Project, Program And Application Support Manager
* Led technicians in all life cycle phases of Financial, Corporate Planning, Customer Info and Compliance applications leveraging IBM-MVS, Mid-range, ASP, and Client Server technologies. Focused on staff development and maximizing the efficiency of the labor pool. Managed client expectations using transparency, negotiation, and data driven decisions to produce consistently positive results. * Supported General Ledger, Payroll, HR, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Customer Service, Sales Force… Show more * Led technicians in all life cycle phases of Financial, Corporate Planning, Customer Info and Compliance applications leveraging IBM-MVS, Mid-range, ASP, and Client Server technologies. Focused on staff development and maximizing the efficiency of the labor pool. Managed client expectations using transparency, negotiation, and data driven decisions to produce consistently positive results. * Supported General Ledger, Payroll, HR, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Customer Service, Sales Force Management, Currency Transaction, Anti Money Laundering, Fraud and Accounts Payable applications.Key Accomplishments: * Along with succesfully implementing over 20 system upgrades, the following > $1MM projects were implemented on time and within budget with scope and ROI achieved:** Corporate planning system: This implementation was a success. My client gave the keynote speech at the vendors annual conference. ** Data Warehouse: Negotiated alliances in the siloed organization. Data integrity was increased, and user groups were created at the grass roots to assist in achieving reporting efficiencies. ** Workstation upgrades. Managed complex concurrent implementations between the 6,000 workstation upgrades and 150 ongoing projects. * Partnered with training to implement PMP Certification training. Was the first to certify.* Chartered the Comerica Project Professionals forum. This horizontal project management forum focusing on sharing sharing best practices and helping troubled projects. 130 PMP certified professionals joined this forum. * Partnered with clients to maintain good working relationships via shared prioritization of work, staff development, goals and visions. * Always shared with the usual PMP best practice documents including requirements, design, issue/change/scope logs, and project schedules using MS Project, MS Office Suite, ROI and earned value.* Promoted to special position, recovered troubled projects, and updated the organizations best practices. Show less