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Dallas, Tx, Us

Plano, Texas, United States

Plano, Texas, United States

Global Product Manager for the POWERUP program which is a firm wide education and engagement program that hosts sessions in our major tech centers globally.

Plano, Texas, United States

Plano, Texas, United States

Plano, Tx

Coach and Concierge for JPMorganChase Digital Technology Agile Transformation.

Lewisville, Tx.

Project Management for Mortgage Banking Technology - Default Services division.Manage projects through all phases of SDLC utilizing standard processes and procedures to ensure successful delivery on time and on budget.

• Leadership of entire Information Technology departmento Preside over departmental employees, consultants and vendors.• Manage and operate information technology budget for entire organization.o Control computer hardware, software, peripheral purchases and expenditureso Negotiate, manage and maintain all contracts with software, hardware, network admin, telecommunications, compliance, security, etc. vendorso Work with Executive Council to ensure expenditures match the budgeted amounts• Manage, support and maintain core processing system (Jack Henry 20/20)o Manage relationship with Jack Henry support engineers.• Manage and preside over IT Steering Committee to make corporate decisions regarding information technology.o Provide direction and make recommendations for IT systems and expenditures to Executive Council.o Provide status reports on pending issues and IT projects.o Respond to questions from Executive council regarding IT related issues.

• Mergers & Acquisitions: Actively participated in the integration and consolidation of corporate systems and processes as a member of the Integration team during VarTec’s acquisition of Excel Communications.• Made decisions on hardware, software, and network infrastructures to implement for entire IT department.• Managed multi-functional teams of 4 - 20 programmer/analysts to maintain a common code base across Windows and UNIX platforms resulting in simultaneous release of features on all platforms.• Managed and defined workloads for development teams• Managed joint requirements meetings with development staff and customers• Managed vendor contracts and relationships and project to institute new IT standards for development software• Managed relationship between IT and corporate customers• Managed project to overhaul the corporate IT standard method for version control and change management

• Managed 100% successful delivery of code enhancements and defect fixes for corporate distributor order entry application• Managed change management and version control ongoing projects• Managed requirement gathering and specification definition for IT development projects• Managed relationship and workflow between development staff and quality assurance staff• Managed corporate order entry system code releases• Provided weekly reporting on staff performance and evaluation to executives• Developed and maintained corporate code updates and defects for corporate order entry system• Created and managed code releases• Performed project management tasks including requirement planning, goal definition, specification planning, staff workflow assignments and reporting, etc.

Bachelors, Speech/Communications

Activities and Societies: 3 Year Letterman on Football Team, Texas Wranglers, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes In Action, Big.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Speech Communication And Rhetoric