Project Manager Resume Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Dynamic and energetic project manager, and Agile activist, successfully delivering game - changing results on time and on budget by focusing on plans while embracing the reality of constant change and emerging requirements. Adept at organizational and problem solving skills, and learning quickly.
Extensive record of success with Information Technology leadership, and continual business processes improvements.Skills & Qualifications

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed $8M program comprised of projects to implement a Broadcast Management System at HBO Latin America. This effort was a five-year effort comprised of several six to nine month projects, often going on in parallel, and each culminating in a production rollout. Each project was centered on a different business unit including Finance, Acquisitions, and Scheduling. Integrated several smaller initiatives. Fast-paced environment.
The new system eliminated the high costs of licensing and maintaining aging legacy systems and greatly increased productivity by providing efficient systems in line with the future company vision
Directed the activities of project teams across UK, Romania, Ukraine, Israel, Canada, and the US.
Managed projects to customize production applications at DirecTV which resulted in business efficiencies, an elimination of errors caused by user data entry, and streamlined communication between business units.

Confidential, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Product Owner for a new Planning Tool product. Drove corporate initiatives such as business process re-engineering and Broadcast Management System product enhancements. Liaised with key executives on design and planning efforts.
Collaborated with executive stakeholders to design a Planning tool using an iterative and incremental delivery approach which allowed for a full featured product to go to market in less than one year.
Led a team in the development of the above Planning tool resulting in new revenue stream.

Confidential, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Software Engineer and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Software Engineer, and manager of contracted resources, on team responsible for the design, development, and delivery of new applications and product features, including Business Intelligence integration.
Served in a change management capacity to restructure processes and oversee production changes which reduced production downtime from 15% to near zero.
Worked closely with business analysts on detailed plans of action resulting in increased funding.

Confidential, Brookfield, WI

Senior Software Engineer and Designer

Responsibilities:

Employed Agile/Scrum methodology including Scrum Master duties as part of a multi-year project to convert the flagship accounting software package to a SaaS browser application.
Developed a mobile field service prototype, and an Oracle SQL X-Query library to interface with web services.
Massively re-structured libraries to reduce production downtime from 20% of the time to near zero, and to facilitate communication with multiple systems.