SUMMARY:

• Proven leader and manager seeking opportunities to deliver strategic direction, process improvement and successful project delivery within a driven organization.
• Motivated to bring a lifetime of to bear in delivering solid results in managing a myriad of areas for technology project directives in any business sector.
• Extensive, accomplished history of technical project completion with the ability to motivate, monitor, and lead while working with upper management on customer driven concept and vision.
• 29 years of experience in information technology in both development and management roles
• 18 years of experience in information technology project management primarily using PMI's PMBOK methodology
• 10+ years of fortune 500, Fortune 100 management experience
• Well versed in Microsoft Project, Sharepoint, Clarity, Service Now, Jira, Trello and Atlasian software for managing projects, including EVM reporting with additional expertise in Agile project status reporting tools
• Experienced in development and architecture with mainframe, gui, web and mobile platform applications
• Highly intelligent, creative and innovative with proven ability to deliver results exceeding customer expectations
• Exceptional written and oral communication to all levels of organizational hierarchy
• Excellent emotional intelligence skills with a sound approach to identifying and resolving issues and risks with detail orientation

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Responsibilities:

• Simultaneously managed two successfully implemented multimillion dollar transitional projects updating 20 - 40 years of business technology and process in Confidential ’s vehicle processing centers
• Both projects were delivered on time, on budget and within quality standards of the business partner and ITS mandated constraints using Microsoft Project, Service Now, Jira, Atlassian
• Managed development of mobile applicationwhich remediated a RFID system and remediated 40 years of business processes and technology updating to mobile device
• Project was first of its kind mobile application for Confidential
• Effort included transitional process from Waterfall to Agile methodologies and included both during the entirety of the project
• Responsible for all aspects of the project including project estimation and scheduling, requirements gathering, vendor engagement, development and testing, implementation, scrum activities, dev team activities, project accounting, business sponsor and stakeholder reporting
• Achieved success while managing a primarily non colocated team using Zoom for team scrum and stakeholder meetings
• Managed development of a proprietary automated photo booth studio for vehicles within a production environment upgrading a 20 year old photo system. Application used to provide multi-tier photo packages to Southeast Toyota Dealerships with an estimated ROI in the 2 to 3 million dollar per year range
• Responsible for all aspects of the project including RFI creation, vendor evaluation and selection, vendor relationship estimation and scheduling, requirements gathering, vendor engagement, legal requirements, software development and testing, implementation, scrum activities, dev team activities, project accounting, business sponsor and stakeholder reporting
• Supervised and responsible to deliver the mechanical aspect of the project to be delivered by the vendor partner as well as the internal software application
• Oversaw the strict requirements that apply to production environment ensuring one of a kind product with leading edge technology for both still and 360 degree photos delivered to the end customer using cloud, api and web service tools

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, AR

Responsibilities:

• Introduced agile methodology to JBhunt development process for Carrier 360 web and mobile initiatives, leading the transition from Waterfall to Agile in the first ever JBHunt project to use Agile Methodology
• Successfully lead development and rollout of Confidential first ever intuitive transportation management system mobile application for Drivers and Carriers (JBHunt360).
• Coached other PM and development teams in agile methodology scrum techniques and reporting.
• Roles include agile coach, scrum master and project manager, leading daily scrum, sprint demos, sprint retrospectives, backlog grooming and burn up chart development for 4 development teams totaling 24 developers of both employee and contract resources.
• Successfully lead development and rollout of Confidential first ever intuitive transportation management system mobile application for Carriers (360 Carrier).
• Assumed responsibility of mobile application development management while project was behind schedule and delivered on projected due date.
• Responsible for managing 50% of the development lifecycle of J.B. Hunt top 3 initiative MarketPlace web application for Shipper and Carrier business sectors integrating with existing CRM system, Salesforce, HelpSpot and proprietary truck load freight management software.

SAP/HANA ERP Project Manager

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed WalMarts first ever Global SAP HANA Proof of Technology and Proof of Concept project through all phases. Managed the first implementation of real world HANA for HR module for UK in 2014.
• Successfully managed SAP Business Intelligence/Business Warehouse, Data Quality, Data Integration (MDM) and Enterprise Application Integration projects for Global Services program through multiple country implementations (Mexico, Argentina, Central America and China) leading over 40 associate direct and vendor resources on and offshore simultaneously.
• Led transition of WalMart mainframe legacy realtime and batch reporting to SAP reporting analytics and reporting tools using crystal reports and business objects(BOBJ) dashboard.
• Successfully implemented Confidential initiative to use agile processes for all projects acquiring scrum master and implementing agile on current SAP projects.
• Mentored other WalMart PMs in agile processes and procedures while onboarding new PM resources as necessary.
• Collaborated with IT management about Budget, Resource Planning, Strategy, and Execution of customer-driven, IT-enabled solutions.
• Established partnership between Project Manager and Resource Manager groups to ensure ISDLC and PMO guidelines were understood and followed between groups.
• Assisted Vendor Management Office(VMO) by developing lessons learned for vendor transition during preferred vendor implementation.

Project Manager

Confidential, ISpringdale, AR

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed all aspects of the releases of the Fresh Chicken Retail Sales System (RSS) application using Confidential
• System Life Cycle processes and templates.
• Coordinated program team efforts from Business Requirements through Implementation.
• Proactively worked with business management and application end users to develop solutions for providing necessary data and interface results.
• Collaborated with multiple Tyson internal organizations both within and outside of IS to accomplish application releases on time and within budget.

Project Manager

Confidential, Rogers, AR

Responsibilities:

• Developed entire Software Development Life Cycle base on PMI methodologies while managing development team through several iterations of SDLC implementing projects.
• Responsible for enforcement of standards and maintenance of data repository / dictionary.
• Inter-departmental liaison for technical architecture issues supporting staff and management on all technical needs directly reporting to the CIO Jim Craig, highlighted in CIO magazine
• Trained on use of InfoPath and Sharepoint for delivering corporate data to mobile devices
• Reported daily in project status using Microsoft Projects Earned Value reporting tool
• Managed multiple smaller projects within a range if clients including the entire Software Development Lifecycle of a sales reporting application using SQL Server 7 and MS ACCESS.
• Developed project from submittal of a RFP, contract to implementation and development of a biometrics access and timekeeping system at Twin Rivers Foods.
• Served full time in the Air National Guard for 6 months after 9/11 in support of Operation Noble Eagle

Confidential, Lowell, AR

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Confidential corporate real estate business sector
• Managed reports area of the project
• Managed Confidential vendor relationship with the state of Alabama