Summary

• Results-oriented senior Project manager, with proven ability to complete projects on time and within budget. Initiates methods to improve cost-savings and efficiency. Able to interact effectively with all levels of management, with clients and vendors. A problem-solver who excels in developing project scopes that meet or exceed client and management goals. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experienced with brokerage firms and understand trading methods
• Successfully managed complex projects ranging from 5 M to 18M .
• Managed team of more then 35 people.
• Excellent technical understanding and hands on experience with
• Communications
• Microsoft Office
• MS Access
• Visio
• PeopleSoft
• MS Project
• Project Workbench Clarity
• Project Server
• SQL
• SharePoint
• Experience with data center moves and Infrastructure Management.
• Extensive experience with Excel, MS Project Suite, PowerPoint, MS Office tools.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Technology
• Extensive experience of working in 24/7 high pressured environment.
• Worked with clients like CBOT and Motorola
• Experienced with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio
• Experienced writing and monitoring SOAs
• Five years working with Brokerage/Investment industry
• Experienced with Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
• Experienced with Health C are
• Experienced with package implementation
• Experience with data warehouse moves

PROFESSIONAL Accomplishments

Confidential

• Managed a desktop Windows 7 upgrade for Europe
• Managed testing results for windows environment
• Replaced over 200 computers that run Windows 7 with the company's applications
• Put windows 7 on over 500 computers
• Worked with managers, architects, and network resources to put all the desktops on Blades

Confidential

• Interacted with executives, managers and subject matter experts for project documentations.
• Completed Phase 2 of the project in 3 months time and got the project back on track
• Rescued the project that was 6 six months late
• New Portal: Pwc News
• Completed testing Phases 1 and 2
• Worked with onsite of off-shore resources

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project, Java, Windows

Confidential

• Interacted with executives, managers and subject matter experts for requirement documentations.
• Developed mapping for more than 1200 processes required by the Operation Group. Eliminated those not needed for back office testing.
• Worked with business analysts and operations management to identify all processes
• Back Office Replacement Project Project Manager/Business Analyst
• Coordinated appropriate order of all processes and a comprehensive reporting of all failures with Mercury Test Center, to make all testing defects viewable for report
• Worked with Stakeholders to process the flow diagrams

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project, Java, SharePoint

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Confidential

Project Manager

A consulting company providing project and business management for many of the largest Fortune 500 companies, in addition to state and local governments and local industries.

Confidential

• In dual capacity as Project Leader for Applications Group, and Program Manager for Operations Group, rescued large project 15 M in trouble and over one year late. As Program Manager for Motorola's Web and Platform teams, managed all projects and issues
• Project encompassed three aspects: New Portal, Natural Language System, and new Data Center Move.
• Managed all facets of the move including testing all the servers and storage.
• Performed parallel testing when all data was moved
• Researched and composed several requirement documents to streamline and automate processes.
• Worked with internal corporate resources, outside consultant CSC and off-shore consultant in India to create a project plan and new completion date acceptable to all parties developed weekly reports for management
• Including data base and all data migration
• Created problem-solving methods to coordinate project milestones with new deployment dates
• Installed new Portal for web project and new content management system.
• Assisted in the interview process for new implementation specialists.
• Developed Issue and Testing discrepancy Logs, as well as time sheets for consultants for the Operations Group

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project, Java, Sharepoint, Unix

Confidential

• Responsibility for project plan that helped client to assist New Orleans in their recovery of their medical systems. Created new process to assist company in managing their projects.
• Responsibilities included requirements gathering, specification writing, development, testing, and implementation.
• Responsible for a web-based system to merge client's tasks with those of the New Orleans Health Commission, together with their separate due dates
• Created project plan and associated documentation to accompany client's medical system replacement documentation

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project,

Confidential

• Projects focused exclusively on the Networks and Telecom Departments, the primary support for all of CBOT's infrastructure. These projects and the degree of responsibility for each follows::
• PBX Replacement Project Managed all facets of this 7 M project from RFI stage through implementationeded users' expectations
• Project Management Office PMO Participated in initial creation of CBOT's PMO, an enterprise-wide project structure designed to monitor all project activities
• Master Antenna Project Managed project from kick-off through implementation. The goal was to increase bandwidth for users' cell phones during trading hours. Although all work was conducted only on weekends and after-hours, project was delivered on time and within budget
• Billing Systems Replacement Initiative Project Managed all facets of the project: to move from an antiquated mainframe billing application to an open-architecture system
• Upgrade Billing System Managed all facets of project to upgrade from a client server to a Web-based billing system. Project was delivered on time and within budget
• Sarbanes Oxley SOX Managed project to keep CBOT compliant, with included the creation of Visio diagrams of all financial processes
• Data warehouse creation for ad-hoc reports

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project, Java, SharePoint, UNIX, ms Office, telecom, PeopleSoft

Confidential

Monitored master project plan and coordinated the work of 12 project managers at both Companies to assist with project controls and deliverables for the merger. Created Master Schedule by linking and integrating project milestones

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project, Java,, Unix, ms Office,

Confidential

• Assumed initiative for the creation of a County-wide PMO for which no project controls or consistencies had been developed

Established policies and procedures for Project Office, controls for project artifacts and an integrated Master Schedule as well as cost tracking for all projects

• Built and managed PMO infrastructure to encompass project scope, project milestones and project costs. Created Master Schedule that linked all integration project milestones of all County projects. Developed for use in over 40 current County projects Policies and Procedures, Controls, and Cost Tracking

Confidential

Rescued a web-based application development project required for replacing a Y2K-deficient system in less than eight 8 weeks of time. Project was delivered within schedule, scope, and budget

Confidential

• Integrated four 4 separate yet inter-related projects required for rolling out thousands of desktops and ensuring that the roll-outs were implemented in a timely manner

Confidential

Delivered a faltering project. Legacy application was re-assessed, renovation estimates formulated, and a Statement of Work created for quick execution. Responsibility included staffing the renovation and testing teams, which exceeded 25 full-time resources

Confidential

Established and managed an enterprise-wide integrated Master Schedule for all Y2K projects and related efforts. Mentored Department Managers with the creation of baseline project plans, issue tracking, estimate modeling, resource allocation, and testing methodologies

Confidential

Produced plans for all phases of the Y2K effort. Authored Statements of Work and Project Quality Plans and assisted client in selecting renovation tools

Confidential

As Project Control Officer, assumed responsibility for maintaining all Y2K project plans. Monitored the reporting from First Chicago NBD's Human Resources and Finance Departments for Y2K compliance

Confidential

Led technical team as Y2K Subject Matter Expert. Managed estimates for and results of conducting an organization-wide Y2K assessment for a suite of corporate systems

Environment: Microsoft Visio, MS Project, Project Workbench Java,, Unix, ms Office, , peoplesoft