Jim Chester

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Senior IT Project Manager @ Signet Jewelers | Driving Agile Transformation @ Signet Jewelers
Jim Chester's Location
Greater Cleveland, United States, United States
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About Jim Chester

Well organized, motivated IT professional with over 30 years of experience. I have 10 years of experience leading extra-large Application Development projects as a Scrum Master with budgets up to $20M utilizing multiple tool sets such as Microsoft Project, Jira, and Confluence from design to production that support critical business functions. I’m passionate about solving problems and automating technology using business processes to eliminate waste. Focused on up front resource alignment utilizing work breakdown methodology to motivate team to stay in scope. Exceptional conduit between IT resources and Leadership.

Jim Chester's Current Company Details
Signet Jewelers

Signet Jewelers

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Senior IT Project Manager @ Signet Jewelers | Driving Agile Transformation
Employees:
7280
Jim Chester Work Experience Details
  • Signet Jewelers
    Signet Jewelers
  • Onpoint Group, Llc
    Senior It Project Manager / Scrum Master
    Onpoint Group, Llc Dec 2023 - Present
    Perrysburg, Oh, Us
    I’m honored to have accepted a contract working with the great people of OnPoint Group responsible for their largest project in company history implementing Salesforce Service Management.
  • Signet Jewelers
    Senior It Project Manager
    Signet Jewelers Nov 2020 - Oct 2023
    Akron, Ohio, Us
    Team Lead utilizing Confluence, Jira and Microsoft Project in and Agile methodology creating Project Requirements, Backlog Grooming, Pre-Planning, 3 Amigos, Sprints and Retrospectives with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Application and Infrastructure Developers and Quality Assurance Testing Resources in extra-large retail focused harmonization of warranty and extended services projects that retire outsourced systems and integrates into internal systems and Cloud Amazon and Azure InfrastructuresProjects- Application re-design and SQL Database Data migration project from a legacy on premise warranty system into enterprise application located in Amazon Web Services. - Re-designed the application using a cloud first approach. Utilizing SQS (Simple Queue Service), AWS Lambda and ECS Fargate. This included adopting docker containers to ensure consistency across the user base. Utilized AWS CDK (cloud development kit) to build the environment using IaC (infrastructure as code) - Process contracts | Integrate with other cloud applications | Load Historical Data - Extraction into Dev DB | Data Conversion | Error Logging and Documenting | Error Correction & Re-Load | Business Validation | Migration to TEST DB | Post Validation | Move to Production DB | Post Validation in Production- API Multi-Region Project - Created a multi-region active-active architecture (both servers are serving clients) in Azure using Azure Front Door to direct traffic to the app service nearest to the client. On the database side we used Fail Over Groups to seamlessly fail over if there is an issue. This all ensured continual non interrupted operations without down time even if an entire Azure region had an outage- Additional on premise to Azure Refactoring projects (Rewriting of one or more components of the application) - Vendor Portal | API Multi-Tenant | Label Maker
  • Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. (Afsi)
    Senior It Project Manager Iii
    Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. (Afsi) Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
    New York, Ny, Us
    Responsible for leading Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Application and Infrastructure Developers in extra-large, merger, acquisitions, on-prem and cloud-based infrastructure and application development enterprise projects for IT Delivery Heads, Claims, Workers Compensation and Business Executive Sponsors. Liaison for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO)• Application Development o Lead Medical Case Management SaaS Implementation and Integration with internal global Infrastructure and multiple external vendors to lower overall claim costs. • Outsourced Workers Compensation Vendor decommission into SaaS Medical Case Management. • Requirement Gathering | Design | Vendor Procurement & Demonstrations | Decision Making | Contract Procurement | SaaS Design and Refinement | UAT | Deployment. o Implementation of LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management • Identifying all company used applications | Application Ownership | Application cross references | IT Project Portfolio engagement | UAT | Deployment. o EPMO Champion Team Lead, assisted in the design, process writing and implementation for the organization. • Change Control • SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
  • Advanced Network Solutions, Llc
