SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of significant, progressive expertise in project management.
• Responsible for managing the development of enterprise - wide applications from concept to implementation.
• Experience in SDLC, Agile, RAD, including iterative and incremental development, feasibility studies, requirements analysis, system specifications, data migration, quality assurance, testing, and post implementation evaluation and production support.
• Experience in RFIs, RFPs, vendor selection and vendor management.
• Responsible for analyzing business requirements, formulating alternative solutions, and providing cost/benefit analysis to executive/senior management.
• Dedicated, self-motivated achiever who is committed to success and adept at juggling multiple tasks in a high-pressured environment.
• Resourceful, creative problem-solver who can recommend solutions to meet complex business needs.
• Excellent oral and verbal communications skills designed to engage, inform stakeholders, as well as, increase levels of awareness, understanding and acceptance of changes to project team members.
• Exceptional team-building skills to motivate, inspire and empower project stakeholders, contributors and team members.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Office Suite (Including Visio & Access)
• Alfa
• ReconNET
• DealerTrack
• CMSI Origenate
• Vertex L, Vertex O
• Mercury (Test Director, Quality Center)
• Microsoft Project and Clarity
• EMC Documentum
• Shaw
• LeMans
• Fidelity ALS - AF
• FiServ XP Systems
• Business Objects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager, QA Manager, Accounting Lead, Tax Lead, Technical Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successful implementation of Salesforce CRM
• Successful implementation of Vertex O
• Managed the various testing phases for Accounting and Tax
• Lead teams to complete all deliverables on-time

Independent Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successful completion of a high profile project working with an Executive Team to research, analyze, quantify and plan all aspects of opening a finance office in a foreign country
• Conduct work sessions with Stakeholders to assess their requirements, deliver analysis, determine best practices.
• Prepare and present summaries to Executive Team.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for 4 Production Projects for Compliance (concurrent), completed early and under budget (ALS-AF system).
• Project Manager for the electronic contracting project to include replacement of an application decisioning system and a contract processing/booking system
• Responsible for the creation and management of detailed and complex project plans, resources and deliverables.
• Received high accolades from Senior Management, Dealers and Branches for implementing compliance system enhancements impacting 3,000 dealers and thousands of customers.
• Facilitation of rapid requirements and detailed design sessions.
• Performed analysis on current processes, identified areas for improvement / optimization and provided expertise, guidance and leadership for implementing changes.
• Developed and delivered project status reports for Senior Management, Team Members
• Mentored project team members and stakeholders on Project Deliverables and Project Execution.
• Led all planning, requirements, design to all business unit stakeholders.
• Conducted ‘As-Is’/‘To-Be’ detailed requirements and design workshops identifying key functionality that needed to exist from the current-state process to enhance Dealer productivity, User productivity, eliminating redundant processes, adding innovation through system functionality.
• Configuration Strategy and Design.

Project Manager/QA Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created the training strategy and managed the execution of training for all end users.
• Managed Testing for the Business to include: System, End to End, and UAT Testing. UAT Testing deliverable was completed 30% ahead of schedule.
• Creation and execution of Go Live Strategy Plan.
• Conversion and reconciliation of data.
• Managed the Go Live and Post Go Live Support.
• Vendor Procurement for Outsourcing Bankruptcy process.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation and testing of a data warehouse system using Business Objects Web Intelligence and Mercury.
• Re-engineering of business reports to enhance productivity.

Project Lead/Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed Business Process Reengineering and Process Analysis for all Accounting/Operations business processes to include JAR/JAD sessions.
• Managed the Sales/Use Tax and Property Tax system design and integration with Vertex software.
• Expertise in System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Managed the configuration to maximize the automation of all business processes.
• Provided problem solving for business requirements design challenges.

Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead reporting to Senior Management.
• Responsible for saving AHFC $1 million (or more) in development costs by creative problem solving to leverage existing Vendor’s functionality to meet business requirements.
• Conducted and facilitated meetings and workshops by leveraging and adhering to project management best practices, standards, and methodology.
• Improved functionality for users by streamlining business practices, increasing automation which resulted in fewer errors, better customer and Dealer service, less audit problems, less penalties.
• Designed, integrated and implemented the CRM to enhance work productivity within the CASS project, enable management to effectively manage resources, SLAs and increase customer service.
• Designed, integrated and implemented a custom sales program system with the CASS project.
• Developed and managed project plans, issues management and resolution, change management and risk management to ensure that project deliverables are delivered on time within budget.
• Provided status communication updates to project sponsor and team on a regular basis to ensure business benefits are realized.
• Prepared and submitted business cases and concept proposals to executive management for decisioning.
• Facilitated gathering business requirements and feasibility analysis used for developing business cases and concept proposals.
• Project Manager for Sarbanes-Oxley to include managing the creating of SOX documents, identifying and classifying deficiencies, remediating deficiencies.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed the on-time implementation of 12 large core system replacement projects and assisted on 8 additional projects
• Daily interaction managing programmers, software developers and network engineers
• Conducted risk and needs analysis for each project to develop project plans and timelines
• Conversion strategy, data mapping, validation, reconciliation.
• Managed all phases of configuration, testing, hardware implementation, interfaces, conversion, training, execution, warranty
• Created training strategy, procedures/training materials, conducted training

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for the conversion of loans from 80 failed Institutions
• Manager of a $2 billion portfolio of securities (MBS, REMICs,Other)
• Manager of cash accounts and successfully maximized profit
• Developed and prepared various financial and regulatory reports
• Vendor selection and contract (SOW) management
• Budgets, Financial Reporting, Month-End GL Closing