TECHNICAL SUMMARY

• Release Management: Manage Relationships, Collaborate with all teams involved, Conduct Reviews (Release Readiness, Milestone, and Business Go/No - Go), Produce Plans (Deployment, Run Book & Implementation), Organization Change Management, and Weekly Release Reporting.
• Project Management: Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Have used PMP, MS Project, PPM, Six Sigma, TQM, SEI/CMM, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Project Workbench, Niku, AQMS, ServiceNow; and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, z/OS, HP/UX and UNIX.

Programming Languages: Visual Basic, C++, JavaScript, JCL, HTML & XML.

Applications: MS Office Suite, Oracle, Cyber Security, Windchill, DB2, SQL Server, DWH, BI, AI, Active Directory, e-Commerce, .NET, MQ Series, Epic, Clarity, Remedy, SAFe, CREST and ETL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Consultant

Confidential, Plymouth, MN

Responsibilities:

• Privately Held Consulting Company providing relationship based consulting services (on W2 or 1099 basis) to both large and smaller clients in multiple areas including: strategic planning, new business development, vendor management, project management (application development, infrastructure deployment, business side projects, consistent, ITIL based configuration mgmt processes, & organization change mgmt), program management, requirements analysis, and virtual team building.
• I have worked with 2 mid-size private clients since 7/2016. The first is an internet based supplier of automated building controls. Projects led for this client included annual strategic planning updates, analyzing and prioritizing new business development options, planning/leading quarterly deployment project plans, leading the market analysis team and identifying the preferred order of new product additions, developing an improved Supply Chain Management System and growing the virtual team management.
• The second client tailors specialized Financial Services and Investment software for their customers. Projects managed for this client including facilitating regular discussions with key customers to validate their requirements and needs; identifying potential changes triggered by new government/regulatory requirements; facilitate annual strategic planning sessions to prioritize and size potential new features; lead development of prioritized quarterly upgrade plans; plan/execute production systems changes as needed; work with the support team to size and schedule the timing of customer upgrades and ensure that all customer needs are met. Large Public consulting clients included:

Confidential

Senior Cross Application Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led multiple Cross Application Project Engagements concurrently. Teamed with the Business Clients to document their needs/requirements; identify Impacted Application Teams/Support Groups; Request Budgetary Estimates; evaluate estimates and secure financial approvals; and, then kick off the development project. Held weekly Cross App Status reviews/updates, facilitated organization change management, planned/executed DWH updates, identified and resolved any current incidents, and generated the periodic support documentation required by Clarity. Incorporated ServiceNow to enhance setting expectations and gain service visibility. Moved 1 Cloud Based Data Center. Collaborated on integrating elements of IT infrastructure from data center technologies and Cloud with Service Management stakeholders. Team size 58.
• Project types included Waterfall, Iterative, Agile/Scrum, Web, Mobile and Mixed Mode applications.
• Deployments were on time, within budget and exceeded expectations. Project budgets were $6.3MM.
• Led the combined client technical staff in identifying & documenting requirements for an updated disaster recovery plan; researching & evaluating potential vendors for a new Disaster Recovery CoLocation Site; selecting 3 finalists and sending a Request For Information (RFI) document to the finalists; evaluating the received responses; and ranking the finalists in preferred order. Reviewed the Architectural options; validated the preferred approach; and, transitioned to the PMO. Project budget $157K. Team size 17.
• Planned/led multiple new project efforts supporting an Oracle R12 rules based product configuration initiative including preparations for Integration Management & Testing. Facilitated cross functional teams including Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Customer Service and Finance to meet project objectives. Identified project issues and worked with key stakeholders on solutions including requirement change management. Project budget was $190K. Team size

Senior Project Manager-PM

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, IA

Responsibilities:

