Michael Martin, PMP

Instructor and Lecturer at PM Training School
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Rajnish Suri, PMP

It was nice to mentor Michael during a Certification Preparation Network (CPN). By earning the PMP, he showed he is persistent and is a results oriented person. It is pleasure to work with Michael and compliment that he is a person of detail and meticulous. During facilitation of the CPN for local PMI chapter in 2015 his close follow through has shown positive results.

Roger Goodman

I recently had the opportunity to commend Michael for some recent work, leading and mentoring other project professionals to their PMI credentials. Here it is: Michael, thank you for taking the lead in this BECA CPN. Your attention to detail and decisive follow-up has led to early successes at the exams. The innovations introduced have had positive feedback too. Thank you for being willing to step in and step up. Roger Goodman PMP Professional Development PMI Northern New Zealand Chapter

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Credentials

  • PMP - Project Management Professional
    Project Management Institute
    Jul, 2014
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • PM Training School
    • United States
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Instructor and Lecturer
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      Conduct on-line and in-person classes for project managers who wish to sit certification exams for the Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or professional certifications given by the Project Management Institute (PMI). This role includes lectures as well as one-on-one coaching of students. The goal, is for students to master the material in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) or other ANSI Standards published by PMI, in preparation for certification exams.

  • Project Management Institute
    • United States
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Instructor and facilitator for the Certification Preparation Network (CPN)
      • Jul 2014 - Present

      Conduct weekly classes for project managers who wish to sit the Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam. This role includes lectures as well as one-on-one coaching of students. The goal, is for students to master the material in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), in preparation for the certification exam. Conduct weekly classes for project managers who wish to sit the Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam. This role includes lectures as well as one-on-one coaching of students. The goal, is for students to master the material in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), in preparation for the certification exam.

  • TANZ eCampus
    • Facilitator – On-line Instruction, Project Management
      • Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

      As a Facilitator, I was responsible for directing students and learners in self-directed study, to earn course credits in Project Management, so that they may ultimately earn a New Zealand Certificate in Project Management (Level 4) (an NZQA qualification). My responsibilities included: * Leading on-line discussions of course material * Timely feedback and guidance to learners as required * Grading, assessment and critique of projects and homework submitted by learners * Evaluation of course content and effectiveness, and recommendations for improvement

  • StayinFront
    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Program Manager
      • 2007 - 2012

      In this position I was responsible for managing software development projects for six development teams within Research and Development. Duties included: * Creating project schedules for development projects, using Microsoft Project. Preparing time and cost estimates for executive management approval, before project work commenced. * Managing the development and testing effort of each project, from the development of specifications through to final delivery of the product to the customer base. This required co- ordination with other project teams within Research and Development, as well as with the Product Quality Assurance department, once the project had been delivered for acceptance testing. All projects were managed in accordance with a quality management systems, in compliance with ISO 9003 and GAMP (Good Automated Manufacturing Practice). * Managing the development, testing and delivery of user-requested patches to the Technical Support department, for delivery to the customer base. * Initiating and responding to Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) reports whenever deviations from company procedures took place. * Training project team members on new and modified procedures within the company Quality System.

  • Advance Retail Techhnology, Ltd.
    • Help Desk Manager
      • Aug 2005 - Mar 2007

      The Help Desk at Advance Retail provides second-line application support to customers for the Advance Retail Point of Sale (POS) and Back Office products. The types of calls handled by the Desk involve debugging data flows, and investigating functional failures of the product (e.g., a promotion Page 2 of 5that does not register at all tills in a store). Many of the calls involve network and SQL database administration issues, which the analysts resolve in conjunction with the customers' IT staff. My duties included: * Managing a staff of 8 application support analysts. * Scheduling and prioritising calls * Assigning calls to analysts according to level of difficulty and the skill of the analysts. * Managing overall work flow and queue of calls.

