IT Project ManagerMid-sized National BankMidwest Feb 2022 to October 2022Project Managero Staffed and managed agile teams in a completely remote environment via Teams and the Google Suite.o Oversaw a SAAS Informatica MDM(data quality, mappings, ingress, egress, knowledge transfer) implementation. o Worked closely with two product vendors to coordinate our plans and work through product issues.o Helped client develop a Jira project that could hold Scrum cards as well as defect tracking of defects in two physical environments where two separate types of tests were being conducted, eliminating rework and improving visibility.o Worked from requirements phase through the testing phase, until the client staffed up with their own project manager.Large National Clothing Retailer Ohio March 2021 to October 2021Project ManagerStaffed and managed agile teams in a completely remote environment, for multiple projects, via Teams.o Oversaw the phase-out of a purchased, on-prem shipment tracking system with a SAAS replacement from a new vendor. o Worked the plan to onboard existing and new client distribution service providers(including several overseas DSPs) onto new system above.o Migrated all customers to new shipment tracking system.o Concurrently, oversaw the design and implementation of a new product delivery channel for all US customers, via the purchase and configuration of a SAAS marketplace product. This product aggregated bids from delivery service providers such as Uber(DSP), etc.o Onboarded several such DSPs onto the new marketplace product.o Both projects were on budget and met holiday implementations cutoff dates.o Oversaw a smaller effort to add additional functionality to an in-house core application that linked to Web site, Android and iOS apps and email relationship.

Responsible for the build/integration, roll out and support all non-POS or networking software in all of our company-owned and franchisee-owned retail stores. This encompassed 3 departments and their projects: J2EE development, Data Warehousing and BI Development – and ultimately mobile apps as well. o Managed clients, through initial development and then production support for all applicationso Managed vendors. Communicated with them and built strong working partnerships.o Provided our Legal Dept initial contract markup, assisted in contract negotiations and served as general liaison to Legal.o Managed multiple, concurrent software projects’ delivery and resource scheduling.o Was responsible for 20-30 employees on average, plus consultants. o Provided technical architecture guidelines, reviews, and assistance to ensure systems’ compliance, compatibility, extensibility and maintainability. Development Managero Development Manager for a J2EE team we revamped development methodologies to convert legacy systems and developers. o Built successful platforms deployed to thousands of locations, with minimum downtime. These mission-critical systems had consistently higher than 99+% uptimes.o Mentored a team member into my open position when I advanced.