Lourdes Mae Palafox
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Credentials
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Foundation Certificate in Agile
BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITAug, 2020- Oct, 2024
Experience
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ShoreTrade
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Australia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Product Development
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Jul 2022 - Present
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Station Five
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Australia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Nov 2020 - Jul 2022
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Integrated Dental Marketing (IDM)
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Australia
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Feb 2019 - Nov 2020
Handling various projects for over 15 clients in Australia; delivering website creation & software implementation, marketing campaigns and print materials, PPC and SEO initiatives. Coordinating human resources from in-house team to off-shore resources. ● Conduct User Acceptance Testing for all website and software development ● Conduct meetings with clients to coordinate business requirements ● Closeout projects and liaise between customer and designers/developers ● Report and escalate to management as needed ● Manage project plans - delivering on time, within budget, and scope ● Ensure updated and complete project documentation Show less
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Hoosh
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Australia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Project Manager
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Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
Dealt with various marketing automation projects such as 2-way SMS, Email Template Builder and CRM Integrations. ● Conduct regular meetings with ongoing clients to coordinate project ● Closeout projects and liaise between the customer and delivery consultants/developers ● Manage resources - both in-house and on the client-side ● Report and escalate to management as needed ● Create and manage project plans - delivering on time, within budget, and scope ● Ensure updated and complete project documentation Show less
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Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
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Philippines
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager and User Acceptance Tester
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Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
Handled projects and end-to-end user testing for large banking software projects such as Base24 ATM (Debit EMV Cards), Payments System (merchant bills payment and money transfer), FORS (money wire transfer via swift) and BizLink (Online and mobile banking app for corporate clients). ● Coordinate with business users and the technical IT team to create business requirements for projects and system enhancements - Conducts detailed business analysis and prepares requirement specifications - Assess the system to provide a solution to address the business requirements ● In charge of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Environment - Executes UAT testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing - Prepares test plan, test estimates, test completion report and daily progress report - Performs manual testing for web-based applications and backend CICS applications - Track and manage defects and ensures project is on schedule - Performs post UAT training for users, prepares documentation and user training manual ● Provides production issue investigation, coordinates with IT personnel for resolution and with the business ● Planning, organizing, controlling and directing the project activities throughout the system development life cycle to ensure smooth and timely implementation of the project ● Documentation for system enhancements, projects, and other system-related documents Show less
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DXC Technology
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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AS400 Developer Analyst
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Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
Developed the backend system for Group Personal Accident & Inland Transit for the Business Pack Insurance. I also developed Travel insurance for QBE Asia Pacific. I was tasked to head the development of the XML printing for Dialogue and XML metadata for OCS document storage and Frontend systems document retrieval. ● Coordinate with the client from across Asia for system development and maintenance ● Analysing business requirements, identifying solutions and developing designs ● Execute program coding within the schedule ● Conduct unit testing and regression testing - Prepares test script, test estimates, test completion report - Performs unit testing for web-based applications and backend CICS applications ● Ensure completeness of build artifacts e.g. technical specification document, proof of testing and others ● Participates in SIT and UAT for Maintenance Requests or Incident Resolutions assigned to the team ● Resolves production issues relating to system development implementation Show less
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QBE Insurance
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Australia
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Cobol Mainframe Developer
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Jun 2011 - Mar 2014
Part of the Mainframe Cobol team that built Elders Farm Insurance Product for QBE Australia. ● Coordinate with users and Australian counterparts for system development and maintenance ● Execute program coding within the schedule ● Conduct unit testing and regression testing - Prepares test script, test estimates, test completion report - Performs unit testing for web-based applications and backend CICS applications ● Ensure completeness of build artifacts e.g. technical specification, proof of testing and others ● Participates in SIT and UAT for Maintenance Requests or Incident Resolutions assigned to the team ● Resolves production issues relating to system development implementation Show less
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Associate IT Specialist
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May 2008 - May 2011
Built and support batch legs for Automated ATM Reconciliation System automatically identifies suspect undispensed/undebited ATM transactions done using BPI’s ATMs. The system generates reports such as Cash Balancing, Items for Reconciliation for all ATM transactions daily. ● Provides production support (on-call and/or on-site) 24/7 depending on the criticality of the issue ● Resolves production issues and ensures application availability ● Codes and develops Mainframe programs based on specifications provided by the supervisor within the schedule ● Documentation of system enhancement, user manual, and Audit review Show less
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Education
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Kent Institute Australia
Project Management -
University of Santo Tomas
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics major in Actuarial Science