Sr. Project Management consultant

Posted on: 2006-04-06

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY 9+ years of external Mainframe systems consulting. 12+ years of Technical Management experience with development teams ranging from 10 to 25 staff members.. 15+ years of project management experience, with 2+ as a Certified Project Management Professional managing systems development projects of diverse sizes and complexity in defense, banking, and insurance industries. Effectively applies industry standards to delivery of complex projects including PMBOK, CMM, Method 1, and Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Exceptional leadership and team building skills. Effective in bridging internal and external clients, and business and technical team members. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE COMSYS Contracts, Oakbrook IL (09/96 – Present) Systems Consultant • Currently Servicing Allstate Insurance Company in Northbrook, IL as a Project Management Mainframe consultant for large scale project development. Current assignment includes managing the design, testing, implementation, and support, of the financial reporting for their Property and Casualty Division. Additionally, I support three Data Centers and nine CPU’s in daily G/L balancing through the use of a COBOL DB2 application including SQL and QMF. • Group representative for the Area Project Management process consortium, the area CMM process consortium, and the Sarbanes Oxley compliance processes. • Project Manager for the first CMM project in the Billing Applications division. • Mentor, coach and train Allstate staff, including process leaders, team leaders, and project managers. • Support the following applications: Customer Documents, Field Reporting (statistical and financial), Feeder File interfaces to supporting systems, financial institutions and government agencies. • Automated the General Ledger and the overall Balance Sheet reporting systems resulting in a reduction of manual intervention by 80%. Additionally, reduced the system maintenance to support this application by 50%. • Developed, designed and trained staff on a standardized testing format. The time required for testing was reduced by 30%. Banc One, Elgin, IL (4/89 – 09/96) Project Manager/Business Systems Specialist • Managed teams of Business Systems Analysts, programmers, technicians, and vendors, in the Business Analysis and Proposal, Business System Design (Functional), Technical Systems Design, and Testing. Responsible for installations and implementations of various projects, including the premise distribution network for the new First Card facilities, the New Cardholder System (credit cards), Level 1 and 2 of the Help Desk, and On-line Problem/Change/Configuration Management. Overall customer lead-time was reduced from days to hours. • Managed the Designed and development of the On-line Account/Plastic Inquiry/Maintenance facilities for the Cardholder applications in the new Hogan DB2, Cobol II environment for the ECAMS product. Resulting in 25% reduction in maintenance with 30% quicker response time for customer service. • Responsibility for staffing, budget planning, forecasting and management reports. Each was used in defining system priorities in line the corporate mission. • Conduct interviews and reviews, establish objectives, and provide support, growth guidance, and feedback to personnel hired/assigned. Northrop Grumman Corporation, DSD, Rolling Meadow IL (12/86 - 04/89) Manager of Client Support and Problem/Change Management • Management responsibility for the Help Desk (Level 1 and Level 2) and the Information Management support group, supporting over 4,000 users. • Managed the study, design, development, testing, and development of Level 1 and Level 2 Help Desks, and an on-line Problem/Change/Configuration Management System using Information Management. • Responsibility for staffing, budget planning, forecasting and management reports. Each was used in defining system priorities in line the corporate mission. • Conduct interviews and reviews, establish objectives, and provide support, growth guidance, and feedback to personnel hired/assigned. AON Corporation, Chicago IL Manager of Problem/Change Management (12/83 - 12/86) • Management responsibility for the Help Desk, Problem/Change/Configuration Management, and Security supporting over 3,500 users nation wide. • Responsibility for staffing, budget planning, forecasting and management reports. Each were used in defining system priorities in line the corporate mission. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Business Management, NLU Associates and Certificate in Technical Data Processing, W.R. Harper College Certified Project Management Professional Certificate in Banking, American Institute of Banking Successfully completed the Elgin Leadership Academy TECHNICAL EDUCATION Project Management Professional, Project Management, Life Cycle, Testing Management, and Methodology workshops. Project Workbench, Windows, Lotus, Freelance, WordPerfect, Word, Excel, and ABC Flowcharter. Deming Quality Management, Influencing Skills, Managing for Excellence, The Clement Stone Self-Development workshops. Information Management Classes (beginners and advanced). Disaster Recovery Planning Seminars, Communication Network Management, Microfocus COBOL, DB2, Hogan CAMS (Cardholder and Merchant Systems), and Umbrella training. REFERENCES Furnished Upon request.