SUMMARY

Key Project Management Qualifications:
Senior-Level Project Manager with 25 years in information technology (IT) and business management experience in both the private and public sector with key emphases in web application, relational database, eCommerce, J2EE, Java, mainframe, and vendor management. Manage team of 30 in matrix and direct environments.

Skill Summary:
Technical Project Management, Project Management, Change Management, Release Management, Resource Management, PM Tool Kit, Project Budget Management, Risk Analysis, Grant Award, Cross-functional environment, PMO, MOSS, Clarity

eCommerce, J2EE, Java, Web Application, Web Servicing, Struts, SOAP, XML, HTML, Websphere, SQL, Visual Basic, Easytrieve Plus, Access, Excel, Data Warehouse

Systems Analysis and Design, Dreamweaver, Visio, Power Point, SDLC, Waterfall, Spiral, Agile, JAD, Outlook, IMS/DB Programming, IMS/TM Programming, Legacy, Cobol, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, JCL, IDMS, IMS, CVS, DB2, File Aid, INFOMAN, PANVALET, Xpediter, MS Word, MS Project, SharePoint, ClearQuest, Client Server

Professional Experience:

Confidential,Project Manager 10/10 – 01/11
Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple Data Warehouse projects and teams in a matrix environment from inception to delivery
• Consult and review with executive management and business partners project proposals, presentations, schedule, funding limitations, and staffing
• Drive Sprint planning and estimation
• Organize and facilitate daily stand up/scrum meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Manage changes to the project (scope, budget, schedule, business and technical requirements)
• Perform ongoing review of project status, develop and revise plans, strategy, risk assessment, technical and non-technical scope and objectives

Accomplishments:

• Implement centralized system of record for five decommissioned loan origination systems.
• Convert data elements from each application and transferred through DDE to DB2 database
• Conversion of legacy loan origination system data
• Verification of source data to converted data
• Develop five standard reports to provide access to the data
• Implement a new system of record for the ODS life-cycle

State of North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, Project Manager 12/04 – 6/10
Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects and teams in direct and matrix environments from inception to delivery using (PMI, PMBOK). Gather complex project requirements and business cases (JAD).
• Develop and maintain technical and non-technical project documentation.
• Consult and review with executive management and business partners project proposals, presentations, schedule, funding limitations, and staffing
• Drive Sprint planning and estimation
• Organize and facilitate daily stand up/scrum meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Manage maximum 2 million dollar budgets, develop and revise plans, strategy, risk assessment, technical and non-technical scope and objectives, change management, performance evaluation.
• Identify project scope, reports, deliverables, milestones, durations and dependencies in network diagram via Critical Path Method (CPM).
• Manage teams (10 direct and 20 matrix), projects and outside vendors, communications / negotiation, documentation, Quality Assurance (QA), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Use Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to drive out the project detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
• Identify and track project issues/risks and follow through with actions to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Obtain through customer satisfaction and acceptance testing (UAT), project signoff of completion.
• Arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel. Direct recruitment activities assuring the timely placement of qualified employees in positions, forecast resources, hire and fire.
• Manage in-house e Commerce system

Accomplishments:

• Successfully implement/deliver new software release Phase I of the Civil Case Processing System import issues. These projects allow changes to the contact information in multiple installations. J2EE Java environment, web application.
• Successfully implement/deliver new software release the Adoption and Safe Families Act application, providing family court workers automation recording of ASFA relevant dates. This project allows judges, clerks and staff to accurately manage the time a child remains in foster care. J2EE Java environment, web application
• Successfully implement/deliver new software release Phase II of the Civil Case Processing System. This project enhances data management of the civil and juvenile court systems
• Successfully implement/deliver reports which measure compliance based upon the mandate timeline. J2EE Java environment, web application.
• Successfully implement/deliver new software release Guardian ad Litem application, which allows GAL staff a case management mechanism.
• Successfully implement/deliver new software release Family Drug Treatment Court application, which allows FDTC staff a case management mechanism. J2EE Java environment, web application.
• Successfully allow intranet websites to accept online payments and create credit connections with banks. e Commerce J2EE Java
• Successfully implement/deliver off-the-shelf software release Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, which allows NC AOC staff to connect and collaborate.

