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Glencoe

Volunteer at the Chicago Botanic Garden Plant Conservation Science Center. Working in the GIS lab (Geographic Information System) responsible for improving the accuracy of field record coordinates and other spatial data using the ArcGIS geographic mapping and analysis software.

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Greater Chicago Area

Apex Systems is an IT staffing and workforce solutions firm specializing in providing IT professionals for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placements.Currently under contract at Riverside Publishing as project manager for Data Integration and Management.

Rolling Meadows

IT project manager consultant managing the development of Riverside’s Data Manager K-12 assessment product line which provide student test assignment capabilities to school districts. ▪ Successfully managed the definition and documentation of several major product enhancement features for Riverside’s paper-based scholastic testing application.▪ Developed and managed project plans, schedule, budget, and risk from prioritized work backlog that include Change Request, Feature Definitions, and Charters.▪ Drive IT Agile development team and business stakeholders to clearly define and prioritize backlog, identify dependencies, remove roadblocks, resolve issues, manage risk, and move team towards overall business objectives. ▪ Managed progress at daily scrum meetings with IT and other senior leaders to understand issues, plan contingencies and remove roadblocks to maintain schedule deadlines. ▪ Provide direction and input into project deliverables to ensure solutions are consistent with strategic business and product plans. ▪ Change agent for improving agile process ensuring new feature backlog is properly vetted, prioritized and aligned to business objectives and executed efficiently.

▪ Project/Program manager for two game development studios (Chicago and the UK) managing the successful development and launch of over 20 video and mechanical slot themes plus a new slant-type slot cabinet.▪ PM for slot machine theme development involving game software, OS, framework, network SW, firmware, sound, website, and theme specific hardware components. Responsible and accountable for cost and schedule while maintaining alignment of program scope/requirements with critical success factors by making recommendations to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent. ▪ PM for the successful launch of first Lord of the Rings slot game with WMS’ Adaptive Gaming technology and Player’s Life website. This project represented first use of agile methodologies at WMS driving the development of network server software to support Adaptive Gaming functionality. ▪ PM for Bluebird xD slant-type cabinet involving hardware design (sheet metal, plastic, printed circuits, audio/video, CPU, and lighting), prototyping, pilot production, field trial, and first launch. Worked closely with HW engineering and product management to balance scope/requirements with cost and schedule constraints.▪ Lead weekly core team meetings involving 20 functional areas to facilitate communication, remove roadblocks, resolve issues, prioritize, manage risk, and drive the team towards project objectives.▪ Presented weekly project reports and quarterly gate reviews (development lifecycle process review) to the executive committee for strategic review and consultation.▪ Maintained project schedule, managed and tracked cost, issues, and risk/mitigation logs.▪ Consulted with Jurisdictional Engineering to ensure product will meet regulatory requirements when submitting for approval.▪ Worked closely with first-launch customers to inform of milestone progress and oversee installation at job site to ensure smooth launch and drive field issues toward quick resolution.

Business Systems Analysis, Optimization and Requirements Management, Process Management, Quality Assurance Software Design, System Architecture Analysis and Data Modeling for enterprise-wide client/server based applications. Extensive experience detailing business solutions.• Coordinating projects; developing project charters, preliminary project scope statements and project management plans; monitoring and controlling project work and integrating change control processes• Participating in quality planning; performing quality assurance and control; reviewing standard projects documentation including test plans and test cases for traceability, accuracy and completeness• Skills in Rational Unified Process (RUP) Business Modeling process, complete Unified Modeling Language (UML) artifacts related to Business Modeling and Requirements created as models to support Requirements, Analysis, Specification, Traceability, Validation and Verification, and Requirements Management

Shaumburg, Il