Laura Joseph Email & Phone Number

Venice, FL, US

Work Remotely

• Liaise among business partners, technical architects and application groups to define project scope, requirements and end-to-end architecture solutions related to onboarding new cloud service providers and enhancing.
• Manage deliverables and facilitate solution discussions.
• Work with business, marketing… Show more Liaise among business partners, technical architects and application groups to define project scope, requirements and end-to-end architecture solutions related to onboarding new.
• Work with business, marketing and technical groups to ensure client needs and timelines are met.
• Increased NetBond product offering’s footprint by completing project enabling availability in additional US and international locations. Improved value proposition via projects adding more capabilities and features to.
• Collaborate with finance and business partners to provide business case justification for solution cost. Show less

Worked Remotely

• Consultant for TEKsystems as a Project Manager for Hewlett Packard in support of Sara Lee’s split into two separate publicly traded companies.
• Oversaw Wintel OS upgrade project which involved determining disposition for 664 Wintel 2003 and older servers that hosted over 90 applications. Coordinated upgrade of 71 servers to Win 2008 in conjunction with.
• Managed a project to transform the… Show more Consultant for TEKsystems as a Project Manager for Hewlett Packard in support of Sara Lee’s split into two separate publicly traded companies.
• Managed a project to transform the legacy Citrix VDI environment to VMware to enhance supportability and functionality. Consolidated/migrated 43 VDI master images, and migrated 250 users to the new VDI environment.
• Provided PMO support for 16 project managers and 36 Transition and Transformation projects.
• Acted a project manager for a replacement/re-imaging project of 1500 workstations at 22 Del Monte sites. Provided on-site PM oversight at 6 of these locations to ensure technical activities were properly executed and.

Worked Remotely

• Project Analyst for AT&T buildout and migration projects for an application rationalization and elimination project
• Supported all facets of Program Office to bring 59 legacy applications into a converged architecture, allowing for retirement of applications with anticipated savings of $40M+. Presented program status to executive team.
• Tracked escalated issues and defects to resolution, managed schedules, facilitated client/vendor-facing meetings, and monitored vendor deliverable… Show more Project Analyst for AT&T buildout and migration projects for.
• Tracked escalated issues and defects to resolution, managed schedules, facilitated client/vendor-facing meetings, and monitored vendor deliverable progress against deadlines. Show less

• Project Analyst for Service Management Improvement and Disaster Recovery Projects at Symantec.
• Supported Service Management Improvement project that encompassed all ITIL components by managing the release schedules, producing client-facing status reports, and managing deliverables and documentation.
• Collaborated with project managers and Disaster Recovery Director to document, monitor, and track to resolution issues and risks associated with service management and disaster recovery… Show more Project Analyst for.
• Collaborated with project managers and Disaster Recovery Director to document, monitor, and track to resolution issues and risks associated with service management and disaster recovery activities.
• Created and managed project schedules to ensure deadlines were met. Tracked deliverables, milestones and required approvals in a client-facing tool.
• Developed business requirements documents and work orders related to build out of a disaster recovery site for the client’s Platinum level applications. Show less

Worked Remotely

• Provided issue and risk management and PMO Support for a data center migration project.
• Worked with migration managers and tower leads to document, monitor, and track to resolution issues and risks associated with data center migration of 650+ servers (1K+ OS instances) from two Sara Lee data centers in.
• Facilitated client-facing meetings, preparing materials and reporting on… Show more Provided issue and risk management and PMO Support for a data center migration project.
• Facilitated client-facing meetings, preparing materials and reporting on accomplishments, issues, and activities.
• Implemented Program Office processes with special emphasis on risk and issue management.
• Tracked migration activities and identified and deployed process improvement opportunities Show less

Worked Remotely

• Provided project management and programme office support for a an application development project.
• Served on team charged with creating web-based application to improve internet auto rate quote customer experience and elevate State Farm’s position among online shoppers.
• Implemented Program Office processes, including risk and issue, communication, and document management, utilizing Star Team and SharePoint solutions.
• Monitored, tracked, and reviewed contract deliverables weekly… Show more Provided project management and programme office support for a an application development project.
• Monitored, tracked, and reviewed contract deliverables weekly with client Contract Manager.
• Performed schedule creation and maintenance activities using MS Project and MS Project Server (MSPS).

Various Locations

• Held project manager, project analyst, metrics SME and client relationship manager roles for applications development and production support project.
• Provided project management oversight for application development and enhancement projects related to Western Union’s money transfer business. Produced plan documents and managed schedule, ensuring on-time.
• Managed financial services hosting project for First Data Italia housed in EDS Inverno, Italy data center. Developed… Show more Held project manager, project analyst, metrics SME and client relationship manager roles.
• Managed financial services hosting project for First Data Italia housed in EDS Inverno, Italy data center. Developed and managed control process, relayed billing needs to finance manager, and managed risks and issues.
• Oversaw client requests for service/changes from an external financial transaction processing vendor, ensuring vendor commitments and SLAs were met. Provided financial and project management oversight for Enterprise.
• Managed yearly re-planning activities for 8+ production support projects and maintained program-level plan documents.