Executive Summary

• An Information Technology IT professional with proven success and hands-on experience delivering multiple large scale Program/Project initiatives at each level of the System Development Life Cycle SLDC within cross-functional Matrix, Functional and Project-oriented corporate structures.
• Managerial repertoire incorporates extensive Staff development/leadership experience for both direct reports and extended cross-functional collaborative relationships Internal/Out Sourced in globally dispersed IT organizations. IT Portfolio Planning and Management i.e. GM IT -100 Million , Supplier/Vendor Contract negotiations and management i.e. Statement of Work, Service Level Agreements, Bill Of Materials to develop cohesive Business and Customer relationships to reach a common goal. Vast experience in collaborating with Business stakeholders to define concise Business Cases, Cost Benefit Analysis, and Return On Investment ROI artifacts to drive comprehensive Program/Project feasibility SWOT and requirements.
• Program/Project Manager experience consists of applying PMBOK and Six Sigma DMAIC/DMADV prowess to dissect complex System Infrastructures, Architectures, Application environments and Vendor software packages to deliver performance driven IT business solutions which yield high Return On Investment and address such areas as Business Process Re-engineering e.g. Process Improvements , Vendor software product integration, Corporate Performance Management CPM , Customer Relationship Management CRM and Business Intelligence BI .
• Tenacious deliverable minded individual with extensive years of IT industry expertise to draw upon to make sound leadership decisions and remove obstacles to achieve the expected goal. Consummate communicator comfortable providing focus, instilling confidence and motivating Project Stakeholders from the Executive level to the Business owner to ensure Program/Project Triple Constraint business objectives are met and/or exceeded.

PROFESSIONAL REPERTOIRE TECHNICAL SKILLS/ACUMEN

• Project Management Office Operations
• Project Management Book of Knowledge PMBOK Methodologies
• AGILE Development methodologies
• Six Sigma DMAIC/DMADV
• Change/Quality/Incident Management
• BASEL I, II Compliance Credit Risk
• IT Compliance/Standards
• Data Mining Oracle 10g, PL/SQL,DB2,QMF
• Data Modeling methodologies ERwin
• Data Warehouse methodologies Kimball,
• MS EXCEL Pivot/look Tables, Macros,
• MS PowerPoint High Proficiency
• Project/Resource Plans, Dashboards, Metric Reporting
• MicroSoft MS Project -
• Capability Maturity Model CMM
• Industry Standardization Organization ISO 9001
• Sarbanes Oxley SOX -
• Informatica Extraction Transformation Load - ETL
• MVS Operating Systems
• Legacy software Assembler, C, COBOL, COBOL II, CICS,REXX
• MQSeries messaging
• Cognos Impromtu
• Crystal Reports
• SAP
• MS ACCESS,
• Unified Modeling Language UML
• REXX

Major Career Achievement Summary

• Program/Project Manager for General Motors GM Data Center Transformation Initiative. Saved GM 100 Million in annual Mainframe Services costs 2013
• Project Manager/Technical Specialist for Chrysler Financial and Mercedes Benz MB Financial Business Intelligence initiative to facilitate for Basel Credit Risk and SOX compliance. Saving realized in maximizing Dealer Credit lending while reducing staff requirements to support Government regulatory changes and compliance. 2005-2006
• Architect/Technical Project Specialist for Chrysler Financial and Mercedes Benz MB Financial Car Leasing and Credit system merge and integration. Saved corporations 6 million in development cost and another 5-10 million in software procurement and annually software maintenance costs 2003-2004
• Manager of Middleware/Infrastructure Services for Depository Trust Clearing Corporation to build Investment global trade allocation and settlement trade hub products and services which generated 20 30 million annual revenue for the corporation 2000-2002

Professional Experience

Confidential

Project Portfolio Manager/Program and Project Manager

• Manage/Execute the yearly GM IT global Portfolio via producing financial metrics/dashboards and collaboration with Executive Management i.e. CIO, Directors to drive efficiencies in Program and Project execution to meet/reduce budget requirements.
• As GM Data Center Transformation Global Program Manager manager multiple complex cross-functional project initiatives i.e. Supplier relationship/GM resources to in-source all GM mainframe services from Hewett Packard Domestic and Europe environments.
• Global Project Management Office GPMO Program manager/Planner liaison for Mainframe Global Infrastructure organization. Collaborate with GPMO and Executive management to define yearly Project Portfolio, Financial budget requirements i.e. Cost Benefit Analysis , and drive efficiencies in Enterprise Resource Management Vendor/Internal resources .
• Project Manager of multiple concurrent global cross-functional project initiatives to implement robust Mainframe infrastructure, Disaster Recovery capability and reduce software license cost

Environment: Functional organization structure, Heavy MS Project Excel, SAP, PowerPoint, SharePoint

