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Street Address Starlight Drive EMAIL AVAILABLEDahlonega, GA Street Address (706) 867-1395Objective:Upon relocation to Dahlonega I am seeing an local organization which canutilization my 30+ years ofcomprehensive leadership and office procedure skills. Please consider myvast knowledge of the following: web creation and maintenance, payrollupdates and maintenance, audit and procedure adherence, vast knowledge ofwindows applications, relationship building skills, and policy andprocedure creation.Summary of Qualifications:Senior Project Manager with over 30 years experience. Have excellentknowledge of office procedures and office management tools. Havedemonstrating exceptional leadership and project management skills. Haveshown ability to effectively plan, coordinate, and meet deadlines ofmultiple concurrent projects. Exceptionally adept at developing technicaland functional specifications while serving as liaison between businesspartners and technical resources. Have headed numerous enterprise wideprojects in major corporations. Have developed and implemented applicationson diverse hardware platforms and software disciplines. Have demonstratedsuccess in streamlining existing operations via numerous upgrades andimplementations. Have demonstrated exceptional technical and changemanagement skills. Has comprehensive experience in project planning,budgeting and implementing effective cost controls.Highlights of skill sets:High-Profile Corporate Implementations: Have implemented Citigroup Billingapplication on AIX platform, saving the corporation $500,000 in annualoperating costs incurred on VAX system. While at Citigroup installedOracle based Financial Reporting systems and implemented multiple reportingoptions, such as Brio, Hyperion, and Discoverer. Consolidated Time Inc.applications on enterprise software packages, while installing AccountsPayable, Purchasing, Fixed Assets and General Ledger at the corporatelevel. At Tropicana Products lead team in migrating from Burroughs to IBM.As part of this effort was responsible for implementing Accounts Payable,Purchasing, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and General Ledgerapplications. While serving as Director of financial softwareimplementations at Cap Gemini America, was responsible for installingAccounts Payable, Purchasing, and General ledger applications in majorcorporations in the southeast region. At Middle South Utilities lead teamin custom development and implementation of Property Accounting System thatwas installed in 5 operating companies located in 3 states. At Pittsburghand Lake Erie Railroad I was lead financial programmer responsible fordeveloping and implementing custom payroll, tax and facility managementapplications.Staff Structuring and Relocations: Have demonstrated ability to buildstaffs from ground up. Have built financial staffs in major corporations,including Time, Inc. and Citigroup. Consolidated financial processing ontocommon software and platform for Time, Inc. Corporation, moving FinancialIT support from New York to Tampa. Relocated System support staff for A/P,Purchasing, Fixed Assets, General Ledger and Expense Management from NewYork to Tampa for Citigroup. These relocations reduced combined operatingexpenses for Time, Inc. and Citigroup by more than 20 million dollars.Cost Containment Specialist: While at Citigroup lead initiative to reduceGeneral Ledger operating costs. Lead effort to migrate applications to morecost efficient platforms and reduced redundant processes by 7.5 milliondollars over a 5-year period.Recognized for Excellence in Field: Have received numerous awards fordedicated service to employer. The awards include: Citigroup's - Dazzleaward (2000 and 2001); Time Customer Employee of the Quarter - 4thQuarter/1993, 3rd Quarter/1994, and 1st Quarter/1992: Capgemini America -Employee of the Quarter. Technical SkillsSoftware/Hardware/Applications: Client Server, Mainframe, SQL Server, VAX,Unix, CICS, MVS, OS/390, Windows, Oracle, DB2, COBOL, Websphere,Discoverer, Hyperion, Essbase, Brio, SQL, HTML, Microsoft Office Suite,SDLC technologies, PeopleSoft, Geac, Infor, Payroll, General Ledger,Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, Fixed Assets, Taxes,Cost Accounting, Billing, Payroll, Financial Reporting, RegulatoryReporting, Bank Reconciliations12 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCERecent Endeavors: May, 2014 - PresentVolunteerCommunity Helping PlaceDahlonega, GAVolunteer at CHP Thrift Store. Duties include merchandising used clothing,accepting and evaluating donations, maintaining store facilities, assistingcustomers, cash register attendance. Have also served as distribution clerkat CHP Food Bank which serves over 500 families. Most recently receivedCommunity Helping Place Volunteer of the year award.Sub Contractor November, 2014 - March, 2015Liberty Tax ServiceRegistered and passed tax course. Was issued federal PTIN number. Setupcomputer tax software and networking