Summary

Project Management : 6 plus years of Telecommunications and 4 years of Web Services and 6 plus years in the capacity of Network/Project Management for the Information Systems environment and 1 plus years of Infrastructure Project Management
Design : Project Development, Testing, Implementation and Support of Software Web Applications
Platforms : Client Server, PC, Sun/Solaris, RS6000, AS400 and IBM 3090
Operating Systems : Novell Netware 3.11/3.12/4.0/4.11, Windows 3.11/3.12/95/2000/XP, NT 4.0/4.0 like Workstation and amp ; Server, UNIX and MAC
Programming Language : HTML, COBOL I and amp ; II, MVS/TSO, ISPF, C and C++.
Databases, Data Modeling and Report Writing : MS Access, ERWIN and Crystal Reports
Software Packages : BSCS for GSM environment, PeopleSoft, MS FrontPage, MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Project 98, ABT Project Workbench, Niku, CA Niku Clarity, MS Exchange like Client and amp ; Server, 3270 Emulation software, Corel Draw, PhotoShop, MS Project, Lotus Notes, Documentum, Sharepoint, Fireworks, Dreamweaver MX and VISIO
Network Communications : SMTP and TCP/IP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :


Employment

2006 -  Present
Senior IT Project Manager

Responsible for the deployment of the Mercury Oracle Project into the Cingular environment.
Manage the deployment of 5 initiatives like Subscribers, Revenue, Cost, Foundation and Single Revenue Accounting System, onto the Oracle Financial Server.

Work with the business client and development management team to firm deployment tasks, dates and durations.

Facilitate weekly meetings with PMs, DBAs and Development Team, reviewing the current status of the application development.

Communicate the needs of the deployment activities to major stakeholders, assuring that the team is on track with the deployment.

2005 -  2006
Lead

Defined and prioritized project requirements. Developed time and cost estimates, project plans and budgets. Oversaw and control ongoing costs, schedules, resources, scope and risks. Negotiated and persuaded decision makers regarding necessary action steps to achieve the goals and objectives of the project.

Facilitated project meetings, communicating individual roles and project expectations. Ensured that all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively. Managed conflict resolution in the framework of business and project/program objectives.

Provided work direction and leadership to assigned projects, scheduling, assignment of work and review of project efforts to other PMs who are on the Broadband Transformation Application Infrastructure Team.
Worked closely with the Application Leads on-shore and off-shore, to monitor project milestones and critical dates. Identified potential jeopardy of project schedule to the following applications, like Siebel 7.8.1 BizTalk, Singl. eView, IOM, Business Intelligence and Cramer. Identified ways to resolve schedule issues. Kept management aware of the situation. Develop strategy and ensure integration of project plans and overall execution.

Assessed variances from the project plan, gather metrics and developed and implemented changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains in specified scope and time, cost and quality objectives.

Created work plans, track budgets and schedule progress via appropriate metrics.

Established project organization and methodologies.

2004 -  2005
Senior IT Project Manager

Performed Project Management functions to PMI standards for Information Technology Projects, specific to the Software Development Life Cycle for the Performance Readiness Group.
Responsible for assembling project team, assigned individual responsibilities, identified appropriate resources needed and developed a schedule to ensure timely completion of project.

Defined project scope and objectives. Interfaced with all financial areas and stakeholders affected by the project, end users, computer services and client services.
Conducted project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis.
Ensured adherence to quality standards and reviewed project deliverables.
Provided technical and analytical guidance to project team.
Responsible for issue resolution or escalation in a timely basis.
Oversaw the impact of the NCF merger related to the Performance Readiness Group.

2001 -  2004
IT Project Manager

Performed Project Management functions to PMI standards for Information Technology Projects, specific to the Software Development Life Cycle for the Web Services department.
managed several large scaled projects of high complexity, risks and aggressive timelines.
Created, maintained and managed the Project Plan throughout the life of the project, the Scope statement, Quality Plan, Risk Identification, Quantification and Response Development, Change Control Plan, Communications Plan, Management Plan, Project Schedule and Project Budget.
Lead and provided management expertise for multiple projects like Portals, Portlets and Micro-Sites, while interfacing across several internal IT departments and 3rd party vendors.