Confidential

Test Team Lead Contractor

• Acts as liaison between Business Stakeholders Local and National , Development Team On/Off Shore to insure that Development project efforts comprehensively align with Business requirements and Business Intelligence system architecture i.e. Performance, Security .
• Collaborate with Development staff to derive use-cases and produce project artifacts i.e. Detail Test Plan which establish the Test Approach/Strategy to maximize Time/Resource/Risk management requirements.
• Lead session with Cross-Functional business units i.e. Portal Security, Data Governance to insure software implementations meet Blue Cross Blue Shield standards for PHI and HIPAA regulations.
• Lead/Mentor Testing specialists to understand project initiatives, use-cases and Test Strategy to facilitate development of comprehensive Test scripts thoroughly validate software product deliverables.
• Create/maintain Defect/Test case execution reports and matrices to provide progress status reports and lead status meetings with Delivery Leads/Project Managers to present results.

Environment: Functional organization structure, MS Product Suite, Legacy, Oracle, Informatica,

Confidential

Senior Software Developer

• As Project Manager of Software engineering Quality Control project, applied DMAIC i.e. Six Sigma methodologies to instituted new procedural standards/best practices which provided efficiencies in Quality/Change management. Project also yielded automated System Integration and Regression testing strategies which significantly decreased testing cycle time, decremented software defect percentages, and addressed corporate Capability Maturity Model CMM Quality/Change Management requirements.
• Project Leader collaborating with Technical Team Lead to assess feasibility of Client product enhancement requests via analyzing existing Functional /Business models, developing Process Models i.e. Descriptive, Prescriptive , Use Cases and Proof of Concepts POC documentation and related project artifacts to present to Departmental management.
• Technical Lead with Quality Assurance QA business unit to establish UAT/SIT requirements, test plans, test scenarios and test cases. As QA Technical liaison/Tester, created the UAT/SIT testing environments i.e. Test data , executed test cases and documented Data Quality and software defects for technical review.
• Extensive utilization of Rapid Problem Resolution RPR diagnosis techniques to identify potential software issues, correct maintenance defects, and resolve system failures due to Hiperstation processing.

Environment: Functional organization structure, Agile development, Capability Maturity Model

CMM , Visio, UML, MS Project, MS Product Suite, Legacy and Client Server

Confidential

Project Manager/Senior Technical Specialist

• All project initiatives employed Full Project Life Cycle development which incorporated defining Business Process Models, Business objectives/requirements, Project scope and Use cases to support software development approaches. Extensive utilization of various Project Management methodologies e.g. RUP, Waterfall to lead cross-functional teams in the implementation of high quality business solutions which often exceeded Triple Constraint project expectations. Efforts also included creation of Project artifacts e.g. Project Plans , managing/facilitating day-to-day operational aspects of concurrent projects, and establishing Testing methodologies to support Quality/Change Management requirements.
• Project Manager of Dealer Credit Business Intelligence project which implemented business solutions to address Basel Accord i.e. Tier-1 , Sarbanes Oxley compliance, and provide Dealer Credit executives with Credit analysis reporting/statistics to facilitate Customer Relationship Management CRM initiatives.

Confidential

Project Manager/Senior Technical Specialist

• As Project Manager/Subject Matter Expert SME , worked exclusively with the Dealer Credit and Risk Management executives to conduct Data Profiling Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats SWOT analysis to eradicate Data Quality i.e. Accuracy issues and address departmental productivity objectives. Applied DMAIC i.e. Six Sigma methodology to implement an Enterprise Data Warehouse business solution which significantly improved Data Quality/Reliability as well as facilitated Data Mining strategies to support Credit tier trending, and Operating Budget Development OBD .
• As Senior Technical Specialist collaborated and led efforts of cross-functional team of Project Business/System Analysts to implement Business Process Re-engineering initiative to integrate the Chrysler Legacy and Mercedes Benz Client-Server automobile leasing system architectures.

Environment: Project-oriented organizational structure, ISO, Basel Accord, Legacy and

Client/server software, Enterprise Data Warehouse EDW , Business Intelligence BI reporting, Data Modeling/Mining, SQL, Visio, UML, UNIX MS Project, MS Confidential

