PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Senior level Project Manager with a thorough understanding of how to utilize technology to deliver enterprise solutions to meet the requirements of the business.
• Expertise in driving requirements traceability, defining specifications and budgets, and managing large enterprise - level implementations in global companies.
• Strong high technology, aerospace, financial and international business background with over 15 years of managing large ERP, SAAS, third party and custom development projects with extensive change management and cross-functional liaison experience.
• Expertise managing a range of complex, integrated IT and business driven projects in global companies. Project budgets ranging from 1 to 30 million dollars. Strong understanding of the vendor selection/management and RFP/RFQ processes.
• Comprehensive experience in managing large teams of business analysts, architects, developers and consultants, including management of off-shore resources and third-party vendor implementations.
• Through understanding of Internal Audit’s role and SOX compliance requirements as applied to creating and maintaining effective operational and financial controls as they pertain to enterprise level projects.

TECHNICAL / PROJECT MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS ANALYSIS SKILLS:

Methodologies/Tools: Six Sigma, 5S & LEAN Manufacturing, Microsoft Solutions Framework, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Clarity PPM, Agile & SCRUM Software Development, Microsoft Project, Project Server & SharePoint, UML based tools and traditional SDLC

ERP: PeopleSoft, SAP, Great Plains, MS Navision, Empower

CRM: Oracle On-Demand, Seibel Semiconductor Suite

Database & File Systems: Sterling GIS, HPSM, Confluence, Remedy, SharePoint, Oracle, MS Sequel, Access

Reporting/Data Mining Tools: Business Objects, Tableau, MS Reporting Services, Crystal, Cognos, Powerplay

Languages/Development tools: PeopleTools, Visual Studio/VB/VBA, SQL, J2EE, Java, ASP, Visual Basic, HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Monterey Park, CA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed large technical team - responsible for all budget, development, configuration and security activities
• Advanced bank’s technology infrastructure stack by use of new technologies to streamline development; virtualized hardware, POD infrastructure, XML Publisher, and PeopleTools 8.53
• Liaison between project team and all other internal and external organizations for secondary and tertiary support
• Managed Workday to PeopleSoft integration definition, cost estimation, and SOW development activities
• Managed functional and technical resources in the execution of co-enablement of the two platforms

Confidential, Huntington Beach, CA

Senior Project Manager - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implement structured planning and scheduling techniques targeted at enabling the composite production organization to ramp to highly expected rocket build rates by 2014. Implemented LEAN and 5S techniques.
• Created major component “template” build plans to forecast start and end completion for major rocket components.
• Developed and implemented key performance indicator metrics to track this progress toward production readiness.
• Project manager for global ERP transformation project requiring consolidation on a global chart of accounts, replacement and consolidation of multiple, disparate ERP systems and Business Development system interface.
• Facilitated Finance team in determination of requirements and implementation strategy for global ERP solution.

Confidential, Orange, CA

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management Office:
• Develop and implement project management policies and procedures to create a PMO
• Develop metrics to provide executive management reporting of past, present and future project activities
• Implement project management methodologies and templates for project implementation, tracking & status
• Management and direction for assignment of BAs to individual projects
• Project Management roles:
• Manage vendor implementation of WebMD integration for new Provider Directories and Displacement Reports
• Manage implementation of Project Server to replace multiple in-house project tracking processes
• Manage the activities of On-line Enrollment initiative on the .NET Platform; company-wide initiative to allow brokers, businesses and benefit members access to discreet account management
• Manage on-going activities of quarterly changes to upgrade systems to changing industry requirements
• Implement and manage time tracking procedures for the development teams to ensure proper time charging and prioritization of activities

Confidential, Newport Beach, CA

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full life cycle management, facilitating problem definition, business case development, business requirements, communication plans and vendor/consultant activities
• Competitive Pricing Approval system; global pricing rules engine utilized to protect margins by managing financials and pricing for 30 worldwide locations - credited with saving up to two percent in margin
• Java/Oracle architecture, provided streamlined, user-friendly interface, increased performance and analysis tools - increased forecast accuracy by 50%
• Java/Oracle, provides efficient, worldwide management and visibility to sales opportunities, and pipeline, expanded to encompass compensation system - eliminated three person-years
• Project Manager for all sales and marketing information systems relating to spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions; required managing several concurrent projects with condensed time-lines and resources