Project Manager

Professional leader with Project Management and Scrum Master skills in managing Master Data Management MDM , Data Governance, Back-Office data warehouse, data mart , Data Administration, System Integration, Software Development Lifecycle and Technical/Application Training within diverse corporate settings.Recognized as having excellent communication skills and strengths in managing and/or contributing to strategic corporate goals. Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to address facts, identify alternative approaches and provide recommended solutions to management.

Lead Sr. IT Project Manager

• Confidential
• Lead Project Manager of a large 4M enterprise system integration project for a major managed healthcare health insurance corporation as a temporary contractor.
• Utilized the client's modified Waterfall SDLC, PMI and Lean methodologies to manage and collaborate with 15 disparate systems to deliver life-cycle application development into an existing product offering.
• Collaborated and plannned SOA implementation with system architect, data warehouse, enterprise applications, release management and development teams to support each system and also an enterprise team.
• Demonstrated successful use of project management methodology and Lean process Rationale , management tools MS Project PlanView , analysis and research tools, documentation tools, and reporting tools Business Objects as required. Coached and mentored project team members as needed. Created an effective team environment, built strong relationships, collaborated at a corporate level.

Sr. IT Project Manager/Business Analyst

Confidential

• Developed and maintained key project deliverables such as project plans and/or product backlog, scope documents, budget reports, resource allocations, status reports, communication plans, and issue management plans as Sr IT Project Manager.
• Provided leadership as the Lead Project Manager of the corporate Master Data Management MDM program, Kalido MDM application rollout and upgrade throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Responsible for strategic roadmap of MDM in support of corporate IT goals. Lead multiple projects within the MDM program as project manager implementing Product and Reference domain s . Implemented Scrum practice for the program on a limited basis.
• Vendor management of primary vendor, Kalido, in negotiating on-site professional services and licensing contracts. Fulfilled marketing agreement with Kalido by presenting a case study, Best Practices: Orchestrating a Roadmap from Reference Data to MDM a the MDM Summit, October 2012. Negotiated additional licensing with a savings of 40K.
• PMO Information Management representative in support of the Project Mangement Office PMO developing and implementation of project management standards, MS Project Pro, MS Project Server, EPMLive. Supported the successful rollout of MS Project Server and EPMLive to all of the IT department. Supported all project managers within Information Management organization regarding processes and standards as designed by the PMO and PMO Liason team.
• Managed multiple high profile Enterprise Data Warehouse EDW projects that were directly integrated with the rollout of an in-house developed underwriter desktop policy administration system program. Focused on the backoffice support of data architects, data modelers, ETL developers regarding conceptual, logical, physical data modeling standards. Knowledge of Information Architecture for enterprise transactional systems, data warehouses, and systems integration supporting a SOA architecture.
• Supported ClaimCenter upgrade and integration with multiple EDW projects.
• Supported hiring process of Business Analysts and Data Modelers. Coached multiple levels of new employee project managers and interns.
• Facilitated and lead a refactoring/reengineering task group to identify and prioritize enterprise refactoring initiatives to support the primary program of the new policy administration system.

Business Intelligence Consultant

Confidential

• Provided leadership and support for implementation of the Business Intelligence Office at a major energy company.
• Developed and maintain project plans, scope documents, status reports, communication plans, and issue management plans.

Business Analyst Consultant

Confidential

• Provided analysis and delivery of standards and practices for a telecom company as a short-term staff augmentation.
• Provided business analysis of an existing system and employee workflow to support requirements for a planned system.

Sr. Data Administrator/Data Architect

Confidential

Provided leadership and project management support as the lead Data Architect for enterprise systems and enterprise data warehouse. Designed additional tables, modified existing model, and generated DDL in collaboration with DBA team.

