IT PROJECT MANAGER Solicit and solidify information to define project scope, deliverables, resource requirements, quality assurance and user acceptance testing and deployment. Define, develop, and document business requirements, project plans, budgets, and capital expenditure reports. Coordinate, monitor, and control project risks, compliance regulatory requirements, timelines, resources, and budgets. Facilitate meetings, cultivate communication and collaboration, track project status and prepare project reports. Mitigate, control, and escalate project issues and change control management when appropriate. Key Achievements:• Spearheaded large scale, corporate-wide conversion project migrating company from self-clearing firm to fully disclosed broker dealer.• Led multiple internal web development projects for end user applications involving new user interfaces, workflow, alerting, and reporting.• Championed Lawson Financial Accounting System upgrade and data migration. • Facilitated the migration and decommission of managed file transfer system and IBM Connect Enterprise onto a Windows managed file transfer system, Cleo Harmony.• Completed 145 new development tasks in 8 months to meet our conversion date to ensure all critical business processes were available and functioning to continue business processing day one in the new world after conversion. Hailed by external auditors as the cleanest and smoothest conversion ever seen.• Managed successful installation of FIX and MQ connections for sending trade flow without affecting business processing and trading.

IT PROJECT MANAGERGenerated project management department policies, documentation, and tools to train subordinate staff. Provided direction, evolved the project management program, facilitated meetings, fostered communication, and prepared project reports. Integrated workflow development and deployment. Developed, coordinated, monitored, controlled, and managed project plans and timelines, testing criteria, standard operating procedures user guides, resources, and budgets. Logged project risks and issues. Solicited information to define business requirements and project deliverables. Key Achievements:• Oversaw Data Center migration from internal to fully hosted without disrupting business.• Led conversion of 6 charters with individual ABAs and accounts into 1 merged charter.• Implemented infrastructure and server upgrades from HP to Dell. • Executed migration off analog phone system to a fully integrated VOIP system, including installation of new communication lines, new hardware, and phone systems in 26 branch locations.• Directed ATM installations and upgrades at 24 locations for ADA compliance, Mobile Capture, Electronic Signature, and Document Imaging deployment.

Facilitated and renewed customer deposits and collateral forms. Managed loan files and monitored internal and external compliance practices. Cultivated strong customer service methodologies and cross-sales of banking products. Drafted internal and external audit reports for the FDIC, FHLB, FSA, and sales tracking documentation. Trained subordinate staff and provided direction and guidance for the department.Key Achievements:• Oversaw technology work stream converting Piper Jaffray from a self-clearing firm to a fully disclosed broker dealer. • Supervised multiple projects with budgets ranging from $50,000-$1,500,000, including a 6-charter merger into 1 institution, a comprehensive data center migration and disaster recovery data center rebuild, data and voice communication upgrades, voice over IP phone system implementation, document imaging, automated business process workflow, and software implementations.• Spearheaded development of Internal application development projects.• Improved Minnwest Bank’s FDIC camel rating from a 2 to a 1 for Project and Risk Management and product time-to-market by 35%.