PERSONAL SUMMARY:

• I'm a highly experienced IT Project Manager with an extensive background in Business Information Systems, IT Infrastructure and Software Development for Applications, Risk Management, Financial and Resource planning, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity Planning across multiple industries.
• I have an extensive background in Project Management, including managing multiple diverse projects, and dealing with external vendors and management.
• I have directed exempt employees and contract personnel to successfully complete projects on - time and within budget.
• My background includes substantial work experience in project and methodology design; multiple Businessand Project Management processes; information system security; system design and implementation; and industry awareness for legacy and emerging technologies.
• I am actively looking for a permanent position or long-term contract as a Program or Project Manager.
• I'm willing to travel or relocate within about 300 miles of the Greater Pittsburgh, PA area for the right opportunity.

CAREER SUMMARY:

• Highly experienced Project Manager of Information Technology projects
• Confident Manager of all aspects of Stakeholder Relations across all levels of IT and Business Management
• Highly experienced in the Management of IT Infrastructure and Applications Development projects
• Expert in the evaluation and development of Work Breakdown Structures, and Business Requirements
• Experienced in Risk Management and Cost Estimate and Control procedures
• Highly skilled in defining and controlling Project Milestones
• Extensive knowledge of Project Management Best Practices and multiple Project Management Methodologies
• Highly skilled in the use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, CA Clarity, and CA Open Workbench products for Project Management
• Expert in numerous Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM, RUP, etc.)
• Experienced Manager and Educator of all levels of Project Management including Evaluation, Initiation, Scoping, Analysis, Design, Development, and Implementation.
• Highly motivated Continuing advocate and experienced Instructor for IT .
• Effective leader of Information Technology project teams across multiple disciplines and environments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Apply my knowledge and skills with the tools and resources of the company to all necessary activities in order to meet the requirements of a particular project.
• Provide timely reports to Management and Stakeholders of the Status of all Projects
• Develop Financial Reports, Cost Estimates, and Resource Allocations for all Projects
• Create and maintain accurate Project Plans and Status Reports for all projects using the MS Project and CA Clarity Project Management tools.
• Specifically:
• A project to make the direct-to-consumer sales interaction a highly customized and personalized experience for prospective Senior members using their past data to provide meaningful, personalized insights..
• Project Manager of ACA / Delaware / Gateway File Extract project:
• A project to extract Member, Benefit, Clinical, Claim, Provider, and other data for Delaware members enrolled in the ACA, and creates an extract file sent to the Gateway Health System for Care Management.
• Project Manager of Confidential Renewal Date project:
• A project to enhance the Confidential Renewal Dates functionality for Confidential business so that the effort needed to build and maintain Small Group “Locked Down" Benefit Designs product template ID's in Confidential can be reduced.
• Project Manager of the Confidential ID Card Enhancement project;
• A project to implement a number of opportunities for the Confidential ID Cards to improve quality and timeliness and reduce manual intervention resulting in measurable savings.

Confidential, Pittsburgh PA

Sr. Business Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the Business Continuity Management Program.
• Assist with the roll-out of the third-party risk monitoring and testing program.
• Review and report third-party evaluations and summarize results
• Document testing objectives and summarize test results
• Engage businesses to develop testing strategies
• Develop 2015 testing strategies
• Review and evaluate Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity third party Periodic risk assessment reports
• Review and evaluate Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery third party Initial risk evaluation reports

Confidential, Columbus OH

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Project Manager for HRIT Department:
• Manage existing project to upgrade ePerformance Annual Review project
• Initiate and manage a new project for the Legal division to interface Legal Exchange 3rd party software with in-house Team Connect software for the Nationwide Trial Division (NTD)
• Initiate and manage a new project for the Human Resource / Professional Recruiting group to upgrade the Career Connect on-line Application and Recruitment tool.
• Provide timely reports to Management and Stakeholders of the Status of the Projects
• Develop Financial Reports, Cost Estimates, and Resource Allocations for all Projects
• Create and maintain accurate Project Plans for all projects using the Open Workbench and CA Clarity Project Management tools.
• Provide Project Management according to the Enterprise Software Development protocol (ESDm)
• Provide leadership for Project Teams and Business Users involved with the projects

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr. Project Manager .