• e.g. DMAIC/DMADV to address Business Process Reengineering BPR initiatives and develop new Client driven financial products/services. Mentored Project Managers in day-to-day operational aspects of project administration, and enforced departmental Project standards and procedures.
• Oversee the administration, development and maintenance of the corporate infrastructure systems which supported Security Exchange services e.g. Trade allocations/settlements as well as mentor and manage Business/Technical resources to be advocates for corporate success.
• As Program Manager collaborated with corporate executives to define Corporate Performance Management CPM objectives to address growth in market-share, and led cross-functional team of Clients, Process Owners, Business/System Analysts and Technical professionals in the planning/development of Business Process Optimization BPO projects which yielded a Service-Oriented-Architecture SOA Trading HUB..
• Liaison to executive management/Project administrator of Trade Services Program Project Plan, Quality Control initiatives, Project Time/Status reporting, and Customer Relationship Management CRM
• As Senior Project Manager applied various Project Management disciplines
• Served as Client relations Subject Matter Expert SME responsible for leading JAD sessions to establish Trade Hub Messaging MQseries protocol/formats/standards, developing Business Models for new Security Trade product/services and defining Project deliverables to address Government regulations/compliances e.g. SEC reporting .
• Represented DTCC as Subject Matter Expert of Infrastructure systems management at JAD session held in New York with the Japanese Trade Commission.
• Managed cross-functional team of Quality Assurance/Technical Staff to implement Quality/Change management standards and best practices. Efforts decreased system outages by 75 and addressed Security Exchange Commission SEC Trade compliance regulations.

Environment: Functional organizational structure, ISO development discipline, Legacy and

Client/Server platform, Data Modeling, SQL, Visio, UML, MS Project, MS product

Suite, Six Sigma

Confidential

Technical Specialist/Senior Project Manager

• Managed day-to-day operations, administration, development and maintenance of the corporate Annuity Processing System. Provided leadership and direction to the technical/consultant staff based in New York and San Francisco. Led Senior Business/Technical staff in establishing Project deliverables, implementing Quality Control best practices and enforced corporate Project procedural standards.
• As Senior Project Manager of the Year 2000 Y2K Program, defined Project Management Framework via creating the Work Breakdown Structure, Project work plan, Project Plan and various other project artifacts e.g. Test Plans which increased productivity and maximized resource utilization.
• Design, developed and implemented the Annuity Maintenance System A.M.S. via MS Access and Crystal reports that facilitated efficiencies in Quality/Change Management e.g. Resource allocation/defect tracking and increased software maintenance productivity significantly for the Year 2000 initiative.

Environment: Functional/Matrix organizational structure, Legacy platform, DB2, SQL, Visio,

MS Project, MS Access, MS Product suite, Crystal Reports

Confidential

Assistant Treasurer/Project Manager of System Integration

• Manage/Oversee System Integration administration, operations and deployment of General Ledger Acquire/Release system software products/services for Deutsche Bank Corporate Finance client base.
• Managed cross-functional team of Sales, Business Analysts, and Subject Matter Experts to develop high-quality financial services/software business solutions which addressed Customer Relationship Management initiatives. Identify resources needs and assign
• As System Integration Project Manager collaborated with new Clients and System/Business analysts to assess business objectives/requirements, define comprehensive Project scope, and then create Project Plans/artifacts, identify technical resource needs and assign responsibilities, and manage day-to-day operational aspects of the System/Software integration project initiatives.
• Provided technical analytical/testing expertise to resolve Client Data processing i.e. cutoff time and Data Quality e.g. Trial balance errors issues and create functional/technical specifications to resolve the problems identified.
• Led Business Process Re-engineering initiative BPR which streamlined the Acquire/Release system General Ledger processing cycle resulting in reduced manual intervention and increased client productivity. Efforts significantly increased Client base and exceeded Customer satisfaction expectations.
• Implemented Process Improvement BPI in Data archiving i.e. Data Repository which created efficiencies in the Business continuity process for financial services system failures as well as addressed Government regulations for data retention.

Environment: Functional organizational structure, Legacy and Client/Server platforms, Visio,

MS Project, MS Excel, MS, Data Repository, DB2 UDB, DB2

Confidential

Technical Consultant

• Senior developer - Project Leader responsibilities for such Fortune 500 companies as Leman Brothers, Shearson American Express, Chase Bank, Guy Carpenter Marsh McLennan , Payne Webber, and Kidder Peabody to implement timely/cost effective financial business solutions.
• Proven success in gaining Client confidence and providing technical direction i.e. Project Scope , Project planning which included defining Time/Cost/Resource requirements, defining implementation strategies e.g. Test Plans and utilizing new technologies to deliver high quality software solutions in complex system architectures.
• Extensive cross-functional team leadership experience utilized to establish business objectives, establish Project parameters e.g. Budget, Time constraints and develop multiple business solutions to address technical requirements for corporate mergers, acquisitions, and Business Process Re-engineering BPR initiatives.
• Applied Subject Matter Expertise to conduct Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats SWOT analysis to produce Proof of Concepts POC , Use cases, and feasibility study documentation to support business solution approaches/strategies and present the findings to the Project Stakeholders for approval.

Environment: Project-oriented organizational structure, Legacy and Client/Server platforms

DB2, Easytrieve, Syncsort, SQL, MS Excel, MS project