• Led/Documented twice weekly full team reviews to ensure completion of Migration Testing/Validation for a Long Term Care Modeling Application. Facilitated Organization Change Management.
• Directed a Virtual Project Team of 24 spread across six sites. Project budget was $772K.
• Directed key elements of a Multi-Year Integration Project following a merger of equals.
• Owned the Organization Change Management, Coordination and Execution for monthly Legacy updates.
• Planned/Led creation of DWH updates for joint operation. Updated Cyber Security system.
• Audited the project artifact documents for all projects deployed each month.
• Worked extensively with team members in the Largest Capability area (Claims) to facilitate a seamless Release Management interface. Project budget was $4.5MM. Team size 39
• Developed an accelerated implementation plan for the Lawson HR Module. Project budget was $349K.
• Recruited/managed additional resources to support the accelerated project schedule.
• Surveyed users of older DB products to evaluate usage and develop change plans. Team size 23.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Consulted with the CTO & Business Pursuit Team to create plans and prepare a response to a Request For Proposal for an Enterprise Level Data Center Optimization project. Team size 10.
• Developed automated monitoring capability for each facility. Project budget was $168K.
• Enhanced Change Management, Performance Management and Release Management processes.
• Worked on the PMO team to firm up plans & details for significant new DWH initiatives starting in 2012.
• Developed a more efficient approach to Organization Change, Performance& Release Management for Enhancement Projects going forward. Project budget $105K. Team size 15.

Senior Project Manager-PMO

Confidential, Bloomington, MN

Responsibilities:

• Implemented 10-12 Professional Services Engagements concurrently for a large Sales District.
• Validated that the proposed Sales solutions appropriately addressed customer needs.
• Facilitated Organization Change Management for several large refresh projects (using ServiceNow).
• Managed a full Data Center Application Migration (157 Apps over 16 weekends).
• Led projects in the medical device industry for Starkey Hearing, Medtronic and Boston Scientific.
• Managed DWH Financial Industry Engagements for Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase.
• Led regulatory and compliance projects for multiple clients.
• Managed Cyber Security updates for three clients.
• Enhanced Business Continuity features/DR sites for multiple clients. Addressed. Infrastructure, Networking, end-user services and Disaster Recovery. Project budgets totaled $38.6MM.
• Developed/Executed revised implementation plans for several customer critical engagements nationwide.
• Managed Data Center Consolidations for several clients who had made acquisitions including creating finalized configuration layouts and managing the cabling revisions. Average team size 29.
• Co-led a small team to update plans & procedures to spin off Ameriprise IT resources from the American Express Data Centers. Project budget was $3.8MM. Managed Organization Change. Team size 53.
• Prepared/Executed individual Application Migration Plans including a new Cyber Security system.

Project Manager

Confidential, Bloomington, MN

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated and managed monthly incremental software releases for 4 major application groups using Agile & Scrum. Led creation of new/updated DWH files. Project budgets were $2.7MM. Team size 32.
• Created virtual DBA Teams to upgrade the Oracle level for the new environment.
• Led a 3 person PM team planning & delivering multiple Data Center updates including SAN and server upgrades, HA functionality, and revising storage space allocation/planning.
• Stepped in midstream to manage Common Price Lookup to a successful on-time conclusion.
• Provided new backroom systems & databases to upgrade all divisions’ POS systems.
• Ensured that the DB teams provided consistent functionality between divisions.
• Reduced application test time 75% by automating scripts and linking sequences.
• Managed high visibility sales floor automation development. Led a cross-functional team of 38 with a project budget of $13.4 MM.
• Eliminated $2.5MM in annual printing/distribution costs by creating an online app.
• Developed a web-based e-Commerce App that let store teams begin implementing planograms overnight once completed by the Merchandise Presentation Analyst.
• Led project team on major application upgrade to unify branch office operational tools.
• Maximized Financial Advisor capabilities and branch office efficiency. Project budget was $1.9MM.
• Pilot tested and Released upgraded application to all Minnesota branch offices. Team size 16.