Stan Bumstead

Experience

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  Chicago Title

  Jun 1987 - Jun 1988

  Programmer

  Responsible for programming activities for a check processing application on a DEC/VAX system.

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  Ernst & Young

  Jun 1988 - Jun 1996

  Manager

  Systems Analyst – Manufacturing, SAP ImplementationConfigured the shipping function for SAP’s Sales & Distribution module.Conducted functional walk-throughs with Distribution Managers to align their shipping processes with the software. Application Development Manager – Manufacturing, J.D Edwards Implementation and Custom Order Management SystemManaged the development and testing effort for several interfaces between a custom developed order management system and a J.D.Edwards manufacturing system. Managed the System Test and User Acceptance Test effort, consisting of eighteen staff including business users and a third-party testing vendor, for the previously mentioned order management system.Application Development Manager – Computer Services, Custom Application DevelopmentQuickly advanced to a lead development role within a large project team.Developed components for a client/server based Deal Formulation System, written in CPL/1 and featuring a distributed database model.Managed a team of 4 for the Application Support phase, supporting and enhancing the Deal Formulation System. Show less

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  Meridian Business Solutions

  Jun 1996 - Jun 1999

  Sr. Manager

  Project Manager – Restaurant, Custom Application DevelopmentSuccessfully delivered, on time and on budget, a $1 million restaurant development initiative consisting of four projects and up to 12 staff. The projects consisted of:Automating the planning process for restaurant development and developing market analysis reports.Client/server application platform developed in Visual Basic 5.0, Oracle7, Crystal Reports 5.0 and Excel 97.Project Manager – Computer Services, Application SupportManaged a critical receivables application consisting of a team of six individuals responsible for identifying discrepancies and synchronizing data with electronic leasing customersParticular emphasis was on the EDI 851 Financial Information Transaction.Tool aids were developed in PowerBuilder, Sybase, UNIX scripting, and COBOL/IDMS. Show less

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  Power2000

  Jul 1999 - Jun 2000

  Sr. Operations Manager

  Acquired by SilverStream Software in 2000, Power2000 was a full life-cycle professional services consulting organization with an emphasis on developing and training web based solutions on the SilverStream platform. Role primarily consisted of operations management including:Managed the day-to-day operations of the service organization, consisting up to 80 professionals.Responsible for hire/fire decisions, staff development and performance management.Worked closely with Sales for proposal development, staff assignment, and account management. Show less

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  SilverStream Software

  Jun 2000 - Aug 2001

  Sr. Operations Manager

  Acquired by Novell in July 2002, SilverStream was an eBusiness Solutions Provider evolving its J2EE standard product lines into a web services application platform. SilverStream’s services consisted of traditional advisory services as well as full life-cycle project capabilities conducted on-site or remote in one of five Solution Centers. As Sr. Operations Manager over 80 consultants for the Chicago Solution Center my responsibilities consisted of the following:Practice DevelopmentAccount ManagementResource ManagementBench ManagementPerformance Management Show less

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  CNA Insurance

  Sept 2001 - Oct 2003

  Application Development Manager

  As an Application Development Manager, managed a $2.1 million budget, leading projects and 9 development staff supporting nine applications within the Group Benefits’ Premium and Finance area and the Group Operations’ Institutional Markets area.Successfully managed and delivered on time and on budget a $1 million document management initiative, leveraging FileNet, and realizing a 3 year cost savings of $950,000. Achieved CNA’s highest award of recognition – The Platinum FOCUS award.Overcame 100% turnover of the entire project team due to IT reorganization.Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, performance management, defect management and navigating through CNA’s newly developed Release Management process.Delivered 100% on or before commitment dates, with insignificant to no fallout of defects. Show less

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  The Hartford

  Nov 2003 - May 2005

  Application Development Manager

  As part of a transition agreement stemming from Hartford’s acquisition of CNA’s Group Benefits Division,Project Managed the on-time delivery of six applications from CNA’s infrastructure to Hartford’s infrastructure as part of fulfilling an Interim Services Agreement that included a substantial monetary penalty if not completed on time. Project also consisted of Strategy, Analysis and Design phases to integrate CNA’s Premium Imaging (FileNet) system into Hartford’s Billing and Revenue Unit.

