SUMMARY

• Highly diverse project background in both Infrastructure and Software Development, allowing the opportunity to manage multiple projects simultaneously in different domains.
• Detailed Business Cases Development working closely with technical teams to scope and closely estimate cost for approval by leadership and stakeholders.
• Extensive finance and procurement experience working with CapEx (Capital) and OpEx (Operational) Budgeting, Finance Forecasting and Reporting.
• Mastery in Time Management allowing multiple projects to be simultaneously managed all with successful completion.
• Expert at handling End - to-End projects, working with Architecture, System Design, Configuration, Customization, Testing, Production Cutover and Support.
• Comfortable leader with an Executive presence, implementing highly effective meetings with leadership while also motivating other cross functional teams to their highest potential.
• Experienced Certified Scrum Master who will keep your resources protected from external interruptions, Managing User Stories, Daily Scrum, Facilitating Sprints and Ceremonies.
• Ability to liaise with C-Level decision makers maintaining a clear understanding of company goals and project initiatives.
• Audience specific communication, saving Executive Leadership time and effort. Facilitating interpersonal communication to all parties while tactfully guiding all aspects of the projects.
• Fast project ramp up, giving the ability to jump into an existing project and work it through completion.
• International Leadership experience allowing to use offshore resources successfully while mitigating uncertainty and risk.
• Highly analytical in delivering on-time and on-budget projects in a wide range of technical domains from infrastructure to software development, on-prem or cloud.
• Developed and facilitated Training and Change Management to keep business impact to a minimum.
• Highly Skilled with Project Management Tools (i.e. Microsoft Project, Jira, Excel).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded a high profile data migration of 90 terabytes (largest EY data center globally) moving from Rackspace to a new Data Center. Saving EY $2m per month following Rackspace shut down.
• Management of schedule, budget, resources, and leadership reporting for the new Data Center Infrastructure.
• Highly skilled management of 20-40+ resources on, off and near shore depending on the pipeline of projects.
• Facilitated a high-profile technical workshop with all parties to architect a new solution for RSA keys and security.
• Lead the scoping, architecture and build of an Azure Cloud Dev. Environment and Prod. Environment. Followed with the migration of numerous shared services being utilized by different BU’s (Business Unit) across EY.
• Successfully managed 12 projects simultaneously in a wide range of domains including: Infastructure, Software Refresh, DevOps, POC (Proof-of-Concepts), InfoSec Security Remediation and Developed a Cloud Environment infrastructure.
• Entrusted in direct customer facing interaction with numerous fortune 10 clients, providing exceptional support and professionalism.
• Highly valued for closing projects under budget and on-time, which allowed funds to be utilized for additional projects not on the schedule for that Fiscal Year.
• I was the product owner for Brainspace and Nuix, keeping leadership aware of license usage and costs. Coordinate between teams to ensure planned update schedule and delivery of high-quality software.
• Based on past expertise was tasked with creating the financial standarization documents for the PMO, allowing for detailed financial tracking of CapEx, OpEX, ETC and EAC.
• Lead Project Manager for all POC’s (proof of concept) including feasibility studies, Cost-Benefits-Analysis, testing and reporting to Stakeholders and Leadership.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a high-profile SAP Solution Manager software refresh while also incorporating the AWS Migration.
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously, including the SAP Project, Workday Project, HR Project and ServiceNow Project.
• In charge of project governance, working closely with an Executive Sponsor, Project Owner, and Steering Committee.
• Champion at handling all phases of the project from the initial Charter approval to design and build ending with deployment and project closure.
• Worked closely with the Executive Sponsor in creation and delivery of the CBA (Cost-Benefits-Analysis) showing the ROI in migrating from DB2-to-HANA.
• Took the role of Scrum Master when using a hybrid methodology during the Global Workday development.
• Spearheaded negotiations with a 3rd the party vendor allowing Architecture, Legal and Finance to ratify the SOW.
• Performed general management of CapEx and OpEx budget, all purchase orders, day-to-day tasks and milestone management.
• Provided very audience specific reporting to Executives and other project Stakeholders, including: bi-weekly Project Status Reports, Monthly Financial Forecasts, Project Quality Reports, Solution Architect Review Report and Project Change Request.
• Managing and facilitating Database migration from DB2 to Proprietary HANA (SAP).
• Working directly with an C-Level Leadership in keeping them informed while also trying to minimize their workload.
• Always facilitating strong communication plan between all business units, vendor, executives and techs.
• Met with the lead Architect on building a very defined project plan, then managed resources closely to hit all milestones and KPI’s.
• The HR Business Unit project had an impact on Cost Centers, Payroll, W-2s, and anything HR related.
• Was tasked to spearhead the ITHR Solution from start to finish, Interfacing with department leads and in collaboration with the technical teams to understand what affects these BU changes would have.