Experience

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  Chase manhattan corporation

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1995

  Vice president - project manager

  • Project Manager responsible for business requirements, database definition, system development, system testing and deployment of a SDLC project to deliver a securities trade entry and settlement system for over one thousand end-users in over ten business units within Chase Global Securities Technology was mainframe utilizing COBOL II, CICS and VSAM• Project Manager responsible for business requirements, database definition, system development, system testing and deployment of a SDLC project to deliver a mortgage origination system for Chase Mortgage that supported over five hundred end users in eight departments across six regional locations • Conducted process improvement analysis for Chase Mortgage to identify opportunities and prioritize technology initiatives• Led requirements gathering, business process, discovery and functional gap analysis meetings• Presented technical and non-technical recommendations and process alternatives to business units• Consulted with business units to identify business requirements and developed functional requirements • Developed and maintained project schedules and prepared project status reports • Responsible for the business case analysis, functional requirement definition, vendor evaluation, SIT, DIT and UAT phases of testing • Served as coordinator between business units, IT development staff and third party vendors for multiple vendor solution systems• Developed conceptual designs and functional requirements, prepared testing plans and test cases • Worked with business units to gather requirements to produce requests for proposals (RFPs), managed responders, conducted evaluations and provided recommendations• Worked closely with application developers to design and develop solutions, conduct technical design and code reviews• Direct management of associated staff and project budgets Show less

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  First union national bank

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1987

  Project manager

  Project Manager responsible for application maintenance

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  Cybertek

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Project manager

  • Project Manager responsible for the solicitation of requirements from two mortgage banking clients in support of product development and implementation. Requirements gathered were analyzed for consistency between clients and overall direction of product,

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  Atlantic data financial services

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Project manager/business analyst

  Project Manager responsible for multiple client engagements

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  Openclose inc

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Vice president - project manager

  Project Manager responsible for software development, QA testing, release management, product implementations and client services.

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  Hsbc

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Asssistant vice president - project manager/business analyst

  • Project Manager responsible for simultaneously managing seven SDLC project for five business areas Total budget for the seven projects was approximately $4 million and the associated staff size was approximately thirty team members Technology platforms included Java, .NET, C# and MS SQL Server in hosted and ASP environments• Served as liaison between business units and IT development staff• Led requirements gathering, business process, discovery and functional gap analysis meetings• Presented technical and non-technical recommendations and process alternatives to business units• Consulted with business units to identify business requirements and developed functional requirements • Developed and maintained project schedules and prepared project status reports • Responsible for the business case analysis, functional requirement definition, vendor evaluation, SIT, DIT and UAT phases of testing • Served as coordinator between business units, IT development staff and third party vendors for multiple vendor solution systems• Developed conceptual designs and functional requirements, prepared testing plans and test cases • Worked with business units to gather requirements to produce requests for proposals (RFPs), managed responders, conducted evaluations and provided recommendations• Worked closely with application developers to design and develop solutions, conduct technical design and code reviews• Direct management of associated staff and project budgets Show less

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  City of tampa

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Project manager

  • Project Manager responsible for the analysis and requirement definition for the City of Tampa Police Department, the City of Tampa Fire Department, the City of Tampa Emergency Management and other City of Tampa department stakeholders to evaluate, select and develop a coordinated emergency management processes and emergency management system. • Project Manager responsible for the requirement definition in support of on-going maintenance of applications supporting the City of Tampa Police Department. The system platforms were varied including client server based applications and mobile applications in hosted and ASP environments.• Worked with local, state and federal regulatory agencies to coordinate regional technology initiatives funded by Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Show less

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  Goldman sachs

  Jan 2006 - Jun 2009

  Vice president - project manager/business analyst

  • Served as liaison between business units and IT development staff• Managed a team of business analysts, testers and developers responsible for business requirements, database definition, system development, testing and deployment of a counterparty risk and due diligence tracking system and the Goldman Sachs Mortgage Website • Led requirements gathering, business process, discovery and functional gap analysis meetings• Presented technical and non-technical recommendations and process alternatives to business units• Consulted with business units to identify business requirements and developed functional requirements • Developed and maintained project schedules and prepared project status reports • Responsible for the business case analysis, functional requirement definition, vendor evaluation, SIT, DIT and UAT phases of testing • Served as coordinator between business units, IT development staff and third party vendors for multiple vendor solution systems• Developed conceptual designs and functional requirements, prepared testing plans and test cases • Worked with business units to gather requirements to produce requests for proposals (RFPs), managed responders, conducted evaluations and provided recommendations• Worked closely with application developers to design and develop solutions, conduct technical design and code reviews• Direct management of associated staff and project budgets Show less

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  Lender processing services, inc. (lps)

  Jun 2009 - Nov 2011

  Vice president - project and account manager

  • Served as liaison between client base and IT development staff• Responsible for planning and delivering client funded SDLC projects utilizing a matrix project team structure consisting of business analysts and developers located in multiple locations• Led requirements gathering, business process, discovery and functional gap analysis meetings, developed conceptual designs and functional requirements• Presented technical and non-technical recommendations and process alternatives to clients• Conducted operational review of client operations and made recommendation on process improvement and system enhancements • Developed and maintained project schedules and prepared project status reports • Direct management of associated staff and project budgets Show less

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  Independent project manager/consultant

  Nov 2011 - May 2012

  Independent project manager/business analyst
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  Jpk consulting, inc

  May 2012 - Mar 2018

  President

  Independent consultant supplying project management services for CITI Bank

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  Tavant

  Jun 2017 - Mar 2018

  Product owner - mortgage subject matter expert
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  Pwc

  Mar 2018 - now

  Senior manager

  Providing product owner, project management and scrum master services on a cognitive assistance project aimed at revolutionizing the firm by reducing time and effort spent on back-office processes and repetitive tasks, gleaning new insights from data.Project Manager within the Astro PMO • Managed the development of the Astro Analytics• Developed Alteryx workflows to provide analytic reports on Astro for Mission Control and Senior Management• Created user stories for Astro analytics and Astro App Support• Assisted in Product backlog management and release planning • Designed Astro App Support which is significantly different from the way other PwC Apps are supported• Designed and managed Astro Space Camp which educated App Support staff on Astro and Astro practices through 34 instructor lead sessions • Designed and managed Astro Mission Control (aka War Room) during pilot release which included managing issue triage and daily executive reporting • Designed VSTS and Aha workflow set-up and reporting Show less