EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Confidential is a Project Management Professional. Pete has worked and managed a variety of projects, and is highly knowledgeable in software development, systems analysis, process analysis, PMO definition, and change management. With his strong communication and creative problem solving abilities
• Peter has grown to be an excellent liaison between management, technical teams, clients and stakeholders alike. His expertise in project planning, scope definition, budget analysis, scheduling and tracking of results, makes him an exceptional Project Manager.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Madison, WI

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Key resource in the collection of requirements for the Harbor project.
• Documented end user requirements for both system and program functionality.
• Assisted in the creation of the project roadmap.
• Created workflow documents for both current state, and future state functionalities.
• Completed analysis of the Wisconsin Birth Defects Registry, which sets the framework for the completion of the rest of the Programs.
• Provided assistance to other Business Analysts in the creation of their user requirements.
• Started cross cutting evaluation to determine difference between system and program level requirements

Confidential, Madison, WI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Documented project management plan, project schedule, project budget, business requirements, scope statements, SOW’s, dashboard reports, issue register, meeting minutes and more.
• Create monthly status reports for senior management.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and project presentations.
• Develop full - scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Apply professional principles, practices, and techniques to lead project teams.
• Managed multiple small to mediums sized projects including installation of wireless networks, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) installation, Internet Explorer upgrade, mobile device standardization, and project management workflow.
• Work with supervisor and managerial staff to align resource availability to project tasks
• Provided planning budget estimates for related projects.
• Set, manage and effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Facilitate meetings to estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Draft and submit SoW’s with external vendors.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver solutions as needed.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overseeing day to day activities in the IT Infrastructure portfolio, consisting of over 35 projects that addressed IT mobile, WLAN Installation, shop floor computer upgrades, application enhancements, and system performance upgrades.
• Responsible for status reporting and financial tracking.
• Direct and manage small and medium projects from concept to closure.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

Confidential, WI

Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed project planning, scheduling, coordination, execution, customer satisfaction assurance and cross-functional team leadership across all technologies that were required and documented in project SOW (Statement of Work).
• Define the framework projectdelivery for the IT PMO with assistance from stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and project presentations.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Created detailed MS project plan based on customer facing sessions.
• Identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Disseminate project goals and status updates to parties throughout project life cycle.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Conduct project closure reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Direct and manage small and medium projects from concept to closure.
• Gathered Business requirements for all related projects.
• Managed multiple projects including installation of PDM (Product Document Management) systems, workflow definition, and process control for companies such as SC Johnson, Trostel Limited, and State of Minnesota Nuclear Power Commission.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver solutions as needed.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

Confidential, WI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Documented project management plan, project schedule, project budget, business requirements, scope statements, SOW’s, dashboard reports, issue register, meeting minutes and more.
• Create monthly status reports for senior management.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and project presentations.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Apply professional principles, practices, and techniques to lead project teams.
• Managed multiple small to mediums sized projects including installation of wireless networks, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) installation, Internet Explorer upgrade, mobile device standardization, and project management workflow.
• Work with supervisor and managerial staff to align resource availability to project tasks
• Provided planning budget estimates for related projects.
• Set, manage and effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Facilitate meetings to estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Draft and submit SoW’s with external vendors.

Confidential, WI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward strategic business objectives specific to Enterprise Content Management.
• Managed projects that performed database consolidation, mailroom automation, UI (User Interface) streamlining, efile conversion, document bundling, and client data presentation.
• Directed activities of technical leads in all projects.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope,
• Identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Disseminate project goals and status updates to parties throughout project life cycle.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Conduct project closure reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Provided leadership to project managers within business group.
• Queried project team members for completion status.
• Provided tasks by resource as needed by team leads.
• Conducted status reviews and
• Captured issues in risk register in SharePoint and directed resources per need of issue.
• Collaborated with team leads to resolve issues and risks.
• Facilitated status reviews.
• Provided written status of action items until closed (coordinating with plan activities).
• Facilitated lessons learned session at the end of every project.
• Direct and manage small and medium projects from concept to closure.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and project presentations.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

