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Vernon Hills, Illinois

Senior Program Manager responsible for managing, driving and optimizing strategic relationship with HCL India Development Center. Responsible for development of the strategy to maximizing and leverage Program/Project capabilities of the IDC team based on the current and future needs of MDS R&D organization and executing to plan. Keeping full financial responsibilities for the engagement and full in-depth analysis reporting to the leadership team

Chicago, Illinois

Leading a team of Project Managers and Financial Analyst in Program Delivery. Responsible for the definition and maintenance of the standards of project management and process.Support the successful delivery of programs undertaken by Codifyd four major practices, through effective facilitation, tracking and reporting. Provide effective financial and utilization management including streamline reporting of the health of the organization to C level management.Assist with advising managers and teams on the best use of project management disciplines andapproaches and act as the point of contact for any program management queries within Codifyd major Practice areas. Maintain real time Utilization overview and adjust consultant and technical resources for optimum performance. Utilizing latest PPM/AAM tools.

Burr Ridge Illinois, Denver Colorado

Plan and Lead major cross functional engagements. Program manage complex initiatives. Directly managing a team of six Project Managers in Burr Ridge Il and Denver CO. Overseeing delivery of complex cross functional enterprise engagements in the financial/ banking arena.Responsibilities also include defining PMO governance, off shore utilization, methodology, templates, and processes and procedures for both demand management and project execution.• Forecast, hire, train, coach, and mentor project managers across all North Americas’ projects. • Develop and enforce project methodology, including processes, tools, templates and practices.• Partner with IT business liaisons to confirm estimates, contracts and prioritization of new projects.

Europe

Planned and directed large, complex, overlapping projects.Supervised diverse resources, including BA, developers, technical specialists, and testers including QA. Managed client expectations and obtained approval at the end of each project. Responsibilities also include defining PMO governance, methodology, templates, and processes and procedures for both demand management and project execution.

Europe

Leading SAP-related activities such as new implementations, upgrades and day-to-day application management. Applications include SAP ERP and add-on modules such as HR, QIM, GRC, SRM, GTS, PLM, and other internal and cloud-based applications supporting manufacturing, finance, sales/marketing, HR, and supply chain.

Lisle, Il

Planned and managed system upgrades, including Y2K remediation, for Volkswagen Financial Services. Collaborated with executive teams and the PMO to determine project strategies and goals, including objectives for integration testing studies and related procedures. Managed projects and led an application development team for an IT Design team. Transferred technology from a legacy system utilizing Agile methodology.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed development, installation and integration support for T1/T3 high speed data. Planned and participated in execution of preliminary 3G concept data roll out for AT&T. Supervised a team of 36 employees, including technicians.Technical Call Center Manager

Bsee, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Technology Project Management