  • Retail Expertise, Ltd
    • Operations Manager
      • Nov 2003 - Jun 2005

      Retail Expertise, Ltd (now defunct) was a software development company, specializing in the retail clothing industry. Its flagship product was a combination Point-Of-Sale and Stock Management system called Management2000. My responsibilities included: • Scheduling and managing the work of three software developers, for custom software development and maintenance to Management2000 • Schedule the work of support staff, for customer site visits and installations and upgrades of Management2000 • Invoice customers for upgrades, installations and custom software development. Create quotes and estimates of work for the above. • Manage the company’s Help Desk • Assist in collections of overdue and delinquent accounts. My most significant accomplishments at Retail Expertise were: • Reduced the number of problem tickets outstanding on any one given day from over 100 down to 25-30. • Upgraded the company’s invoicing process, to make invoices to customers more specific, and matched the contents of invoices to an on-line database, so customers could audit invoices in real time, thereby reducing disputes over invoices. • Performed an audit of the company’s records, and identified approximately $20,000 worth of unbilled work, which I subsequently billed to the customers.

  • Bosauder Computer Consulting, Ltd.
    • Software Programmer
      • Jul 2003 - Nov 2003

      Bosauder Computer Consulting is a computer service company, specialising in the needs of small businesses. I rewrote and updated a quotation management system for use by the construction industry. The development platform was Borland Delphi and Paradox on Windows 98 and XP. . In this role, I was responsible for redesigning the database into proper third-normal form. Also, I started work on a generic engineering equation builder, to allow construction engineers to calculate the area and weight of parts and components of any desired shape, for use in costing calculations. (This effort was later discontinued by the company) Bosauder Computer Consulting was not able to pay a salary or any stipend for this work. My work was strictly on a “contingency fee” basis, with the understanding that if this product was successful in the marketplace, then I would have received a share of the profits.

  • Advanced Management Systems, Ltd.
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Application Programmer
      • Mar 2001 - May 2003

      AMS is a software development company, specialising in HR and Insurance applications. My primary responsibilities were modification and support of AMPS based insurance systems for Sovereign Insurance Company, one of AMS’ major clients. I also supported accounting systems for several of AMS’ smaller clients. I also helped to create on-line documentation for AMS’ HR package (LEADER), using RoboHELP. Also, I provided application training for personnel at Catholic Schools Board, Ltd., an AMS client.

  • Southern Cross Health Society
    • New Zealand
    • Insurance
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Contract Programmer
      • May 1999 - Dec 2000

      I worked at Southern Cross on Y2K remediation of their legacy computer systems. Other responsibilities included: • Data Centre Migration to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) • Production Support – I provided on-going support for production problems and minor modifications to jobs and batch and on-line programs. • Special Programming Projects – performed database analysis and development for extensions to functions of legacy systems I worked at Southern Cross on Y2K remediation of their legacy computer systems. Other responsibilities included: • Data Centre Migration to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) • Production Support – I provided on-going support for production problems and minor modifications to jobs and batch and on-line programs. • Special Programming Projects – performed database analysis and development for extensions to functions of legacy systems

  • (Independent Contract Programming)
    • Contract Programmer
      • Apr 1992 - Apr 1999

      During this period, I worked as an independent contract programmer and analyst for manufacturers, banks, retailers and marketing organisations. My work during this period included database analysis and design, programming, and operations support. Details about specific assignments are available upon request. During this period, I worked as an independent contract programmer and analyst for manufacturers, banks, retailers and marketing organisations. My work during this period included database analysis and design, programming, and operations support. Details about specific assignments are available upon request.

  • EDS Group
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Assistant Project Coordinator
      • Oct 1991 - Mar 1992

      In this role, I helped to close down down EDS' Houston Information Processing Centre (IPC) and transfer its workload intact to the Plano IPC. My responsibilities included maintenance of projectschedules, cancellation of leases, development of migration and test plans, and scheduling thedelivery of hardware to Plano.

