Jim Beran Email & Phone Number

Gwinn, Mi

Property management and maintenance

Gwinn, Mi And Atlanta, Ga

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Directed teams world-wide in the design, development, deployment and maintenance of software systems across a large portfolio of projects in support of billing for AT&T’s telecommunications services customers. Three failing units were reorganized, trained and motivated to improve quality and productivity with minimal staff turnover while reducing costs.• Managed team sizes of 135+ full time equivalents in locations throughout the US, Israel, Cyprus and India.• Completed projects on time, with acceptable quality and to agreed scope.• Oversight on planning and execution of all projects, ensuring effective utilization of staff while meeting budget.• Interface with multiple levels of management across multiple functional areas throughout the life cycle.• Balanced workload across employees and contract resources to achieve maximum effectiveness for a $15 million budget.• Trained and integrated 50+ new employees to deepen talent pools in areas of core competence.

Directed various units (marketing, strategic planning, technology support) for the one of the largest credit card companies in the world.• Met or exceeded internal and external unit objectives for performance, budget adherence and profit & loss.• Led new units from initial plans to effective performance within 6 months.• Served on the Executive Strategic Planning Council and credit card division editorial board.

Senior Technical Representative, International Software Technology, Monroe, WI 1987-1992Provided all facets of client relations, technical support and training for a client base of 750.• Conducted 250+ pre and post-sales demonstrations and training sessions throughout North and Central America.• Guest Panelist, 1991 Data Entry Management Association (DEMA) National Conference

Managed projects and staff through full development life cycle on financial applications.