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of new store-specific applications and technology
• Coordinate on-site network testing
• Manage the Store Systems Project Plan including:
• Cost and Resource Estimates and Reporting
• Task Assignments and Scheduling
• Equipment Budgets
• Resource Allocations
• Create regular reports to Management and Stakeholders of the Project Status and any Risk / Issues / Concerns
• Sr. Project Manager for the Next Generation Store Mobile Technology:
• Initiate the Store Mobile Technology Pilot project including: writing the Project Proposal, Project Charter, and Resource requests creating the initial Project Plan and Preliminary Schedule develop initial Infrastructure model for new Store Mobile Devices
• Develop Request-for-Proposal (RFP) requirements for new Store Mobile Devices
• Analyze existing devices to leverage current technology and reduce costs

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Project Manager of Vendor Management for the ICD-10 project.
• Interact with 35 Vendors to coordinate 3rd Party Vendor activities for the ICD-10 update and their interface to the Confidential systems.
• Coordinate Vendor application software changes required for ICD-10 with the Managed Healthcare System
• Report to Management and Stakeholders, including Vendor Stakeholders, the overall Status of the ICD-10 Initiative,
• Communicate and Resolve any Risk / Issues / Concerns of the Vendors for the Confidential ICD-10 Initiative
• Communicate to the Vendors any Risk / Issues / Concerns of Confidential Project Management
• Manage Vendor ICD-10 changes required for the Managed Healthcare System
• Application software changes included Healthcare Exchange Modifications and CMS 1500 Health Insurance Claims form updates
• Formulate plans and objectives to manage the project within the constraints of scope, quality, time, and cost
• Coordinate the budget and resource allocations for the Confidential Vendor ICD-10 updates
• Follow established Confidential Project Management Playbook standards for managing the project artifacts.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager of a project to merge and automate the Medicare Provider Audit and Reimbursement process for the Novitas (formerly Confidential Medicare Services) and First Coast Service Operations (FCSO) corporate divisions of Confidential . I was responsible for managing the Senior Consultant, Business Analyst, Systems Analyst and Technical Architect during the Requirements Gathering and Design / Architecture phases leading to the Development and Implementation of the project. Specifically:
• Work with Directors and Managers from Novitas and FCSO to determine the scope of the project
• Coordinate access to the Audit personnel at Novitas and FCSO
• Manage travel to Novitas and FCSO locations for on-site evaluation of the Audit process workflow
• Evaluate the current versions of the Medicare Provider Audit and Reimbursement process at both companies
• Determine opportunities for automation and workflow efficiencies in a combined Provider Audit and Reimbursement system
• Supervise the design of the system automation and workflow enhancements for compliance with CMS regulations

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage the ICD-10 Upgrade of the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
• Coordinate ICD-10 compatibility for all storage devices and databases
• Perform as ICD-10 EDW Project Manager to coordinate Enterprise and Infrastructure activities for the project
• Engage the Confidential Architecture, Infrastructure, and Applications groups as necessary to complete the project requirements
• Coordinate the ICD-10 update of 3rd Party Inbound and Outbound files with the EDW updates
• Manage EDW Application software changes required for the ICD-10 Upgrade
• Engage other teams as required to fulfill the requirements of each project
• Manage the Project Plans to insure all tasks are completed on time according to the Plan
• Manage Resources to successfully complete projects on time and within budget
• Project Manager on other projects assigned by Confidential including:
• Project Manager of a team to develop a standardized Regression and Validation testing system for new Insurance Products for the Enterprise Data Warehouse group
• Overview Management of upgrades to inbound and outbound interface files with Third-party Vendors

