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• Managed a team of individuals mixed between onshore & offshore locations• Maintained regular client communication and satisfaction, ensuring opportunities and challenges are addressed in a timely manner• Created opportunities and secured project extensions through client delivery excellence• Delivered presentations to clients and management teams• Contributed to project discoveries, kickoff, prepare proposals and statements of work following company standards.• Assisted project team to establish high, mid, and micro level plans for project team.• Helped to establish critical path, milestones, delivery dates, and review client deliverables to ensure they meet client acceptance criteria.• Provided leadership throughout the lifecycles of a project, guiding the project team through design and development to ensure project requirements are met• Coordinated and facilitated all product releases ranging from planned releases to emergency changes

• Shared knowledge and learnings, best practices, and documentation• Coached and developed team members to complete project deliverables• Translated client’s business needs into detailed business requirements documents, use cases and systems interaction diagrams.• Worked with customers and internal Creative teams to establish approved wireframes and mock-ups for solutions• Identified risks to deliverables and escalated to both the internal and external teams.• Participated in cross functional development work within the client, helping deliver enterprise wide solutions.• Lead requirement analysis sessions to drive team consensus of upcoming development work & test strategies.• Facilitated discussions to define client objectives, strategy, and product roadmap• Helped establish project test strategy, methodologies, test plans

Peoria, Illinois, United States

• Orchestrated a multi-locale QA team, delivering consistent & efficient results, through all hours of the day.• Helped facilitate client discussions in a variety of situations• Contributed to project discoveries, kickoff, prepare proposals and statements of work following company standards.• Provided regular reports to the client, walking through project KPI's, team metrics & development progress.• Helped to establish critical path, milestones, delivery dates, and review client deliverables to ensure they meet client acceptance criteria.• Provided guidance to the offshore team around agile project methodologies & encouraged consistent adjustments to better meet changing needs.

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Worked within a team of individuals mixed between onshore & offshore locations• Maintained regular client communication and satisfaction, ensuring opportunities and challenges are addressed in a timely manner.• Helped deliver presentations to clients and management teams• Contributed to project discoveries, kickoff, prepare proposals and statements of work following company standards.• Translated client’s business needs into detailed business requirements documents, use cases and systems interaction diagrams.• Worked with customers and internal Creative teams to establish approved wireframes and mock-ups for solutions• Assisted project team to establish high, mid, and micro level plans for project team.• Helped to establish critical path, milestones, delivery dates, and review client deliverables to ensure they meet client acceptance criteria.• Provided leadership throughout the lifecycles of a project, guiding the understanding the project team has through design and development to ensure project requirements are met• Helped establish test strategy, methodologies, test plans as well as assist with test execution.

Wisconsin, United States

Website DesignWeb Portal & SEO ManagementLead GenerationGeneral Business Consultation

Illinois, United States

Website DesignWeb Portal & SEO ManagementLead GenerationGeneral Business Consultation

Peoria, Illinois Area

Facilitate Class InstructionCourses (Project Management, Business Administration, MIS, CIS)• Ensure students are learning in accordance with learning objectives & courseworkEvaluate Student Performance• Administer evaluations of student performance based on course deliverable's and course rubric• Update online student resources to provide students with up to date work & grade reportsParticipate in continual learning with faculty from all RMU campusesBring real world experience into the classroom

Peoria, Illinois

• Monitored, updated and managed all devices (PC’s, Laptops, Printers, Mac’s, Video Cameras, Telephones, Televisions, Projetors, Televisions, Routers & Switches) connected to the Robert Morris University network• Worked with a variety of operating systems from Windows (XP – 10) to Apple IOS (10.6 – 10.11)• Regularly updated all Software & Windows patches• Rewired new & existing access points• Clone/image PC’s for redistribution• Run Ethernet lines to and from office spaces• Provide end user support• Replaced old Switches and UPS’s within Telecom closets• Transfered phone extensions• Managed all display boards on campus• Developed Live Streaming capability for on campus sports teams • Create yearly budget for upcoming anticipated costs• Document Firewall & Bandwidth usage for all 8 RMU campuses• Communicated and coordinated projects with all other technicians via email, telepresence, & phone calls• Regularly updated job knowledge by partaking in educational opportunities

Menomonie, Wisconsin

• Assisted in managing a variety of devices that were connected to the University of Wisconsin - Stout network such as Cameras, Laptops, Printers, Telephones, Routers, Switches & Network Drives • Worked alongside co-workers to rewire cable lines, telephones, and access points• Performed replacement of switches, routers or UPS’s that are no longer necessary• Upgraded old hardware during building renovations• Documented all laptop & network device replacements• Updated and Monitored online ticket system used by all techs on campus

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Baseball

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Baseball

Information Technology Project Management