Miguel Andrade

Experience

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  Colegio del Tepeyac

  Aug 1997 - Jul 2000

  Math and Computers Teacher
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  IBM de México

  Jan 1999 - Jul 1999

  AS 400 support
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  High school

  Aug 1999 - Jul 2000

  High school Computing Teacher Teaching Computing
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  Student Club Vacation

  Aug 2000 - Jul 2001

  Technical support and Web Developer

  Providing Tech support (Hardware & Software).Developing and Maintaining the company’s website.

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  Bigtyme Productionz

  Feb 2001 - Jul 2001

  Web Developer

  Developing websites to promote and sell tickets online of music shows.

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  IBM de México

  Aug 2001 - Mar 2002

  Web Developer

  Developing web based interfaces to allow IBM business partners to place orders on-line (e-order).

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  IBM

  Apr 2002 - Jul 2005

  Developing IBM intranet websites for the Internal Communications department of LA (Mexico & South America).Training and support to web content Editors. Achievements:• Migration of the web collaboration platform from Lotus Notes to Macromedia Contribute that consisted on changing the ASP intranet pages to html, generation of Contribute keys for users, and training to all users across LATAM region (Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina).• Development of the new Customer Portal on the new html platform.• Creation of a new support process for the LATAM users based on a publication of a support backlog that gave visibility of their requirements and the estimated implementation/solution date.Activities: Gather requirements, Planning, Web Development, Reporting to mid levels, delivering training to users, post-production support. Show less

  • LA Intranet’s Web Master

    Mar 2003 - Jul 2005

  • Lotus Developer

    Apr 2002 - Feb 2003
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  SINERSYS

  Aug 2005 - May 2007

  Business Analyst & Project Manager

  Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with middle management and stakeholders, actively driving all phases of the project and delivering to agreed timescale and budget.Achievements:• Engagement of the San Jose Hispanic Chamber of Commerce that helped the company to gain exposure to the US market for software development.• Coordination of the development and implementation for the first two US customers. Activities: Business Analysis, Gather requirements, Sent out of technical and financial proposals, Planning (financial and work plans), Risk management, Monitor and control (coding, testing & implementation), Close activities. Show less

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  日産自動車株式会社

  Mar 2007 - Nov 2007

  Consultant

  Implementing a software development methodology based on Sinersys Tech (main IT vendor for Nissan Mexico) Model for CMMI 3. Developing policies and procedures for Nissan ISProgramming and implementation of an intranet portal.Achievements:• Along with the compliance and IS departments, we defined the strategy for implementation for the PDDS based on the experiences with this methodology and best practices from other customers.Activities:Nissan IS processes documentation, coordination of the PDDS implementation, communication of new processes and training. Show less

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  Comision Nacional del Agua

  Dec 2007 - Feb 2008

  Project Manager

  Coordinate installation of a ultrasonic water flow’s measurement device via satellite on Francisco Villa’s dam, CNA (National Department of Water – Mexico)

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  Moviltrack

  Mar 2008 - May 2008

  Project Manager

  Project Planning of a RFID solution for an event accesses registration of attending doctors (Novartis Event). Coordinate planned activities. Project Management’s documentation.Achievements:• Avoid legal consequences and reputation backlash by coordinating the implementation of an overnight workaround when after a couple of months of development and testing of the RFID product, the day before the Novartis Event the database server crashed. Activities:Project Management, Training, Database development, product documentation. Show less

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  日産自動車株式会社

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2009

  Project Manager

  Planning, control and monitoring projects issued to comply with J-SOX regulations.Activities: Planning (work plans), Risk management, Reporting to mid and senior levels (using %completed Vs. planned),

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  MetLife

  May 2009 - Aug 2010

  Project Manager

  Planning, controlling and monitoring projects that conformed a multimillion MetLife program (CRECE) to develop and rollout an Integral solution for all MetLife agencies across Mexico.Achievements:• Along with the Program and the Business Managers, we regained control of program that was delayed and with many issues opened when I joined the Program team. This was possible by re-planning for more than 6 core projects, conducting weekly reporting to mid and senior business managers, daily meetings to resolve issues and mitigate risks, and reassigning activities to the project management team to increase performance and resolve conflicts among some of the PM assistants.Activities: Gather requirements, Estimates (cost & time), Planning (financial and work plans), Risk management, Staffing & Team development, Reporting to mid and senior levels (using EV and costumer KPI’s), Close activities (lessons learn, vendor evaluations, software metrics). Show less

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  NISSAN North America

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2013

  Controlling and monitoring a project aimed to update Nissan Supply Chain Management and Vehicle Operations systems in order to allow the interaction between Nissan North America and the New Plant in Mexico.Achievements:• Avoid project delays by facilitating meetings and providing clarifications between the business and development teams in USA and Mexico. Before my intervention, these meetings often derived on project delays due to language and cultural barriers.Activities: Facilitating Status Meetings, Reporting (using costumer KPI’s). Show less Achievements:• Accelerated the implementation of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) in Nissan IS Mexico that was originally planned for more than 2 years, and only took 15 months. This was possible by delivering quarterly training on the methodology, project management and Clarity (portfolio management tool), weekly reporting to senior managers and directors in Mexico and US, and also by providing couching to Business Analysts and PM’s on critical projects.• Reduced time of Gate Review meetings from an average of 90 min to less than 1 hour by performing pre-Gate Audits that not only helped PM’s to be aware of missing deliverables but also reduce the number of projects that were not ready for Gate.Activities:• Gate Audits – Ensuring that all projects have the minimum requirements to pass from phase to phase, according the Nissan SDLC.• Weekly Status Reports – Generating and communicating the status of the Nissan IS Americas’ portfolio to all Regional Directors and Senior Managers.• Financial update – Following up and updating monthly accruals to the official Nissan’s PPM (Clarity).• Training and Coaching to PMs on Nissan SDLC and Clarity.• Performance Metrics – Generating monthly performance metrics of all Americas IS projects as part of a Global Nissan IS initiative. Show less

  • Project Manager

    May 2013 - Aug 2013

  • PMO

    Sept 2010 - Apr 2013
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  日産自動車株式会社

  Sept 2013 - now

  Project Manager

  Achievements:• Implementation of three large scale projects (over $2 Million, over 2 years life cycle, for hundreds of users across the North America region, participation of multiple development and infrastructure vendors).• Avoid cancellation of strategic initiatives by managing several projects simultaneously (more than 11) during certain Fiscal Year Quarters due to a lack of Project Management resources.• High accuracy forecasting of monthly project costs which help the Finance department to better allocate financial resources across the region.PM Activities: Business Case / Benefits Realization creation, Requirements gathering, Cost & Schedule planning, Risk management, Staffing & Team development , Financial reporting, Status reporting to mid and senior levels (using EV and costumer KPI’s), Close activities (lessons learn, vendor evaluations, software metrics). PMO Activities: Peer reviews to PM’s from Nissan North America and Canada, Change Request analysis, Portfolio Change Requests execution, Domain Resources allocation. Show less