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Knoxville, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Sr. Director and head of the Agile Portfolio & Project Management Office (APPMO) for Technology Services within Johnson & Johnson. Responsibilities include oversight of a team of 45 Resources, including Portfolio Managers, Program / Project managers, Scrum Masters and Operations staff to support an annual portfolio of $800 Million for the delivery of value streams and infrastructure investments in support of the businesses of Johnson & Johnson. - Portfolio & Roadmap Planning- Partner Support & Engagement - Product Management of Portfolio Tools- Intake & Billing OperationsKey Projects & Achievements:Execution of Transformation Office Program Management, inclusive of TS Leadership team, to apply new operating model to the 1,800 employees of Technology Services by shifting focus from tactical project delivery to strategic product / value stream focus via multi-year roadmaps of technology investments to deliver business outcomes.

New Brunswick, Nj

Director of the PPMO (Portfolio & Project Management Office) for the Health and Wellness Solutions business within Johnson & Johnson. Responsibilities include oversight of a team of 6 project & program managers to support an annual project portfolio of $30 Million for the development of Software As A Service (SAAS) and Mobile products. During tenure developed team of Business Analysts from the ground up including transition to the role of Product Owners.- Portfolio & Roadmap Planning- Project Planning & Management- PMO & Agile Process Implementation- Recruiting, Mentorship & RetentionKey Projects & Achievements:Implementation of the New Product Development Process to bring execution efficiency, delivery predictability, and quality software product to market. The framework consisted of product management, project management and Agile methods implementation principles with focus on Scrum, XP, and the Kanban MethodIncreased project portfolio on time, on budget, on scope delivery from roughly 30% in 2012, to 43% in 2013, to 82% in 2014, and to 92% in 2015.

Chicago, Il

Senior Director in the Healthcare business PMO overseeing the Management Decision Support portfolio of products including 5 project managers and over $20 Million annually of projects and programs. Aided in the creation of the Healthcare PMO including the definition and implementation of Product and Project Life Cycle methodologies across product domains which supported both Waterfall and Agile SDLCs. Responsibilities included:- Project Planning & Management- PMO Process & Template Creation- Recruiting, Mentorship & Retention- Rollout Plan Development- Support Plan Development

Served in multiple roles including application architect and project manager for this professional services organization that focused on portal, content management integration & delivery and e-Commerce based solutions. Projects types ranged from custom development to package customization and strategy assessments. Responsibilities included:- Application Architecture- Use Case Development- Project Planning & Management - Strategy Assessments- Object Modeling & Design

Architected and delivered multiple custom Microsoft .NET web solutions for major food & beverage company. Responsibilities included:- Solution Architecture- Use Case Development- Solution Design & Development- Business DevelopmentKey Projects & Achievements:Architect and lead developer for an application subscription service. This Microsoft .NET workflow solution allowed for employee self-service for obtaining access to a suite of applications via a web-based wizard interface. The solution included the development and consumption of multiple web services for integration. Solution included real time transactions across Oracle, SQL Server, and LDAP repositories.

Managed multiple projects in parallel for a client in the financial services industry vertical for this Microsoft Solution Provider. Offered insight into project management process for the organization to help standardize on project approach. Responsibilities included:- Project Management- Solution Leadership- Revenue Forecasting- StaffingKey Projects & Achievements:Project Manager overseeing a team of 15 in the development of a release for a Loan Accounting System. Project spanned a 4-month period which included analysis, design, construction and implementation of this release that focused on loan loss recovery. Project was on time and under budget ($1.6 million). The system was built leveraging Microsoft technologies (ASP / COM / COM+ / MSMQ).

Recruited to enable this consulting organization to offer services in leading IBM technologies. Established solution offerings for the organization such as real time collaboration, web services/business integration, portal development, and mobile/wireless. Defined project management methodology for organization to standardize project approach. Scope of position was broad for this small organization; responsibilities include:- Business Development- Program / Project Management- Technical Architect- Technical Research & DevelopmentKey Projects & Achievements:Developed Portal Prototype for major real estate company. WebSphere Portal Server (v2.1) was configured to leverage a HTTP Server and a LDAP repository. Portal was customized to client’s corporate branding. Developed Portlets to access HR applications and incorporated functionality into portal framework.

As a member of the eCommerce Solutions organization, responsibilities included full life cycle support and program / project leadership including: proposal generation, strategy, analysis, technical design, construction and implementation of solutions. Solutions revolved around custom web development or package implementation. Summary of activities:- Business Development- Program/Project Management- Solution Architect- Technical LeadKey Projects & Achievements:Program Manager overseeing a team of 20 in the creation of a B2B exchange. Project included analysis, design, construction and implementation of a digital marketplace in a 4-month period, on time and under budget ($2 Million). The exchange leveraged the Moai LivExchange (BEA WebLogic) environment and Java Server Page (JSP) technology. The exchange was integrated, including SSO, with an existing content site that was built on Vignette’s Story Server.

Served as solution lead and project manager for over a year at a “Forbes 25” company. Multiple applications, including sales force automation and competitive intelligence tracking, were developed in a rapid application development environment where roles included lead developer and supervisor of two developers.

Analysis, design, development, rollout of Collaborative and Excel VBA applications.