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Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 15 years of business and IT experience in
Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence, Business Development, Software
Development and Quality Assurance
Strong leadership, entrepreneurial, analytical and problem solving skills honed through years of working
in all types of organizations, from small start-ups to large corporations
Experienced in all phases of Project Management including project initiation, planning and design,
executing (leading on site and overseas development teams), monitoring and controlling, and project
closing (implementation and post-implementation support).
Managed projects involving local as well as remote overseas development teams successfully
Strong entrepreneurial drive demonstrated in starting multiple corporations in a wide variety of industries
Solid background in the entire software development life cycle (SDLC) as a developer before moving into
business analysis and project management roles
Technical strengths include leading projects using Waterfall and Agile software development
methodologies.
Master of Business Administration, Bachelor in Computer Engineering
WORK EXPERIENCE
Kaizen Technologies, Inc.
Leapfrog Online
Provided Delivery Management for cross-functional teams using Agile processes to deliver projects in
Internet Marketing utilizing Business Intelligence (BI) for desktop, tablet and mobile experiences
Accountable for a portfolio of initiatives/projects for multiple delivery teams, which involved
communicating the project vision, objectives, and status across the organization as well as mitigating risks and
managing issues that arise
Assessed delivery metrics to improve teams' processes and implemented process changes
Coached internal and external teams on Agile Processes
Led daily stands (Agile Scrum) for multiple teams
Analyzed and documented teams throughput and shared with business leadership
Sears Holdings, Inc.
Provided Senior Project Management/Program Management/Delivery Management services for mobile
technologies in the retail industry, including mobile web and applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android
mobile devices
Identified and reduced bottlenecks in the software development process for faster project implementation,
including in project intake, project estimation, coordination between user experience design and business
IT Specialist/Project Manager
Allstate Insurance
Business Analyst
Responsible for proactively building working relationships with business partners to identify
opportunities for improvement
Interacted with business stakeholders to elicit and verify business requirements through formal and
informal sessions; ask probing questions to promote full understanding of the scope and scale of the
business needs
Translated business requirements into functional and technical requirements, test plans and training
materials; conducted formal and informal training sessions
Actively participated in creating project estimates, cost benefit analysis, and the work plan; tracked
progress to plan and adjusted approach to maintain commitments
OnPar Technologies
Managed overseas development team by determined appropriate software architecture and communicated
requirements, followed by quality assurance testing
Gathered business and functional requirements to write documents such as the business plan, marketing
material, memorandum of understanding for joint partnerships, and technical specifications for software
developers
Consulted with client companies to identify end-user needs and customized technology solutions to meet
those needs
Assisting in establishing and overseeing the execution of a comprehensive marketing strategy to increase
the customer base
Played a prominent role in the development of the strategic business plan to advance the mission and
operational goals. Ensured that all administrative, financial and planning functions of the organization
were performed at a high level of proficiency, thereby minimizing time and cost expenditure
Assisted in developing and directing the accomplishment of objectives, procedures, and work standards
for the organization
Programmer/Analyst III
Assumed key development and leadership role in the design, development, implementation and
maintenance of unbilled minutes' functionality into the Interactive Voice Response system (IVR) which
allowed customers to access minutes usage data through Computer Telephony Integration (CTI).
Defined high level designs and detailed program specifications that met the set of requirements for the
project. Acted as technical team leader for new development and enhancement
Performed necessary analysis steps in application development including defining system scope and
objectives through research, and fact-finding with others to develop an over-the-air activation system for
cell phone users. Aided in completing significant portions of system analysis and design
Development of code, testing, and preparation of technical documentation for new reporting system.
Provided assistance in training technical support staff on new functionality and on-going application
support
OverX, Inc.
Software Developer
Developed programs in Java, JavaServer Pages, XML, C, and JavaScript for software development to
demonstrate core technologies, as well as added further functionality in C and Java to existing software
Chief designer and programmer of High Availability technology to server through the use of a NAT
(Network Address Translation) and clustering solution, written in C
Programmed a servlet written in Java and web data written in JSP and HTML to develop a web site that
demonstrated the company's core technologies. Demo coded for use in an interactive manner by potential
customers over the internet
Programmed a data retrieval servlet in Java to retrieve data in XML format from server and display in a
user-friendly and interactive manner. Data display using JSP, CSS and XSLT style sheets used in order to
convert data from XML to HTML for ease of display on web browsers
Tested advanced technologies using DegaGnu testing software
Connect, Inc.
Software Engineer
COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages: PHP,C#, Java, C/C++, ProC, JSP (Java Server Pages), JavaScript, XML, HTML, XSLT, CSS,
SQL, Shellscript, Tcl, MC68000 Assembly Language, FORTRAN, BASIC
Operating Systems: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista & 7, Macintosh OS X, UNIX (Solaris), Linux (Redhat)
Software: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, FrontPage, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio),
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Visio, JBuilder 4, Code Warrior 4, PowerBuilder 7.0, Microsoft Visual J++
6.0 and 1.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and 1.52, Borland C++, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0,
Mathematica, Matlab
EDUCATION
Project Management Institute
Project Management Professional certification
Awarded May 2009
DePaul University
Masters of Business Administration
Awarded December 2005, GPA: 3.76/4.0
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Awarded May 1999