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BairdInformation Technology Project Manager
Jun. 2022At Baird, Inc., for the Corporate Resource Group IT team Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Managing larger IT projects for the Delta Force team, including working with outside vendors and also other Baird business and IT teams. We support the Marketing & Communications, and also the Financial Risk Management business units. - Projects included successfully managing 3 Azure AI implementations; the FMG-CRM integration; a new Financial Risk application installation (APEX); and served as team lead on 2 Baird acquisition conversions (HT & Strategas). - Awarded Assistant Vice President title in February, 2025 - Organized and compiled the process improvement efforts for the Team
FISPlanning Manager
Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2022At FIS, Inc., on the BMO Harris IT Account Team Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Tracking and prioritization of all incoming work requests - Communications liaison with BMO regarding plan team progress on items in the work queue - Compilation of plan team reporting, both internally and externally - Forecasting of work efforts for the Plan team
FISDelivery Manager
Feb. 2019 - Feb. 2022At FIS, Inc., on the BMO Harris Account Team (through Tek Systems consulting) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Completing Project Risk and Do-ability Assessments for Channels and also some Systematics projects - Managing a portfolio of projects from Initiation through Warranty for the Account. This includes managing to the schedule, requirements traceability, and the project financials - Adhering to the processes established by BMO for FIS project delivery on the Account
Kohl'sTechnical Project Manager
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019At Kohl's, Inc., Kohl’s Technology Division (through TEK Systems consulting) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Planning activities related to the conversion and integrations technical work streams for an internal Oracle ERP implementation - Coordinating technical development activities with the Kohl’s, Oracle and Deloitte project resources - Overseeing the Kohl’s Project Managers directly responsible for managing the system development resources for the implementation
FISProgram Manager
Jul. 2016 - Oct. 2018At FIS, Inc., ACH Division (through Tek Systems consulting) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Planning & managing the migration of 250 bank customers to the new ACH platform. This includes overseeing the completion of the prerequisite projects to prepare the customer base for that migration. - Overseeing the conversion analyst activity on the current platform, providing project management consultation over their work - Develop and managed the new processes for compliance activities
Ashley FurnitureSenior Project Manager
Jan. 2016 - Jul. 2016At Ashley Furniture, in the Stores Division (through Tek Systems consulting) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Interviewed and made hiring recommendations to management on the software development contractor team that was built - Managed a team of 5 developers, who completed a set of system enhancements to the point-of-sale systems used throughout all Ashley Furniture stores. Planned and managed the implementation activities for the code releases into the stores
FISSenior Information Technology Project Manager
Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2015At FIS, Inc., Consumer eBanking Division (through Stratagem Consulting) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Managing a project portfolio of 4-7 projects concurrently, totaling 15,000-20,000 of project hours, and 30-50 resources - Working directly with Banks on client Funded projects on a regular basis, and also handling critical security and strategic projects - Providing both funded and capitalizable forecasts for my portfolio every month - Handling the logistical challenges of working with both onshore and offshore resources, with most projects a mixture of both
Kohl'sSenior Information Technology Project Manager
Nov. 2012 - Aug. 2013At Kohl's Corporation, eCommerce Division (through Apex Systems, Inc. consulting) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - A 4,000 hour project that involved monetizing the Kohl’s eComm website. This entailed vendor integration to display both text advertisements and banner display ads on Kohls.com. Total project team managed was 12 people, and the ROI for the project is $5-10M per year. The initial implementation was successful in February 2013 and the second is in process for May. - Enhancements to the Kohls.com Gifting Listing functionality. This involved feature functionality changes, along with some production fixes. Successful implementations occurred in both January and April 2013. - A 26,000 hour infrastructure project for the upgrade of the Gigaspaces software to handle the Kohls.com activity against the inventory, orders and offers grids in the Kohl’s datacenters. This project also includes coordinating load testing of Kohls.com against 2013 peak season sales projections. The project team consists of 30 resources.
FISApplication Project Manager
Aug. 2010 - Apr. 2011At FIS, Inc. (ACH System Application) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Contributed to all ACH system development resource planning and scheduling for all projects for a system application that moved $2.3 trillion annually for over 400 banking customers - Lead project manager for ACH system development projects (both mainframe and web application), managing 5+ projects concurrently - Initiated quality process improvements for the development team, including standardizing documentation; improving test plans; tighter coordination of implementation schedule and a new verification process - Coached/mentored junior level project managers and consultants in the group - Managed a team of 8 direct reports
Metavante, Inc. / FIS, Inc.Application Project Manager
Jul. 2008 - Aug. 2010At Metavante, Inc. / FIS, Inc. (Medical Payments System Application) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Completed all system development resource planning and scheduling for all projects on the application - Lead project manager for all medium and large system development projects (both mainframe and web application), managing 5-8 projects concurrently - Directed completion of system development Ballpark Estimates for Metavante/FIS clients - Instituted quality improvements that lead to a 65% reduction in system defects - Assessed project risk for the FIS/Metavante PMO group - Managed team of direct reports (4 Programmer Analysts)
MetavanteApplication Project Manager
Oct. 2006 - Jul. 2008At Metavante, Inc. (Medical Payments System Application) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Participated in system development resource planning and scheduling for all projects on the medical payment systems application - Project manager for most medium and large system development projects (both mainframe and web application), managing 5-8 projects concurrently - Assisted in completing the system development Ballpark Estimates for Metavante clients - Assessed project risk for the Metavante PMO group
MetavanteSenior Business Analyst
May. 2005 - Oct. 2006At Metavante, Inc. (Medical Payments System Application) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Defined scope with the client and completed the Project Plan for new implementations - Developed and managed the project schedule and deliverables for Metavante resources, external vendors, TPA’s, the sponsoring bank, and the client - Implemented standard project plan template to help establish implementation targets
HumanaProject Manager
Aug. 2004 - Apr. 2005At Humana, Inc. (Individual Medical Segment) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Worked with business sponsors to define and develop project charter, project scope for new state product launches and product enhancements for the medical segment rate quoting software - Developed project schedule, timelines, and managed project resources - Lead project manager for the Segment - Managed team of direct reports (2 Project Analysts)
Assurant Health InsuranceSystem Implementation Manager
Jan. 2002 - Aug. 2004At Assurant Health Insurance (Individual Medical Product Line) Responsibilities/Accomplishments: - Worked with business sponsors and IT to define and develop project scope for rating system projects (mainframe and software) for business totaling $1B of premium - Developed project schedule for rating system projects, and managed project resources - Lead rate testing effort for both mainframe and software changes, and implemented automated testing improvements to cut testing efforts in half - Managed team of direct reports (3 Programmer Analysts)
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