SUMMARY:

Confidential very experienced Consultant/Contractor with over 20 years as Confidential Program/Project Manager is currently looking for Confidential to Contract to Hire Position. Previously targeted short term Projects that needed immediate attention, correction, and focus. Please review the information below and contact me if you have an existing or future PM position that you are looking to fill with Confidential qualified individual. I am confident that I can be of immediate benefit to any organization that is in need of the skills outlined below.

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS:

• Project/Program Management, Process & Strategic Planning
• Product Development, Mobile Device Development and Deployment
• SDLC - Software Implementation / deployment, Process / Risk Management
• Client / Server Implementations / Deployments (Infrastructure)
• Call Center software and Hardware solution upgrade
• Data Mining Tool creation and Data Warehousing CRM apps

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills / Background in: MS Project. Knowledgent, Veritas, Vetria, Genesis, Windows, NT, UNIX, Solaris, Oracle, Versant, Metasolv, EDI, Visio, XML, MS Project, Project Server, Clarity, Clarify, MS Office Seibel 7.0, IEX Totalview, Sharepoint, Knowledge Link, Lotus Notes, SharePoint, Remedy, CRTool, Frame Relay, SONET, and ATM transport system / networks,. Familiar with the following standards ISO 9000, TL 9000, Bellcore (LSOG, ASOG), SDLC Methods & Procedures. ITIL, RUP & PMI/PMP PIMBOK Project Management Methods and Procedures, Call Center operations & HW & SW upgrades, CRM and ERP Arch and Theory. Data Warehousing & Data Mining.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, Irving, Tx

Project Manager/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Research for Impacted Application, Define CCPA needs to Impacted application, Tracking Testing for CXP and Datagrid applications, Daily test status reports
• Preliminary Rollout exercise, Data gathering from Surrounding organization.
• Program is for preliminary resource allotment to support Projects and Programs.

Confidential, Dallas, Tx

Deployment Mngr

Responsibilities:

• Gather the history of the program for the past 5 years, Create Confidential current status report.
• Review current status with current stakeholders, Decide on the scope of the upcoming releases.
• Leadership approval of scope and delivery dates.
• Verify resource readiness.
• Plan for completion of current releases.

Confidential, Dallas, Tx

Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Release Manager, Assigned to Premier Projects, Duties include verifying each project in Confidential Release is ready for deployment in that Release.
• Coordinating with the Program and Project Managers to ensure Timing, QA testing and the appropriate resources are ready for deployment for each project.
• Weekly to Daily calls with the Release team and QA test team to verify there are no outstanding “Blockers” involved.
• Ensuring that standard SDLC approach with Agile, Waterfall, and blended methodologies are appropriate and being used.
• Attend change control meeting to identify impacts to the pending release.
• Extensive use of MS Project, and Sharepoint project control tools.
• Oversee the creation of the deployment playbooks for the release. Send hourly status reports during releases, .

Confidential, Addison, Tx

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Business Project Manager, Managing two substantial projects, Confidential Project enabling merchants to allow purchases in other countries with the currency of the home country and Common Currency Foreign Exchange project which was the establishing the infrastructure for Confidential . Standard SDLC approach with Agile, Waterfall, and blended methodologies. Team work with IT PM, UAT PM, and Product SME.
• Standard Change Control entry and tracking approach.
• Extensive use of MS Project, Project Central, and Sharepoint project control tools.
• Creation of “Playbook” for Deployment Releases.
• Used JIRA for ticketing.
• Overseeing Releases for Confidential to make sure all SCR (user stories) were deployed and tested. .

Confidential, Plano, Tx

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing and deploying ESG ASR tool for Confidential .
• Working with JIRA, Skype and Workfront to establish appropriate tickets.
• Working with existing Confidential & Confidential Program and project POCs.
• Scheduling and holding internal and external Project Status meeting.
• Working closely with the Program Manager and Architect to update each release with the appropriate requirements.
• Working on Roadmap documentation as well as ticketing processes to establish “charge too” buckets for each release payroll.
• Working with Development and Test on each deployment.
• Used System/Application integration processes, Using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies

Confidential, Plano, Tx

Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed and built Financial Snapshot reports as well as daily Project Health status Reports which we later adopted by Confidential.
• I co- Authored Confidential new Change Request (CR) Process from existing Confidential & Confidential ITUP Processes.
• Managed existing suite of 50 Applications. Oversaw 4 month release cycle with all standard PMO Practices.
• Used Rally and Sharepoint extensively, System/Application integration processes, Using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.