Chuck Gerlach Email & Phone Number

Brandon, FL, US

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Responsible for the day-to-day execution of ITS projects.
• Collaborate with PMO Project Managers to develop and implement mission critical projects.
• Give direction and mentoring to highly motivated and self-organized technical teams.
• Work with teams to identify and remove roadblocks to allow the teams to focus on technical execution.
• Guide teams thru Standup, Retrospectives, Review and Planning sessions.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• [Contractor Convene]Responsible for the development and delivery of multi-year critical projects
• Re-planned delivery of new IBM WebSphere software platform. Developed new project plan, resource assignments, milestones and budget.
• SCRUM master for B2B IBM Portal project.
• Managed the implementation of the IBM Portal infrastructure.
• Managed daily Standups, Sprint Planning Sessions, and Management Reviews.
• Worked with geographically diverse teams, internal resource managers, external vendors and contractors.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• [Contractor KnowMentum]Short-term assignment to establish a new corporate home office and to implement corporate policies and procedures. Re-organized contract staff to align with client’s evolution from waterfall.
• Collaborated with client project managers and IT directors to realign and strengthen remote team to support Sprints.
• Acquired, developed and managed a contract staff of 21 (12 offshore). Monitored and controlled activities.
• Opened a new 2800 sq ft office suite. Directed and managed staff and day-to-day operations.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• [Contractor Eintegrate (1099), Ultramatics (W-2)]Monitored and controlled project activities for the ExchangeLink system that bridged the state and federal exchanges and the backroom legacy health care insurance.
• Identified and responded to risks to maintain aggressive project schedule of iterative quarterly releases to meet government mandated go-live dates.
• Provided guidance and coaching to Business Analysts and Project Managers on project process.
• Defined Activity List and developed Project Schedule for project (planned 24,000+ annual man-hours, $2.5 Million annual budget). Full SDLC from Conception to Production and Support.
• Developed communication plans for project reporting, status and executive communication. Created weekly and monthly project status using dashboards and graphics.
• Managed Contract project team of 78 onsite, onshore and offshore Business Analyst (Regulatory, Business Requirements, Mapping) and Development (Architect, WTX, WMB, DB2, Java) resources assigned to ExchangeLink.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Approached pilot training as a project that could be addressed using project management techniques, Developed training programs for primary and advanced students.
• Identified requirements, tasks and gates required to obtain private and advanced pilot ratings.
• Adapted programs to meet individual student cost and time requirements
• Directed and managed execution of training programs. Success rate over 90%.

Online

• Instructed business undergraduates in database theory using MS Access.
• Taught 30-student sections of BIS240, Database Essentials for Decision Making 48 times.

Naperville, IL

• Technical Manager | Project Manager: Network Wireless GroupProvided project management to international initiative. Responsible for technical direction of a 3rd generation IP core network (VoIP) proof of concept.
• Directed and managed project’s geographically-dispersed technical resources.
• Acquired and developed highly-motivated team of systems engineers.
• Determined resource requirements and negotiated alternative methods to obtain required expertise.
• Directed and managed team investigating synergies between IP Core Network and other Lucent product offerings.
• Created and implemented process to investigate and transfer knowledge between Japan and USA teams.Systems Engineer | Project Manager: Network Wireless Systems As technical team lead, had project management.

Naperville, IL

• Offer Manager: Network Systems
• Managed and controlled product and project stakeholders engagement. Was intermediary between customer and development teams.
• Established public safety product line global pricing strategies.Consulting Analyst: Global Information Solutions
• Lead multi-location, multi-functional team to determine corporate multimedia server direction.
• Organized annual Multimedia Technical Information Exchange Forums.Information Systems Senior Staff Member: Computer Systems Division
• Developed and implemented TCP/IP-based remote-file system products.

Aurora, IL

• Developed and annually taught 12-week telecommunications and networking course in the Graduate School of Business.

Batavia, IL

• Organized and managed major projects that included an automotive dealership package, an investment system for a non-profit organization, and a full-screen editor for a major commercial bank.
• Implemented TCP/IP support in Bell System V.2 UNIX Operating System on DEC VAX hardware.
• Responsible for technical group that provided technical assistance to 70+ commercial clients.

Masters Of Management, Executive Master’S Program

Masters Of Science, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Zoology