SUMMARY

• Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 10 years of experience providing integrative business administrative and IT solutions in the Information Technology Field.
• Recognized for strong team orientation and ability to work independently, excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

Areas of Expertise

• Project Management
• IT Strategic Planning
• Business Analysis
• EDI & ERP Systems
• Risk Management
• Quality Management
• System Implementations & Integrations
• Vendor & Resource Management
• SDLC Methodologies
• Budget Management
• Logistics and Transportation
• Team Leadership

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Microsoft Office Suite
• EDI (X12, 301, 309, 310, 404, 410, 315)
• EDIFACT
• CODECO
• COARRI sets
• SQL Server 2005
• AS/400 - Based System
• Java J2EE
• SAP BASIS ERP
• Microsoft Dynamics AX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cranford, NJ

IT Systems Manager/Project Director

Responsibilities:

• Reduced telecom costs $350,000 per year and improved the customer experience by leading all aspects of the project to implement a global phone system for all five US locations
• Reduced labor by 70% and mitigated risk by designing and implementing an IT outsourcing strategy
• Increased availability of data and reduced hardware costs by transitioning Confidential ’s infrastructure to a cloud - based system
• Develop and provide coaching and leadership to a team of eight IT professionals in Network Administration, Business Analysis, Help Desk Support, IT Auditing and Systems Support, such as EDI, E-commerce and CRM
• Achieved zero down time and contributed to successfully expanding 50% of the workforce in three months by directing all IT projects related to office construction and relocation
• Implemented an automated invoice processing system with Rail Road Vendors which resulted in reduction of data entry and increased work efficiency with a reduction of 50% of labor
• Spearheaded the implementation of the organization’s ERP system, developed on a J2EE platform with a SQL server backend, in North America and Brazil. Involved in a three-phase system-wide process change from conception to launch—aligning global business objectives and organizing work streams; organizing and providing international training sessions; gathering user-end research and setting up data conversions.
• Translated business objectives into tactical plans and strategy by creating RFPs and ensured approval through appropriate governance structures
• Identified key stakeholders, assembled and managed or interfaced with multiple cross-functional project teams, maintained budget and quality standards and managed deliverables
• Assessed and Mitigated Project Risks
• Facilitate and Conduct UAT as well ERP training for end-users
• Maintained Implementation checklists
• Delivered all ERP project milestones on time and within budget as a result of expert project planning, including defining and strategizing all three phases of process change for possible implementation prior to system deployment
• Establish budget and relocation timeline project stakeholders
• Plan and coordinate infrastructure migration with vendors (electricians, ISP, telephone provider, managed service provider, CISCO provider, etc.)
• Track, assess, and analyze project schedule using Project Management Tools (MS Project)
• Ensure against operational/business delays during infrastructure migration project

Confidential, NY

Project Manager/Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Generated, analyzed and audited financial reports of the costs, revenue and invoicing involved in the project, on a weekly basis and per ad hoc requests, for internal and external use
• Worked with the team presenting the variances and calculating the EGM for the time and material forecast
• Reviewed financial data points and reports in order to communicate concerns and revisions to project team, senior management, and operations team
• Booked orders and forecasted weekly budget reports
• Document & communicate revisions of project accounting material to senior managers and operations.
• Generating reports for the projects on ad hoc basis and weekly updates.
• Managing Managed resources issues with timely bookings and coordination with client systems
• Used share point portals to create and track projects
• Created and updated all documentation relevant to the project using MS Project
• Handled vendor issues and purchase order invoicing
• Proactively ensure adequate PO funding to ensure revenue recognition using SAP Managed logistics for key meetings and project communications
• Identified and communicated opportunities for operational and organizational improvements at staff and management level for project Communicated, on regular basis, with the client to ensure operational efficiency and to troubleshoot and resolve issues across all departments .
• Worked closely with the client systems to keep global and offshore teams informed of changes and concerns
• Implemented and initiated change order process
• Verified project status updates in project portal
• Provided training to support team

Confidential, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed on-time and on-budget end-to-end delivery of large scale, enterprise-wide client-server and Web-based applications, reporting and pricing solutions
• Applied project management methodologies to achieve project objectives
• Established communication and collaboration processes between multiple groups of stakeholders
• Developed and managed program/project scope, schedule, and budget using MS Project
• Led architectural design, analyzed business requirements, selected enterprise tools and development methodologies
• Estimated, scheduled, tracked, and controlled tasks to ensure expected delivery dates are met
• Used effective issue, risk, and change management procedures to remove project obstacles
• Managed cross-dependencies with other strategic projects taking place at the same time
• Communicated project progress and risk mitigation strategies to executive management
• Liaising with business unit heads, senior management and infrastructure managers to collect requirements
• Preparing Risk Management plan, managing and implementing risk mitigation strategies
• Providing project and resource estimates and getting approvals for the same
• Understanding and reviewing business requirements to know the business intent
• Documenting of functional specification and getting the sign off from the business
• Leading technical design team and preparing design specification document
• Managed between offshore and on site projects

Confidential, VA

Tech Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensured that environments (Dev and Test) are ready, as per the planned schedule.
• Lead the effort for proper knowledge transition from Onsite to Offshore during Design review and Development Handoff.
• Ensuring Test Runs (System, Performance, Smoke),
• Prepared reports/dashboards on project progress, highlighting problems, status, metrics and risks to stakeholders and suggested appropriate corrective measures.
• Provided the estimates and strategy/approach for various projects.
• Ensured that policies, standards, controls for build and deployment of application software and infrastructure are followed throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensured that relevant project checkpoints including specification sign offs are procured and monitored, feedback is provided and actions are taken to keep projects on course and schedule.

Confidential, NJ

Project Analyst / Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed and coordinated turnkey projects from start to finish
• Gathered and enumerated technical and non-technical requirements through extensive user interviews, data analysis and data modeling
• Acted as a liaison between IT department and the business client for analysis, review, documentation, and communication of business needs and requirements
• Produced project feasibility reports in MS Excel
• Translated client requirements into highly specified project briefs
• Worked extensively with MS Project for project planning and scheduling
• Identified options for potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business suitability
• Created logical and innovative solutions to complex problems
• Set up project teams in the area of Information Technology Industry
• Ensure compliance with legal issues affecting HR, wage and hour, compensation and benefits, employee relations, worker’s compensation and record keeping

Confidential, Santa Clara, California

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Handle costs and schedules, associate documents, and manage change documentation
• Analyze the development of schedule, work breakdown structure, and estimate packages during the different phases of a project
• Assist departments in the implementation of project management controls
• Assist project managers in performing variance analysis, conducting assessments, project forecasting, managing change, and producing management reports
• Experience using MS project to prepare the project plan and Gantt chart to plan the tasks of the project.