Insightful Senior IT Project Manager bringing highly credible technical leadership to direct multi-functional project teams engaged in full system development and implementation in high tech environments. Experienced (Over 25+ years) overseeing diverse teams of developers, analysts and quality professionals engaged in complex projects with budgets up to $5M. Posess A solid understanding of a diverse set of Project Management Information Systems & Tools.
Skills
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Certified Program Management Profession (PgMP)... In Progress
Project Planning
Project Management
Team Leadership
Agile Methodologies
Resource Allocation
Documentation and Reporting
Vendor Selection
Requirements Writing
Work Planning and Prioritization
Budget Control
Detail Oriented
Team Collaboration
Stakeholder Relations
Customer Relationship Management
Cost Analysis
Verbal and Written Communication
Project Goals and Milestones
Meeting Participation
Project Management Software
ERP Software
Relationship Building
Creative Thinking
Gantt Charts
Conflict Resolution
Team Building
Training & Development
Information Technology Management
Status Updates
Experience
02/2021 to 08/2022
IT Project Manager, PMOQlik – Hampton, NJ,
Spearheaded key ERP (Infor LN) Implementation projects efforts in North & South America , resulting in high customer satisfaction and increased business revenues.
Kept project teams on-task utilizing PMO designated Project Management Information Systems (MS Project, SmartSheet, JIRA) with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
Enhanced development and drove continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong program leadership.
Delivered updates and managed inquiries to C-Level Team Members on delivery of key initiatives.
Provided awareness and understanding of overall project portfolio, interactions and issues to team members and stakeholders.
Monitored internal financial budgets to measure against projections.
Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
10/2016 to 04/2020
IT Project Manager, PMO (Contractor, Perm)Benjamin Moore & Company – City, STATE,
Successfully Performed IT Project Manager (PM) Role within Benjamin Moore & Company's Project Management Office (PMO)
Enforced PMO established procedures & guidelines to complete business partner, as well as, IT, initiatives within assigned budgets and required timeframes
Led various efforts related specifically to BMC’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) – SAP, including:
Oracle EDW to SAP HANA/S4 Migration
SAP HANA Enterprise Solution & Server Cloud Migration
SAP Business Objects Upgrade
SAP Change & Release Management (Solution Manager) Upgrade
SAP Enterprise Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Execution
SAP Integrated Tax Solution (VERTEX) Upgrade v6 to v8
Created & managed approach, plan & efforts for BMC new business, marketing & sales opportunities on Amazon AWS Platforms (Vendor Central, Seller Central) with IT, Digital Marketing & Sales Teams
Partnered with various external IT business areas: Accounting, Compliance, Financial Planning, Marketing, Operations & Sales to foster relationships, identify strategic goals & objectives, as well as, planning for efforts within the company’s strategic pillars: Ease of Doing Business, End User Engagement, Expansion of Outlets (New Business) & Health of Independent Channel
Managed end to end project management activities such as project status reporting, project planning, issues & risk identification & tracking, scope management, budget & schedule management, resourcing, as well as, vendor management
Drove key decision making on project methodology used (Agile – Scrum, SDLC, PLC), as well as, constructed tools for performance monitoring (milestone tracking, sprint to release planning)
Utilized PMO Project & Portfolio Management tools (MS Project, ServiceNow - PPM, SmartSheet) to reflect work efforts planned & executed for all initiatives managed
03/2013 to 09/2016
Senior IT Project ManagerBed, Bath & Beyond – City, STATE,
Successfully Managed, Lead and Coordinated Project Management (PM) activities for replacement of BBBY's IBM Point of Sale (POS) & Promotions Management solutions using Waterfall & Agile / Scrum methodologies.
Executed RFI, RFP & RFQ procedures through documented business requirements for vendor evaluation & selection (ORACLE, IBM, NCR)
Documented gathered vendor supplied details for solution replacement (requirements addressed, project approach, & costs & similar projects executed) & provided recommendation to Leadership for vendor selection
Planned and conducted various project related ceremonies & team meetings (ex Status Meetings, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective / Reviews, Release Planning & Execution)
Created and maintained project controls including project plans, project status dashboards / reports, gantt charts, issue / risk logs and scope change registers
Collaborated with Information Technology, Application Development, and Business Analytical partners to interpret requirements & their translation into solution design specifications
Tracked performance against project objectives while resolving conflicting priorities in scope, schedule and cost amongst various stakeholder groups
Lead end-to-end project deliverables for both business and technology components, ensuring alignment to business objectives and benefits, as well as, ensured accountability for project success (budget, schedule & quality)
09/2011 to 10/2012
Business Analyst/Project Manager (Contractor)YOH IT Services, LLC – City, STATE,
Performed BA/PM contract work for GE Capital’s Treasury IT Division
Led requirements analysis, documentation & modeling for Foreign Exchange Exposure (FAS 52) Identification & Monthly Re-Measurement/Translation through ORACLE (GL) enhancement
Orchestrated weekly work sessions with Treasury IT - Wall Street Suite (WSS), Functional Currency Simplification (FCS), Controllership/Cash Management & ORACLE GL Functional Teams for Scope & Risk Management
Built relationship with Treasury IT – Data Warehouse & ETL (TIBCO) Developers acquiring an understanding of data processing models/procedures, as well as, assisting with development (unit) testing - which increased scope delivery efficiency
Assisted Treasury IT - Quality Assurance (QA) Team with defining test activities/goals, planning, test case creation/documentation & execution
Assisted FCS Functional Team & Business Users with User Acceptance Test (UAT) planning, test case creation/documentation & execution
Ensured proper stakeholder communication through weekly project dashboard updates, which included project delivery status, key milestone capture/delivery, as well as, issue/risk identification & mitigation efforts performed
Produced SQL queries which analyzed and reported on data variations within the Wall Street Suite (WSS) – Hedge Accounting Module, GL (ORACLE) & Treasury IT’s Data Warehouse
Documentation included:
Business Requirements Documentation & Operational Process Workflows
Functional Specifications - with Use Case(s), Business Process Modeling through flow charts, block & wire diagrams, as well as, graphical representations
User Acceptance (UAT) Test Plan – including test cases, expected results
Requirements Traceability Matrixes (RTM) – for Business/Stakeholder Tracking & Approvals
Technical Procedure/Process “Run Books” for IT Support Team Training
IT Support Team Training – through MS-Word Documents & MS-PowerPoint Presentations
Education and Training
Expected in 05/1994
Bachelor of Science: Computer Science University of Maryland - College Park, MD, GPA:
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Program Management Professional (PgMP)... In Progress
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