Confidential, WI

Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified, defined, documented and lead business process improvements by working in collaboration with key stakeholders, VAR’s (Value Added Resellers), and related business units.
• Monitored and reported project progress with respect to scope, time and costs.
• Define the framework projectdelivery for the IT PMO with assistance from stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope,
• Identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Disseminate project goals and status updates to parties throughout project life cycle.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and project presentations.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project closure reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Lead efforts to establish “Best Practices” for the engineering design groups, resulting in reduction of prototype turns by 75%. Direct and manage small and medium projects from concept to closure.
• Influenced change in the workplace through industry-accepted organizational practices related to project management.
• Authored SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) document.
• Authored IT Project Framework for PMO, which defined IT project management methodology.
• Capture detailed tasks into MS Project plan
• Managed team upgrading all engineering class workstations (qty: 300) to 64bit Win7.
• Lead Win7 Proof of Concept Project, which introduced 64bit Win7 to the production environment.
• Mentored project managers in the practices and processes of PMO (Project Management Office).
• Defined corporate standards for engineering workstations and laptops.
• Composed detailed functional design documents, including logical and physical data flow models for CAD (Computer Aided Design) process improvement designed to get product to market faster.
• Responsible for software quality and stability for the enterprise by reviewing requirements as well as company software to assess and determine ways to improve efficiency and by facilitating training both individually and within group settings for employee with regards to the use and upgrades.
• Project Manager for numerous enterprise level projects including deployment of over 40 different CAD tools to over 300 end users.
• Coordinated activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments and client organizations as needed to meet project goals.
• Maintained the organization’s repository of software applications through best practices and project management of a technical team. Analyzed business problems and propose solutions, including cost justifications to solve them.
• Prepared biweekly reports on project status, issue, and risk to upper management.
• Delivered informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups.
• Assigned project team members to various project activities.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Conduct project closure reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Confidential, Wi

CAM Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for converting customer supplied printed circuit board data and drawings into working files for PCB (Printed Circuit Board) fabrication.
• Introduced new computer system to the company, providing for a 15% increase in efficiency.
• Authored process workflow which reduced the amount of paperwork required to enter a job onto the manufacturing floor, providing a 15% increase in efficiency.
• Provided input and guidance for integrated change control system.
• Identified user requirements and applied resources where needed.
• Disseminate project goals and status updates to parties throughout project life cycle.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

Confidential . Niles Ill

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Detailed project tasks into MS Project plan.
• Estimated resource requirements
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Define the framework projectdelivery for the IT PMO with assistance from stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope,
• Identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Disseminate project goals and status updates to parties throughout project life cycle.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and project presentations.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project closure reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver solutions as needed.
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Served as Project Manager for integrating engineering data into PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) tools.
• Project Manager for redesigning of engineering application GUI (Graphical User Interface). This new interface resulted in consistent transfer of engineering metadata from various databases into various engineering documents
• Served as team Leader in the development and deployment of ISO (International Standards Organization) 9000 documents for engineering design groups, which led to ISO Certification.
• Managed project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope and quality) were achieved. Assisted with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed.
• Participated in pre-sales and due diligence activities by writing the project management methodology proposal and/or reviewing proposals.
• Managed several overseas contractors for multiple projects.

Confidential, WI

Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed a range of projects for the manufacture of Allen-Bradley products including product design, documentation, process improvement and cost containment.
• As Lead Designer, provided guidance to group member
• Designed core products for Allen-Bradley SLC-500 industrial controls product family.
• Received Rockwell Chairman’s Team Award Finalist award for Outstanding Teamwork, in recognition of performance in a high profile project for General Motors.
• Sourced vendors for both proto-type and production products.
• Reduced manufacturing cost of an electronic module resulting in over 3 million dollars in savings from
• Served as subject matter expert in the creation of processes and guidelines for ISO9000 certification.
• Trained new designers to ensure standardization of working unit.
• Engaged in creation of processes and guidelines for EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Strategy) facility, the world’s first totally automated PCB assembly line.
• Decreased development time of NIKE project by four months, allowing for timely entry of new product into the market.
• Designed initial products that launched the SLC-500 into the market by reverse engineering competitor’s products.