Summary

• Project Manager Professional with over 18 years' experience in the Financial Industry. Areas of Expertise include the following:
• Portfolio Management Project Management Agile Project Management Project Cost Budget Management Scope Management Risk Management Quality Management Process Improvement New Product Development Regulatory Examinations Requirements Generation Conversions Divestitures Disaster Recovery Information Security Communication Facilitation Analytics Problem Solving Team Leadership Microsoft Project Visio SharePoint Archer

Experience:

Project Manager

Confidential

• Assists with the preparation, implementation, monitoring and management of IT Regulatory Examinations involving the FDIC, Federal Reserve Bank and State of North Carolina Examiners.
• Provides departmental support to proactively perform IT Risk Management direction regarding challenges and complexities of managing IT related risks.
• Evaluates adherence to established policies, standards and guidelines to ensure IT Risk Management requirements are met.
• Assists clientele with development of risk remediation plans and monitoring to ensure timely completion and acceptance of residual risk by management.
• Monitors emerging IT risk Performs risk advisory engagement to assess potential impact to the organization and Recommends appropriate actions based on BB T's risk profile.
• Provides support for management reporting and metrics.
• Monitors and tracks issues generated from different targeted exams until they are completely remediated.
• Facilitates meetings between various examining bodies and respective lines of business subject to exams and audits.
• Conducts system access reviews for external Regulatory Examiners.
• Evaluates responses to examination reports to determine if corrective action is satisfactory and if further regulatory action is warranted.

Project Manager

Confidential

• Provided project leadership and facilitated activities from inception through completion.
• Organized project team members and ensured understanding of deadlines and objectives.
• Managed requirements gathering, project estimating and project scope.
• Coordinated project scheduling and quality by overseeing project deliverables.
• Presented status reports and recommended risk mitigation solutions as appropriate.
• Aligned business units, technical development and supported the project team throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Identified issues and chose appropriate alternatives using root cause analysis.
• Provided cost forecasts managed project scope by assessing requirements and determined impacts on budget, time and risk.
• Managed client expectations, anticipated operational and tactical risks and tracked them.
• Resolved project issues and escalated to immediate manager when appropriate.
• Managed project closure initiatives, such as client satisfaction surveys and closure analysis.
• Documented and archived project activities, deliverables, tools and findings for future projects.

Project Analyst

Confidential

• Gathered data from the acquired bank to assist with the product mapping process.
• Managed the divestiture, branch closing and consolidation responsibilities.
• Managed the business conversion plan process for each line of business.
• Granted system access to members of the acquired institution.
• Provided analytical support, documentation and project timelines for the overall Conversion Support Team.
• Assisted with marketing mailings to new clients.

IT Disaster Recovery Administrator

• Developed documentation in support of business resumption activities.
• Department liaison during test exercises and actual disasters.
• Consulted with management and staff throughout the enterprise to determine information technology continuity requirements.
• Assisted in establishing technology management controls and techniques to minimize business risk and client exposure.
• Reviewed continuity and recovery requirements for new systems and facilities that were deemed critical to the survival of the respective business unit.

Information Security Analyst

• Assisted in development and maintenance of Data Processing Standards and Procedures needed to provide an appropriate level of access control and data integrity for computerized information assets.
• Assisted in evaluating, testing and implementation of the enterprise wide information security system that controlled application programs, mainframe and end user computing environments, local area networks and telecommunication networks.
• Provided security violation reports and performed follow up action as required.
• Performed maintenance requests in the Internet firewall and E-mail environment.
• Evaluated and designed security levels for the Operations Division and other home office departments to ensure proper alignment of security levels with functional responsibilities.
• Managed rule environment for security system.

Human Resources Specialist

• Provided support to all bank personnel as required by responding to questions and requests regarding human resources policies, procedures and programs.
• Responsible for routine maintenance and administration of system wide programs such as teller selection, drug screening, new employee orientation, affirmative action and performance systems.