PROFESSIONAL

Mr. Tim Schneider seeks to apply executive level project management skills and experiences to new engagements on a part-time or full time basis. Effective management of information technology, engineering, and other technical projects through total life cycle is Mr. Schneider's primary career strength. Desired locations are the Columbus , Ohio or Charlotte, NC area.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Tim Schneider is a PMI Certified Project Manager with extensive experience in IT services consulting, product development management, software tools development, and computer engineering.Mr. Schneider has successfully managed consulting engagements in Federal and State government, insurance, transportation, and manufacturing industries. Mr. Schneider has in-depth IT experience with over fourteen years as a PMI certified project management professional and IBM certified executive project manager.

Expertise includes:

• Datacenter consolidation program. Utilized structured processes to inventory, categorize, analyze and build migration plan to virtualized environment followed by decommission plans to free datacenter floor.
• Solution PM and Deployment PM for IBM Global Account utilizing the BTMS methodology and associated tools BTMT, RPM, and GICOC Methods
• PM for Microsoft Exchange email system maintenance and support across Veteran Affairs enterprise nationwide.
• PM for large IBM X-Series hardware deployment across Veteran Affairs datacenters.
• PM for Data Privacy and Security assessment process across IBM US .
• Management of large public sector ERP implementation in a Project Executive role.
• Project manager for information technology infrastructure projects including mainframe and midrange environments for a large insurance client.
• Project Management Office PMO organization and delivery
• Management of software design and development including applications, tools, and systems
• Project Management of application development for clients in Insurance, Public, and Industrial sectors.
• Project Management methodologies and tools including, Global Systems Method, Risk Management, Engagement Support Environment, MS Project, PlanView and Project Workbench over projects full life cycle SDLC .
• Systems Integration and Test for mainframe, workstation, and distributed environments.
• Accomplished personnel manager with span of control up to fifty resources including direct reports, subcontractors and off-shore personnel.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

• Project manager for IBM Project Green Enterprise Computing Model ECM program focused on IBM strategic datacenter consolidation activities.
• Project manager for maintenance and support of a very large MS Exchange email system for the Veteran Affairs client.
• Project manager of Data Warehouse project for an agency of the State of Ohio, Bureau of Workers Compensation. Mr. Schneider managed enhancements to production mainframe hosted DB2 and workstation applications as part of a Data Warehouse system. Managed the requirements collection and development of Brio applications for reporting functions.
• Project manager for development of a DataMart Business Intelligence application for IBM Production and General Procurement IGA client. This application was designed to collect data from several data warehouse repositories, ERP systems, and manual feeds. The collected data was organized, validated, and aggregated based on predefined criteria. Reporting was accomplished by scheduled and ad-hoc Brio reports. Mr. Schneider managed a highly matrixed team of data modelers, developers, testers and DBAs from domestic and global resource pools.
• Global Infrastructure Center of Competence GICOC Project Manager for deployment of Lotus Notes Version 8 and associated integrated plug-in applications for IBM world wide 420,000 end users . This project included two early adopter projects with aggressive ramp-up power curve requirements. The project exceeded the 25,000 end user goal by YE2007.
• Project manger for Data Privacy and Security assessment project for IBM US. Managed the development of a survey instrument implemented in Modulo Datastage.
• Project manager for hardware configuration and deployment utilizing X-Series clusters for the Veteran Affairs client. Managed the requirements, rack/stack, infrastructure configuration and on-site installation across thirty VA locations nationwide.
• Project manager for Aetna Insurance client. Established requirements, design and implementation of information technology infrastructure to test new applications through full lifecycle. Mr Schneider successfully managed a highly matrixed staff of over fifty professionals utilizing a formal product development full lifecycle methodology. Project management tools utilized include PlanView, MS Project, QuickBase, and a proprietary lifecycle methodology process.
• Project Manager for Y2K remediation at Nationwide Insurance P C. Managed a team of Nationwide, IBM and subcontractor staff for analysis, planning and remediation of Y2K issues.
• Project manager of systems test and renovation of financial applications for Nationwide Insurance Company. Developed testing requirements and test plans. Staffed and managed a team of IBM, client, and contract resources. Developed configuration controls and clean management strategies. Managed interfaces with client and several vendors. Completed all project commitments. Closed the project on-time and on-budget. Developed outstanding client relationships.
• Project management consultant for National Disbursements a Nationwide Financial Services company. Reported directly to the client General Manager to develop a project plan for converging two business areas. The project involved e-business, interactive voice response, legacy mainframe and mid-range systems.
• Project Executive for large ERP implementation at the Chicago Transit Authority utilizing the Oracle Application Suite for financial and HR/payroll. Successfully managed a combined team of fifty IBM staff and subcontractors using Method Blue. All critical milestones were met and payments received from the client without penalty from Mobilization through Design/Redesign phases. Client satisfaction rating was A.
• Project management consultant for AOL, a large ebusiness client. Evaluated the client's project management skills, methodologies, and organization. Made recommendations for improvement in all areas.
• Member of the IBM Project Management Center of Competency. Lead Project Management Reviews, created Risk Management and Information Management plans for complex projects. Instructor for Contract Financial Management process. Mentor for experienced Project Managers. Provided Project Management Office implementation and management consulting for several client teams. These included State Farm Insurance, Nationwide Insurance, and AOL. Mr. Schneider conducted quality assurance reviews of the management of engagements at State Farm Insurance, Baxter Healthcare, State of Michigan agencies, Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Teachers Retirement Agency, Ohio Insurance Commission, Blue Cross /Blue Shield Insurance and Ohio Job and Family Services.
• Project manager of worldwide Service Call Management System development for an internal IBM client. Established team relationships with client representatives and executives throughout the world. Validated business requirements, managed the development of mainframe and client/server solutions, set performance standards.
• Developed business solution proposals for clients in the transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, publications, and telecommunications industries. Solutions included SAP/R3 installation and bridging to legacy systems.
• Managed the design, implementation, testing and customer support of complex IBM software development tools. These included assemblers, linkage editors, PL/X and C compilers, debuggers and software performance measurement tools. Managed a team of thirty professionals.

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• Developed, delivered and maintained high-level language compilers PL/X , assemblers, debuggers and software metric tools for S/390 Mainframe, AS/400, RS6000, and PC platforms. Managed the business and project plans for a direct report staff of thirty technical professionals. Utilized PL/X, Intel assembler, S/390 tools, C, C , Team Connection, PLC Source library control system .