SUMMARY
- Project Manager with experience in developing business information systems from concept through implementation.
- Highly skilled in problem solving, system analysis, and project management.
- Ability to apply innovative information technology to business problems and communicate effectively in complex relationships.
- Regarded as a strong leader sensitive to user needs and methods.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- MS Project MS - Project Server
- MS-Office
- Primavera (Oracle) Team Play/P3e
- Earned Value Management
- SDLC methodologies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential - St. Louis MO
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Project Manager for multiple ongoing application development initiatives for the Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency.
- Completing the adoption of Scrum Agile development methods.
- I am using JIRA, MS-Project and SharePoint.
- I provide formal project and status report to the contracting office.
Confidential - St. Louis MO
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Project Manager on IPDM program. I oversaw IPDM Common Image development and IPDM Engineering development.
- I am also the IT manager over all PDM labor contracts with Siemens.
- I lead and mentored 4 Agile/Scrum development teams.
- Implemented new processes and aligned current processes from management to the individual contributors.
- I provided formal tracking a forecasting of project status using a combination of MS Team Foundation Server and Deltek Open Plan.
- The PMO used an overall methodology similar to SAFe.
Confidential - St. Louis MO
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Manager on the DCPS development project in charge of business analysts, subject matter experts and software architects in the St. Louis office.
- I was so in charge of developing processes and methodologies for a large application development project.
- This project was sub contract to Lockheed Martin to develop new disability claims processing system for the Social Security Administration.
- We used HP ALM for requirements, task and test management.
Confidential - St. Louis MO
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Part of a project management group over multiple Human Resources applications outsourced from Confidential
- I used multiple project management applications and processes.
- I performed formal resource planning, budget tracking and issue management.
- I coordinate multiple business analysis, development and testing groups in a full SDLC process.
- I also act as a release manager coordinating multiple projects toward a single deployment date.
Confidential - St. Louis MO
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Project manager on a project to replace existing character based user interfaces with web based technology for Affirmative Insurance.
- This was a 6-month $750,000 contract.
- I managed a team of 4 developers and 2 Business Analysts.
- We are the prime contractor and are the system integrator over 5 sub-contractors as well as coordinating the client resources.
- I have introduced Scrum and other Agile Iterative techniques to rapidly design and develop the application.
- I managed the project from initial assessment phases through development to the handoff to the client for deployment.
Confidential - St. Louis MO
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Successfully implemented first of 8 retirements and 2 system replacements.
- Managed the second release of software with high quality and on schedule.
- Brought order and success to projects that had been ineffectually managed by end users and IT operational staff
Confidential, St. Louis, Mo
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Implemented the Agile Scrum application development methodology as part of ongoing development of the Poliwall network security appliance.
- Negotiated Contract with sub-contractor on US Army research and development project.
- Developed SOW for DOD R&D contract.
Confidential - St. Louis, Mo
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Resolved difficult relationship with project sponsor.
- Established new procedures for correct evaluation of business requirement task completion.
- Brought project back to being on schedule with scope in control
- Established good working relationships with the vendor that was being replaced and with customer IT.
Confidential - St. Louis, Mo
System Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Lead successful first of 4 system consolidation projects.
- Implemented portfolio status reporting procedures
- Designed and lead development of .net mail label creation application
- Lead other team leaders and project management in the adoption of MS Project Server
- Technical Lead for SOX compliance audits.
Confidential
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- I managed the requirements analysis phase of a platform migration project Confidential QVC.
- In charge of managing technical resources during client interviews and was in charge of writing the Statement of Work for the major project and supporting contract documentation.
- Wrote SOW and Project plan that lead to award of contract.