Confidential,Project Manager 2/02 – 11/04
Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects and teams in a direct (8) and matrix (10) environment (PMI, PMBOK)
• Create and deliver presentations to executive management and business partners on project goals and plans.
• Create and modify budgets 1.5 million dollars, plans, RFP, RFI, Scope, schedules, reports, performance evaluation, communication and plans, change management, technical and non-technical scope and objectives.
• Develop and maintain technical and non-technical project documentation.
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Use Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to drive out the project detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
• Identify and track project issues/risks and follow through with actions to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Prepare project status reports and keep management, clients and others informed of project status and related issues.
• Manage project Quality Assurance (QA), change management and justification.
• Coordinate and respond to requests for changes from original specifications and monitor project results against technical specifications.

Accomplishments:

• Successfully deliver the outcomes for the B anthraces – Discovery that B anthraces evade the host immune system, using a toxin called lethal factor. These results assisted in the explanation why anthrax infections proceed nearly undetected until the patient is very sick and near death.
• Successfully deliver the outcomes IQ scores base on blood lead levels. The outcomes emphasize the importance of prevention and add further evidence that there is no safe level of lead exposure

Sophisticated Business Systems, Project Lead/Programmer Analyst 2/01 – 1/02
Responsibilities:

• Develop project estimates, gather requirements, maintain budgets maximum 1 million dollars; create task and test plans, define and assign tasks to technical team (PMI, PMBOK).
• Develop and maintain technical and non-technical project documentation.
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Use Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to drive out the project detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
• Identify and track project issues/risks and follow through with actions to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Create and deliver presentations to executive management and business partners.
• Monitor and control work in progress for technical adequacy.
• Provide active assistance to meet schedules or resolve complex technical or customer requirements.
• Manage vendor communications / negotiation, documentation, Quality Assurance, Request for Proposal, Request for Information, and relationship for projects.

Accomplishments:

• Successfully lead a joint design and development effort for the GE Capital Corporate Risk Exposure and Commercial Marketing data warehouse.
• Successfully lead the architecture design and development effort for the knowledge management system, which support 350,000 worldwide personnel.

Confidential, 8/96 – 01/01
Project Lead/Systems Analyst – New Initiatives Finance Department
Responsibilities:

• Evaluate business procedures and problems in the Finance new project division and gather requirements.
• Manage projects and prepare charts and diagrams that constitute a representation of the new system to executive management and business partners (PMI, PMBOK).
• Develop and maintain technical and non-technical project documentation.
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Use Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to drive out the project detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
• Mentor and coach assigned personnel to enhance performance and encourage professional development.
• Identify and track project issues/risks and resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Create and deliver presentations.
• Create and modify online and batch applications.

Accomplishments:

• Successfully delivered the HIPPA project.The project mandates the standardization of EDI formats for health care data transmission, which includes claims, remittance, and eligibility and claim status inquiries.
• Successfully delivered the non group billing subsystem.This project created groups and update rates for non-group.
• Successfully expanded the billing rates for the billing system
• Successfully delivered the bill cycle segment.This project allowed a printer segment containing a table of groups assigned to a particular billing cycle.
• Successfully delivered reports which checked delinquent days and cancel days.These reports allowed BCBS of NC to update delinquent and cancel insurance days.

Education:

Computer Information Systems, Bachelors of Science

Training:
PMOS, Human Resource Management, Project Management, Managing IT Projects, SDLC, Risk Analysis, MS Project, Systems Analysis & Design, Managing for Improved Results, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, SQL, PM Tool Kit, eCommerce

Telecommunications and Network Principles for Project Management, Software Testing for Project Managers, SharePoint, Grant Award, Project Budget Management, ClearQuest, Dreamweaver, HTML, XML, DB2, RoboHelp, Global Management