generated reports using OLAP.
• Updated labor rates/resources, added new department names.
• Responsible for 150 projects on the server, business about $450 million dollars worth.
• Responsible for archiving old projects from the server.
• Worked withproject owners in resolving ms Projects when total amount of the project not equal to expected cost.
• Extracted and massaged data for engineering departments.
• Build CUBE. Resolve any issues with the cube.
• Project web access.
• Responsible for issuing security access to the Engineers.
• Ms Project Server Administrator.
• Sharepoint was utilized.
• Proactively managed systems development, implementation and risk via the use of SDLC and Waterfall.
• Effectively communicated and negotiated across the various levels of the organization
• Increased operational efficiency by 75% through implementation of standard work and streamlining of the process for extracting/compiling Microsoft Project data from MS Project server.
• Administrator responsibilities (150 projects) MS Project security.
• Introduced highly-effective reporting methods to boost reporting productivity of engineering department by 60% and improved technical capabilities through deployment of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
• Implemented best practices.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• General Project Management Responsibilities included, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Used MS Project to track projects.

Confidential,LLC
01/2003 – 09/2007
Project Manager (01/2003-09/2007)
Provided expert management/oversight of planning/scheduling and project functions in the areas of quality, communications, HR, cost, procurement and risk/change management.

• Stimulated business growth through deployment of effective strategies/procedures for acquisition of partners and new consulting engagements, as well as marketing of exemplary PM services to the private/public sectors.
• Valued by clients as trusted advisor/leader cultivating key relationships with corporate decision makers by holding regular meetings and delivering PowerPoint presentations.
• Provided consulting services in proposal management; preparation of technical and cost proposals for submission to State agencies.
• Directed proposal development activities, including RFP review and analysis, bid determination, proposal management, proposal team management and coordination.
• Improved operational capabilities and ensured compliance with 21 CFR Part 11, an FDA electronic record-keeping requirement, for pharmaceutical and biotech client companies through expert planning and plan execution utilizing MS Project and Excel with deliverables and documentation.
• Implemented best practices.
• EPM (Enterprise Project Management) utilizes data warehousing. Updated/maintained resources in the data warehouse.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• General Project Management Responsibilities included, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Used MS Project to track projects.

Confidential,
07/2006 – 09/2006
IT Principle Consultant & Project Manager
Demonstrated advanced technical expertise and strong analytical capabilities in assessment of project requirements and performance of highest-quality consulting services.

• Managed scope of the project, and ensured that scope changes were reviewed and approved by the Client.
• Achieved significant operational efficiencies through creation of project and communications plans to create project structure and coordinate activities of business and project teams and supporting staff.
• Delivered significant improvements in IT implementation for dynamic client base of Fortune 500 insurance companies and the State of Connecticut.
• Implemented best practices.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• EPM (Enterprise Project Management) utilizes data warehousing. Updated/maintained resources in the data warehouse.
• General Project Management Responsibilities included, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Used MS Project to track projects.

Confidential,
03/2000 – 01/2003
Principle Consultant
Directed system testing of front-end and back-end programs divided into 4 different regions, including unit testing, system testing, acceptance or integration testing, and production.

• Played a pivotal role as principal consultant on large Enterprise transformation program to provide an integrated application infrastructure in support of corporate goals and strategies.
• Contributed to leadership excellence by managing a development team of consultants over entire lifecycle of project, including definition/deployment and testing of application and integration architecture.
• Comply with Enterprise Change Management Standard and related procedures across development, system test, and customer test and production environments.
• Led a matrix project team in executing assigned tasks and coordinating the efforts of internal and external project team members.
• Managed projects requiring data feeds, data integration and/or data movement between systems which required validation, cleansing and mapping.
• Utilized DB2 tables. There were 350 tables. Front-end VB and middle tier CICS, DB2.
• Utilized outstanding technical skills/experience to design front-end screens for Visual Basic (VB) application and guide application into production. Interfaced with DBA to define/add tables to databases.
• Implemented best practices.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• General Project Management Responsibilities included, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Used MS Project to track projects.

Confidential,02/1999 – 08/1999
Principle Consultant
Upheld integrity of organizational mission by establishing standards for consulting excellence and instituting best practices in project management and project planning.

• Worked with key functional areas (e.g., DMV Commissioner, IT Manager) to understand the impact of the project on the organization.
• Directed a team of independent consultants/IT professionals in design and launch of new Motor Boat Registration System for the State of Connecticut.
• Increased operational efficiency and enhanced departmental productivity by 60% through introduction of integrated system that presents unified approach to registration across multiple vehicles.
• Exhibited outstanding communications/relationship-building attributes by meeting with clients to define business requirements and present data/deliver final presentation. Built strong relationships and communicated changes to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and department manager.
• Implemented best practices.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• VSAM file structure.
• General Project Management Responsibilities included, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Used MS Excel to track projects.

Confidential,
01/1997 – 01/1999
Principle Consultant
Led a team of in-house employees and consultants on a Personal Lines and Homeowners project.

• Managed Y2K project which included a limited assessment of the application portfolio for the Personal Lines organization.
• Implemented best practices and lessons learned.
• Facilitated and coordinated with cross functional teams, third party vendors and team members.
• Utilized DB2 tables in property and casualty applications.
• General Project Management Responsibilities included, but are not limited to : directing plans and executing projects, gathering and documenting requirements to develop project plans, developing business and use cases, developing and evaluating work breakdown structures to ensure projects on track to be delivered within the appropriate timeline and within budget, maintaining issue logs and resolving issues, managing multiple project simultaneously, providing project documentation, managing Profit and Loss (P &L), estimating work, managing risk, responsible for change management, mitigating risk, overseeing project scope, managing time lines, developing SOWS and proposals, developing and executing communication plans, mentoring team members, educating client and tracking metrics.
• Used Workbench and MS Excel to track projects.

Confidential, 04/1992 – 01/1997
Principle Consultant
Partnered with development team to define application and integration architecture for a project.

• Designed, coded, tested and implemented client requirements for a computer security system.
• DB2 tables, VSAM file structure.
• Managed projects requiring data feeds, data integration and/or data movement between systems which required validation, cleansing and mapping.

Technical SkillS
Software Applications: DB2, Oracle, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), JAVA, MS Visual InterDev 6 Web Application Development, ASP.NET, VB.NET, GUPTA SQL, SQLTALK, SQL Server, Remote Data Service (RDS), MS Transaction Server (MTS), HTML, ASP, VB, Data Modeling, PowerBuilder, SQL, Cobol 370, Cobol II, Microfocus Cobol, JCL, Easytrieve Plus, Lotus Notes, VSAM, Information Engineering, IEF Case, Yourdon, CICS Command Level, Data Warehouse, MS Office, including Access, Excel, Project.
Hardware: IBM 360/370, IBM 30XX/43XX, Windows (95/98, NT, XP) Client Server, Sun Micro Systems, RS/6000 UNIX, MVS, AS/400, HP-Unix.
FDA Compliance: 21 CFR Part 11 Compliant Services.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master of Business Administration in Management Information Systems
Bachelor of Arts in Management

Courses, Seminars, Workshops: Continuing education in areas of technology, leadership, communications, team-building and management. Technical coursework included: Logical & Physical Design and Data Modeling, Structured Design, Structured Programming, Introduction to CICS, JCL, MVS Dump Reading, TSO/SPF, and Native Calls to DATACOM, Introduction to Ideal, Strategic Issues in Managing Information Technology, AD / Cycle.