Jim Wharton, PMP, CSM, SPC

Jim wharton, pmp, csm, spc

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Agilest Specialist Advisor at NTT DATA Services

  • Education

    • Northern illinois university

      1978 - 1983
      B.s. applied data processing

      Minor: Business Administration

  • Experience

    • Convergys

      Jan 1984 - Jan 2004
      Sr. information systems manager

      Managed development and testing of several mainframe, micro and client/server applications teams. Responsibilities encompass development and testing team management, project management, client business consulting, program/product management, training and executive presentations. Planned and managed budgets up to $3M/year with teams ranging in size from 7 to 38 staff, including coordination of vendors and third party organizations supporting the world’s largest wireless markets, generating over 23M bills/month. Show less

    • R.t. johnson & associates

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
      Business operations manager

      Managed operations for a custom home development, restaurant, and property management organization. Functions included project, construction, vendor, and customer management. Improved revenue $275K/year through vendor/tenant management, gift card program, and construction billing/collection processes.

    • Us cellular

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

      Leader of team owning strategic vision and planning of 13K+ desktop, laptop, and associated server-based systems, providing level 3 support for server/field service support technicians, and manage vendor relationships. Developed/managed $1.2M budget. Major systems include Microsoft XP and related desktop productivity applications, McAfee Antivirus, Exchange, Active Directory, BlackBerry, Citrix, NetBackup, NetIQ, Imaging, and Altiris (Packaging, Software Delivery, Asset Management, Patching). Led support team for company’s Business Support Services/Operations Support Services systems, web-based systems, and data warehousing and reporting systems. Primary roles included Team Restructuring, Service Level Agreement Support, Small Project Management, and Business Consulting.

      • Infrastructure Manager

        Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      • Applications Development Lead

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
    • Maritz research

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
      It manager, retail and technology sector it lead

      Sector IT Lead for Maritz Research’s retail and technology customers, generating $20M revenue annually. Led team of application developers, developed competitive proposals, performed client demo presentations, supported sales process, and project managed larger initiatives. Key clients included AT&T, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Agilent Technologies, WW Grainger, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Advance Auto Parts, and Nordstrom. Applications and technologies include SQL 2008, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, .NET, C#, ASP.

    • Ntt data services

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2019

      Agile and Waterfall Project Management consulting and coaching for NTT DATA's Customers. Led multiple projects developing complex Intranet/Social Media site and a global multi-language website with Sitecore CMS backend for world's leading pen/tablet manufacturer, requiring extensive use of Jira/Confluence tool suite in Jira Administrator role. Led $2M+ web redesign and ECOM development projects. Led multiple Microsoft Dynamics GP and CRM product implementation initiatives demonstrating proficiency with Agile tools, coaching and consulting. Show less

      • Director

        Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
      • Associate Director, CSM, PMP

        Jan 2016 - Jan 2019
      • Managing Consultant

        Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
    • Ta digital

      Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
      Sr. delivery manager
    • Alpha solutions

      Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
      Senior project consultant

      Leading multiple Sitecore project initiatives.

    • Ntt data services

      Jan 2021 - now
      Agilest specialist advisor

      Agile SAFe Consultanting

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Pmp

      Project management institute
      Mar 2012
    • Itil v3 foundations

      Microtrain technologies
    • Certified scum master

      Collabnet
      Dec 2012
    • Safe 6.0 practitioner certification

      Scaled agile, inc.
      Jun 2021