Jim Roberts, Pmp Email and Phone Number

After 45+ years I have finally retired from the corporate world and I'm settling into private life with the family. Project/Portfolio management has been my career and life , long hours and late nights/weekends but I would not change any of it. To those I have met and worked with it was a great ride. Now on to my next chapter :)

Day to day management of the practice to include logistical and administrative support for the technical services organization. Supporting cross functional team members with necessary information, reporting, executive dashboards, metrics and documented process & procedures.

Oversaw the Project Managers that manage projects for non-profit organization like Settlement Home for Children, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Phoenix Arising Aviation Academy, Ronald McDonald House, Austin Samaritans, Caritas of Austin, Autism Society Greater Austin and for-profit organization WorkReady Texas. Created Project Management Office, establishing processes & procedures for LTS PM's.

Project Management Office• Achieved 20%+ labor cost reduction, and overall cost reductions per head within one fiscal year.• Created consistent processes across all functional groups; including a method to prioritize and rank projects, and a costing model to validate estimated cost and accountability to stay within budget. • Achieved proactive control of troubled projects and quicker resolution; increasing project on-time delivery.• Generated $6.5M cost reduction within 6 month life cycle. • Created accountability for a $50M hardware capital budget; reducing over-spend of inbound shipments.• Led annual Global Infrastructure roadmap planning cycle and drove $90M “ask” down to a $20M budget.• Project managed internal compliance audits; including SOX, PCI and CSA. Project Management• Delivered on-time and on-budget cross functional infrastructure projects for Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics & Shipping, and Inventory Control applications by expertly utilizing traditional SDLC project management. • Restored service to 90%+ up-time for Manufacturing Shipping application, significantly reducing delayed shipments, which impacted customer satisfaction and revenue. • Enabled capacity for loading 800K shipping and carrier records per year. The real-time logistic status and tracking system resulted in a USA Patent.• Delivered $5M+ reduction in forecasted hardware. Manager / Sr. Team Member• Built and managed teams of up to 20 members.• Mentored project managers in the IT Operations organization and assisted with PMP certification.

• Defined Procurement requirements for J.D. Edwards One World Applications and coordinated the conference room pilot.• Designed interfaces between Procurement Systems and Tandem computer based Warehouse Management System.• Responsibilities included managing a staff of programmers/analyst and contractors. • Achieved $1M reduction per year in operational costs.• Successfully implemented Restaurant Distribution Application including: Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Purchasing, Freight Management, Inventory Control, and EDI. • Significantly increased productivity for procurement users, while creating cost reductions through freight savings, reducing change order volume, and increasing historical data

• Responsibilities included leading a team through production support and new systems development.• As a Programmer/Analyst, performed application programming, maintenance and debugging.• Applications \ included Freight, Sales, Inventory, Order Entry, Payroll and EDI.

• Supported Visa and Master Card credit card system. Designed a new application • Held various computer operations positions.

Honorable DischargeMultiple computer entry postions