Experience

NYC Department of Finance

• Sr. Manager



NYC Department of Finance

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sr. Director - Project Management Office

  • Mar 2011 - Present

  Recruited to build a PMO (Project Management Office) within the Department of Finance’s IT organization. Entrusted to develop policies and procedures as well as changing the current culture into one where efficiency and proficiency are the norm. Work with the CIO and DoF Executive Management to turn around the current perception of IT and help to align the organization with the CIO’s vision. Published the PMO Charter, which outlined the guiding principles under which the PMO would operate, where one such principal is that the PMO is the Center of Excellence. Since joining FIT (Finance Information Technology), the PMO has grown by adding Project Managers who are PMP certified, Business Analysts and a Portfolio Managers. Show less



NYC Department Of Sanitation

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Project Management Office

  • 2007 - Mar 2011

  • Initiated, organized and developed the PMO (Project Management Office) within the IT Department. Introduced streamlined policies and procedures which helped to reduce unnecessary rework and increased communication and collaboration between IT and the business. • Initiated move toward a distributive platform and away from the legacy mainframe applications. • Responsible for the day-to-day support and development of all applications, ranging from mainframe to web based, used by the various business units within Sanitation. • Supervised teams consisting of Project Managers, Architects, Software Developers, DBA’s, Trainers, and Consultants. Served as liaison for the various development project teams and coordinated contractor efforts. Provided leadership and guidance to staff and defined the strategic direction for the development of applications. Monitored and measured staff performance and provided mentoring and guidance in the strategic direction of the agency. • Worked with the user community as a Business Analyst to define system modifications and new enhancements. Fostered and maintained excellent relationships within the Agency as well as with other City Agencies on joint projects. • Developed project plans and controls for the development of new systems. Prepared staffing plans and developed budget estimates to present to stakeholders for approval. • Reviewed all project deliverables and provided written responses indicating acceptance or rejection of projected deliverables, noting required modifications as necessary. Ensured deliverables were met on time and within budget and that quality met or exceeded customer expectations. • Implemented firm turnover processes to ensure high quality application deployment with a lower deficiency rate. Show less



NYC Citywide Administrative Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Deputy Director

  • 2003 - 2007

  • Responsible for processing a variety of personnel systems, primarily dealing with applications and exams. Frequently this work was tied in with Payroll Management System (PMS), Department of Information & Technology (DoITT) and the Financial Information Services Agency (FISA). • Chaired high-level meetings with NYPD management and various DCAS directors to review Agency’s systems needs, and how best to accomplish the requirements in the most efficient manner within the business rules. Many cases involved RAD methodology, due to the extreme urgency of the requests. • Planned and conducted weekly training sessions regarding methods of efficient code generation, logic and creativity session to increase staff’s problem solving skills. Show less