• Provided leadership and support for design, development and migration of Business Objects universes for multiple systems.
• Reverse engineer of existing databases. Updated metadata utilizing ERwin and DBArtisan.
• Data Modeling and design databases to support multiple projects.
• Project Management -- Participated in the definition and shaping of projects to ensure they had the foundation to be successful from a data architecture perspective.
• Ongoing support of business units Claims, Medicare Choice, Medicare Supplement, Medicare, Customer Service, Utilization Management.
• Included data analysis, data quality testing, updating, creation of metadata as well as a clear understanding of the business.
• Provided leadership and support as the lead Data Architect for several large initiatives in collaboration with enterprise Anthem Senior Advantage ASA and Federal Employee Plan FEP programs.
• Lead assessment of data administration standards and policies, as well as metadata content surrounding enterprise systems.
• Participate in determining approach, functional design and technical design of interfaces and extensions to support business requirements for the Facets system.
• Published data models on intranet site. Provided an annual/bi-annual savings of extensive time and monetary value, that at one time was spent printing, distributing to 400 associates in the mid-west region.

Sr. IT Project Manager

• Human Resource Management responsibilities for team of developers, instructional designers, course reference developers, graphic artists, editors and testers. Utiilized Performance Management methodology to assess employee performance on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Responsible for department budget, which included salaries, procurement of technical hardware and software, office equipment, contractors.
• Project Manager for development through deployment of Computer Based Training for National Education Training Group NETg . Course content included Netscape, Cisco certification CCNA Routing Switching, BCRAN Building Cisco Remote Access Networks, CCDA Routing Switching, CCSP Cisco Network Security, CCIP Communications Services Certification , Novell Netware certification, Unified Modeling Language UML , Server Side JavaScript, SONET and CORBA. Typically four to twelve projects at various phases of the software development life cycle SDLC .
• Designed, developed and implemented 'best practice' standards for instructional design, graphics, editing, reference documentation, help file development and functional testing.
• Negotiated contracts and was responsible for determining outsourcing requirements. Procured Subject Matter Experts SME to evaluate technical accuracy of training content, developers and editors to validate documentation.
• Participated in the development and publishing of corporate Associate Handbook .

Sr. IT Consultant

• Project Analyst analyzed and audited technical reports for discrepancies and documented/defined gaps for a Y2k project.
• Designed, developed deployed a web site to disseminate progress of client Y2k program.
• Audited Y2k mainframe test plans, documented results ensuring client audit requirements were fulfilled.
• Analyzed HP Openview Information Technology Service Manager 5.2 ITSM application.
• Documented best practices for problem management support to utilize in order to maintain system on a daily basis.
• Documented best approach for local support staff to open, update, and close service calls for SAP application support.
• Supported marketing department by developing electronic presentations to present to clients.

Sr. Project Manager

• Managed analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of performance centered projects such as Internet/Intranet development, software development, Performance Support Software PSS development, Computer-Based Training CBT , On-line Help/Reference, GUI Interface Design, Multi-Media CBT and database conversions.
• Human Resource manager for team of programmers, developers, writers, editors, instructional designers, artists, and interface designers.
• Involved in design, development and testing of a Performance Support System Knowledge Management 'dash board' model, marketed by Comware.
• Designed and developed multi-media presentations for management to present at performance support conferences, ASTD conferences, and throughout the IT industry.
• Participated on a team that received the Performance Support System award for system application designed, developed and deployed for a major medical equipment corporation.
• Utilized Capability Maturity Model methodology during development lifecycle for a major client.

Training Consultant

• Successfully managed training phase of US distribution center desktop/network conversion project six months before expected delivery to provide a savings of extensive budgeting and resources. Coordinated with TRW Program Management, Levi Strauss operations, and Catapult Training to successfully schedule and deploy training well in advance of projected delivery.
• Developed training project plan, support plan, training schedule, post-training support plan, shipping schedule for equipment, documentation, and course materials.
• Provided curriculum assessment, designed, developed, and coordinated production for standard and customized training curricula for a variety of software applications. Reduced training materials costs by approximately 30 .
• Assessed user knowledge and skills to define gaps in order to develop curriculum and deliver appropriate training.
• Developed of training plans, procedures, courseware, and resource guides for instructor team. Coordinated production of materials. Observed and mentored instructor trainees.
• Automated data input of policies and procedures by developing an interactive application. Utilized WordBasic, templates, styles, and glossaries to accomplish this task.