services. Contacted local electriciansfor overhaul of building. Periodically completed tax returns.Other:Project Manager November, 2013 - February 28, 2014VSoft CorporationDuluth, GASevered as Project Manager, heading team of implementation experts.Responsible for implementing payment processing software for majorfinancial institutions. As project manager was responsible for implementingsoftware that provide solutions that reduced costs and maximizedefficiency. As lead, was responsible for building delivery schedules,developing project plans and tracking and resolving issues.Consultant May, 2012 - June, 2013AccentureAtlanta, GAClient: Bank of AmericaProject & Role DescriptionServed as Project Manager on Self-Identified Audit Issue Team. Responsiblefor resolving internal and OCC identified audit issues within prescribedtimeframes.As project manager reviewed internal and OCC related issues for possibleresolutions. Utilizing Bank of America policy and procedures defined issue,identified stakeholders, performed root cause analysis, identifiedremediation approach, built detail project plans, identified milestones,crafted definitions of success, organized project meetings, led JADsessions, presented resolutions to audit and compliance and closed outaudit issues.Client: JP Morgan ChaseProject & Role Description:Served as Project Manager for major conversion project. Lead strategyformation for Real Time Account Maintenance (RTAM) project focused onmigration from legacy IMS to DB2. The goal of the project was to modernizethe operational infrastructure and reduce cost of ownership.Lead conversion effort that required planning around short timeframe. Theoperation was 24/7 with an 8 hour conversion green zone. Planning involvedconverting an excessive amount of data to the DB2 format. Some IMS datapresented challenge as it was in sequential format instead of hieraticalformat. The conversion required setting up standard conversion tools andstaffing resources with required Ab Initio skills. As project managerformatted recommendation to migrate achieved data ahead of actual real-timedata to minimize load/impact on conversion day. Produced plan to solve IMSsequential data problem, produced plan to build proper IMS to DB2associations. Highlighted gap conversion tools and skills required:brought on Ab Initio resources. Delivered integrated conversion strategyand plan which enabled the project team to follow a structured and seamlessapproach to convert a key operational tool in a very short conversionwindow.Sr. Project Manager - Consultant June, 2011 - November, 2011ASAP ConsultingNorcross, GAClient: AT&TServed as PMO Project Manager at AT&T in support of Small Business System(SBS) implementation. Responsible for project plans, system design, SDLCconstruction and issue resolution. Managed meetings and design discussionsfor integration of billing components into SBS framework.Successfully completed System Design documentation for 17 SBS applicationsCompleted testing procedures for billing components of SBS.Completed integration planning and documentation for SBS applications.Senior Project Manager May, 2000 - June, 2011Citigroup, Inc.Tampa, FLHeaded the largest financial support and development group within thecorporate Shared Service Unit structure, with a 40 million dollar budget.Have assembled and built this organization from the ground up. Unit wasresponsible for Retail Banking, CitiMortgage, Citibank, FSB, and Cardsdivisions. The group was responsible for support and processing of over70% of all General Ledger transactions. My organization managed the dailybank close, provides month-end regulatory reporting, supported Bankreconciliations, provided back-end support for billing systems, generatedMIS reporting, and supported Accounts Payable, Purchasing and Fixed AssetsApplications.Supported Financial Applications across diverse platforms including,Server, Mid-Range and Mainframe environments. Supported Peoplesoft, Oracle,Infor (Geac) and custom software applications.Responsible for implementation of Billing and Financial Reportingapplications. Upgraded Infor mainframe General Ledger, Purchasing, FixedAssets and Accounts Payable applications. Installed and upgraded PeoplesoftGeneral Ledger applications.Relocated staff of 22 Financial IT support individuals from New York toTampa. This contributed in a $14 million reduction in operating expenses.Responsible for migration and upgrade of Accounts Payable, Purchasing,General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Bank Reconciliations, Financial Reporting,and Bank Close applications, from New York to Tampa.Responsible for build of Consumer front-end Web Process that allows moreefficient use of DB2 queries. This included the installation of Websphere.This process reduced operating costs by $600,000 annually.Responsible for development and maintenance of Learning and Developmentsystems, in support of Citigroup Financial Systems.Managed numerous conversions, configurations and implementations offinancial systems, acquired