Brian Lipovich Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

End-to-End Senior Project Manager - Mobile App Development - Ecommerce

Tokyo, Japan

Project Manager for Mobile App Development Teams- Managed End-to-End life cycle for new Ecommerce iOS and Android apps including conception, design, scheduling, cost management, initial App launches and feature updates - Managed team of 14-18 resources, including Business, UI/UX, Development, and QA, across Japan, China, and Taiwan, including company employees and 3rd party contractors - Deployed iOS and Android Apps successfully, on time and on budget within Some%, from initial design to public launch- Awarded "Award Name" award for successful app launches, and maintain a 4+ star user review

Philadelphia, Usa | Tokyo, Japan

Accenture Consulting- Project Manager for teams in Japan, USA, India, Manila w/ SDLC methodology, Agile and SCRUM- Clients included 5 major USA and International companies over 8 years- Worked regularly with client and internal leadership - Sr. Manager, Director, and VP level

Tokyo, Japan

Chemical Company Client - Products- Worked full time in Japan as a Transformation Lead, spinning 3PL warehouse sites off from a parent company, coordinating with USA and Japan based leadership and resources across 4+ time zones- Evaluated Future State needs based on direct analysis of business, and proposed solution to VP level- Migrated 22 sites including: User SAP access migration, network setup, SAP physical HW setup, specialized router HW, and End User testing- Organized and lead weekly Asia Pacific VP Leadership meetings with Global workstream leads

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Cable/Mobile/Retail Company Client - CMT- E2E Program Manager for high profile Point-of-Sale SDLC workstream with VP level stakeholders- Successfully launched Retail software, hardware, and operations process at 208 stores - Direct Program Manager for 4 team leads and 40+ total team members across: Dev, Support, QA, and Operations Teams - Managed 9 major IT Software deployments, also including infrastructure and hardware for iPads, retail sleds, PC hardware, and sunsetting existing IT and software- Constantly managed scope of projects and delivery timelines using Microsoft Project and Jira- Software projects included initial Software rollout and 3 major version updates into a live env., later adding advanced employee time tracking, sales tracking functions, etc.- Constantly evaluated team resource needs based on project timeline, including interviewing new candidates and identifying area for improvement, providing coaching and specific opportunities to show improvement*Agile SCRUM Master for remote Dev team, role taken on along with PM responsibilities- As SM, directly transformed Dev team from Waterfall/Kanban delivery to regimented Agile SCRUM methodology, expanded dev team size from 7 to 10 to hit targets, then delivered and deployed 53 pieces of functionality and over 200 stories using Atlassian Jira- Within 2 months Scrum/Agile transformation was successful and saw ~30% output improvement- Personally worked directly with VP Level Business stakeholders for requirements backlog management- Worked directly with Lead Architect and Lead Developer to translate functional requirements documented from Business into Technical requirements for SCRUM poker estimation- Implemented full suite of Agile ceremonies including 2-Week sprints, SCRUM Poker, Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Review, Product Demo/Signoff, Retrospectives, & Backlog Grooming- Generated Agile data reports such as Velocity, Burndown, Lead Time and reviewed daily with Leads

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Cable Company Client – CMT- Managed 4 concurrent workstreams, with 7 co-located team members, for 15 major releases- Financial SME - Solely designed, created, and rolled out Automated Financials & Tableau reporting- Output saved ~25h Dir and ~150h PM per month - full rollout savings value of ~$638,400 per yr

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ecommerce Company Client – Ecommerce- Gathered and wrote business/functional requirements in ‘Enterprise Content’ role for 7 work streams- PM for team of 10: 4 Manila Delivery Center and 6 India Delivery Center for new site functionality

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Insurance Payer Client - Healthcare

Hershey, Pa

- Created numerous research and analytics project decks for the Front End Team- Final project collected over 3600 points of data manually to find casual factors driving sales performance on the Front End, $113 million yearly opportunity for Hershey

Greater Pittsburgh Area, State College Pa

- Similar responsibilities of a District Manager with additional responsibility of returning clients- Responsible for hiring, training and mentoring 7 Branch Operators - Supervised over 40 employees and over 200 clients, more than doubling previous year- Responsible for team revenues exceeding $450,000- #1 revenue producer in Pennsylvania

Greater Pittsburgh Area, State College Pa

- Developed and led 3 day training seminar - Hired and trained 4 branch operators in sales, marketing, and production management - Recruited and interviewed over 250 applicants - Acted as a consultant for 4 Branch Operators - Supervised 16 employees and over 100 clients - Handled all upper level customer relations - Responsible for team revenues exceeding $165,000

Greater Pittsburgh Area

- Responsible for personal sales territory - Hired, trained and managed an 8 employee branch - Estimated painting projects and presented proposals to over 90 clients- Responsible for production management, customer relations and quality control- Awarded Quality Award for 100% customer satisfaction for 24 individual clients- Branch revenues exceeding $60,000 while maintaining a profit margin 4% above average