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Enterprise Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• 18 month project involving over 200 applications resident on over 100 servers
• Upgrade the existing infrastructure to Websphere Application Server 7.1
• Add new hardware and software as necessary to upgrade the current infrastructure to the required level
• Supervise the Applications Teams to upgrade systems as necessary to use the new WAS 6.1 system
• Enterprise Project Manager: BART Upgrade:
• 12 month project to upgrade the obsolete BART Sales/Marketing application with a new infrastructure
• Negotiate a contract with Oracle to supply underlying software and expertise for the Upgrade
• Coordinate replacement of the hardware, operating system, and infrastructure with current technology
• Manage multiple teams (applications, Web infrastructure, Database, Oracle 3rd Party) necessary to insure successfully completing of the project.
• Infrastructure Project Manager: ECS Portal:
• 12 month project that I re-activated to upgrade the Portal Application to a new Application Server level
• Initiate the project and transfer Enterprise Project Management to another Project Manager
• Manage the infrastructure requirements (hardware and operating system software) and multiple team resources required for the system upgrade.
• Project Manager / Business Analyst:
• Secure Transport: Manage the upgrade of obsolete Production Servers to Secure Transport servers
• Net 3-5-7 Project: Obtain and install new servers to upgrade an existing sub-net for the corporate intranet
• MAX Application Outsourcing: Arrange for outsourcing the MAX Marketing application to a 3rd party
• IVR Update: Coordinate update of the IVR application to use new Websphere Server technology
• SAN Server Move: Move current SAN Servers and upgrade obsolete Production Servers for the Data Center Expansion at the Shea facility.

Enterprise Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager: Migrate the Mainframe operations from Perot Systems to Confidential:
• Migrate entire library of applications to new Mainframe
• Migrate and update disk storage systems
• Convert existing physical tape system to Virtual Tape (VT) system
• Migrate and convert the Telecomm interface systems to the new Infrastructure
• Convert Internet/Mainframe connections to new Web Servers
• Project Manager / Business Analyst: Convert DB2 Database to v8.1
• Oversee conversion / upgrade of 300 application programs
• Project Manager: Semi-Annual Disaster Recovery Tests
• Coordinate end-to-end Disaster Recovery test including 3rd Party Business Partners
• Supervise the actual test during a 10-day test window, including emergency software changes
• Update the Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity plan with recommendations from each test.
• Develop new in-house Incident Reporting procedures
• Reduce the number of monthly tape mounts for an annual savings in excess of $50,000
• Manage the conversion of all legacy COBOL Mainframe systems to Enterprise COBOL
• Conduct quarterly audit of Mainframe access and Change Control procedures
• Support Annual Audits for SOX / PCI / HIPPA regulatory compliance
• Coordinate with 3rd Party Audit Staff for Audit Test procedures
• Manage Confidential Applications Staff to conduct tests and provide historic data as required
• Review and document recommended system changes to maintain regulatory compliance
• Business Analyst:
• Primary contact for Confidential Pharmacies Information Technology Group
• Primary contact for Confidential Information Technology Group
• Primary Contact for Perot Systems 3rd Party Mainframe Operations
• Primary Contact for Computer Associates (CA) software vendor
• Disaster Recovery Coordinator for Mainframe Systems and IT Infrastructure
• Mainframe System Administrator
• Change Control Administrator
• CA-ENDEVOR Change Control software Administrator
• Review and coordinate updates of all CA software installed on the mainframe
• Attend the annual CA-WORLD conference as a Speaker
• Project Lead for the Mainframe migration from Confidential ’s to Perot Systems:
• Convert the Confidential ’s proprietary Change Management system to CA AllFusion Endevor
• Convert the Confidential ’s proprietary Network Security Process system to IBM Tivoli Session Manager
• Review the mainframe systems to identify Confidential ’s proprietary software and recommend 3rd Party replacement systems
• Design, manage, and conduct the procedure to migrate the EHS / PharmaCare mainframe systems to Perot Systems 3rd party Mainframe operations
• Review the Disaster Recovery plan of Confidential (EHS) / Pharmacare for practical application
• Project Manager the semi-annual Disaster Recovery Test
• Plan and conduct the semi-annual Disaster Recovery Test
• Supervise the actual test during a 10-day test window, including emergency software changes
• Write the Disaster Recovery Test Results and Recommendations document for each test.
• Update the Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity plan with recommendations from each test.
• Provide expert technical and business support to Confidential including:
• Supervise projects to update mainframe systems to comply with established corporate standards;
• Research and resolve the system performance issues on the development system.