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Purchase, Ny, Us

Purchase, Ny, Us

Purchase, Ny, Us

Business Leader responsible for Near Field Communication development within MasterCard Technology organization.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Leader in Mobile Development as part of the Emerging Platform Development Group.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Worked as project manager for the Emerging and Internet Solutions group at MasterCard in Winghaven, Missouri. Project Manager for the MasterCard Payment Gateway strategic initiativeSuccessfully delivered project to enable connection of the MasterCard Payment Gateway to the FDMS B2B Gateway for processing of Purchase card payments. Made significant improvements to the onboarding process for new team members to have a consistent, repeatable process for granting users the required access to applications and tools required. Also created a knowledge repository to provide resources for new team members to learn about the payment gateway and business to business payments. Responsible for planning and executing the stage 1 testing with the entire project team as well as business ownersResponsible for producing evaluation and recommendation on the PeopleSoft Financial Gateway solution offering from Oracle. Worked with Mastercard resources, Offshore resources (Wipro), and Oracle employees to gather information and generate recommendationsProject Manager for the mobile services teamResponsible for managing budget for two key programs (rePower and Advanced PayPass website)Created project plans, worked with internal and external customers to get agreement on deliverables and timelines, ensured that ongoing support for rePower was meeting the service level agreement

Worked with internal HP business sponsors to review their needs in the area of collaboration. Helped develop the roadmap for our Knowledge and Intranet Management's collaboration program. Managed multiple project milestones for large scale projects concurrently and managed multiple medium sized projects concurrently. Responsible for monitoring trends and changes in collaborative and IT technologies. Managed the project after the HP and Compaq merger to implement a brand new knowledge management platform based on the SharePoint 2.0 product from Microsoft. This included designing the new system, planning for the migration of data from the various knowledge management solutions in place, and planning to retire the older systems as part of the IT simplification project.Coordinated the activities of a large, geographically dispersed project team in a matrix environment consisting of application development team, end user support, data center technicians, and QA testersFacilitated meetings with the internal HP business sponsors (multiple business units in HP) to assess their needs, delivered proposal, and finally presented project plan for approval Organized meetings and work plans with the virtual team (members from North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific) utilizing Phone Conferences, NetMeetings, and other collaborative tools. Successfully delivered project without one single face to face meeting which saved HP thousands of dollars.

Houston, Texas, Us

Lead five person team responsible for support of project and financial applications for HP Consulting European region based in Milan.

Houston, Texas, Us

Provided Technical and business application support across Europe for HP Consulting applications as member of Geographical Support Team (GST) located in Milan.

Developed a Windows program to integrate pre-existing Building Automation Software into an easy-to-use graphical interface using MS Visual Basic.Experience required frequent conferences (all conducted in German) with supervisors to ensure project was progressing according to expectation.