SUMMARY:

• Dynamic, highly motivated professional with 60+ implementations of various IT and supply chain systems in manufacturing, distribution, online fulfillment, retail, restaurant and healthcare organizations.
• Offer a rare combination of superior interpersonal skills coupled with in - depth operational and technical systems understanding.
• In addition, possess extensive experience managing internal and external resources on multiple project start-up situations, as well as in all phases of system development and implementation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows XP, 7, 8,10, iOS, Android

Packages: SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office and O365 (Word, Access, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint), SharePoint, Skype for Business, Lync, OCS, Oracle Discover, PeopleSoft, VMWare, and NetSuite.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

IT M&A Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the set-up and buildout of the new corporate IT infrastructure to support the divesture requirements for Confidential . Buildout activities included, but not limited to: Core networking, WMWare virtualization platform, O365, Skype for Business and UM, SharePoint, SCCM, SCSM, MS Gold Partnership,
• Interfaced with Jack Henry, BrainTap, and Confidential systems engineers to gather requirements and develop the infrastructure buildout and migration plan. Additionally, engaged with Battery Venture and Confidential executives to ensure business alignment of requirements and migration timing. Finally, coordinated the execution of the migration plan to move all Confidential corporate, development, and user systems, as well as all users, into the new domain.
• Coordinated post-divestiture infrastructure clean-up and IT merger planning activities for the Bluepoint acquisition.

Confidential, MN

IT Release Manager / IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Resposibilities:

• Coordinated the deployment of a complex mix of networking, hardware, and server infrastructure changes for the Q3 and Q4 infrastructure release into Medtronic’s global SAP production environment after deploying changes to 7 non-production environments.
• Coordinated and implemented a cross-functional plan to move all SAP non-production testing environments from the MECC data center to the new data center in Chaska over a 5-month period with minimal user downtime. This key initiative, in conjunction with the prep the foundation program, encompassed 4 separate virtual environments move events, as well as the movement of some physical hardware. As a result, Medtronic was able to consolidate and buildout data center capacity to support the migration of Covidien to SAP, as well as to support ongoing SAP changes.

Confidential, MN

Sr. Project Manager/Product Owner

• Business owner for the $4M server mobile device initiative focused on leading the server handheld market test strategy and implementation into 15 test stores. Worked with IT, Analytics, and Store Operations to establish metrics and implement operational changes required to measure and gain efficiencies mapped out in the strategy.
• Coordinated the expansion of the market test program for a new waitlist technology platform in California. Worked with the analytics and operations team to select an additional 10 sites based on specific metric attributes in order to provide the best store mix to determine the feasibility of further expansion.

Confidential, MN

Consultant

• Implemented multiple project solutions for the Client Services Business Alignment Team (BAT) as a part of a $150M capability build out for the largest pharmacy merger in US history.
• PM/BSA for drug file capability
• BSA lead on a critical client facing project responsible for coordinating the creation of a solution to provide client the ability to modify their health plan offering without making costly updates to their internal systems.
• BSA for benefits portion of a $4.4M build out of new functionality to enable a new government program to realize multi-million-dollar cost savings, as increasing mail order business revenue.

Confidential, MN

Sr. IT Project Manager

• Managed the build out and relocation of IT infrastructure from multiple offices to 2 geographically disparate data centers in order to create HighJump’s private cloud for supporting internal business functions and DR capabilities, as well as provide a reliable platform to support SaaS product offerings.
• Managed the implementation of infrastructure and processes for VMWare’s VLM (virtual lab manager) environment in order to create a centralized and collaborative development environment. Use of this tool has allowed for multiple business units to leverage local, remote, and offshore development resources to aide in the rapid development model by decreasing machine build time by 60%.
• Managed the implementation of a centralized Microsoft OCS and Lync unified communication platforms by coordinating activities for a cross-functional team of internal and external resources to decrease telecom costs by 30%.
• Managed the integration of users, systems, and data of 4 company acquisitions into the corporate domain. Coordinated multiple cross functional teams to minimize the business impact and centralize company data systems management.
• Managed the creation of a new SharePoint based HighJump.com website by coordinating activities with marketing and internal/external development resources in order to allow for marketing resources to manage content independently from IT, as well as provide updated and modern website.

Confidential, MN

IT Project Manager

• Managed the 3M Divestiture Project where the IT team moved off all 3M infrastructure in 90 days.
• Managed the DSD office consolidation project providing cross departmental coordination in order to close multiple offices allowing for the realization in over $1 million in cost savings.
• Managed the TMS Data center Move Project allowing for Highjump to virtually failover the TMS data center from Nashville, TN to Eden Prairie with minimal customer impact.
• Worked with IT director to establish new IT project management methodology paradigm for all corporate IT projects including strategic and tactical activities.

Confidential, MN

Software Project Manager

• Managed the transition and rebranding of AsureID 2.0 badge application software into a .NET framework.
• Managed printer driver development for all Fargo Electronics branded RFID enabled smart card printers.
• Developed and deployed the Software and Systems Department ISO 9002 process documents for ISO certification.

Confidential, MN

Business Project Manager

• Managed a $1.5 million Item Attribute Data Collection (IADC) Project where re-architecting the backend processing technology, enhancing the user interface, and streamlining workflow resulted in an increase in user productivity of 25%, as well as increased backend processing speed of 75%.
• Release Project Manager for 3 production releases where various enhancements to PRISM (Target.com Item Management System) were implemented to enhance usability and performance of the system.
• Created and implemented the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Methodology in order to effectively manage the UAT for all releases into PRISM resulting in the increase of identified defects by 60% and a decrease of post-production defects by 55%.

Confidential, MN

Project Manager

• Managed multiple concurrent projects encompassing systems for: warehouse management, supplier, delivery, and RFID that integrated with various host ERP systems.
• Project Manager for HighJump’s first fully integrated EPC compliant RFID solutions in a manufacturing environment for a global dairy foods provider. Managed a cross-functional internal and external team to implement the initial site in 3 weeks from definition to implementation and deliver on-time and under budget.
• Managed WMS project for a global plastics manufacturer based in Bogota, Colombia addressing product theft issues by increasing the frequency of information captured throughout the operations.
• Certified as a Six Sigma Greenbelt working on a project to reduce DSO from 90 to 45 days.