Thomas Patilis

Experience

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  Metlife

  Jun 2001 - Mar 2015

  Sr. Project Leader

  Managed iComp Platform for Compensation to Metlife Agents and Independent Brokers. Full end to end SDLC for large and mid scale projects. Financial Management of projects as well. Primary contact for both Business and AD teams. Communicated status to Senior Management. Championed process improvement to improve project outcomes.

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  ACI Worldwide

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

  Project Manager

  Project Manager (Contractor) for ACI Worldwide. Worked on multiple concurrent projects for external FI (Financial Institution) clients. Projects include Software version migrations, new interfaces for pre-debit authorization and online statement viewing and browser certification for Enterprise Banker. Clients include CitiBank, Deutsche Bank, Flagstar Bank, German American Bank and Bridgehampton National Bank. Maintained financials and forecasts for all projects.

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  PCH

  Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

  Senior Project Manager

  Completed Discovery Phase of IBM Campaign Project (Unica Platform) Worked with IBM to define Scope, SOW, and Discovery Requirements Collaborated with PCH Architecture team to define new operating environment - including use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hadoop Data Layer, Red Hat and Availability requirements

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  CA Technologies

  Dec 2016 - Apr 2017

  Program Manager

  Completed deployment of Partner Analytics. Led the Business and IT Teams in analysis, design and development of the Partner KPI’s for this release. Data sources included SFDC, SAP and Hyperion. Key elements included Fiscal Year Targets, Business Plans, Sales Incentives, Average Sell Price, Sales pipeline and Win Rate by product

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  Cognizant/New York Life (Client)

  Jul 2017 - now

  Project Manager

  For New York Life, Scrum Master for multiple teams for NYLIS for all Life products NYLIS implementations included New Business product launches, support for In-force illustrations, Regulatory and additional enhancements. Responsible for all Agile ceremonies including Sprint planning, Daily Stand-up, Refinement and Retrospective meetings. Executed Strategic planning (PI ceremonies) for future NYLIS releases Handled all aspects of Risk and Issue management including identification, mitigation and escalation for NYLIS Show less