SUMMARY:

• Experienced program manager offering success managing large project teams utilizing all phases of the project life cycle and proven track record for producing high - quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets. MBA, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP; degrees in Engineering and Finance
• Results oriented leader; Expertise envisioning and leading technology-based multi-million-dollar initiatives grounded solidly on business and economic value.
• Deliver results with agility and efficiency.
• Business strategist; plan and manage projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

SKILLS SUMMARY:

Program / Project Management: Agile / Scrum / Waterfall

System Migrations / Integrations

: Enterprise-wide Implementations Custom Software Development, Platform Upgrades

IT Project Lifecycle: Requirements Analysis, ROI Analysis, Costing & Budgeting, Project Scheduling, Testing/QA/Rollout/Support

Value-Added Leadership

: Cross-Functional Team, Team Building & Mentoring, Client Relations & Presentations, Business & IT Planning, Vendor Management

Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall

Tools: Microsoft Project: Jira, Greenhopper

Technology: Java, J2EE, JSP, ASP, HTML Dot Net, Visual Studio

CAREER PROGRESSION:

Confidential, New York, NY

IT Project Management Sr. Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include overall planning, direction, prioritization, and delivery of all projects aligned with the client’s expectations and business needs.
• I am successful due to my knowledge of the operational and instructional requirements of the DOE as it relates to schools.
• I am also responsible for Project Management Office (PMO) activities such as methodology development, project quality assurance and process improvements.
• Concurrently managed 8 -12 IT infrastructure projects of varying complexities for the Confidential account through the complete project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution and shutdown).
• I managed the scope and budget throughout the entire project, including change management processes, while facilitating and bridging the gap between IT and business.
• Managed two large-scale global project initiatives at Confidential; Windows XP / Vista to Windows 7 upgrade, and Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012.
• Both projects had fixed timelines due to Microsoft End-of-Life.
• Managed all stages of the deployments including planning, scheduling and oversight for vendor and consultant management.
• Accomplished with no unscheduled downtime and delivered by as much as $100K under budget.

Confidential, Livingston, NJ

Director

Responsibilities:

• Managed all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for custom hardware and software solutions for the Corporate Tax department.
• Delivered multiple projects to successful completion within aggressive deadlines and budget.
• Collaborated with Tax business partners to re-engineer their business processes.
• Delivered multiple projects that integrated the infrequently used Tax Data Warehouse with disparate tax applications. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics. The deployed projects reduced tax compliance errors and eliminated manual data handling. Delivered 25% productivity gains.
• Managed multi-cultural teams including co-located and off-shore, produced management dashboard reports and resolved day-to-day issues. Instrumental as an early adapter using off-shore development resources at CIT, which resulted in reduced project costs by 50%.
• Analyzed, extracted and loaded additional sources of data to the Tax Data Warehouse producing automated and unattended feeds to the Tax compliance applications. Improved data quality by 60%.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Senior Technology Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed large-scale corporate-wide project initiatives requiring the transition of programs to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems from acquired client companies.
• Achieved seamless migrations and integrations transparent to client customers utilizing virtual teams; delivered within budget and no unscheduled downtime. Turned around or concluded troubled projects.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• managed the complete hardware and software integration of a CIT acquired European company.
• Project was deployed on time.
• Not doing so would have resulted in CIT paying additional costs as per the terms of the merger service agreement.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical project management.
• This group included Human Resources and Finance.
• The spotlight project was the successful weekend cutover of the Human Resource application systems to a new hardware platform.

Confidential, Montvale, NJ

Senior Project Manager Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed a cross-cultural team consisting of staff and consultants (over 25 resources) for a software application development project.