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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for exploring IT Innovation and Emerging Technologies to solve various challenges across the Globe. Worked closely with numerous vendors to learn about their technology and engage with them to perform Proof-of-Concepts in order to determine the benefits the technology can bring to PepsiCo and proceeded to implement those that have proven to provide extensive benefits.

Responsible for exploring emerging technologies and proceed with the creation, development and delivery of innovation strategy/solutions projects which deliver value and create a competitive advantage for PepsiCo Manage multiple iPAD and Dashboards application development teams.Strong project management skills with a focus on coordinating numerous software development projects, system enhancements, software upgrades and production issues simultaneously. Regularly work closely with several project managers, Third Party Vendors, and cross-functional teams regarding requirements, design, project scope, development, quality assurance and implementation of several Adobe Flash/Flex and Micro-Strategy based Dashboards.Develop/manage cost estimates, budgets and forecasts associated with each year's Annual Operating Plan (AOP) including multi-million dollar baseline and investment budgets.

Responsible for two managers directly reporting to me including the Data Integration Baseline Support Manager and the Data Integration Investment Projects Manger.Actively assisting managers in their day-to-day activities which include execution of project estimates, timelines and coordination of project meetings. Managed the support and enhancements to over 2000 Data Integration jobs (Informatica and SQL) which are utilized to transfer data between various databases (Oracle, Sybase, DB2 and Essbase), files and from 3rd Party Vendors.Brought my strong customer focus experience to the team to drive down support tickets to all time low levels.

MEM Systems February 2003 to February 2007Strong project management skills, consistently managing numerous software development projects simultaneously. Managed the planning, requirements, design, development, quality assurance and implementation of several Web-Based applications.Responsible for the management of multiple baseline support and development teams associated with the various MEM Systems.Coordinated the work for a team of 18 resources which included issue resolution, enhancement releases and a 24/7 support rotation.Developed cost estimates for each year's Annual Operating Plan IT projects. Closely managed multi-million dollar baseline and investment.

Managed the architectural design, software development and implementation of the first wireless Handheld Computer (ePAD) and associated ePAD application utilized at Pepsi developed in Visual C++, Windows CE OS and SQL. Developed detailed cost estimates and managed a multi-million dollar budget associated with the ePAD Project.

Led the implementation of the PowerBuilder/Sybase based Customer Equipment Tracking System (CETS) nationwide to over 4000 users. The CETS Application tracks Parts, Equipment, Service Orders and Move Orders.Developed and coordinated the rollout schedule, "Go-Live" activities and implementation which spanned approximately 1 year. Ensured IT team members were on-site at Customer Equipment Service Representative (CESR) Centers to provide support, troubleshoot and resolve issues immediately.

Worked closely with several Third Party Vendors to design, develop, heavily test and implement the first automated wireless transfer of data at Pepsi. Coordinated the testing of wireless coverage across the country to ensure the best wireless vendor was utilized for each area of the country.Designed, developed and implemented solutions to make the data cleanup and conversion process more effective, accurate and efficient utilizing UNIX Shell Scripts, SQL and Progress Software.Developed "adhoc" software in SQL and Progress to obtain information necessary to analyze the data associated with the data cleanup and data conversion.

Bs, Computer Science

A.S, Computer Science -Cum Laude