Michael Valente Email & Phone Number

I bring passion and over 20 years of experience to my role as Program Manager. I build rapport and relationships with all stakeholders and involved teams in order to provide the highest level of change management support possible. Senior leader visibility is ensured and through consistently strategic planning, results are met and teams/clients experience minimal impact. While most of my experience has been working within technical organizations and client areas, ranging from technical project management, release management, implementation management and business analysis, I enjoy being resourceful in new situations in which I can utilize my transferable skills.I have extensive experience in managing complex project scope, schedules and budget, leading and participating in data mapping and design sessions, serving as subject matter expert, creating/gathering business requirements and functional specifications, developing use cases, coordinating testing, and managing production implementations and data conversions.Career Highlights:• Consistently managed 10-15 Wholesale and Retail projects per year from initiation through implementation successfully, including managing budgets within 2% of forecast and mediating escalations• Led successful migration of 15,000 accounts from PowerPlus system (70+ applications) to Hogan • Completely recovered Wholesale customer training application project and provided strong guidance and support through development completion and launch of system to enable 100,000+ Wholesale and Treasury Management clients to receive training• Managed projects and financials across multiple lines of businesses utilizing common products, services, and tools to successfully meet various lines of business’ goals• Implemented weekly Wholesale program meeting which enabled projects to maintain progress and stay on target financially • Coordinated successful physical move of Minneapolis offices on numerous occasions with no disruption of service for clients or employees• Provided primary Y2K support to 40+ Minneapolis based team members across numerous lines of business and managed rollout of communication materials to all business units and retail stores to ensure seamless transition• Awarded the Stellar Award (2013), Leadership Circle Award (2010 & 2011); Heroes of the Merge Award (2000)

Listed skills include Pmo, Project Portfolio Management, Business Analysis, Sdlc, and 10 others.

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