    Director Of Information Technology
    Advanced Network Solutions, Llc Dec 2017 - May 2018
    Akron, Ohio, Us
    Managed Service Provider (MSP) Director within a $1.2 million company responsible for staff management, strategy and execution of IT infrastructure projects and on-going support with a goal of simplifying IT and lowering costs for customer base while increasing profit margins for organization.Achievements • Infrastructure Projects o Successfully migrated a Microsoft Azure Data Center into new Amazon Web Services Data Center utilizing the VMWare / Cisco platform. o Designed and implemented a project management framework that followed PMI guidelines. o Lowered Datacenter annual costs with savings of over $132,000. o Eliminated annual Licensing cost with savings over $204,000.
  • Palitto Consulting Services
    Application Development Project Manager
    Palitto Consulting Services Oct 2015 - Nov 2017
    Wadsworth, Ohio, Us
    Adaptable Project Manager responsible for designing and implementing a project framework for custom programming projects with a goal of alignment between Sales, Development and Customer to ensure projects are completed in scope, on time and on budget using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • New Innovations, Inc.
    Senior Operations Engineer
    New Innovations, Inc. Oct 2014 - Oct 2015
    Uniontown, Ohio, Us
  • Ebo Group, Inc.
    Information Technology Manager
    Ebo Group, Inc. Mar 2002 - Jul 2014
    Sharon Center, Ohio, Us
    Maintained day-to-day operations and performance of virtualized network that enabled business to function. Decision maker for hardware and software used in network. Oversaw routine maintenance of systems to ensure maximum efficiency and IT processes to identify potential glitches in programming that could cause system failure.Achievements• Application Development Projects o Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP Implementation • Infrastructure Projects o Global Remote Solution using Citrix Access Gateway, allowing for secure connection over internet. o On Prem hardware to local Datacenter utilizing VMWare ESX 5.5, Microsoft Server 2012 r2, Exchange Server 2013 and Microsoft Office 2013, enabling business to utilize new features becoming more competitive, efficient, and faster. • Negotiated vendor contracts, saving over $26K per year with Verizon Wireless, and 10% on other annual contracts, adding cost savings to bottom line. • Planned with Executive Management on cost cutting and revenue generating opportunities with emerging technologies, resulting in implementation of 3D printer, enabling products to get to market faster and for less cost. • Implemented IT policy manual, IT processes, and procedures for ISO 9001:2008, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and 820 regulations, ensuring performance improvement, lower support costs, measurement of consistency, and better, faster collection of data to maintain HIPAA Compliancy.
  • Integrated Solution Services
    Senior Support Engineer
    Integrated Solution Services 2002 - 2002
    Contracted to work with industrial and commercial clients who are seeking help and advice about IT problems and typical project management.
  • Republic Technologies International
    Desktop Support Engineer
    Republic Technologies International 2000 - 2002
    Provided a single point of contact for end users to receive support and maintenance within the organization’s desktop computing environment. This includes installing, troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining and upgrading all PC hardware and equipment to ensure optimal workstation performance.
  • Software Answers
    Technical Trainer
    Software Answers 1999 - 2000
  • Westfield Companies
    Technology Analyst
    Westfield Companies 1995 - 1999

Jim Chester Skills

Microsoft Office Manufacturing Strategic Planning Troubleshooting Embedded Systems Process Improvement Six Sigma Engineering Continuous Improvement Team Building Lean Manufacturing Leadership Medical Devices Customer Service Microsoft Excel Cross Functional Team Leadership Quality Management Systems Infrastructure Management Project Management Application Development Contract Negotiation Relationship Management Product Development Software Development

Jim Chester Education Details

  • National Institute Of Technology
    National Institute Of Technology
    Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician

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Jim Chester works for Signet Jewelers

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Jim Chester's current role is Senior IT Project Manager @ Signet Jewelers | Driving Agile Transformation.

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Jim Chester attended National Institute Of Technology.

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Jim Chester's colleagues are Marc Adams, Carl Valletta, Rajat Dogra, Tia Dean, Manny Guerrero, Annie Vicaretti, Ellen Wang.

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