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Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• All projects used waterfall and agile methodologies, scalded framework and SAFe principles in combinations.Enterprise Business Processes and Applications -Managing and Managed multiple application and business process.
• Customer Data Management
• Agent and Agency Data Management
• Electronic Signature Capture
• Cash Disbursements
• Document Management and Disbursements

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Managed and coordinated a North American data center consolidation project.
• Migrating diverse-platform site systems to a Global Information Center.
• Acting as project leader and lead business analyst for cross functional teams consisting of 15 - 25 core and site technical and business resources.
• Gathered and documented business, functional and technical requirements.
• Developed and maintained project management and development methodologies using traditional waterfall methodologies.
• Managed Global Product Owners, Program Managers and Site Supervisors expectations through milestones, risk mitigation, issue and change management, as well as status reporting and budget control.Regional Project.

Peoria, Illinois Area

Worked with multiple clients on multiple projects focused on implementing new applications, wireless systems, network hardware and business processes to improve business performance.

Peoria, Illinois Area

Managed and coordinated the data center move from Canada to Peoria, IL.Managed all applications systems, desktops, printers, servers, and network and communication hardware.Managed all IT and projects budgets.Negotiated and managed vendor contracts and relationships.Documented scope, objectives and deliverables, as well as business, functional and.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed a department consisting of 10 internal technical resources split between Chicago, IL and Seymour, IN.Developed and maintained project management and development methodologies using both Agile and traditional waterfall methodologies.Developed IT standard operating procedures (SOP).Was responsible for hiring, firing, evaluations, and professional.

Bedford, MA

• Managed multiple projects for direct end user and application partners focused on the following areas:
• Managed project teams of mixed resources, customer developers, Progress consultants and sub contractors, to migrate to newer / current versions of all Progress tools.
• Designed custom workflow solutions and manage the project teams that develop and implement the solutions.
• Managed project teams that design, develop and implement custom data warehouse and reporting solutions. The typical reporting tools utilized are Corvu, Cognos and Crystal.
• Managed and work on project teams whose focus is to design, develop and implement a custom application or add-on module to an existing production application.
• Managed and work on project teams focused on training and mentoring developers and other IT staff on what Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is and how to change / update their current application to conform to SOA..

Greater Chicago Area

Managed all applications systems, desktops, printers, servers, network and communication hardware.Managed all IT and projects budgets.Negotiated and managed vendor contracts and relationships.Documented scope, objectives and deliverables, as well as business, functional and technical requirements on numerous projects.Managed stakeholder expectations.

Scottsdale, AZ

Managed a staff of 15 applications development professionals.Developed and maintained project management and development methodologies using both Agile and traditional waterfall methodologies.Developed IT standard operating procedures (SOP).Was responsible for hiring, firing, evaluations, and professional development.Mentored and guided business analyst.

Cordova, TN

Managed 35 consultants and five major clients with annual revenue of $5.5M.Rescued a troubled distribution project that was $2M and 40% over budget and three months behind schedule. Analyzed design, documented problem areas, motivated and led development team to complete project on time.

Front Royal, VA

Led a group of 125 application developers and managed consulting services delivery for 15 clients. Grew annual revenue from $2M to $10M in three years.Took over a project for a new MRP II and JIT manufacturing software suite for Ktek Electronics that was behind schedule and over budget. Created new project plan and managed to complete on time and on budget.

San Diego, CA Phoenix, AZ Far Hills, NJ

Held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility in applications development and integration, consulting for software development, manufacturing and distribution companies.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management With Specializations In Project Management & Entrepreneurship

Master of Business Administration with Specializations in Project Management and Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Information Systems

Bachelor of Science Business Information Systems

Associate Of Science - As, Computer Science

Associate of Science Computer Science Coleman College is now Coleman University