Project Manager Resume

Title
Project Manager

Primary Skills
IT Professional * IT Director * Manager * Analyst* QA

Location
US-CA-Corona

Posted
Feb-16-09


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Results driven resource and project manager with 20+ years of marked achievements in Information Technology. While focusing on the bottom line, create solutions to automate business processes, remove human error, and decrease costs of doing business. A skilled IT professional with phenomenal analytical skills that provides sound business solutions, reliable decisions, leads and develops resources, and is technically skilled. Proactive and motivated to facilitate and control changes that are necessary for the success of the business. Wearer of many IT hats, director, manager, analyst and developer, tester.

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Management Competencies
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* Establishing and maintaining working relationships within the organization and with external resources and vendors
* Managing cross functional teams and infrastructure projects
* SDLC development and refinement
* Continuous adherence to all regulations such as: SOX, SEC, DOT, IRS, COP
* Asset and Contract Management
* Designing, budgeting and planning infrastructure projects necessary for continuous business improvement -
* Detailed project management, monitoring and reporting progress and issues
* Implementing internal audit processes that maintain data accuracy and security
* Conflict management and motivational skills
* Resource development and recruitment
* Team building, development and motivation
* Managed offshore developers/analysts
* Ability to accurately prioritize and delegate tasks
* 24/7 Emergency Support
* Adaptive to a variety of management styles: Waterfall, Agile, Six Sigma, SEI/CMM, Scrum or any such variation
* Experienced with BI, CRM, ERP, ETL


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Technical Skills
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* IBM Mainframe OS390, JCL, TSO, ISPF, SMF, VSAM, File Aid, Windows XP, Vista, Linux/Unix, Scripts, vi, IDE, RAD
* Cobol, IDEAL, Clipper, VB.Net, C++, PHP, HTML, Crystal Reports, R&R Writer, REXX, Dyl280
* SQL, PL-Sql, Sql-Server, Data Query
* Relational Database (RDBMS) - Datacom, Oracle, DB2, FoxPro, Access
* Cost Benefit Analysis and feasibility studies
* Business Analysis and Design
* System design, analysis, development, and troubleshooting
* Process Re-Engineering
* Risk Assessment
* Testing - Unit, System, Regression, Stress, Black Box, QA
* Change and release Management
* Software procurement, management, installation
* MS-Office Professional - Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Project, Visio
* Accounting and Financial Applications, G/L, AR, AP, P&L, Sales Reports
* Oracle Financials
* Payroll Tax Applications
* Distribution Systems
* Inventory Systems
* Manufacturing Systems
* Securities Trading
* Data Warehousing
* EDI & FTP processing


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Achievements
________________________________________RB Zack and Associates - Business Analyst Torrance 02/2007 - 07/2008
"For more than a quarter century, R.B. Zack & Associates, Inc. has been using its custom application development, database design and system integration skills to help businesses increase efficiency and gain competitive advantages."
Met with C-Level management and super-users to determine business needs and potentially provide IT solutions. Designed solutions, managed full life cycle development of the solutions, coordinated user acceptance testing, created and managed project plans, and established change control procedures. Multi-tasked and managed IT business needs of three of the larger clients.
* Secured a $250k initial deal with a client and created a partnership for further projects
* Designed and wrote specifications for new commodities trading system
* Screened business directories for potential clients and solicited the business of several clients
* Worked with Sales and Marketing to track client contacts, and screened business directories for possible clients
* Resolved issues with inaccurate financial statements
* Analyzed storage data and presented solution to save client thousands of dollars; encouraged client not to acquire more land
* Found opportunity to increase revenue by utilizing EDI for invoicing as requested by BASF
* Wrote and modified 40+ program and sub-routines to compute royalty amounts correctly

Jefferies - Consultant Santa Monica 10/2002 - 08/2006
"Jefferies is a full-service investment bank and institutional securities firm focused on growing and mid-sized companies and their investors in the U.S., Europe and Asia."
Analyzed problem areas within the business and created solutions. Gathered information, analyzed data, designed and tested solutions. Worked directly with VP's, Managers, and end users to provide full life cycle development. Hired for a 6-month project, completed within three months, continued to provide solutions to a variety of issues.
* Improved nightly batch cycle from 12 hours to 6 hours, regardless of data volume
* Removed constraint for 999,999 trades a day to 3,999,999
* Resolved compliance issues and saved Jefferies millions of dollars in fines
* Trade retrieval was taking weeks; restructured data warehouse and designed a process so that retrieval takes minutes
* Analyzed and created performance measurements for nightly processing, with email notification to key personnel when measurements were outside of metrics
* Analyzed old data and determined what was necessary to keep and what could be discarded, created an internal ETL system to extract data, transform, and load it to a new database
* Provided cost benefit analysis and metrics of converting from CA-Datacom to DB2 using ISI 2BDB2 transparency and provided methodology on converting without a transparency
* Trained development team and DBA on proper usage of CA-Datacom properly
* Provide 24/7 IT support. Most calls generated from the east coast
* Interviewed, developed, and assigned tasks of new consultants
* Evaluated and managed queues of day-to-day requests from users

