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Greater Pittsburgh Area

Information technology professional focused on building high performing teams, project management, project portfolio management, relationship management, PMO development and Business Continuity support. Extensive experience managing application development, maintenance, and infrastructure projects.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for management of Corporate Online Banking and Treasury project managers. Accountable for total project execution and delivery of all projects. - Directed overall management of Corporate Online Banking and Legacy Treasury project portfolio- Proven track record of building high performing teams which delivered projects on-time and on-budget- Managed 12 project managers responsible for over 30 projects with total budgets exceeding $25 million- Ensured effective project management of Waterfall / Agile projects including project planning, risk / issue management, project change management, on-time / on-budget reporting and associated Clarity updates- Provided formal project communications to the Corporate and Institutional Banking Line of Business and MIS management including project status and risk / issue reporting- Managed corporate enterprise project to move Corporate Online Banking applications to new datacenters

Greater Pittsburgh Area

- Managed Account Transfer, Imaging, and Disbursement systems projects along with all associated resources - Directed overall management of PMO team including development, implementation and support of Corporate Online Banking processes and standards- Developed and supported Release Management process including ALM / Quality Center defect management and associated PINACLE Release reporting- Supported Clarity v13 project administration and management reporting- Provided Strategic Planning / Project Portfolio Management for all initiatives- Supported SOX Transaction Assertion review, management evaluations and testing of SOX controls

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for the overall project management, development, and quality assurance of all Information Technology projects for NREIS / IREP and all subsidiaries. Provided relationship management between NREIS, Secured Lending Services, and HSBC Bank. Reported directly to NREIS CIO with dotted line to HSBC Managing Director. Technology environment included Citrix Server, Windows 2000, C#.NET, Java, SQLServer, and MQSeries.- Built high performing Information Technology team that enabled NREIS / IREP to grow very quickly - Functioned as the Relationship Manager to HSBC Bank with responsibilities including portfolio management, project management, PMO development and Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity planning and support- Directed Project Management, BSA, Development and Quality Assurance personnel supporting new private label companies and upgrades to the Appraisal, Title, Title Rate, and Loan Close applications including infrastructure and database- Managed new product offerings and client integrations along with upgrades to HSBC MQSeries integration- Managed corporate Project Management Office including overall corporate project prioritization, project management, and SDLC standards- Implemented Information Technology standards and procedures including life cycle methodology, quality assurance, change control, source code control, help desk management, and project management- Directed HSBC Datacenter move from Pittsburgh, PA to Amhurst, NY with disaster recovery from Buffalo, NY

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for DQE IT relationship management between the DQE AquaSource subsidiary (water/wastewater utility) and centralized DQE IT staff. Reported directly to DQE CIO with dotted line to AquaSource President. Technology environment included Windows 2000/NT, AIX, SQLServer, Oracle, Visual Basic and PowerBuilder. - Managed $12M budget with over 35 resources assigned for implementation of the corporate Customer Care System and centralized customer call center which supported over 200 acquisitions- Managed $5M Phase II Itron Automated Meter Reading project; savings exceeded $750,000 annually - Directed $4M Lawson Integrated Financials, Human Resources and Payroll systems implementation; provided major improvements to manage AquaSource profitability- Managed DQE IT centralization initiatives including Help Desk integration, Microsoft Exchange conversion to Lotus Notes, Internet/Intranet integration, technical infrastructure integration and server/telecommunication upgrades; reduced IT budget by $5M annually- Directed $2.2M Project Accounting/Asset Management System implementation during the Texas Rate Case; enabled $500,000 additional earnings annually - Managed Water Quality Information System / datawarehouse development/implementation; eliminated outsourcer with savings of $500,000 annually- Coordinated and managed the implementation of Verizon cell phones in 22 states; decreased costs by 30% per phone with an annual savings of $200,000

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for all aspects of IT support and relationship management between decentralized AquaSource IT staff and DQE Corporate Services. Lead the infrastructure and acquisition/ integration support project for over 200 companies including applications, hardware, telecommunications, operations and help desk. Reported directly to AquaSource Vice President of Administration with dotted line to DQE Vice President of IT; 31 personnel reporting with $2.3M budget. Technology environment included Windows 98/NT, AIX, SQLServer, Oracle and PowerBuilder - Managed the Frame relay network implementation supporting 22 states; $400,000 savings annually- Directed the DQE Corporate Services Time Collection system development and implementation project - Managed interim customer billing system implementation supporting 22 acquisitions and Y2K compliance- Directed the Phase I Itron Hand-held Meter Reading implementation for Texas region- Led cross functional team supporting AquaSource customer billing system evaluation which resulted in conversion of 3 water/wastewater utility service company customer billing systems to a single solution along with implementation of a centralized customer call center

Greater Pittsburgh Area

- Led evaluation and implementation of Sterling Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) software- Managed implementation of Sunstar Shareholder Relations system- Initiated/managed MIS standards development and implementation including Project Authorization and Control, Stradis Life Cycle Methodology and Project Management standards.- Directed implementation of the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System at Cheswick Power Station.- Managed design, development, and implementation of Fossil Fuel Information System, Tank Management System and Transformer System- Directed evaluation/initial implementation of Client Server infrastructure including PowerBuilder/Oracle- Managed/directed implementation of Maximo Work Management System for 3 business groups; major improvements in company ability to manage preventive/predictive maintenance- Managed/directed implementation of Project Accounting/Asset Management/Tax Reporting System, $4M project budget; $1.5 million cost savings as a result of 35 staff position eliminations- Managed/directed implementation of Logica Work Management System for Transmission and Distribution group; $3M project budget; major improvements in corporate ability to manage work orders- Led development/implementation of Data Clearinghouse including Financial Validation Master, Cost Transaction Repository and Suspense Handler; worked closely with business heads to ensure effective integration of systems- Managed MQSeries evaluation/implementation along with mainframe/client server integration of Work Management, Project Accounting, Data Clearinghouse, financial and customer billing system interfaces

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Managed conversions of acquired banks headquartered in Boise, ID and San Antonio, TX to Equibank corporate systems from both a business and technical perspective. Managed upgrade of vendor software to support acquisitions along with conversion of application data. Projects included establishment of technical infrastructure including hardware and telecommunications, installation of teller and platform equipment, branch and backroom operations implementation, user training and overall project management. Reported directly to Equibank CIO along with 3 Executive Vice Presidents of Equibank. Technology environment included MVS, CICS and COBOL.- Managed $13M project budget conversion of 50 branch National Bancshares Corporation bank to Equibank corporate systems. The project team included a staff of 26 IT personnel, 45 contract programmers and 47 user support personnel- Managed Treasure Valley Bank conversion to Equibank corporate systems. The project team included a staff of 10 IT personnel, 12 contract programmers and 5 user support personnel

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Managed implementation of new Demand Deposit and Certificate of Deposit systems. Supervised maintenance and enhancements to vendor software including Cash Management, Demand Deposits, Time Deposits, Combined Interest Reporting, Branch Online Delivery, Automated Teller Machine Authorization, Item Processing and General Ledger systems. Technology environment included MVS, CICS and COBOL.- Managed implementation of Computer Associates Demand Deposit System including development of new customer statement- Managed implementation of Kirchman Certificate of Deposit System including development of new customer statement- Managed implementation of new Certificate of Deposit and Demand Deposit products; scope of projects included overall project planning, development, training, and implementation- Managed stabilization of Commercial Demand Deposit System- Managed conversion of Philadelphia banks branch and online-systems to Equibank delivery systems

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science