SUMMARY:

Project Manager with over 20 years of business and systems management experience in positions of increasing responsibility, supporting client/server and mainframe environments with enterprise architecture and data warehousing capability. Demonstrated ability to plan and implement projects, manage budgets and organizational resources; producing results that provide superior technical design, deliver operational efficiencies and significant savings. Business/technical experience is complemented by a MBA in Economics, an MS in Organizational Behavior, and knowledge of Project Management Methodologies (e.g. PMI, Summit, Six Sigma, CMMi and Andersen Consulting's project tools).

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Project Management
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Process Improvement Cost Benefit Analysis
• Organizational Development
• Supervision Vendor Negotiations
• Hardware and Software Evaluations
• Management Reporting Large scale conversions
• Resource Planning/Budgeting
• Proposal Writing

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Data Warehouse: SharePoint Web Services PPM Optics C++/Java VMWare

PC: Connected SCSP HBGary GigaTrust Optima QlikView

MS Office: AWD/FileNet MS/Project SOA FrontPage HTML

LoadRunner: Clarity CLIST Wintel IBM ES9000s VNX / VPLEX, MICS/MXG BEST/1 BCP RMF/SMF STROBE TMON

OMEGAMON: Oracle VMS AS/400 SDLC Cognos

DEC: VAX/Alpha Client/Server Summit UNIX DASD TSO/VM

PC Hardware/Software: installations & upgrades

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead the iCare, Appeals and Grievances project for a TriCare Dental proposal
• Infrastructure PM, managing 5 - 7 projects with up to 15 team members
• Interacted with numerous Applications and Technical teams to deliver large, complex projects and cost benefit evaluations.
• Awarded UHG’s Bravo Award for excellent service to customer and applications team

Confidential, Manchester, CT

Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Executed plans for a application reconciliation effort targeted at consolidating UTAS servers to achieve financial savings resulting from a corporate merger
• Worked with Infrastructure, Compliance and Business teams to investigate active processes and application owners to evaluate over 700 Windows servers
• Some “hands-on” technical work was involved to track progress and identify server workloads

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a program comprised of 24 Enterprise Quality Assurance projects in the areas of DevOps, Continuous Improvement, Test Data Remediation and Process Improvement
• Managed project status using MS PowerPoint and Clarity reporting to oversee project delivery and the $8.1 M program budget. Also, prepared monthly Program Level reporting for management
• Developed reporting metrics to consolidate the program reporting

Confidential, Newington, CT

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager providing technology services for a large Confidential .
• Managed a web applications migration to new server technology
• Managed a portfolio of infrastructure projects including physical and virtual server installations, storage, memory and/or CPU upgrades.
• Coordinated roll out of PC Connected, SCSP, HBGary and GigaTrust software upgrades.
• Facilitated the upgrade of 150 servers to new EMC VNX storage technology using VPLEX.
• Supervised a pilot of Overland NAS storage devices at field offices to provide additional storage.
• Managed large teams with 15-20 members.

Confidential

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed and executed enterprise life cycle project plans spanning multiple business units
• Managed a diverse project team of five (5): Architect, Business Analyst, QA, Technical Analysts
• Adhered to strict Enterprise Life Cycle guidelines for project execution

Confidential, Hadley, MA

Senior Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Executed Project Plans for the development of a web based Study Guide Ordering System
• Developed a training plan to support a conversion from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook
• Used Agile approach to manage monthly updates for a reporting system for the State of Florida
• Project manager for a demonstration of QlikView reporting software for automating report capability
• Coordinated Business Continuity Process for disaster recovery

Confidential, Hartford, CT

PM/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated LoadRunner performance testing for a corporate-wide compliance tutorial
• Utilized business and systems planning expertise to develop a Statement of Work, Project Plans, Resource Estimates and Test Requirements for a Property & Casualty Underwriting Rating System.

Confidential, Chicopee, MA

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated applications development and testing for production system enhancements
• Coordinated maintenance efforts with development team to ensure timely updates

Confidential, Wethersfield, CT

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed a cost benefit estimate for re-platforming mainframe COBOL systems to a Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) using .NetCOBOL on a Wintel based platform (Windows and Intel).
• Updated IT strategy document to include a comparison between replatforming and a complete system reengineering with SOA, and Web Services (.Net)

Confidential

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed the implementation of a Business Objects Reporting system in support of corporate training.
• Directed a core IT team for a Power2Learn training management system, resolving long standing technical issue (memory leak), focusing on tightening systems controls and testing, improving processes and developing “best practices”.
• James Giger, PMP
• Successfully increased vendor responsiveness for delivering program fixes and consistent support
• Actively participated in Confidential ’s rigorous change management process to insure FDA compliance

Confidential

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed Statement of Work, Project Plans and resource requests for SAS Server Consolidations for upgrading to the latest SAS software platform and reduce licensing for Confidential computer processes
• Identify, evaluate, coordinate and schedule server migrations with business and technical staff

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed the automation of a Fee Billing System for better fee collection, reporting and administration
• Facilitated eDelivery Project, for electronic distribution of customer statements (15% ROI)
• Mapped out a process for evaluating and completing projects that are less than $50,000
• Utilized Summit project management tool, Confidential ’s Enterprise Architecture, IA3 and data warehouse structure to manage projects, for expanding and extending application and data access capability

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Financial Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintained project budgets, MS project plans and time reporting for multi-phase application upgrade
• Developed monthly management and project control reporting process

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed detailed project plan and design documents for a Claims Reconciliation system
• Facilitated Joint Application Design sessions for developing detailed Cognos reporting requirements