SUMMARY

• An accomplished IT professional with strong Project/Program Management skills. Delivered high visibility large Multi - Million budget dollar projects.
• Delivered multiple full lifecycle “custom software development, package implementation and Infrastructure” projects using SDLC Waterfall as well as AGILE methodologies.
• Extensive Implementation experience with “Content Management and Portal” packages, Mobility Applications (iOS, Android, Blackberry), Ecommerce Applications (B2B and B2C) and ERP
• Experience in multiple industries - Automotive, Media & Entertainment, Government, CPG, Financial, Non-Profit, Utilities, Healthcare, Travel, Telecommunications and Hi-Tech
• Strong analytical, interpersonal communication and decision making skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Alpharetta, Georgia

Project/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Partner with customers to establish short term and long-term IT strategy; Identify/Prioritize Business Needs
• Provide leadership in all aspects of Enterprise Architecture/Infrastructure including design, procurement and installation
• Direct teams of varying sizes (10 to 50+) consisting of Confidential employees, third party consulting company resources, offshore (India and Brazil) resources and customer resources
• Ensure that aggressive project deadlines and delivery dates are met using a proactive management approach.
• Provide leadership in all aspects of software development/implementation including driving requirements gathering, technical analysis, architectural design, code development, quality assurance, migration and deployment strategies.
• Track and mitigate project risks. Resolve issues among team members. Collaborate with technical architects, business analysts and project managers to resolve issues and refine requirements.
• Build a consulting services practice around Open Text Mobile software development platform.
• Support Product Sales team in the RFI/RFP process.
• Set up, Manage & Evolve PMO
• Utilize Microsoft tools (Project, Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Visio) for Project Management activities on all projects.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Confidential Mobility platform to develop custom mobile applications for iOS and Android Devices.
• Lead a team of 2 Architects and 4developers (Geographically distributed - all US resources)
• Created and executed Project Plan; Managed: QA, Change, Communications, Project Budget, Issues & Risks
• Negotiated SOW with the customer; Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Lead the recommendation and set up of Hardware Architecture including VMware set up for lower environments.

Technology: Front end - Confidential Mobility Platform; Backend content integration - ASP.Net, Web Services, SQL*Server

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Confidential Mobility platform to develop custom mobile applications for iOS (smart phone & tablet), Android and BlackBerry Devices.
• Lead a team of 1 Architect, 2 front end developers and 3 backend developers (Geographically distributed resources based out of US, UK & Ukraine)
• Created and executed Project Plan; Managed: QA, Change, Communications, Project Budget, Issues & Risks
• Negotiated SOW and CRs with the customer; Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.

Technology: Front end - Confidential Mobility Platform; Backend content integration - Java, JSP, Web Services, SQL*Server

Confidential

Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Helped with setting up Confidential Practice for Content Management, Portal and Collaboration Products.
• Helped with Establishing pricing model for L1/L2 & L3 level support for customers
• Helped with setting up online ticketing system with Zandesk
• Helped with establishing support processes with our India and Brazil offshore centers

Confidential

Engagement/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Vignette Content Management and Vignette Portal to develop internet and intranet web sites.
• Lead a team of 2 Architects, 2 front end developers and 14 backend developers (Geographically distributed resources based out of US, Brazil and India)
• Created and executed Project Plan; Managed: QA, Change, Communications, Sub-contractors, Budget ($3.6 M), Issues & Risks
• Negotiated SOW and CRs with the customer; Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Lead the recommendation and set up of Hardware Architecture including VMware set up for lower environments

Technology - Vignette VCM/Portal, HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Struts, SOA, Apache Web Server, JBoss Application Server, Linux, SQL, Oracle

Confidential

Engagement/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Vignette Content Management and Vignette Portal to develop internet and intranet web sites.
• Lead a team of 2 Architects, 6 developers (Geographically distributed resources based out of US and India)
• Created and executed Project Plan; Managed: QA, Change, Communications, Sub-contractors, Budget ($2 M), Issues & Risks
• Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Multilingual Application for both Internet & Intranet.
• Integration: Vignette Collaboration Product, Single Signon (Windows/Active Directory), Outlook, Backend HR and other systems.

Technology - Vignette VCM/Portal, HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Struts, SOA, IIS Web Server, Web Logic Application Server, Windows Server, SQL*Server

Confidential

Engagement/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Vignette Content Management, Vignette Portal and Vignette Dialog to develop internet and intranet web sites.
• Lead a team of 2 Architects, 8 developers (Geographically distributed resources based out of US and India)
• Created and executed Project Plan; Managed: QA, Change, Communications, Sub-contractors, Budget ($1.6 M), Issues & Risks
• Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Integration: Vignette Dialog Product

Technology - Vignette VCM/Portal/Dialog, HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Struts, SOA, Apache Web Server, Web Sphere Application Server, Linux, SQL, Oracle

Confidential

Technical Project Manager/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Vignette Content Management, Vignette Portal and Vignette Builder to develop internet and intranet web sites.
• Lead teams of varying sizes.
• Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Lead the recommendation and set up of Hardware including Firewall security

Technology - Vignette VCM & Builder, HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Struts, SOA, Tomcat, SQL, Oracle

Confidential

Technical Project Manager/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Vignette Content Management and Vignette Portal to develop internet and intranet web sites.
• Lead a team of 2 Architects, 4 developers (resources based out of US - all on site)
• Managed Project Budget ($800K), Issues & Risks
• Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Lead the recommendation and set up of Hardware including Firewall security

Technology - Vignette VCM/Portal, HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Struts, SOA, Sun One Web Server, Sun One Application Server, Solaris, SQL, Oracle

Confidential

Technical Project Manager/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Vignette V5/6 & Multisite Content Management develop internet and intranet web sites
• Customers - Walt Disney World, AAA National, Volando.com, State of GA (MCM)
• Lead a teams of varying sizes
• Lead the project thru Planning, Requirements, Installation/Configuration, Design, Build, Deployment and Go Live.
• Lead the recommendation and set up of Hardware including Firewall security

Technology - Vignette V5/6 & MCM, HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, ASP, OS- Windows/Unix/Solaris, Database-Oracle, SQL*Server, DB2

Confidential, Redwood Shores, California

Managing/Senior Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• DPPS (Defense Purchase and Procurement System) 9
• Lead the Design/Development of Procurement Module as an extension to Oracle Financials
• Team size 6 consultants
• Alabama State Docs - Billing System 9
• Lead the Design/Development of Billing Module as an extension to Oracle Financials
• Team size 4 consultants

Project Lead/Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed project activities across globally dispersed (US - Redwood Shores, New York, Washington DC; UK and Sweden) team. (team size 50+)
• Managed the release process
• Directed team on technical design and development for CPG integration