Experience

Neos Consulting Group

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. IT Project Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  • Responsible for working directly with agency leadership to ensure that policy, procedures and directives are in-line with the mission goals of the agency and/or federal/state legislation.• Manage the strategic planning of federal/state mandated projects.• Subject matter expert on ERP Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for all of Ohio Jobs and Family Services.• Track team progress and velocity through Agile Project Management Tool (Team Foundation Server).• Directly accountable/responsible for successful project delivery of consulting engagements, including implementation, upgrade, and/or extension of existing applications.• Leading numerous Jobs and Family Services (JFS) cross-functional teams to drive business related projects to fruition. • Manage and preform the process of Statement of Work (SOW) and contract creation to secure new and follow-up work.• Responsible for understanding business objectives and processes and translating them into system and process requirements and the manage project to obtain those objectives.• Identify and manage overall project dependencies and ensure deliverables stay on-time, on-target, and on-budget.• Responsible for interpreting federal and state laws and regulations to ensure compliance.



Loblolly Consulting

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. IT Project Manager

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2018

  • Led DFPS Adult Protective Services (APS) in their technical expansion surrounding increased investigative scope and jurisdiction granted by Texas Senate Bill 1880. • Managed the analysis and testing of the eTravel application for DFPS and assisted in enterprise-wide roll out.• Responsible for the analysis of The Employee Misconduct Registry business processes, system functionality, and organizational structure to identify initiatives that could improve the integrity and management of The EMR DB.• Identified, assessed, and documented EMR data analysis, business requirements and functional specifications, recommending business priorities, and advising the business on options, risks, and costs versus benefits of various solutions. • Responsible for documenting the as-is/to-be system level process and the EMR/IMPACT Interface analysis for the Adult Protective Services State Office.• Established new processes to improve the timeliness and reduce errors involved with EMR Due Process.• Developed training documents & delivered end user training sessions in support of the Production rollout.• Conducted regular status meetings with the executive team to ensure adherence to DFPS/HHSC standards • Responsible for analyzing, designing and testing on DFPS custom applications such as eTravel, EMR, IMPACT, OneCase, and other DFPS applications including data warehouses, batch processes, and external interfaces.



AMD

• France
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. IT Project Manager/Sr. Business Architect

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Responsible for understanding business needs to analyze performance and user behavior on AMD’s web sites and ensure effective capture and accessibility of KPI data to business stakeholders.• Directed, trained and mentored cross-functional teams of 20-100 on projects to increase growth, performance and capacity cost-effectively in existing environment.• Managed incoming work requests (including new builds, changes and modifications, and problem fixes), analyzed and delegated requests and managed a team of onshore and offshore contractors.• Responsible for establishing and integrating documentation and process standards when necessary.• Established business requirements and designed technical solutions that met enterprise architecture standards including documenting all solution components and configurations.• Established traceability between requirements and application architecture/design. • Worked with delivery teams to ensure that all solutions met business needs, architecture standards, were delivered within customer time lines and supported after deployment.• Developed solution cost case by identifying and gathering all solution cost points including labor, software, hardware and other non-standard items.• Responsible for Engineering implementations, including application installations and upgrades, fulfilling customer requests, and coordinating change management



The Persimmon Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. IT Project Manager

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  • Led and mentored TWC staff on the value and implementation of goal-based metrics and use cases in functional analysis and project planning.• Defined new processes and provided leadership and mentoring to staff and contractors on tools and techniques for model driven architecture.• Coached teammates on workflow analysis and identification of business and system boundaries. • Responsible for understanding and documenting business process as-is and system level processes for the Application Development and Maintenance teams.• Conducted JAD sessions with executive stakeholders, subject matter experts and end users for multiple business programs and applications.• Defined the Business Process Model and Data Process Models. Developed Web Page Mock-Ups using Rational Rose and MS Visio for reviews with business stakeholders and teams.• Identified and documented Issues, Risks and Gaps between business needs and technical solutions and provided recommendations and alternatives.• Created specialized Visio templates for teams to improve their effectiveness in business and functional analysis when developing workflows, use case models, and state transition diagrams. • Identified Use Cases from the requirements. Created UML Diagrams including Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs).

• Sr. Project Manager/Sr. Business Architect

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Assisted in the management of the corporate application portfolio; supporting selection, development and delivery of enterprise (out of the box) as well as, custom line of business applications and systems.• Managed the identification and analysis of business requirements tied to portfolio project efforts.• Initiated and managed meetings for both managers and executives; designed to establish a connection with stakeholders and facilitate cross-functional decision making while adhering to operational deadlines.• Oversight of process governance to include generation of reports ensuring transparency of efforts.• Actively identify opportunities that drive strategic improvement and alignment within the engineering and business communities at AMD.• Responsible for tracking the status of operational processes; including maintenance of scorecards and dashboard reports.• Responsible for documenting as-is business level process and identifying known gaps. • Established policies to evaluate and govern financial reporting and collection procedures.• Conducted regular portfolio reviews with relationship managers and/or project managers to ensure adherence to methodology and stage gates / governance.• Analyzed web-site behavior to support user experience optimization efforts.• Configured website analytics platform and supported implementation of tagging and other tracking parameters to measure performance.• Actively lead continuous improvement efforts for IT project methodology, processes, and governance.



ARC Systems

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

• Director of Business Development

  • Dec 2004 - Aug 2009

  • Interfaced with client’s executive team to define project requirements and translate business objectives into tactical plans and statements of work.• Coordinated with stakeholders to determine user/business/functional requirements. Created vision, scope, and use case documents; business process models, activity diagrams, and state chart diagrams.• Generated and managed schedules, project plans, resource requirements, risk assessments and budgets for multiple programs.• Managed new product developments from concept through implementation.• Responsible for proposal and SOW response and delivery, staff recruitment, training & management, pipeline management, underwriter relations, compliance, and systems implementation. • Designed to order client specific software that will implement and deploy automation technology to enhance workflow, streamline data transfer and accelerate the Open-To-Funding chain.• Maintain development site for user acceptance testing, while concurrently running in house quality assurance, in support of launch to production.• Designed and implemented, on a per client basis, course curriculum and product content for rollout of Loan Finder Express and LendTech.