Senior Project Manager Resume
Waltham, MA
Lead Business Analyst / Senior Project Manager
Versatile IT professional with 15+ years of experience building solutions with customer departments and the IS/IT organization—including third party vendors. Hands on experience in all facets of IT.
Selected Projects:
Confidential, Waltham, MA 2007 to 4/2009
Associate Director, IT Applications
Implemented Kronos Time and Attendance
- assumed control of the stalled project as both PM and technical IT resource
- negotiated additional implementation support with vendor at 50% of original costs
- reconfigured 30% of the application including labor levels and pay codes
- wrote Connect interfaces to Solomon accounting system and ADP payroll
- provided individual user retraining and support as required
SQL Server 2000 to 2005 Upgrade Project
- scoped and planned the 6 month effort to migrate applications to 2005
- two man IT core team of myself as application/DBA and our lead server engineer
BEA/Plumtree Portal Replacement Project
- scoped and planned the replacement of the current portal
- introduced Sharepoint Services as portal replacement saving $18K in maintenance
Confidential,Andover, MA 2006 to 2007
Project Manager, ISOtrain Critical Eight Project
Managed migration of standalone Quality Systems LMS from Canada, China, Europe, and the Philippines.
- 40 person team in 10 locations, 5 different countries in 3 different time zones
- managed upgrades of application creating a consistent base across all locations
- created an “off the shelf” set of procedures for future rapid deployment
- filled in as project engineer has required
Managed emergency daylight savings time project across FDA regulated (GxP) business, manufacturing, and quality systems.
- All remediation completed prior to DST deadline.
- 15 person team, 25 different applications, 5 week time frame
Redesigned on site DR/Business Continuity solution for LMS.
- reused existing hardware to reduce costs
- created the model to be used in for all non-SAN based regulated systems
Confidential,Cambridge, MA 1998 to 2006
Senior Software Engineer / Business Systems Analyst / Project Manager
Implemented Ariba eProcurement Solution
- Wrote original user requirements in conjunction with Sr. Director of Sourcing.
- Managed all technical aspects of the solution selection and implementation.
- Leveraged system to retire legacy PERL applications in Legal, HR, Regulatory Affairs, and AP.
- Supported the system managing troubleshooting and upgrades for 4 years.
- Project saved 2 FTEs worth of labor.
Implemented Lawson HRIS/ERP
- Implemented company\'s first HRIS and integrated benefits management application.
- Upgraded the system twice without incurring outside costs or excessive downtime.
- Supported entire ERP (Accounting, Finance, HR, Procurement) until retiring it in 2004.
Managed company\'s first EDI implementation to support product launch
- 5 person core team, 20 member extended team.
- Coordinated work between 13 different distributor participants, EDI vendor, and our 3PL.
- Wrote EDI specs for transaction sets 852 and 857.
- Leveraged EDI to eliminate manual internal and government reporting.
Managed selection and implementation of legal matter management system (eCounsel)
- Wrote the user requirements specification in conjunction with the legal team.
- PM and technical resource for implementation.
- Supported system and performed upgrades as required.
Various time savings via technology enabled process improvements.
- Save 1 FTE’s worth of labor in AP by implementing electronic invoicing and PaperVision.
- Save 1.5 FTE’s worth of labor in shipping and receiving with low-cost technology product.
- Saved .5 FTE’s worth of labor with implementing freight auditing service that paid for itself
Confidential, Exeter, NH 1996 to 1998
Lead Business Systems Analyst
Implemented Lawson HRIS/Payroll & Kronos Data Collection System
- 8 person team plus 1 dedicated vendor resource
- Project included implementation of Kronos time and attendance system.
- Reduced user calls to payroll by more 60% with a custom designed pay stub.
- Project removed .5 FTE effort per day of no value added task
Education:
MS
BA
Certification:
- Project Management Professional Certification, Project Management Institute, 2005
- Certificate in Applied Project Management, Boston University, 2005
- ITIL / IT Service Management Certification, ITIL, 2005
- FDA GLP/GMP/21 CFR Certification, Stelex University, 2003
- Presentation Skills / Executive Development, Millennium Executive Development, 2002