PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly skilled Information Technology Project Manager and Business Analysis professional with 19 years experience in design and delivery of high quality solutions and services to large businesses and direct clients in the a variety of industry domains. Dedicated to exceptional service and results, delivery on time and budget, critical and analytical thinking in problem solving, innovative solution design and successful implementation. Proven leadership in building on shore and off shore cross functional teams and collaboration with 3rd party vendors to achieve stated objectives. Proficient in customer-facing roles involving consultative selling, business analysis, business intelligence, process streamlining, solution matching and delivery, software implementations. Expert in IT project management, product management, user experience management, quality management, project controls management, version controls, release management, business analysis, consultative and professional services, customer relationship management.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Software / Collaborative Tools: MS Project, MS Project Server, Sharepoint, Sharepoint Server, MS Visio, BMC, MS Visual Studio Team Foundation, BMC Rally, Jira, Leankit, SimpleKanban, BMC Remedy, BMC Application Management Automation, Oracle eBusiness, MS VSS, Git, MS Visual Studio, InstallShield,

Specialized Imaging Applications: Adobe Creative Suite, AutoDesk VRED, Rhino Renderer, Lumiscaphe 3D .

PDM/PLM: Lectra PLM, Gerber WebPDM, Siemens Teamcenter, PTC FlexPLM, Centric PLM

ERP: Oracle eBusiness, MS Dynamics AX, CRM

Methodologies: PMI PMBOK, SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Six Sigma, ITIL.

Databases: MS SQL, Oracle 11, 12

Business Process: Microsoft Dynamics AX, Centric PLM, Tradestone PLM, TeamCenter PLM, FlexPLM, Lectra PLM, SAP.

Process Modeling: BMC BRPM, UML, BPMN Visio Modeler, Bonita, TIBCO ActiveMatrix

Business Intelligence: Qlikview, QlikSense, MS Performance Point Server, TIBCO Spotfire, SAP

MS Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, IE

Web Development: HTML, XML, J2EE, Jboss, AppServer, DotNet, WordPress

Languages /coding: C , Java

Industry Domains: Apparel and Retail, Oil and Gas, Healthcare Networks, Telecommunications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Project Manager, Business Analyst, Owner

Confidential

Provide services in Business Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management and Solutions implementation, Continuous Improvement management and Training services for clients. Leverage existing software tools PLM and/or introduction of new tools to enhance and streamline processes. I partner with my clients to plan and implement evaluation and pilot studies to identify best fit solutions in PLM, visualization and rendering, design solutions and others.

Success Stories:

• Provide consulting services to 22 billion retailer in their private label product development to provide business analysis and BPM to improve processes and workflows. Included improvement in utilization of technologies related to color and quality control of product, process flow integration with PTC FlexPLM solution, training of managers and end users in the new processes. Significant ROI realized.
• Partnership with 4 billion retailer to improve product development process and quality using business analysis. Benefit potential > 8 million annually.
• Partnership with a hospital network and call center services to achieve HIPAA compliance, improve and maintain telecommunications ERP hardware/software solutions. Significant ROI realized.
• Partnership with a business in Norway to streamline product development processes via improved PLM utilization and integration. Improvements were applied in materials sourcing, product design, color and material quality and product production.

