SUMMARY

• I am a certified Project Manager and have 15+ years experience in information technology/software engineering.
• I have a development background and an analytical bent of mind, love to work in complex environments, gained valuable experience in financial, automation, compliance, government, medical, telecom, infrastructure, retail, etc., systems, and have been involved in projects both small and large.
• I am open to learn and adapt to new technologies, systems, domains, and practices.
• Project/Program Management experience (Agile, SAFe, SDLC, etc.).
• Technical, Development, and Data Management background.
• Vendor and resource management.
• Financial, Telecom, Government, Retail, Medical, Automation, Risk, Audit, Reporting, Architecture and design, and various other systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project management: Ability to manage projects and programs autonomously; Have a sound grasp of project management principles and domain knowledge; worked in complex projects managing software, hardware, design, architecture, automation, implementation, risk, compliance, budget control, audit requirements, and governance. Experience in change and vendor management, as well as issue resolution.

Skills: Project and Program Management, Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban (daily stand - up, planning, review, retrospectives, demo, etc), SDLC, Systems and Data management, budget, reporting, Communications, Automation, Programming, Database Design, Solutions Architecting, software development, migrations, infrastructure upgrades, hardware refreshes, deployments, integrations, compliance, process re-engineering, reverse-engineering, embedded systems, device development, and interface design.

Systems: PeopleSoft, SharePoint, TFS, SericeNow, ABS system, Remedy, Peregrine, Vantive, Infoman

Tools: Microsoft Suite (Project, Excel, Power Point, Visio, MS Project/Server, Word, etc.), Salesforce, Enterprise Architect, Star UML, SQL, Reports, PRO*C, Transact SQL, Erwin, UML, PL/SQL, ETL, Applix RAD, Analytics, BPMN, Splunk, WireShark

Project Management Tools: Project, JIRA, Rally, Clarity, HP ALM

Platforms/Operating: .Net, Linux, Windows, UNIX

DBMS: SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, Access, Informix

Languages: C#, Python, C, JavaScript, SQL, C++, Visual Basic, Java, UNIX Shells, COBOL, JCL, Windows Scripting, Ada, FORTRAN, Smalltalk, Lisp, and Pascal

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Ft Worth, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the project management process, resources and budget, elicitation of requirements (business and technical), development cycles, QA, testing, reporting, and data analysis process.
• Assisted engineers, architects, and management (technical committees, discovery, etc.) to elicit, coordinate issues and topics around architecture, design, and security (audits, encryption, deletion, storage, retention, roles, etc.), environment, deployment, etc., and other aspects of the system.
• I worked with internal and external teams, product owners, development managers, and stakeholders in managing all aspects of the project including contract addenda, development features and defects, methodology, metrics, and various committees (stakeholder, technical, risk, financial), managing releases in environments, etc. System is in the .Net, MS SQL Server, Cloud/local environments.

Confidential, Irving TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• The projects are related to developing applications for retail, financial, and security systems in the company’s North American business spanning 8000+ locations.
• This involves creating, modifying, working with architecture and design aspects, resource and budget allocations, and deploying software, hardware, and process changes across various platforms via SDLC and Agile methodologies. Work is performed by teams locally as well as off shore, and also involves vendor management at various levels including communications (internal and external).
• Project management processes are followed as well as artifacts are produced and maintained including project plans, milestones, risk planning, scheduling tasks, knowledge transfers, etc.
• I have been involved in turning around a failing project (Enhanced Sweetened Tax) to success.
• I also worked on the followed projects: Cylance application monitor (developed/tested key use cases, developed procedures and documentation), Golden master creation, mega merge deployment to over 500 electronic data hub (EDH) locations nationwide, alternate-ids to applications, and fixes to CPM modules.

Confidential, Ft Worth TX

Project/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• This endeavor involved establishing and managing work streams for UCS One automation, Runbook automation using HPE OO, and CHEF automation - the goal being to automate several provisioning, modifying, and decommissioning activities in complex data center environments.
• Worked with vendors in determining the architectural design and implementation of automation platforms (CHEF, Runbook).
• Also involved in the implementing of CIS/Company specific baselines, and the automated correction of drift. The teams and vendors are onshore/offshore, methodology adopted is Agile and SDLC methodology where applicable.
• I was involved with the creation of project activities/artifacts (charters, capital appropriations, staffing, planning, risks, etc.) as well as leading meetings contracts, SLAs, JADs, demos, workshops, POCs, test lab creation, etc. Managed project meetings, project tracking/analysis, risk analysis, reporting, vendor management, tracked deliverables, and provided technical and analytical input/guidance to the team.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• I worked on a corporate wide (including vendors) account expansion initiative. Also, working on project ABS software integration for SEC reporting.
• Involved in the development of the LASER refund, and Payment Uploader system, custom Lease Tax system was developed and enhanced, and a new Tax portal was created.
• Worked on the incorporation of Hyperion adapters and modules, PeopleSoft upgrade (software and hardware), iOffice integration, Citi debit card integration, Data center migration (Richardson, TX), MIRE system automation.
• Assisted in the design of the Debit Card process usage for customer refunds. Created project artifacts, managed vendor meetings, and worked with various project teams (internal and vendor).
• Managed infrastructure projects including projects involving ATT, SourceNet, Innovate, and Troy.
• Managed and enhanced the Auto-pay processing of vendor invoices.
• Automated the travel expense processing Concur.
• Enhancements to specialized in-house General (sub) Ledger to go from monthly to daily.
• SharePoint projects for automating workflows, document management for accounting department.
• Several hardware refreshes to vendor hosted systems: Two PeopleSoft (IBM) hardware refreshes (in the last 4 years) involving machines, memory, module versions, interface management, system striping, networks, etc. Reconfigures parts of networks between company and vendor/Cognizant involving machines, devices, data flow, and networks. Periodic hardware maintenance and upgrades.
• Involved in the IPO readiness endeavor in terms of Architectural analysis, design, and solution.
• Developed controls - State audit and compliance resolution (Compliance and Internal Control):
• Assisted via several smaller projects in the in-house move of Chrysler Capital Retail, Lease and Commercial portion of the business in terms of channel maps, data movement, GL/Sub-GL processing, invoicing, reporting, branding (3rd party customizations, interfaces, etc), funding, etc.
• In all of these projects, work was accomplished with multiple teams, vendors, and interfaces as well as offshore resources. Environments were complex and distributed.

Confidential

Sr Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Design, and Development of the ELEM, EPET, and parts of the TDT systems. Produced design architectures and lead the work of creating software systems (tools) to monitor, service, and control large devices. These tools were created by re-engineering relevant products and studying/analyzing the systems, data, and other characteristics. Environment: C#, C, C++, MySQL, Wireshark, Windows, etc.
• EPET 4.1 System - Instrumental in reverse engineering relevant product - performed analysis (reverse-engineering) and design to create a new competitive tool to control large distributed storage devices and programmed prototype.
• ELEM 3.0 system - I made system enhancements and created a solution for storage systems i.e., large storage and data devices. Crafted a solution on the Windows platform. Created and implemented a deployment plan for over 70 sites nationwide.
• TDT 2.5 System - Performed analysis and testing of the system and created use cases.