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Morrisville, Nc, Us

Wilmington, Nc, Us

Wilmington, Nc, Us

Wilmington, Nc, Us

Manage, direct, and lead a cross-functional team of multiple onshore and offshore resources to ensure successful implementation of a mulit-million dollar Oracle HCM-ERP project initiative. • Direct report to the VP, IT Corporate Systems.• Line management of 6 direct reports.• Program lead on Governance Committees; steer direction of meetings with Direct Sponsors and Executives including Vice President of Human Resources, Vice President of Information Technology, Vice President of Finance and Senior Directors. • Recognized as a SME (subject matter expert) for expertise in IT Project Management and Client Relations while standing as Project Manager governing progress of million-dollar projects.• Partnered with Systems Integrations and Data Extraction teams on the identification and scheduling of new interfaces, for both internal and external systems, and the extraction and transformation of data to the new ERP system.• Determine and adjust project timeline for scheduled HCM-ERP integrations; adjust project schedule to align with scope, quality, available resources, cost estimates and budget. • Managed Patient Data API development effort to expand capabilities for consuming data form external sources.• Proactively build and maintain strong cross-collaborations with Resource Managers, IT functional teams, stakeholders, and customer relationships; maintain consistent communication and manage customer needs and expectations by meeting project timelines.• Oversee the RFP process including vendor reviews, define funding, requests for tool selections and regulate associated processes; organize cost control measures with required allocation and performance management using Project Management (PM) methodologies

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Analyzed IT requirements within company and gave independent and objective advice on the use of IT and how to obtain and adhere to ITIL best practices; developed agreed upon solutions and implemented new systems and presented solutions described in comprehensive status reports, executive briefings, or presentations.• Provided technology strategy planning to Technology Services Group Governance Service Strategy & Oversight Group and collectively identified policies conducive to acquiring and maintaining ITIL compliance. • Integrated information technologies including infrastructure change requests and assessment of CMDB data integrity aimed at maximizing optimal effectiveness.• Understood current and future business goals and ongoing IT issues to ensure business success of Corporate Data Management Strategy effort.

Owner of a real estate investment and specialty retail company focused on redevelopment efforts within designated Enterprise Zones in Richmond, VA. Activities undertaken for the startup of this entity include: Business Plan development; Negotiation of lease contracts; Manage renovation and startup activities for commercial retail properties; Establish relationship with suppliers; Develop Marketing plan; Oversee daily operations.

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Provide Project and Customer Relationship Management for U.S. Treasury applications residing in Federal Reserve Information Technology (FRIT) / Treasury Web Application Infrastructure (TWAI) environments.• Served as liaison for United States Treasury applications residing in the TWAI environment.• Assessed customer requirements regarding migration activities, application enhancements, customer requests, and technical analysis.• Actively managed infrastructure projects for the Federal Reserve TWAI environment.• Directed third party resources to achieve goals of business customers.• Primary contact between the business users, FRIT, and external vendors• Developed communication plans for informing business customers about project status, activities, risks, issues, and action items

Project: Billback – Copier Cost Recovery• Served as the project manager for the implementation of a third-party cost recovery system.• Developed project plan for cost recovery system deployment in twelve cities.• Negotiated resource requirements with Information Technology.• Managed vendor activities for onsite installation.• Provided multiple onsite training sessions at each of the installation sites.Project: WinScrib – Digital Dictation• Served as the project manager for the implementation of a third-party server based digital dictation system.• Developed plan for rollout of dictation equipment to end users.• Worked with third-party vendor on server installation and application setup and testing.• Developed training guides, manuals, and help desk scripts.Project: Room Tracker – Conference Room Scheduling• Primary contact for the implementation and training on web-based conference room scheduling system.• Worked with office administrators on best practices for usage in each location.• Developed and provided training for administrators and users of the Room Tracker system.• Served as primary contact for system related issues.