Sr. Project Manager and Business Analyst

Confidential

• Responsible for 1 Building consultative services in business analysis and business process modeling for clients to achieve lean design and production processes and streamlined supply chain using Lectra's Design, Production, PLM and 3rd party solutions, 2 software product management, 3 beta management, 4 customer support and user experience improvement, 5 customer training, 6 product research and development planning.
• Success Stories:
• Lead cross functional global team to create, formalize, market and deploy professional services in lean design and production. Projects included integrated use of Lectra solutions and 3rd party solutions including ERP Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics . Revenue from professional services valued at 8-25 million, yearly.
• Led the planning and implementation of improved product and customer experience with Lectra's PLM and integrated Design solutions. Resulted in improved Lectra PLM and Design solution acceptance and retention by customers. Generated 4 million revenue yearly.
• Managed consulting projects in lean processes at 80 business clients in North America, Europe, China including JCPenney, Macy's, The Gap/Banana Republic, L Brands, American Eagle, Sears Holdings, Belk, Bon-Ton, Walmart, Levi Strauss, Dillards, Williamson-Dickie, Dicks Sporting Goods, Kohl's, Phillips VanHeusen, Abercrombie Fitch, Lane Bryant, Nordstrom, Marks and Spencer, G-Star, Cessna Aircraft, Bombardier Learjet , others. Employed project controls and documented results and ROI for each project. Some projects included evaluation and optimized use of ERP solutions including Oracle eBusiness and MS Dynamics CRM and AX. Created 8 million revenue in software, 2 million in consulting and training.
• Developed and optimized Lectra Design and PLM Software implementation on Apple MAC systems. Opened a new market for Lectra's products and services valued at 9 million.
• Invented technology for creating high quality color standards and data integration with design and PLM software solutions. Technology valued at 14 million.

Software Project Manager, Software Product Manager, Business Analyst.

Confidential

• Lead multifunctional team to develop, test, release and support several Enterprise Client/Server software using SQL or Oracle database and several desktop solutions. Responsibilities included Software Project Manager, Product Manager, Quality Manager, Change Manager, Implementation Manager, Customer Support and Relationship Manager CRM , Project Controls and Release Manager, Configuration Manager. During these assignments I also took on the role of Business Analyst and provided consulting services to clients.
• Success Stories:
• Lead software integration effort with global cross functional teams, drawn from 4 different companies acquired through M A. The highest value features of each were incorporated into one unified software solution.
• Successfully produced 6 major and 18 minor software releases within time, budget and quality targets, generating 8 million in sales and subscriptions annually.
• Introduced Agile, Scrum and Kanban practices to development team.
• Implemented and documented Project Controls for all software development projects. Created and managed a PMO locally to formalize standards and best practices covering the entire SDLC. This led to significant Improvements in productivity and quality.

Owner and Principal Consultant

Confidential

Provide consulting and technical support to automotive industry and oil and gas industry on regulatory rulemaking related to clean air.

Success Stories:

• Contributed to adoption low sulfur vehicle fuel standards nationwide, which enabled the implementation of new catalyst technology in exhaust gas aftertreatment in gasoline and diesel vehicles.
• Continuing contribution to the Auto Oil Program, a collaboration with Oil and Gas companies BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and US domestic Automotive Companies GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler in adoption of successful fuel reformulation to enable clean air compliance in gasoline and diesel vehicles. The Coordinating Research Council sponsored the Auto Oil Program.

Project Director and Staff Scientist

Confidential

Lead cross functional engineering, scientific teams and interface with public policy and legal teams to support vehicle industry policy and litigation positions on Federal and State rulemaking on vehicle emission controls. Employed best practice project controls to the effort. Design and manage engineering and scientific studies in alternative propulsion, emission control, air quality research.

Success Stories:

• Lead a cross functional team to provide technical support for GM and industry positions on regulatory policy. The effort was key to a successful outcome, saving GM 6 billion and the auto industry > 10 billion over a 4 yr period.
• Manage research using 1 million chemical reactor to simulate vehicle emissions to provide guidance on new catalyst and engine technologies, active engine controls, reformulated fuels and OBD-II for meeting strict regulations imposed by CARB and CAAA 1990. Cost saving to GM, > 350 million annually.
• Provided technical data support and research studies for the Auto-Oil Program, a collaboration between GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell charged with finding fuel formulation and emission technology synergies leading to compliance with strict emission regulations.
• Design and conduct supporting application research and development projects in alternative propulsion technology including fuel cell, CNG, electric, diesel-electric and other hybrid technologies.
• Published 40 peer reviewed papers, books, technology collections, 60 presentations at regional, national and international societies, 60 internal white papers.