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Development manager
Pramerica
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; pru; Insurance industry
October 2001 – Present (10 years 2 months) ... Read More
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; pru; Insurance industry
October 2001 – Present (10 years 2 months) Letterkenny, Ireland
My current role involves management oversight for a team of thirty eight technologists supporting multiple client groups. My responsibilities in this role include:
•Financial Viability and ownership of enterprise project management product within Pramerica cost center.
•Management of an overall annual budget of $3.5M
•Implementation of Agile (SCRUM) development methodology to improve value add delivery to client base
•Management of eight individual client groups utilizing the product functionality
•Research & Promotion of product usage within Enterprise.
•Strategic growth across multiple .NET development teams, through identification of client challenges and proposals to address those challenges
•All PM responsibilities detailed below in Technical Project Management role.
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; pru; Insurance industry
October 2001 – Present (10 years 2 months) Letterkenny
My responsibilities as TPM included:
1)Interaction with business representatives to clarify business requirements.
2)Assigning of appropriate resources to pipeline project work.
3)Production of estimates for development and Quality Assurance support
4)Managing budgets and schedules of active project efforts.
5)Capacity planning for coming year.
6)Risk escalation to senior management.
7)Managing scope creep with senior business and systems representatives.
8)Reporting status on a daily and weekly basis to both onsite and offshore senior management.
9)Assisting in the accurate and speedy resolution of production issues.
10)Personnel management:
Recognition of a job well done
Objective setting
Performance Reviews
Team building through mentorship programs and social activities.
Recruitment
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; IRE; Banking industry
July 1998 – October 2001 (3 years 4 months)
I was employed at the Bank of Ireland as a Contract computer consultant. Initially I worked with a team responsible for maintenance of the banks bespoke clearing and eurocheque systems. This maintenance was specifically aimed at giving the systems the capability to process the Euro currency in preparation for Ireland's entry into the European monetary union.
I also had responsibility within a Y2K testing team and have been responsible for running baseline, renovated and aged tests to prove Y2K compliance.
Responsibilities include COBOL and JCL enhancements, program specification, unit testing, system testing and implementation planning.
Education
Computer Studies
Completed a 1year placement with a software house working with MF COBOL on a UNIX platform.
TRAINING
Project Management
Jan 2007 - Accredited to Project Management Institute
Dec 2009 - Achieved SCRUM Master Certification
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