    • Technical Operations Specialist
      • Feb 1991 - Oct 1991

      My responsibilities in this role were to:• Chair the Information POricessing Center's Technical Advisory Committee (Blue Team). This committee reviewed all internal projects for proper planning and technical feasibility.• Design the method for developing the Houston IPC's five year strategic plan.• Perform measurements and tuning on mainframe performance.• Evaluat and certifiy the Anacomp XFP 2000 microfiche system on behalf of EDScorporate headquarters.

    • Systems Software Engineer - Online Database Systems
      • Jan 1989 - Mar 1991

      In this role, I was responsible for upgrades, maintenance, tuning, and RTI for 7 IDMS and 1 CA-DISPATCH on-line regions. Also used OMEGAMON and PreAlert to tune the systems, and performed SYSGEN's on IMS regions, and assisted in tuning the regions.

    • Database Administrator
      • Nov 1987 - Dec 1988

      In this role, I designed, reorganised and tuned application databases (in an IDMS environment) for Enron's Gas Pipeline Group. Duties included:• Maintaining IDMS data dictionaries and migrating ADS/O applications to production.• Reviewing physical database designs for a large IDMS development project.• Providing technical assistance to applications staff on IDMS software problems.• Restructuring IDMS databases.

  • Camco oilfield services
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Systems Analyst
      • Mar 1984 - Nov 1987

      My first assignment was to lead an 18-month project to convert Camco’s manufacturing systems to IDMS in a VM/VSE environment, with CICS as the TP system. Subsequently, I was responsible for all sales and marketing systems for Camco, as well as accounting systems for subsidiaries, with two programmers reporting to me. During this time, I converted accounting systems for Mexican and Venezuelan subsidiaries from IBM System/3 to System/36. This involved extended stays in Mexico City and Maracaibo, Venezuela.

  • KPMG US
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Consultant
      • Nov 1982 - Mar 1984

      As a consultant with Peat Marwick, I worked on two assignments: • Long-term contract at the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) to rewrite and upgrade their Vehicle Maintenance System. • From 11/82 to 3/83, designed and developed IMS DB programs for ARCO's Consolidated Oil Accounting and Royalty System (COARS). As a consultant with Peat Marwick, I worked on two assignments: • Long-term contract at the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) to rewrite and upgrade their Vehicle Maintenance System. • From 11/82 to 3/83, designed and developed IMS DB programs for ARCO's Consolidated Oil Accounting and Royalty System (COARS).

  • Baker Hughes
    • Norway
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Contract Programmer
      • Mar 1980 - Nov 1982

      As a contract programmer at Baker Packers (now Baker Hughes), I was responsible for the programming, implementation, and subsequent upgrading of the firm's sales forecasting systems. As a contract programmer at Baker Packers (now Baker Hughes), I was responsible for the programming, implementation, and subsequent upgrading of the firm's sales forecasting systems.

  • Bethlehem Steel
    • United States
    • Facilities Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Contract Programmer
      • Feb 1979 - Mar 1980

      At Bethlehem Steel Corporation, I programmed and tested an IMS based Production, Budgeting and Control system for all Bethlehem Steel coal mines. Also, I maintained and debugged an existing Standard Engineering Cost system for the company's contract with the People's Republic of China. All work at Bethlehem Steel was according to the Yourdon/Constantine design methodology. At Bethlehem Steel Corporation, I programmed and tested an IMS based Production, Budgeting and Control system for all Bethlehem Steel coal mines. Also, I maintained and debugged an existing Standard Engineering Cost system for the company's contract with the People's Republic of China. All work at Bethlehem Steel was according to the Yourdon/Constantine design methodology.

Education

  • Project Management Institute, New Zealand Chapter
    Project Management Training - Certification Preparation Network, PMP Certification (July 2014)
    2013 - 2014
  • University of Houston-Downtown
    Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance / Marketing
    1989 - 1991
  • American University
    B.S. in Technology of Management, Computer Science / Business Administration
    1976 - 1979
  • PMI NZ CPN @ Beca 2015

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