Thomas Evansen, PMP

Experience

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  Northwestern Mutual

  Jun 1987 - Sept 1989

  Programmer & Analyst
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  Metavante

  Sept 1989 - Mar 1994

  Project Leader
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  JRA Information Services

  Mar 1994 - Feb 1999

  Senior Programming Consultant

  First Fidelity Bank - Philadelphia, PA • Major upgrades to Metavante-based Deposit systems at First Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia (1994-96)Mercantile Bank - St. Louis, MO • Management of Metavante systems at Mercantile Bank in St. Louis (1996-99)

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  TMCO International

  Feb 1999 - Dec 2005

  Project Management Consultant

  Wells Fargo Bank - Scottsdale, AZ• Managed projects in Transition Office, Release Management, Hogan Systems, Home Equity, and Operations.

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  ITX Corp.

  Jan 2006 - Nov 2006

  Project Management Consultant

  American Family Insurance - Madison, WI• Served as the domain mentor for project, contract, and defect management systems.

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  COMSYS

  Nov 2006 - May 2007

  Project Management Consultant

  Wells Fargo Bank - Scottsdale, AZ• Led enterprise-wide initiative to modify systems and applications for the new Daylight Savings Time schedule beginning in 2007. o Assessment of 1,600 applications in order to identify potential DST vulnerability.o Coordination and tracking of changes to 200 applications.o Monitoring patching of 208,000 hardware devices.

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  Stefanini IT Solutions

  Jun 2007 - Apr 2008

  Project/Program Management Consultant

  Ocean Bank - Miami, FL• Rescued the $7 million program to convert core banking systems from Fiserv to Jack Henry Silverlake platform.o Planning, delivery, testing, and implementation for Retail and Commercial Deposits, Loans, Teller, Cash Management, Customer Information System, Voice Response Units, and Middleware.o Driving business teams to complete and limit requirements to meet the conversion date.o Detailed re-estimating and re-planning to accommodate all mandatory user requirements.o Detailed planning for more than 6,000 hours of custom code and coordination of 4 PMs.o Managing the relationship and project plan of the vendor to track 105 custom code changes. Show less

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  Eventus Group

  Apr 2008 - May 2009

  Project Management Consultant

  Royal Caribbean - Miramar, FL - December 2008-May 2009• Program and project manager for pre-launch of cruise ship Oasis.JM Family Enterprises - Deerfield Beach, FL - April-December 2008• Planning, resourcing, budgeting, and project management for all Shared Services initiatives.• Managed team of 10 resources including Java, Informatica ETL, Database Architects and Analysts, and QA.• Managed architecture and development of Oracle/Informatica Operational Data Store and Data Warehouse.• Coordinated all Operations hardware buildouts for 15 environments to support the program. Show less

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  Strategic Staffing Solutions

  May 2009 - Jan 2011

  Program Manager

  Whitney Bank - New Orleans, LA• Program Advisor for Project Genesis, a $55 million program which involved the migration of all core, front-office, transactional, Treasury/Cash Management, pipeline management, loan origination, ERP, and Financial systems to the Jack Henry and PeopleSoft integrated solutions. This broad Program Management role included:• Providing guidance based on extensive experience with bank migrations and JHA systems.• Primary responsibility for program risk and issue management.• Program change and quality management / tollgates.• Program quality assurance / test management. Show less

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  Evansen Consulting Corporation

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

  Program Management Consultant

  JM Family Enterprises - Deerfield Beach, FL • Managed Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and Enterprise projects.• Responsible for the core Enterprise projects with direct line-of-sight to the CEO.Lender Processing Services - Jacksonville, FL• Project management covering LPS client sites in Philadelphia, Birmingham, and Dallas areas.

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  JM Family Enterprises, Inc.

