Paul Jaffe, MSPM, PMP, CSM

Experience

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  GTE Mobile Communications

  Jan 1992 - Dec 1992

  Project Manager/Internal Auditor

  Supervised Contel merger activities involving reconciliation of cell-site, fixed asset, and work-in-process accounts for year end Big-6 engagement.

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  MCI Telecommunications

  Jan 1993 - Dec 1998

  Strategic Project Manager/Operations Manager

  Led strategic projects within 2 key business segments which helped increase company market share by 40%. Projects enabled key vendor to develop/release software with 95% success rate and allowed Billing Contract Administration to support 100+ marketing programs worth $750 million, with 98%+ accuracy rate.

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  Nextel Communications

  Jan 1999 - Feb 2002

  Manager - IT Project Management

  Directed project management activities related to provisioning enhancements, billing system releases and network deployment upgrades. Managed a virtual development team of 15 specialists either directly or dotted line to support mass volume data updates for critical business objectives.

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  MedQuist (now part of 3M) - Product Development

  Mar 2002 - Dec 2003

  Senior Project Manager

  Managed on-premise and virtual software development efforts related to document management and coding applications. Created comprehensive healthcare solutions for reviewing/managing transcribed documents and electronically coded patient information/images.

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  MedQuist (now part of 3M) - Implementation and Professional Services

  Jan 2004 - Sept 2006

  Director Regional Implementation

  Reporting to SVP Implementation and Professional Services, partnered with Executive Management and regional leadership teams to deploy customized enterprise applications for clients throughout the U.S. Directed 7 implementation project teams consisting of project manager, application analyst, interface architect, interface developer, and systems engineer.

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  MedQuist (now part of 3M) - Corporate Systems

  Oct 2006 - Mar 2010

  Senior IT Project Manager

  Reporting to VP of IT, contributed to $10 million departmental budget and led virtual project teams of up to 25 in IT infrastructure (server, network, and telephony), product development, technical support, operations, field services, facilities, training, and professional vendor services. Was lead project manager on the largest IT initiatives including data center moves, corporate application deployment, and product development release support.

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  MedQuist (now part of 3M) - Project Office

  Apr 2010 - Apr 2011

  Director, Enterprise Project Office

  Reporting to CIO, managed a $5 million departmental budget with CapEx and OpEx accountabilities. Directed team of 18 including Director of Corporate Platform Services, Senior Project Managers/Managers Corporate Application Managers and Application Analysts. Led planning and execution of large cross-functional projects, and managed and supported corporate applications and users. Collaborated with C-Level executives and stakeholders on post-merger integration efforts with Spheris and CBay.

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  Paul Jaffe - Project Management Consultant

  May 2011 - now

  Project Director/Manager

  Providing Business, IT and Consulting services leading projects and programs totaling >$100 million for companies such as Northside Hospital, WellStar Health System, Genuine Parts Company, McKesson Healthcare, The Weather Channel, Premier Global Services (PGI), Numerex, Emory Healthcare, and AlphaSights. Successful engagement deliverables have included: M&A security integration, MPS program implementation, distribution center conversions/consolidations, product software agile development/deployment, customer service delivery improvements, teleconference audio migrations, web conference application/software upgrades, risk assessments/mitigation, M&A evaluations, financial/contract analysis, system/business requirement documentation, professional project management methodology deployments, management decision contributions, and industry consultation. Show less