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• For over 20 years I have been a self-employed program manager, project manager and business consultant. During this time, I incorporated my company as "Fox Business Consulting, Inc."
• Program and project management responsibilities for several Fortune 500 companies.
• Managed several multi-million dollar merger related IT conversion projects.
• Responsible for IT governance, risk management and auditing support.
• Created and evaluated risk assessment deliverables for all… Show more For over 20 years I have been a self-employed program manager, project manager and business consultant. During this time, I incorporated my company.
• Created and evaluated risk assessment deliverables for all project phases.

Greater Chicago Area

• Client Project, November 2016 through April 2017:
• Project Management responsibilities for a $1M budget MAS (Multiple Address System) project.
• Client is the largest regulated utility in the United States.
• Responsible for the creation of the project initiation documents (Business Case, Proj Mgmt Plan, etc.)
• Define, maintain and report on all project issues and risks.
• Responsible for mentoring a junior client PM in all aspects of Project Management.

Chicago, IL

• Senior Project Manager for BMO Harris Bank supporting web based business initiatives.
• Responsible for utilizing best practices within overall PMO methodology.
• Facilitate all project meetings and communicate project status to all stakeholders.
• Responsible for budget creation and for performing actual to forecast variance analysis.
• Integrate projects with auditing, risk fraud control and with AML directives.
• Helped to align projects and programs to business… Show more

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

• Senior Project Manager for Citi Retail Services division.
• Responsible for all phases of the System Development Life Cycle.
• Coordinate software development projects with external software partner FDR.
• Responsible for budgets, tracking estimates to actuals and performing variance analysis.
• Coordinate project meetings between vendors and all project stakeholders.
• Schedule WBS tasks and create project timelines for all team members.

Rosemont, IL

• Managed 25 projects to successful completion over a 2 year span.
• Responsible for all phases of the System Development Life Cycle.
• Created and evaluated risk assessment deliverables during all project phases.
• Liaison between vendors, internal management and business users.
• PMP certified and Six Sigma Black Belt.
• Created and made numerous presentations to all levels of management.

Naperville, Illinois

• Provided Project Management consulting services for a major consolidation project.
• Project covered the rollout of a new vehicle maintenance system to over 600 locations.
• Performed Business Analysis deliverables to streamline conversion processes.
• Directed testing of new product releases from vendor.
• Worked with all levels of management to implement conversion for over 400 of the locations, 60,000 total vehicles and a total budget of $23 million.
• Created… Show more

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

• Managed the QA environment, designed and supervised certification tests.
• Oversaw the testing and implementation of vendor supplied software.
• Supported all enhancements to the on-line transaction processing environment.
• Responsible for testing changes through to the back-end and switching systems.
• Acted as a liaison between the technical staff and the business units.
• Responsible for data security and data encryption.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Provided project management services for converting 400 institutions to a new EFT network.
• Work with individual institutions defining requirements and detailing conversion procedures.
• Implement system configuration, data security and data encryption setup and parameters.
• Work closely with the payment networks to verify that all card processing standards are met.
• Support full range of on-line transactions including deposits, transfers and withdrawals.
• Utilized full… Show more

Columbus, Ohio

• Supervised 50+ resources in a matrixed environment.
• Managed on-line transaction processing banking applications.
• Converted and moved several HP platforms to a new data center.
• Managed a total budget in excess of $18M.
• Ensure data integrity from converted front-end applications through back-end core banking applications, posting systems and payment networks.
• Managed critical paths, resources and deliverables on multiple simultaneous projects.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

• Supervised and managed the POS and ATM applications on an HP/Tandem platform.
• Facilitated support and testing for Web-enabled applications.
• Oversaw the testing and implementation of vendor supplied software.
• Provide support and testing assistance to the retail store application team.
• Managed Help Desk support issues and defined help desk roles and responsibilities.
• Create and maintain system configuration, security and encryption parameters.

Omaha, Nebraska

• ACI Project Manager responsible for new clients in the Eastern Region.
• Supported customers out of the ACI Omaha office.
• Supported one customer (Total System) on-site in Columbus, GA data center.
• Helped Total System to maintain and support one of the largest card processing environments in the industry.
• Oversaw the testing and implementation of vendor (ACI) supplied software.
• Responsible for data security and data encryption.

Lakeland, Florida

• Oversaw the testing and implementation of vendor supplied software.
• Created documentation and training sessions for clients.
• Setup initial system configuration and security parameters.
• Supervised, trained and mentored junior project management staff.
• Performed cost/benefit analysis and make or buy decisions.
• Setup communication links to local credit unions and S&Ls.

• Project Manager for several multi-year, multi-state projects.
• Managed development effort to consolidate computer systems after company merger.
• Responsible for Quality Control metrics and Service Level Agreements.
• Created numerous Statement of Works; defined SLAs and KPIs.
• Responsible for budgeting, issue resolution and vendor management.
• Developed technical and business user training materials, documentation and job schedules.

• Led retail development team for critical financial application.
• Created RFPs, RFIs and Statements of Work.
• Managed the installation of new EFT BASE24 ACI application on a HP Tandem platform.
• Contributing member of process improvement team.
• Developed training manuals; conducted training classes for clients and business users.

• Developed Quality Control policies and procedures, KPIs and SLAs.
• Developed and managed critical financial applications.
• Supervised the design and development of several new host and switch interfaces.
• Managed ATM, Point of Sale and data communication projects.
• Provided 24-hour production support.
• Oversaw the testing and certification of new hardware and software.

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