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2014

  Portfolio Director - SET PMO

  • Financial management of $110 million annual portfolio budget for projects and support.• Worked with SET senior management to ensure prioritization of projects to align with strategy.• Worked with PMO and IT management to ensure appropriate resource availability/allocation.• Managed a team of 6 – 10 Project Managers responsible for delivery of 15 – 25 concurrent projects.• Maintained change management protocols to communicate and mitigate cross-project impacts.• Implemented within the SET PMO a financial forecasting and reporting process which was eventually adopted as the Enterprise-wide standard. Show less

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  Randstad Digital Americas

  Jun 2014 - May 2018

  CPS Energy – San Antonio, TX• Responsible for planning and coordination of the CPS Energy portfolio of projects. • Helped establish the processes and methodology for Portfolio Management at CPSE. • Ongoing leadership in portfolio process definition/improvement, communication, and execution.• Building relationships and credibility to champion value creation within the portfolio. • Management of the IT Project Management Organization. Responsible for hiring, onboarding, mentoring, assignment, and ongoing development of project managers to support the portfolio.• Working with Finance to improve alignment of Portfolio and Financial monitoring and reporting. Show less CPS Energy• Managed a $125,000,000 data center program from June 2016, with approximately 18 months remaining on the program timeline. Responsible for oversight of five remaining projects, budget control, and executive reporting in addition to project management for Platform and Application Modernization.• Assumed management of a troubled program supporting Construction Services, got the program on track, and led it through three releases over a 9-month period.• Interim PMO Leadership from March-August 2017. Led the team through a turbulent period, re-aligning projects and PMs as necessary to deliver on our commitments.• Managed the roll-out of Clarity as the Project and Portfolio Management tool for CPSE. This included training and mentoring of the PMO resources in the tool itself, as well as resource allocations and effort-based planning.• Managed $25,000,000 Platform and Application Modernization projects for a new data center.• Led two teams through concurrent RFPs to enable project kickoffs to occur on time.• Managed migration of more than 1,000 Windows and Linux servers to new converged infrastructure.• Managed upgrade, migration, and re-platforming of more than 100 applications, enabling consolidation from five data centers to two.• Led planning and execution of Enterprise-wide effort to ensure CIP6 compliance on a tight timeline. Show less

  • Interim Program Director

    Dec 2017 - May 2018

  • Program Manager

    Jun 2014 - Dec 2017
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  CPS Energy

  May 2018 - Nov 2019

  Director of Program Management

  • Enterprise champion for the Portfolio Management discipline. • Planned and coordinated prioritization of the CPS Energy portfolio of investments (more than $100m annually). • Created and presented Chief and executive-level overviews, updates, and communications for exscalations and decisions.• Established and implemented the processes and methodology for Portfolio Management at CPSE. • Ongoing leadership in portfolio process definition/improvement, communication, and execution.• Built relationships and credibility to maximize value creation within the portfolio. • Managed the Program Execution team (12-20 staff). Responsible for hiring, onboarding, mentoring, assignment, and ongoing development of project managers to support the portfolio.• Worked with Finance to improve alignment of Portfolio and Financial monitoring and reporting, resulting in better forecasting and easier monthly reconciliation. Show less

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  Vaco

  Nov 2019 - now

  Portfolio Program Management (PPM) Consultant

  For a rapidly growing quick-service restaurant client:• Program manager for the technology and business transformation initiative. This program includes business process evaluations and updates, back-office system replacement, and implementation of a modern data platform.• Responsible for MS Dynamics implementation across multiple lines of business in a very tight timeframe, resulting in significantly improved response time and visibility for restaurant support tickets. • Overcame challenges with unclear and incomplete requirements to deliver a successful implementation.For a major banking and insurance client:• Part of a small team (3) responsible for defining and implementing processes, documentation, and infrastructure for the newly commissioned Portfolio Management Office within the CFO’s line of business. • Mentored FTE Portfolio and Program Managers. • Served as the CFO team contact for the Enterprise-wide rollout of Clarity for Portfolio and Program Management. • Responsible for plan management and program change management for one of USAA’s top compliance-related programs, crossing four lines of business and integrating plans from multiple teams and diverse software solutions. Show less