PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accomplished leader and certified Project Management Professional with over 15 years of experience and cumulative IT achievements. Well rounded IT professional with programming, business systems analysis, quality assurance, project/program management, and project management office experience. Experienced in managing initiatives with a global presence and a solid record of delivering mid-size t large and complex technology initiatives. Action and delivery oriented with strong ability t communicate effectively with technology, executive, and business audiences.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE

Confidential

• Responsible for the management and operations of the Project Management Office PM in the Americas US, Canada, and Brazil . The PMO's main client includes 70 IT project managers and 7 CIOs in the region supporting various IT business lines with a project portfoli budget of 22M and a total of 100 projects.
• The PM provides maintain a support infrastructure for the project managers on their project execution activity needs including coaching, training and support on process and tools.
• Managed a staff of five 4 NY-US, 1 Bangalore-India
• Successfully re structured a lean PM department specifically designed for productivity and efficiency with fully defined catalogue of services and department charter
• Provided 1:1 coaching and /or consultation support on troubled projects
• As a single point of contact for the Americas, successfully led and managed projects and program initiatives new tools, training programs, process improvement initiated by the Global PM in Paris through formalized Change Management activities within the Americas region
• Lead, managed and implemented local process improvement efforts as approved by the Sr. IT Management
• Successfully setup the Bangalore, India PM operations fully operational within 6 months of initiation operating within an approved Service Level Agreement SLA
• Facilitated internal tools, process, and industry best practice standards training t the project management community
• Facilitated project review process t ensure approvals and decisions of key constituents are included
• Coordinated and facilitated executive meetings t discuss project portfoli status and project health alerts
• Sponsored and hosted various project management community events including town halls, workshops, lunch-and-learn, expert panel interviews t foster collaboration, team building and recognition.
• Managed important relationships by fostering communication within and outside of the IT department including key constituents from Finance, Operations, Compliance, Infrastructure, Business Lines, and in other regions Asia and Europe
• Managed the ongoing operations of the Project Management Office by taking a role in project governance, communications, and process development

Confidential

• Responsible for the management of the Project Management Office PM for Oncology IT clients with a portfoli size of 45M. This includes the creation of a PM charter, methodology, processes and procedures and the management and support of agreed upon business projects.
• Developed an IT Operations Roadmap and Work plans used for tracking various Project Management, Operations and Quality Management efforts and activities.
• Conducted pro-active departmental project portfoli reviews on an ongoing basis.
• Led process improvement initiatives within the Finance Management area focusing on compliance.
• Served as change agent by driving the required cultural transformation and the adoption of successful process improvement practices where possible provided training mentoring t accelerate adoption.
• Maintained critical project documentation in accordance with PM methodology and Novartis policy.
• Maintained open channels of communication and coordination with the leadership team, project teams and other stakeholders.
• Contributed t the development of the annual organization budget.
• Monitored and /or managed expenditures t ensure they are within budgeted guidelines.
• Coordinated all Client Vision related efforts including Lotus Notes migration t SharePoint and IE 8.0 conversion activities.
• Delivered an Ideation Productivity Framework and Patient Access Process using SharePoint for EGM Region.

Confidential

• Charged with delivering a Quality Management Program t ensure that projects adhere t corporate best practices and Novartis methodologies for project management following Six Sigma principles.
• Executed on Project Management principles and developed the process for project reviews.
• Defined the Oncology Project Lifecycle Quality Management process, including training materials, socialization, and educating the business partners.
• Defined and implemented change control and risk management governance.
• Addressed all project management audit findings and ensured that recommended actions were completed and in place.
• Developed training and coaching requirements.
• Partnered with project teams t ensure:
• proper project deliverables with a high degree of quality
• identification and validation of project risks through reviews and based on project deliverables
• scope, cost, schedule, quality risk transparency t PMO

Confidential

AVP, Sr. IT Project Manager

• Supported department head in managing the Asset Finance Technology portfoli and ongoing IT operations.
• Developed department project roadmap for review, monitoring and collaboration.
• Established operational processes and procedures for budget management, time tracking and resource management.
• Facilitated department portfoli reviews on key initiatives on an ongoing basis.
• Worked on several financial exercises t forecast both financials and headcounts.
• Mentored Project Managers
• Securitization of UK Assets
• Total of 5 systems impacted and integrated over 25 team members involved from various CIT locations. System enhancements delivered on time and within budget.
• Microsoft Financial Program Rollout in North America
• Successfully executed, managed and delivered one of the largest system integrations for the largest program relationship in CIT. This program was an expansion of CIT's global vendor financing relationship with Microsoft int the United States Canada. About 17 systems were impacted integrated, over 100 team members involved, and over 17 departments coordinated. This project consisted of approx. 25 various release components under 1 deployment. Rolled out t 2 key business regions Vendor Finance US and Vendor Finance Canada. System enhancements integration delivered on time and within budget.
• Web-based Lead Generation Solution for the Microsoft Vista Launch
• Successfully managed the completion delivery of a secure infrastructure solution within a minimal investment strategy. The solution designed a lead generation facility that enabled prospective small business owners t discover CIT financial solutions through a third party vendor platform. The timely delivery of the CIT solution was critical t the Microsoft January 2007 Small Business Launch. Technology implementation and integration delivered on time and within budget.