Senior Manager
Greater New York City Area
• Provided business and technical consulting services to many national and global fortune 500 companies, across several different industries, including entertainment, education, finance, life insurance, industrial and pharmaceutical.• Managed the complete project lifecycle for a diverse group of systems from project definition through development, implementation and rollout. Worked with CFOs and Controllers as well as technical developers to streamline the collection, consolidation and… Show more • Provided business and technical consulting services to many national and global fortune 500 companies, across several different industries, including entertainment, education, finance, life insurance, industrial and pharmaceutical.• Managed the complete project lifecycle for a diverse group of systems from project definition through development, implementation and rollout. Worked with CFOs and Controllers as well as technical developers to streamline the collection, consolidation and reporting of financial results. Created design documents to confirm requirements with high level management. Developed project work plan and directed team in requirements gathering, presentation of future state design, report writing, system development and implementation, system test, data conversion, reconciliation, training and user procedures. Prepared, scheduled and conducted system rollout.• Coached senior management in the installation and practical application of the Ernst & Young Fusion Methodology across many “Year 2000” conversion efforts. Directed project management, developed complex project work plans, and taught and presented Ernst & Young project management techniques and CASE tool applications.• Selected for position of “Methodology Coach” in Ernst & Young’s New York Office. Supported methodology needs of over 250 client serving personnel. Developed proposals, client presentations and system design documents in response to RFPs. • Team leader at Deutsche Bank for two year international project located in Frankfurt, Germany. Designed and implemented the foreign exchange portion of a multilingual/multicurrency trading system. Team effort overseas culminated in the pilot launch of the system. The system was developed using CASE tool technology. Managed a team in defining project scope, estimating deliverables and conducting analysis. Developed templates and taught team members to use CASE tool development methodology. Show less