Balboa Insurance Group - IT Manager Irvine 01/2002 - 10/2002
"Balboa Insurance Group (BIG) has been offering a wide range of insurance programs designed for financial institutions, general agents, independent producers and their customers."
Managed 26 employees, hired additional resources, performed administrative functions such as performance appraisals, budget plans, work schedules, and delegated and reviewed assignments.
* Established SLA's (service level agreements) and SOW's (statement of work)
* Proposed and assisted in developing a QA team, and a Project Management Team
* Managed cross-functional projects
* Created performance metrics utilized for project estimations and performance evaluations
* Documented and standardized EDI processing
* Analyzed and initiated a process to automate and standardized new client set-up
* Identified a client was falsifying vital information
* Restructured weekly staff meetings to minimize costs and maximize effectiveness

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) - IT Manager San Dimas 06/1987 - 05/2001
"ADP's Tax & Compliance Services help employers stay on the right side of regulatory compliance. Staying current on constantly changing laws and regulations, meeting strict government deadlines, and avoiding costly fines and penalties."
Cross-functional development manager. Directed and managed a variety of development teams. Lead manager for several large corporate projects that crossed several IT departments. Secured software and training for development usage. Monitored performance of system, analysts, and developers. Designed and managed project plans and automation of filing tax returns. Managed mini projects to resolve user errors, and incorporate new legislation. Provided 24/7 support.
* Directed and managed several development teams through full life cycle development
* Managed staff of 16 employees for many years, with highest skill set, staff included a VP, several Senior Business Analysts, and developers. Payroll budget exceed $1.3 million. Average employee retention rate was 10 years
* Responsible for a 7-year ATS project removed manual intervention of processing amendments
Responsible for a 3-year rewrite of the Quarter processing system removed manual processing of quarterly returns
* Maintained a system to keep all documents and filings to meet 7-year requirement
* Negotiated and managed contracts for software, equipment, and personnel resources
* United management teams and directed initiative to reduce production defects to less than 1%
* Managed employees with flexible work hours and telecommuting capabilities
* Used as a SME on several systems: QTR, ATS, SOD, Annual Recon, FUTA, TFS, Banking, and EDI
* Worked with IBM and created a mini mainframe on a System 38 used it for stress testing and isolated system testing, encouraged CIO to allow separate test environments for each department
* Responsible for managing COP plans for all development and user teams
* Programmed and modified 1000s of programs. Often called to "save the day" in critical times
* Trained QA analysts in building test matrixes, test cases, and repeatable processes
* Improved employee morale; participating in annual Halloween competition, successfully winning pizza lunch every year
* Chaired the Application Development Track at CA-World; elected position

Lithonia Lighting (formerly Acme Lighting) - PA City of Industry 06/1980 - 06/1987
Lithonia Lighting manufactures and distributes lighting products.
Developed and maintained applications for order entry, inventory control, production control, product distribution, purchasing, accounting, and transportation. Full life cycle development, internal CRM systems, ERP systems, and was the owner of IT component of the business infrastructure.
* Automated purchase requests according to planned inventory needs
* Provided systems and processes for asset management
* Wrote application for maintenance department to manage necessary maintenance on presses and assembly lines
* Developed and maintained applications for order entry, inventory control, production control, product distribution, purchasing, accounting, and transportation.
* Automated order delivery estimation - analyzed assembly lines for productivity, created a production schedule up to 3 months out, created automated materials purchase.
* Original company was Acme Lighting when acquired by Lithonia, was solely responsible for knowledge transfer of IT systems.
* Wrote and maintained documentation of system included user documentation, system interfaces, and history of enhancements.


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Education
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Cal Poly Pomona - Computer Information Systems with focus on Management Information Systems
Cal Poly Pomona - Architecture
Long Beach City College - Architecture
Many courses taken from New Horizons, Compuware, Computer Associates, IBM, and HR Development

Certifications
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