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Nashville, Tn

• Provide project management leadership of application development projects for Metro Nashville Davidson County Juvenile and Adult Probation applications spanning the full software development life cycle.• Conduct project backlog reviews, create project charters, obtain steering committee approvals, assign resources, prepare project work plans and coordinate deliverables. • Coordinate the work of technical personnel, such as business systems analysts and developers, providing support and interpretation of instructions/objectives.• Collaborates with business owners to ensure that business requirements are well defined.• Effectively and proactively communicate with all levels of the organization and project team. • Develop IT project plans that drive projects from initiation to completion in conjunction with the overall departmental project portfolio.

Franklin, Tn

• Manage software development team consisting of twelve programmers in the daily maintenance and support of core business system applications utilized by over 500 MEDHOST customers in the areas of Patient Accounting and Hospital Financials. • Utilized Jira KANBAN development process to assign, track, manage and report progress for all support cases escalated to the development team, ensuring adherance to the SDLC.• Facilitate daily stand-ups for development team to discuss and report status of current assignments and review any outstanding issues needing resolution.• Met with support group management team weekly to review and prioritize all cases escalated to programming for research and review.• Interact closely with QA management to assign, schedule and prioritize QA workload.• Effectively reduced development team backlog for Patient Accounting and Hospital Financials by half and continually maintained caseload goals set by leadership.

Nashville, Tn

• Collaborated closely with IT leadership and business owners to identify, develop and implement processes and project management solutions for all IT projects. • Defined, implemented and enforced IT policies, procedures and best practices including management of all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC). • Reviewed, scheduled, coordinated and confirmed all production deployment requests submitted to infrastructure group for processing.• Managed, coordinated and monitored all activities of the IT Project Manager.• Product owner for CPA Examination Services, CPA Online Applications and CPA National Candidate Database on IBM iSeries and PHP/LAMP platforms. Responsible for all project planning, requirements gathering, resource allocation, scheduling, software development, quality assurance, issue tracking and maintenance. CPA Examination Services supports exam administration for 35 state boards of accountancy. The National Candidate Database application supports data for all CPA candidates and non CPA Examination Services state boards.

National Association Of State Boards Of Accountancy

• Managed all PHP/Perl and IBM iSeries software development projects for the core enterprise business applications of NASBA and subsidiary Professional Credential Services.• Product owner for CPA Examination Services, CPA Online Applications and CPA National Candidate Database application. Responsible for all project planning, requirements gathering, resource allocation, scheduling, software development, quality assurance, issue tracking and maintenance support. • Facilitated meetings with business owners on a bi-weekly schedule to report, review, prioritize and Roadmap all change requests and backlog items.• Successfully managed and delivered a revised PHP/LAMP platform CPA Online Application system with integration into CPA Examination Services iSeries RPG application. This project enabled 99% of all CPA exam applications to be submitted online eliminating previous batch processing delays.• Successfully managed, developed and delivered required functionality to accommodate exam administration for the Federation of State Massage Therapy Board for subsidiary Professional Credential Services. • Successfully managed, developed and delivered new Cosmetology Examination and Licensing System to accommodate new contracts for AZ, PA, VA, SC.• Successfully managed, developed and delivered new functionality to accommodate exam administration and licensing for Massachusetts Allied Health Board candidates. Professions included Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Athletic Trainers and Pharmacist.• Supported Applications: CPA Examination Services, CPA Online Applications, CPA Licensing, PCS Engineering, PCS Cosmetology, PCS Licensing, PCS Small/Generic Exams

National Association Of State Boards Of Accountancy

• Effectively managed IT Operations and all software development projects for the core business applications of NASBA and subsidiary Professional Credential Services. • Oversaw all IT daily operations and operations staff responsible for system monitoring, daily electronic file processing, score loads, score distribution, electronic board transmissions and overall IT customer service.• Product owner for CPA Examination Services, and CPA National Candidate Database application on the IBM iSeries platform. Responsible for all project planning, requirements gathering, resource allocation, scheduling, RPG software development, quality assurance, issue tracking and maintenance support. • Successfully managed, developed and delivered new computer based testing CPA Examination system including all interfaces for National Candidate Database application. • Successfully managed, developed and delivered new functionality to accommodate exam administration and licensing for Massachusetts Board of Nursing candidates. • Supported Applications: CPA Examination Services, CPA Licensing, CPE Registry, PCS Engineering, PCS Cosmetology, PCS Licensing, PCS Small/Generic Exams

National Association Of State Boards Of Accountancy

• Supported all software development for the core business applications of NASBA and subsidiary Professional Credential Services (PCS). • Delivered/launched new applications for PCS Licensing, and US Marshalls Examination Systems as well as maintenance and support for all existing applications.• Updated multiple systems to accommodate all new contracts and professions.NASBA/PCS Systems Supported:--------------------------------------------CPA Examination ServicesCPA LicensingCPE RegistryPCS LicensingPCS EngineeringPCS Generic ExamsPCS US Marshalls

Majestic Systems

• Contract position with National Specialty Services to evaluate and upgrade all IBM AS/400 RPG applications for Y2K compliance.• Worked effectively with software vendors and business owners to identify associated risk. Created project plan, developed and implemented all required changes for compliance.

Sesac

• RPG Programming and development support for all music royalty business systems utilizing IBM iSeries platform. • Worked with all end users and business owners to analyze, define, maintain and develop software to meet the core business needs of the company.

Adt Automotive

1991-1996 Programmer Analyst• RPG Programming and development for all in house written software supporting thirty auto auction locations and subsidiary repossession company, Remarketing Solutions.• RPG Programming support and project management for all maintenance, periodic upgrades and interface changes for subsidiary trucking firm Auction Transport Inc. utilizing Qualcomm Fleet Management Software Solutions. 1988-1991 Computer Operator, Help desk SupportSystem Operator for three in house AS/400’s and system maintenance and Help Desk support for thirty remote auto auction locations.