SUMMARY

• Led project teams (as an active PMP and Certified Scrum Master (CSM)) throughout rigorous software development/implementation lifecycles (via Waterfall, Agile, PMBOK methodologies) providing business solutions across platforms (i.e., mainframe, mid - range, distributed client/server) comprised of cross functional teams having both on/off-shore resources.
• Managed project budgets more than $20 million, as well as large technology organizations staffed with Project Managers, Business/Data Analysts, Application & Database Software Engineers/Developers, DBAs, QA Testers, Architects, Security, Infrastructure, PMO, Vendors, Business Sponsors, Stakeholders, Change/Release/Defect Management resources, Call Center resources, etc.. Solid track record of building, utilizing, and managing strong teams to deliver cost effective business technology solutions within scope, cost and schedule.
• Experienced in Infrastructure information technology (IT) installations and maintenance including enterprise hardware, software, database, networks, security and data center/Cloud facilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Application Development
• Pgm/Project Mgmnt. (PMP, CSM)
• Quality Assurance
• Strategic Planning
• Infrastructure, Data Center/Cloud
• Technical Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture (SOA)
• Process Improvement (BPM)
• Problem Solving
• Effective Communications/Collaboration
• Budget/Cost Control
• Right sizing Staff
• Data Warehouse
• Business Intelligence
• Finance
• Web Development (Internet, Intranet)
• Waterfall and Agile Methodology
• eCommerce

Technologies/Tools Experienced:

• J2EE/Java/Web Services/SOAP/Struts
• MVC,JSP, Servlets, Beans, EJB
• XML,HTML,DHTML,XSLT,CSS
• SOA: Governance, MVC, MDA, UML, OO
• Java, JavaScript
• Oracle, PL/SQL, DB2, MS-SQL
• HP Quality Center/ALM (Test Management, Integration & Load Tests)
• .Net, VS-Basic, ASP
• Entrust, SSL, LDAP
• Tivoli, HP OpenView
• WebSphere, MQ/EAI
• COBOL, CICS, C,C++, CGI/Perl
• MS Office (e.g., Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Visio, MS Outlook/Exchange, Sharepoint
• MS-Project, Project Workbench, PPM tools (HP/Clarity)
• Cognos (BI), Business Objects
• Cisco Networks, EMC/SAN, Veritas
• Hardware: IBM, Sun, HP/UX
• IVR: Nortel, Avaya (Call Center)
• Lotus Notes/Domino
• LAN/WAN, FrameRelay, TCP/IP
• ERP: PeopleSoft; CRM: Salesforce
• SDLC Methodologies: PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Jira, RUP, Method/1
• CVS, Endevor
• Mainframe, Distributed, EDI platforms
• Metastorm BPM/BPA
• Disaster Recovery
• Data Warehouse/ETL/Database

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Freelance Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Consultation, Problem Solving, Instruction: Waterfall/Agile Methodology/Tools: (e.g., Microsoft Suite - MS Project, et al)
• Healthcare and Financial project knowledge, experience and support provided cross-platform to cross-functional teams

Confidential, New York City, NY

Program/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Project/Program Manager for a portfolio up to 12+ plus simultaneous IT projects (PPO & HMO Claims centric) serving NY State, CMS, Medicare, Medicaid, Vendors/Delegates, HIPAA, Health Insurance Providers, etc. performing strategic planning, defining and maintaining PM standards, as well as satisfying budget expectations/responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Collaborated regularly with Sr. Management, PMO, Project Managers and Business as necessary regarding funding, schedules, approvals, status, deliverables, standards, requirements, staffing, recommendations, change requests, defect management, etc.
• Provided Senior Project/Program Management services (strong MS-Project, MS-Office skills) to the Information Technology - Information Management-Business Intelligence Enterprise Data Warehouse organization. Supporting these Business/Data areas: HMO, PPO & Pharmacy Claims, Providers, Members, Benefits, Brokers, Government Programs, Lab Results, Health Information Exchange (HIE-work efforts/challenges: ICD-10, standardization, interoperability, EHR, EMR, data issues), etc. across Mainframe, Distributed, IVR and EDI platforms. Project managed various workflows associated with Claims processing.
• Led, managed and worked with Project Management Offices to standardize, align to strategic objectives & achieve economies of repetition in project execution.
• Five years functional experience planning, managing, coordinating, executing multiple large-sized complex projects simultaneously including but not limited to ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases), DSRISP, BH-HARP, Tiered Benefit, etc.
• Managed scope, resources, schedules, financials, quality stage gates, risks, issues, change requests, defects, testing and reports

Confidential, New York City, NY

Program/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led Program and Project Management of Managed Accounts Integration including Migration (from Fidelity-NFS), Data Validation, Development, Load/Stress Testing within the Broker Dealer Services (BDS) division. Securities data included: Mutual Funds, Equities, Options and Fixed Income for 1.8M customer accounts. AML/KYC compliant. A $1.1M Project.
• Led Program and Project Managed services within the BPM Center of Excellence to implement and standardize a Global Fax Workflow Automation (GFWA) solution ($4.75M), including software, DB, network, security, infrastructure and global risk management.
• Project & global risk managed various projects & technologists on/offshore (i.e., Satyam, Infosys and Mphasis).
• As Chief Architect provided world class architectural and strategy solutions in support of the Retail Banking goal toward standardizing information technology.
• Led and managed various Business and IT application and infrastructure personnel to promote the sharing, reuse and standardization of technology across 500+ Branches, 1800+ ATMs, Internet and Call Center Channels.

Confidential, New York

Program/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• One of three co-founders of Confidential . responsible for formulating a technology vision with hands-on technology builds, support, direction, managing global risk and strategies to launch this Confidential B2B/eCommerce HR - Human Capital Management (HCM) solution.
• Delivered a patented Cloud based/ASP SaaS application to Confidential companies which successfully hosted the requisitioning, finding, managing and paying the contingent labor workforce (e.g., IT, Clerical, Financial, Healthcare…).
• Worked with C-Level executives.