Sr. IT Project Manager Resume Bloomington, IL - Hire IT People

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

IT professional with more than 14 years of experience in the Information Technology field with specialty in the following areas:
Managing concurrent complex IT projects using both the PMBOK 5TH Guidelines and Agile methodology to deliver projects within the cost, time, and quality constraints.
Managing the delivery of IT services provided by external and internal service providers and ensuring that service levels are achieved and customer satisfaction is attained in line with agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA) and contracts KPIs
Defining IT vision, mission, and strategies at the enterprise level, defining and sourcing the right IT solutions to support business objectives, and building scalable and cost - effective solutions that support business growth
Building strong relations with the right IT vendors to reduce costs, improve productivity, and support strategic goals

TECHNICAL PROFILE:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Sr. IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managing multiple projects migrating Java-based enterprise applications from WebSphere 6.1 to WebSphere 8.5 and from iPlanet Server to Apache Web server. Also managing a project to collect data from various databases to provide reports to legislative agencies
Managing Onsite and offshore teams and reporting to Systems and Business sponsors
Conducting meetings and reporting weekly status reports to stakeholders
Adopting Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies to manage projects
Managing vendors and stakeholders engagement

Tools: used: Primavera, IBM Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, Lync, and SharePoint

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

Sr. IT Project Manager (Agile/Waterfall)

Responsibilities:

Developed statements of work and business cases for IT initiatives
Helped guide and transform development practices to align with the principles agility at both the team and program level
Managed web-based application projects from inception to implementation
Managed all issues, risks and appropriate contingency plans associated with the projects
Managed and motivated project team to focus on quality deliverables
Proactively managed changes in project scope in collaboration with product owner and stakeholders.
Identified and resolved issues and conflicts within the project team
Identified and removed impediments at all levels of the organization

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

Sr. Java Business Analyst/Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Provided Outage Resolution Support. This included investigation of outage cause, impact on user, and resolution
Provided and Maintained Application Availability. This included ensuring that the applications were active and operating as defined in Service Level Agreements
Monitored Applications in Production Environment. This included the periodic monitoring of applications, servers, etc. through the use of manual and automated means
Facilitated outage investigation/restoration of service to Production Environment
Organized and led conference calls and meetings
Participated in application analysis, test strategy development, test case creation, test script development, test execution, defect tracking and reporting

IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Initiated and planned the Alert optimization project aimed at reducing the impact of software defects on the production environment
Directed, supervised, supported, and coordinated the activities of a cross-functional staff
Developed work breakdown structure, detailed project plans, and schedules and monitored and reported on project metrics, issues, risks and overall progress
Conducted and led meetings and conference calls with the project stakeholders
Submitted a weekly status report to stakeholders

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

IT Project Manager/Web Developer

Responsibilities:

Ensured coordination between cross functional teams
Managed project work flows, deadlines, and resources
Managed and controlled project scope, schedule, budget, quality and the change control process to ensure that projects were completed according to schedule and within budget
Ensured all project documentations were captured, updated, and distributed on time
Reported out on status of multi projects
Designed, developed, maintained web-based application using PHP and Java
Developed front-end user interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery

Business Analyst/QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed and executed test plans, test cases, and strategies, ensuring quality deliverables were produced within established timetables.
Developed business cases and documented vision for technology solution for strategic business initiatives
Conducted requirements gathering sessions, user interviews, and job shadowing
Developed detailed functional requirements, use cases, mock-ups, and system specifications
Prepared business process diagrams, charts, tables, reports, and flowcharts
Participated in the design of the user experience and user interface for web-based applications
Collaborated with architects and developers to design system solutions for projects and change requests
Conducted software testing and coordinated UAT and tracking/reporting of defects

Confidential, Carbondale, IL

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Led and managed the development team through full-life cycle of web-based applications and the development process.
Submitted proposals for clients and in-house web-based application projects
Led cross-functional teams, including designers and developers
Managed and built client relationships through a deep understanding of their business and collaboration with all stakeholders
Delivered projects to clients, on time and on budget with the functionalities specified