Facilitated weekly status calls with stakeholders and upper management, communicating individual roles and project expectations.
Planed, initiated, monitored and adjusted resource allocation to support multiple simultaneous projects in a Matrix organizational structure. Tracking reports using MS Project, Office, Visio, PowerPoint, Startrac, Protrack, etc.
communicated with Stakeholders and provided motivation, reassurance and information regarding the ongoing projects and initiatives. Monitoring project milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy to project schedule.
communicated and coordinated with production support personnel to ensure key knowledge transfer and ongoing support of deliverable, post project completion.

Provided weekly overview, status, etc. for senior management and stakeholders.
Managed issues and change management to ensure that escalations are kept to a minimum and management is kept informed of changes and jeopardys that may affect the stability of the project.
Coordinated the successful simultaneous development of several projects.
Worked closely with QA Management and, off-shore and on-shore Development teams, reviewing and resolving outstanding Functional defects.
Initiated and managed User Acceptance Testing for the usability of the applications, by submitting a defect list to the QA Management and Development team for a quick resolution.
Managed and scheduled deployment of the application to clients users on scheduled day and time, working closely with all impacted applications and groups.

2000 -  2001
Program ManagerConfiguration Manager

Created team Intranet web page for the dissimulation of team information to the Accenture and amp ; BellSouth communities.
Managed configuration and release information for 100+ applications on the ITE testbed. In addition managed configuration and release information for the CAVE testbed and production environment.
and amp ; #61607 ; Assisted with the CMM Level II process, validating that each team member places all completed documentation onto the Documentum server.
and amp ; #61607 ; A member of the group that implemented the processes for CMM Level III.
Interfaced daily with system testers and developers for current and future release information.

Facilitated weekly team meetings gathering status reports and submitting a streamlined team status to upper management.
Facilitated weekly TCCB meetings with key stakeholders and vendor contacts.
Maintained release and configuration information on the CMR Access database.
Dissimulated release and configuration information daily to the Accenture and amp ; BellSouth stakeholders, following up with a weekly report to all TCCB team members.
Designed and implemented several Intranet sites for internal departments.

1999 -  1999
Project Manager

Member of the BellSouth Cellular Project Management Conversion Team concentration was BSCS Rating, Roaming and Inventory Billing Modules.
Prepared business analyst for the conversion of DCS, BSCS application, to BellSouths Cellular CARE billing system.
Managed DCS, BSCS billing system Y2K development and testing.
Managed the development of BSCS Rating and Roaming module requirement documents for development and production using VISIO and MS Project.
Developed and maintained the Project Plan/Schedule to support the successful rollout of all Rating and Roaming projects.

1997 -  1998
Implementation Manager

Education

Miscellaneous

Maintained 5 warehouse sites like Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia, Reno and Chicago with AS400 Warehouse Management support application.
Implementation Manager of 2 new systems into the current Warehouse Manager environment. These new systems included UPS Singapore warehouse.
On daily calls with clients from all 5 warehouses, reviewing delivery schedules and the reviewing of milestones.

Met weekly with clients, providing status and timeline updates. Addressed and reviewed issues and concerns.

Produced preliminary Architecture Diagram, Cost Model, Budget and Project Plan for new projects. Using VISIO, MS Office and MS Project to as my work tools.
Automated warehouse functionality through the implementation and integration of IS resources for several major client.

Produced and maintained detailed project plans to include work breakdown structure, resource allocations, major milestones, timelines and system design for the implementation of IS related warehouse managed systems.

Managed and developed project cost models tracking planned against accruals, external goods and services, in-house labor by cost center using Activity Base Costing and other costing methods as required.
Interfaced with external customers and internal user community for systems planning for each customer.
Provided initial investigations define functional user requirements and analyzed and defined the external system design for on-going projects.

Extension Program

Business Marketing/English Literature

Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California1979 - 1980
English Literature