via acquisitions, integrating them into theCitigroup mainframe and server based environments.Received Citigroup's Dazzle Award, in 4th quarter 2000 and 2nd quarter2001.Project Manager May, 1992 - May, 2000Time Customer Service, Inc.Tampa, FLResponsible for relocation of Financial IT support staff for Time, Inc fromNew York to Tampa. Built strong local organization that reduced IT supportcosts by 6 million dollars. Financial IT team consisted of 20 individualssupport Accounts Payable. Purchasing, General Ledger, Billing and FixedAssets applications.Consolidated Time Inc's financials into Shared Service Unit under oneplatform and software package. Consolidation represented annual savings ofover $500,000 in software costs.Lead team in implementation of Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Fixed Assets,and General Ledger applications.Managed successful Y2K program converting all of Time Inc's financialsystems, encompassing 9 major world-wide divisions.Reduced production downtime by 90% using new quality and developmentprocedures.Received Time Customer Service Employee of the Quarter Award in 4th Quarter1993, 3rd Quarter 1994, and 1st Quarter 1996.Director of Financial Software Support March, 1991 - May, 1992Capgemini AmericaTampa, FLLead Group in support of financial software implementations in Southeastregion. Major customers included Coca Cola (Purchasing and Accounts Payableinstalls and enhancements), May Company (Purchasing enhancements), Disney(General Ledger implementation), and Anchor Glass (Payroll implementation).Headed group that had focus on installations of financial software insoutheast region.Responsible for implementing General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchasingand Payroll applications in major corporations in southeast region.Award Employee of Year for 1st Quarter 1992Project Manager May, 1987 - March, 1991Tropicana Products, Inc.Bradenton, FLManaged staff of 12 individuals in support of MRP and Financial systems.Headed conversion of systems from Burroughs to IBM. Responsible forinstalling Geac E-series applications, (Accounts Payable, Purchasing, andFinancial Controller). Lead team in implementation of M-series applications(Payroll and General Ledger). Responsible for implementation of AMAPS (Billof Materials and Cost Accounting modules).Managed selection and implementation of Geac Financial Package to on-timedelivery.Conducted Accounts Payable and Purchasing training for key members ofBusiness Team. Setup Training and Development regions and procedures forkey team members.Reduced software downtime from 50% to less than 1%Slashed manual processes by 60% with installation of new software packages.Lead IBM conversion team that lead to retirement of Burroughs, reducingannual operating costs by $750,000.Project Leader March, 1983 - May, 1987Middle South Utilities (Entergy)New Orleans, LAInitially joined Middle South Utilities as Consultant on 1 year assignmentas head of Deferred Tax development. As employee managed staff of 52employees in the development of a 10 million dollar Property AccountingSystem (PAMS). Installed PAMS software in 5 Operating Companies located in3 states. Headed development of Deferred Tax System. Played key role information of Middle South's Software Marketing Division, Electec, whichsold PAMS software. Through the efforts of Electec, the Pams initial 10million dollar investment was recouped within 2 years.Developed complex reunitization process which allowed Middle SouthUtilities to annually capitalize 5.5 million dollars in additional chargesassociated with facility construction.Responsible for implementation of Tax and Deferred Tax applications.Transitioned corporation to employ reusable object oriented programmingmodules for applications development slashing time-to-delivery by 50%.Established training procedures for key utility operating stakeholders.Held training sessions at multiple operating divisions.Successfully deployed Custom Deferred Tax module to 5 operating companies,8 months ahead of schedule. This reduced project projected cost by$450,000.Programmer/Analyst March, 1977- March 1983Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadPittsburgh, PAServed as lead financial programmer at P&LE R.R. Responsible for design,programming and implementations of Payroll, Tax Depreciation, Billing, CashManagement, Fixed Assets, General Ledger and Accounts Receivableapplications.Within 9 months of graduation became primary programmer/analyst for TaxDepreciation and Payroll systems.Responsible for complete redesign, programming and implementation of custompayroll application.Responsible for rewrite of Tax Depreciation system to include ADR and ACRSmethods.Education______________________________________________________________________________Robert Morris University Pittsburgh, PAB.S. - Business AdministrationMajor - Management Minor - AccountingICM School of Business (Kaplan Institute)Pittsburgh, PAAssociate DegreeMajor - Computer ScienceGraduated High Honors (3.6) |
