Walter Sanchez

Experience

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  Colegio San Patricio

  Feb 1998 - Mar 1999

  Teacher

  Technology teacher.

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  Siemens

  Mar 1999 - Jun 2006

  Application Solution Specialist

  Responsible for the design, configuration, development, integration, testing and implementation of application software. Deliver new/updated application software to meet business, operational needs and tactical requirements. Deploy software, ensuring system functionality, interoperability, timely use and business continuity. Provide immediate support to customer problems to maintain business continuity. Design business/technology solutions, identify alternatives, develop prototypes, ensure solution integrity, optimize design and mitigate customer risk. Show less

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Jul 2006 - May 2011

  Project Manager

  Leads project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting activities in a project environment. Analyses and reports project economics including costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risk. Ensures adherence to legally binding requirements. Creates and controls project documentation including the WBS and the project plan; contributes to requirements, risk schedule, and change control. Develops understanding of the contract detail and determines whether work is in scope. Provides requested information to the client. Liaises closely with client’s project/Program office. Documents needs for changes to requirements. Adheres to quality standards. Develops awareness on emerging technologies and Project Management techniques. Monitors sub-contractors.Process improvement. Show less

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  Tarjeta Naranja S.A.

  May 2011 - Jan 2014

  Líder de Proyecto

  Responsible for scoping, planning, resource management, risk management and project performance.

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  Harriague + Asociados

  May 2011 - Jan 2014

  Project Manager

  Project management consultant.

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  Santex

  Jan 2014 - May 2015

  Project Manager

  I define the project parameters with the clients, make commitments between clients, users and internal resources, and develop the plan for managing the work of each project, following an agile approach based on Scrum.It is my responsibility to perform monitoring of work progress and performance against the work plan and defined agreement, and managing corrective action when it is needed for each development software project.

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  Globant

  May 2015 - Jan 2017

  Senior Project Manager

  I achieve project objectives by planning and evaluating project activities.I accomplish human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, and counseling collaborators; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.I attain operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.I achieve financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. Show less

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  Santex

  Jan 2017 - now

  As a Delivery Manager, I lead high-impact projects, collaborating closely with stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget, and scope-delivered outcomes. I specialize in adaptable project planning, rigorous financial management, and fostering collaborative, cross-functional teams. As Program Manager my role is to lead cross-functional stakeholders to complete resources allocation and management, planning for releases, quality control, management reporting, and risk planning for 10+ projects from diverse clients. Building solutions in an agile manner, regularly monitoring the results to reduce inefficiencies and obstacles, and challenge perceptions towards continuous improvement.

  • Delivery Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Program Manager

    Nov 2017 - Apr 2023

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2017 - Nov 2017