SUMMARY

• Accomplished Project Manager with 10+ years’ experience of managing and closing large to small scale projects on time and within budget. Ability to apply Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies in complex and diverse (international) projects including offshore teams.
• Expertise and competence in managing all IT project stages including intake, estimation, requirements analysis, functional and system design, build, test, risk and issue management, change control, configuration, training, go - live assistance and post implementation support. Planning, overseeing and driving IT Project Client Portfolios

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Industries: IT Implementation Services, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Sales and Distribution

Methodology applied: Waterfall ( SDLC), Agile/Scrum, ASAP.

SAP applications: SAP Solution Manager 7 EHP1, ECC 6.0, CRM 7

Management Skills: Ability to build highly motivated diverse project teams focused on achieving project goals. Keep up-to-date with changes in the industry through continuing professional development

Tools: et: Clarity, SalesForce.com, MS Project 2010, Project Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, MS Dynamics CRM, Primavera PPM

Technically Competent: SharePoint Server 2003-2010, MS Project Server, and SAP Solution Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Confidential, Buffalo, Grove

Methodology: SDLC

Responsibilities:

• Accountable to deliver IT PBM Super Client Project Portfolios within schedule, scope and budget. Achieving the business objectives and benefits to the Super Clients
• Actively working with PMO, Resource Managers, PMs, internal departments to ensure projects are delivered in within scope, budged, schedule.
• Collaborating with Project Sponsors, Management, Major Stakeholders, and the PMO to ensure High Profile Client Portfolios are being delivered within Scope, Schedule and Budget.
• Driving operational and project PBM IT risks / issues related to the PBM IT Client Project Portfolios. Working with IT and Non-IT departments to ensure issues and risks are being effectively managed and resolved.
• Performing regular reporting of the Portfolio Status to Management and Major Stakeholders from the Business. Acting as single point of contact of PBM IT with regard to Client Account Management.
• Performing Portfolio Financial Status tracking and reporting to major stakeholders and management
• Present the PBM IT Client Portfolio to major stakeholders
• Ensure implementation of project action plans
• Escalate issues and risk that cannot be resolved at project level to upper management
• Managing PBM IT Projects for PBM Super Clients
• IT Project Management - SDLC, Preparing and updating Project Charter, Project Plan and required SEP Artifacts including scope, change, schedule, budget, resources and staffing, risks and issue, communications management plans.
• Selecting and development planning of project team, establishing work plans, staffing model preparation, managing virtual teams, directing and coordinating project personnel.
• Driving Intake and estimating process, estimates review for blueprint for each business work stream
• Monitoring project portfolio delivery to meet the milestones
• Designing, Configuring and Managing the IT Clients Services Department Team SharePoint Site

Tools: et used: Clarity, MS Project 2007, MS SharePoint Server 2007, SalesForce.com

Sr. Project / Program Manager

Confidential, LISLE, IL

Responsibilities:

• Facilitating request for proposals and evaluating vendor proposals, interacting with suppliers, participating in negotiating and contracting.
• Selecting and development planning of the project teams, Establishing work plans, Resource allocation
• Working actively with Project Sponsor, Management, and major Stakeholders, PMO, managing, changes requests, deliverables and status reporting, closeout sign-off.
• Preparing PM artifacts with regard to the size of the project and methodology used
• Selecting and development planning of project team including vendors, Managing virtual teams, directing and coordinating project personnel, assigning resources and work packages
• Leading teams of internal developers and/or 3rd party consultants
• Managing day-to-day operational aspects of project in matrix environment - identifying, analyzing and mitigating project risks, managing issues, managing project scope, managing change control and escalation system, schedule tracking, project deliverables acceptance, project expenses and budget control, project progress control using the earned value management, configuration management, testing, team training and development activities.
• Managing Weekly PMO tracking, deliverables tracking, project status reporting for schedule, budget, risks, issues, SOW review, deliverable based status reports, managing escalations
• Performance team members appraisal

Tools: et used: SAP Solman 7, MS Project, MS Project Server, SharePoint Server, SAP ECC 6.0, CRM 7, Online Agile PM Tools, Online PMO tools (SharePoint based)

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managing IT implementation projects applying ASAP, SDLC, PMBOK and CMMI-3 methodologies. Projects include custom build web based application with MS SQL server database layer, Implementing of out of the box commercial products, custom software.
• Responsible for providing overall direction for defining requirements, priorities and deadlines, team facilitation, selecting and managing project teams trough the full project lifecycle -from initiation to closing, including planning, analysis, design, testing and implementation Managing Systems implementation, requirements/process analysis, conceptual and detailed design, configuration, testing, training, change management, support, business case development, business assessment strategy creation, interacting with clients suppliers, successfully building long term business relationships, negotiations, contracting.
• Estimation and allocation of project resources, project budget management, coordination with client business units, development and support divisions Managing variable project teams including virtual teams up to 25 software developers.

Tools: et used: SAP Solman 7, MS Project, MS Project Server 2003, SharePoint Server, ISA Server, MS SQL Server 2005, SAP ECC 6.0, CRM 6, Oracle 10