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Los Angeles, CA, US

Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, California

Greater Los Angeles Area

Irvine, CA

• Managed project schedules for Program, Quarterly, Monthly and Emergency Releases over the span of 3 years receiving the highest governance ratings possible on each release – proactively exposing and remediating.
• Ensured the procurement and implementation of application infrastructure in support of an technology server environment refresh (APEX) and Incentive Compensation program.
• Collaborated with key stakeholders to develop accurate estimates, create a schedule of deliverables, determine resource needs – staffing and materials, setting baselines for scope, time, cost and quality.
• Evaluated potential risks to projects and developed response plans for significant/likely items and/or concerns along with establishing standards for timing, frequency, and methods of communications with stakeholders.
• Created detailed program implementation roadmaps (realistic project schedule highlighting the critical path), business case, and project plans.
• Improved the estimation quality by identifying phases & activities not previously accounted for – reducing the plan to actual variance from a ~300% per release to ~125% per release.

Irvine, CA

• Played an integral role in devising the strategic vision and leadership structure for the JPMorgan Chase Mortgage Banking Quality Assurance team as they navigated a complex integration of Washington Mutual practices.
• Championed the cause of quality throughout the organization by directly influencing the development of technology (& associated deliverables) to ensure that they meet the highest standards via the integration of design.
• Collaborated with other technology leaders to assimilate best practices, standardize metrics, and improve the efficiency of processes by building out internal QA teams to support Environment Configuration, Application.
• Mentored QA managers, analysts and engineers to continually improve and mature QA testing practices.
• Partnered with other technology leaders to increase upstream quality by integrating design reviews and unit testing in their system development processes.
• Provided overall guidance to the QA engineers in the design and development of automated and performance testing solutions.

Irvine, CA

• Quality Assurance team successfully implemented $100m project to consolidate Mortgage Banking Point of Sale/Loan Origination Systems.
• Built Quality Assurance team from 5 resources to seven teams and more than 130 resources within 2 years.
• Managed the first off-shore vendor support model @ Washington Mutual – starting Time and Material and moved to Global Services Solution (Managed Service Model) by the 2nd year.
• Worked with the project QA Managers to revise the vendor footprint (onshore/offshore) – reducing from 45% onshore/55% offshore to 25 – 30% onshore/70 –75% offshore.
• Led/managed vendor consolidation knowledge transition (KT) effort impacting over 200 resources spanning three concurrent large projects – completing in under four weeks. This reduced the overall QA (SIT/UAT) footprint.
• Proven ability to implement System Development and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standard methodologies, processes and test tools needed to support all testing activities.

Santa Ana, CA

• Responsible for maintaining inventory control of over $3m worth of computer equipment and $500k worth of software supporting 5,000 employees.
• Spearheaded a donation of ~200 personal computers/laptops to the Salvation Army of Orange County.
• Established written policy and procedures for shipping, receiving, and maintaining equipment.
• “Thanks To You!” Peer Recognition Program (3 Times)

• ADMINISTRATION CHIEF
• Awarded the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal for designing and implementing a resource management database.
• Organized and ran an office that dealt with ~160 Marines on a daily basis.
• Obtained a SECRET clearance to handle classified material.
• Received Honorable Discharge.

Infantry, Search And Rescue, Office Management

Activities and Societies: Served as part of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, because of its.

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