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Bridgewater, Nj

• Possessed of a detailed understanding of and experience with agile processes and best practices achieved through multiple certifications earned from the PMI and Scrum Alliance.• Experienced in implementing uniquely tailored agile solutions across diverse teams and projects, both in application software development and for wider corporate initiatives.• Skillful in providing concise status reporting to executive level management. • Facilitated coordination and communication across cross-functional project teams to ensure successful implementation of defined initiatives. Stakeholders included representation from Development, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Operations/IT, Product, Sales, and Security groups.• Created and maintained complex project schedules. Tracked project progress against budget and schedule expectations. Identification and mitigation of risks to project success.• Administration of daily stand-up meetings to monitor the team’s progress. • Creation of tracking tools to measure daily “burn down”, team velocity, and to dynamically estimate delivery dates of new features under development.• Managed simultaneous projects utilizing shared resources on a company-wide level.

Morristown, Nj

Project Management Consultant at Honeywell (See description of responsibilities below)

Morristown, Nj

• Project Manager responsible for the simultaneous execution of multiple enterprise software implementation projects.• Oversaw project budgets totaling over $3.5 million.• Planned and oversaw full software development lifecycle including requirements analysis, design and development, user testing and acceptance, release, and maintenance.• Implemented both Agile and Waterfall Project Management Methodologies to best services the requirements of individual projects.• Managed third-party vendors to customize and implement software products• Coordinated offshore and onshore activities between multiple programming teams, both internal and external, to insure timely completion of software components..• Created status presentations to give regular updates on project progress to both stakeholders and upper management.• Chaired requirements gathering sessions between external software vendors and Honeywell customers to identify and plan necessary software customizations.• Coordinated procurement and comparative testing of hardware

Greater New York City Area

Senior IT Project Manager on $67 million “Small Business Direct Installation” energy efficiency program for client Con Edison. * Project-managed the implementation of a data repository and reporting system used to track 400,000+ customers. Managed full SDLC including analysis, design, testing, release, and maintenance.* Conceptualized and programmed Excel application used by 42 field auditors to analyze energy efficiency opportunities and calculate potential savings for more than 31,000 individual customers.* Release-managed the data repository/reporting system and energy efficiency calculation application so that the functionality and data streams of each system remained in synch with the other.* Created release plans for software implementations to ensure adequate allocation of resources, clear parameters for success or failure, and a contingency plan for rollback.* Satisfied data analysis requests for both internal staff and external clients using SQL, Excel, and Access.* Analyzed and managed risk of software modifications to avoid down time of system.* Resolved software defects and planned future development as chair of regularly-scheduled IT meetings between external clients and internal staff.

New York, Ny

Project Manager and Release Manager at energy trading software development firm.• Oversaw full project lifecycle for more than 100 software development projects developing, enhancing, and maintaining Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) application using Agile Project Management Methodology.* Managed project timeboxes to track personnel resources during software creation process.* Spearheaded reformatting of the company’s client documentation, reducing overall work required by 60% by enabling easier collection of data.* Oversaw development and Q.A. activities across multiple time zones to ensure successful and timely completion of projects.* Documented release processes, with the resulting manual becoming the company-wide standard. * Authored training materials for use by members of release teams.* Formulated and maintained software upgrade procedures used to convert client databases from one generation of software to another.

New York, Ny

• Provided product-specific support on trading applications of American Stock Exchange, achieving greater than 99% up time.• Facilitated between business clients and IT staff to plan future development needs.• Led team to execute software installations on more than 50 production and development systems.• Oversaw Vendor Management with internationally situated software developers.• Managed defect and discrepancy database used to track software application bugs and desired enhancements. Set agenda and chaired regular meetings to update all parties on status of outstanding issues.• Interfaced with quality assurance group to plan Q.A. testing cycles and schedule software cutovers.• Implemented new computer application which allowed for more flexible and efficient trading of equities.

New York, Ny

• Liaised between local business managers and remote IT development staff for telemarketing firm with 12 offices located in U.S. and Canada. Assured that projects were completed on schedule and to specification.• Reorganized IT request submission process with account staff, resulting in fewer misunderstandings.• Managed projects for incoming clients, overseeing complete project life cycle from design phase through development process and final application testing.• Documented applications for both technical and non-technical users.• Represented corporate IT in remote client audits.

New York, Ny

• Administered and provided support for 128 worldwide computer systems. • Worked with users in foreign countries for whom English was not primary language. • Managed system security and disaster testing.• Successfully executed Y2K compliance testing and upgrades.

New York, Ny

• Designed, executed application programming using C and FoxPro.• Installed, administered company’s first internal Novell network. • System manager for computer systems in New York corporate office and at remote sites.• Created project specifications used to successfully implement incoming client programs.