PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• An Accomplished IT Executive and Consultant with progressive leadership experience in various Business Environments. Background encompasses:
• PMO/Project Management Organizational Leadership Acquisitions/Mergers
• Strategic Planning/Budgeting Business Process Improvements B2B/eCommerce
• Staff Development/Mentoring ERP Implementations/Integration Sarbanes - Oxley/CFR21
• Successfully facilitated process development, corporate change initiatives and possesses exceptional communication, motivation, analytical, conceptual, and applied problem solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management: MS Project 2013, Clarity; SDLC; Waterfall; Iterative; Agile, JIRA

MS 2013: SharePoint Designer, MS SharePoint Word, PowerPoint, Excel, VISIO, Access;

ERP: Confidential ; BPCS; SyteLine; Macola ES; AXIS/Axiom; Lilly’s Visual Manufacturing SSA Masterpiece Financials; INFINIUM 2000 (Software 2000); SAP Financials, Lawson

Environment: s AS400/RS6000; Servers; Network Configurations;

Databases: Teradata; Oracle; DB2; SQL Server; IMS;

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Project/Delivery Manager/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Appian Workflow Tool Implementation Team Member working in NYC and Buffalo for Confidential Stress Testing - Agile Methodology; Sprint Planning; User Stories creation; User Role Definitions/Access Requirements and Build; User Acceptance Testing and Support Model
• Providing Management and Coordination support of the 2017 Confidential Process with Confidential Stress Testing personnel, Confidential IT Support and Moody’s Support.
• Business Analysis and Project Startup Support for Clearview/ Confidential Process Enhancements
• Analysis and Diagramming for process improvement and documentation for Federal reporting
• Weekly/Monthly PMO and Governance Reporting and Meetings Support; Provided MS Sharepoint site improvements for US Finance Change/Stress Testing

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Sr. Project Manager/Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Confidential Acquisition and Hudson City BI History Data Retention
• Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review ( Confidential ) Improvement Requests
• LCR & Reporting Implementation
• Problem Loan Management (PLM) Implementation Phase 1/2
• MRIA (Government Audit Required Improvements)
• Teradata (EDW)/Informatica Environment Improvement consisting of infrastructure, database and application upgrades

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Sr. Project Manager - PMO

Responsibilities:

• Organized the Confidential Upgrade Implementation first phase process which includes infrastructure improvements and Confidential Module phased upgrades within the Enterprise
• Directed the New Chemo Computer Prescriber Order Entry ( Confidential ) Inpatient/Outpatient process SDLC implementation within selected Clinic Services to include Clinical Research.
• Directed the conversion and implementation from their current software to the new OPTUM/PICIS software in July 2014 for their Operating Room IS needs. It included surgical case scheduling, clinical documentation, materials management, surgeon preference card management, patient charging and reporting needs.
• Managed the Confidential CFR 21 Part 11 discovery process and worked with an outside vendor on the project. The project consisted of database and application analysis, compliance/remediation recommendations, management and resource coordination at all levels. System remediation phases were approved and completed for the hospital’s ALLSCRIPTS/SCM(EMR) software
• Managed the release upgrade of hardware and ALLSCRIPTS/Sunrise software application suite to 6.1 for ICD-10 compliance which successfully went live November 2013.
• New Confidential Pharmacy software implementation - stepped in to manage the final testing, implementation and post-implementation to a successful completion in June/July 2013.
• Provided leadership, direction and project governance and status guidance working with Sr. Management Steering Committees, Project Teams and the PMO

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Director IS&T - PMO

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the Sr. IT Management team, set Strategic Goals and Objectives to facilitate the establishment, operation and growth of the PMO and IS&T North America
• Ensured consistency and uniformity in projects and portfolio management by creating standards and procedures for IT Governance, Project Management and ISO Certification
• Encouraged increased Business participation in project development and reviews by providing a new Project Origination, Health Check, Closure and Benefits Realization processes
• Improved the communication and status to all stakeholders at all levels on a regular basis
• Worked “hands-on” with Project Managers and Development Teams to increase delivery quality and speed of projects while maintaining proper planning and budget in order to reduce project risk and overruns
• Provided project management and business requirements training and mentoring to improve process and results
• Designed, created and provided a new collection of project performance dashboards and new PMO and Finance Support MS SharePoint sites for tracking all project/request work
• Designed, established and implemented a Global Application Portfolio and SharePoint site for CIOs and Regional collaboration

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Sr. Project Manager - Contract Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As Sr. Project Manager within the PMO, I successfully directed two major projects simultaneously phased in over the two-year period.
• The two strategic business initiatives were Check Imaging for On-line Banking and Commercial Lockbox Processing that consisted of infrastructure, database and application upgrades; hardware acquisition; replication of data at several sites; testing; vendor management and resource coordination at all levels.

Confidential, Miami, Florida

Acting IT Director/Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• At the request of the CFO and Business Management of the national siding manufacturer, I provided guidance and recommendations for the Business Continuity and strategic growth.
• Planning, Budgeting, and Proposal for acquiring the managed service protected site, new AS400 and communications, coordinating seven vendors, testing and then implementing the final cutover at the end of August 2006.
• Completed Business Process Improvements working with the Management Team and staff for their Confidential ERP system.

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Member of the Executive Management Team, provided strategic planning and approval of IS plans to meet the business objectives for the Enterprise
• Planned, directed and integrated IT functions for 17 acquisitions during Gibraltar’s rapid growth from $450 Million to over $1 Billion in sales over seven years
• Organized, planned and implemented Sarbanes-Oxley IT Policies/Procedures that led to full compliance for the Corporation at ten locations
• Directed ERP and BI software searches, implementations and consolidations for all Business Groups; Personally expanded and improved eCommerce/B2B capabilities for the Building Products Group
• Introduced Mobile and Wireless Technology with Blackberry Enterprise Server
• Stabilized and improved operating environments including hardware, software, establishing a Help Desk, operations automation, offsite managed services and reduction of costs
• Established corporate wide e-mail and Gibraltar’s first WEB page
• Provided planning, project management and guidance to a successful to Y2K Readiness enterprise project on schedule and within budget.

Confidential, Cleveland, Ohio

Senior In-side Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Established the Project Management Office and organized the Confidential divisions for Year 2000 requirements; Analyzed and recommended Year 2000 tools for expediting the project phases; Engaged several consultant groups in order to manage resource demand
• Provided IT planning and managed the acquisition and integration of Confidential / Confidential from their AS400 applications to QAD.
• Completed a Systems Study for Confidential Brazil with process improvement recommendations for their AS400/BPCS ERP environments

Confidential

Director - Management Information Services

Responsibilities:

• Developed a coordinated strategic plan for all divisions and created on-line decision support systems for improved Business Management
• Acquired AS/400's and managed the migration from System 38's; Streamlined and automated corporate and divisional Operations and Network Infrastructure
• Improved Paint Stores POS environment for better pricing strategies and data transfer
• Acquired and implemented Software 2000 (Infinium) for an enterprise-wide system solution; Established and implemented EDI and bar coding programs for improved processes.
• Led the IT planning and integration in the acquisition of Confidential Paints with their Wal-Mart account
• Facilitated the orderly transfer and conversion of P&L Confidential Information Systems after company purchase by Confidential