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  Olenick & Associates

  May 2005 - Nov 2008

  Associate

  Responsible for client project delivery as follows: Utilities:As QA Manager, managed and coordinated the day-to-day full life-cycle testing initiative as part of a multi-million dollar Energy Delivery project. Responsibilities included managing Quality Assurance verifying and instilling quality in all phases, components and assets of the project. Managed full life-cycle testing deliverables including User Acceptance Test across two locations, Chicago and Philadelphia consisting of scheduling crews and trucks for testing and teaching the crews how to test (some never used a computer before). In addition project scope also included the testing of interfaces to two different critical legacy Work and Outage Management Systems.Utilities - Software Package UpgradesProject managed two $1M software package upgrade projects on schedule and under budget. Upgrades consisted of Plateau’s Learning Management System (LMS) to v5.8 and the other for CorpTax to v3.0. LMS consisted of significant interface work (9 interfaces) as well as managing the vendor for several key deliverables. Both upgrades also consisted of procurement and build out of new infrastructure.Retail - Project ManagerRescued a Data Center Migration project, successfully leading it to implementation which led to additional project responsibilities. Managed a team of 18 individuals including 2 vendors for the consolidation of three data centers requiring my decision to mobilize and lead a daily status meeting until project completion. Separately, project managed a $500K Portal Replacement Project consisting of rewriting the company’s web based products from Oracle Portal to a Java/Sun platform. Incorporated and taught the Agile Software Development Methodology for this initiative. Lastly, project managed a CISCO IP Telephony Upgrade consisting of a Call Manager, Call Center, Voicemail, and Emergency Responder. Show less

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  RightPoint Consulting

  Nov 2008 - Jun 2010

  Senior Project Program Manager

  Operations Management (supplemental role in addition to client project work). Lead and conducted practice development establishing resource management processes including a supply/demand model to enable improved staffing. Further developed Project Management processes including a weekly project health check to assess key performance indicators to improve visibility into potentially at-risk projects. Lastly, developed a Customer Care organization providing both proactive and traditional support services to alleviate strain on the Delivery organization.Client Delivery consisted of Legal and Financial Services clients, managing the full software development life cycle for customized SharePoint 2007 and .NET collaboration sites to streamline business processes. Key success factors achieved included paper reduction, centralizing of key matter information, and providing external access to customers. Additional solutions and technologies included the implementation of KnowledgeLake for scanning and indexing, and Macroview DMF for seamless document integration between the Microsoft Office suite and SharePoint. Additionally, project managed the full software development life cycle for intranet and public facing sites. Highlights included creative design that aligned with brand standards and provided very appealing and humanistic websites, content management and governance to ensure fresh and timely content for the sites. Solutions were built leveraging SharePoint 2007 platform and .NET Show less

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  Slalom Consulting

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2018

  Program Management Consultant

  Responsible for client project delivery as follows: Insurance Provider:Rescued a Life Sales Program that was 2 years behind schedule by driving down outstanding issues and focusing the team on realistic outcomes leveraging the SAFe approach.Reduced a substantial backlog of claim system features within a heavily matrixed environment.Beverage Company:Improved sales execution providing all account level and brand level performance data to a sales mobile application leveraging an Agile Scrum approach.Healthcare Company:Significantly improved usability of their claims application by leading a web-based modernization effort leveraging Agile Scrum. Deployed and rolled out the application to 10,000+ user base including offshore and external users.Mitigated quality risk by implementing a program-wide Cross Group Integration testing approach for the Affordable Care Act Program. While leading this testing initiative I was also responsible for Integration testing with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including driving and communicating testing activities, issues, and status with CMS and client executive leadership.Not-for-profit Organization:Led from inception the implementation of a CRM 2011 based Association Management solution consisting of conducting Executive (C-level) steering meetings, business plan review, vendor selection, data migration, and multi-location training. Show less

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Aug 2018 - Nov 2022

  Director

  Director – Cloud & Digital Responsible for client delivery, account development, proposal development and execution, practice development, resource development and mentoring. Delivered the following: Professional Service Firm: Led day-to-day acquisition integration across internal business and IT services. Aligned investment objectives with acquired company’s go-to-market strengths. Improved on boarding by leading additional training sessions to include tangible ways-of-working. Established an Integration Mentor Program to support new joiners at all levels Led achievement of Microsoft’s Advanced Specialization Partner for Azure Cloud Foundation and Azure Virtual Desktop, including a 3rd party audit Large Retailer: Grew account by $8M by expanding beyond Risk and Compliance to Infrastructure Delivery including expansion into International Infrastructure Management while leading the delivery for the following:Led the way for a $5M data center footprint reduction project (25K+ resources) by proposing, leading, planning and implementing an Azure Cloud Migration Factory pilot. Established an app-centric assembly line approach with focused engineers conducting Discovery, Design, DevOps, and Migration Validated disaster recovery capability for six critical business services, including Payroll & Email. As technical program manager, led technical team through current state, design, build out, cutover and testing Enabled, at scale, application teams’ DR efforts by leading the effort to develop Disaster Recovery Architecture Design Patterns Led effort to increase collection of IT infrastructure assets across nine countries for end-of-life analysis. Defined success formula and led growth of success rate from 60% to 98%. Managed relationship with a competing 3rd party vendor Show less

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  Zennify

  Nov 2024 - now

  Sr Project Manager