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Mike Arty Investments Philadelphia, PA (contract work) 2009 - Present Real Estate broker and Manager – building renovations and rental units Project Manager/ Business Manager Manage procurements for vendor services and supervise projects at property sites. Manage project plans; prepare annual budgets and forecasts, along with monthly performance and variance reports. Perform regular inspections of properties, manage alterations, maintenance and reconditioning s. Control planning, budgeting and supervise the operating and capital expenditures. Oversee the collection of rents, payment of expenses and compliance of lease terms. Respond to all required legal notices, problems, concerns and ensure compliance with all rules and regulations. Info724 Ltd. Plymouth Meeting PA 19462 20077 2007 – 2009 IT management consulting – business process, system implementation and technology strategy Project Leader/ Business Analyst Analyze relevant data, which may include business processes, software used, annual revenues, employment, or expenditures and interview managers and employees while observing their operations. Define the nature and extent of the business problem. Using Six Sigma methodologies, develop solutions to the business problem through documentation and or oral presentations regarding findings. Make recommendations based on the nature of the organization, the relationship it has with others in the industry, and its internal organization and culture. As a project leader, set goals, meet with upper management to define specific objectives. Plan and coordinate activities, quantify resources needed and determine estimates for time frames. Gather, analyze, and create business requirements and functional requirements. Learn new technologies to remain abreast of technological changes and improvements. Develop and maintain customer project documentation, such as project scopes, identify project measures for success, project plans, and business requirements gathering efforts. Where needed, develop and execute test plans for customers. Conduct periodic status checks with assigned customers; prepare weekly status reports on all project activities and management issues. Support AS400 system: infrastructure upgrades, system analysis, programming. Communicate progress and issues to company superiors. Serve as a near full-time billable consultant while providing pre-sales support when required. Mike Arty Investments Philadelphia, PA (contract work) 2006 - 2007 Real Estate broker and Manager – building renovations and rental units Project Manager/ Business Analyst Study and analyze business-related problems faced by company, synthesize information from many sources, i.e. interview owner and workers on daily jobs and functions and recommend solutions. Review client’s computer system. Create teaching aids for owner on how to use management tools (i.e. MS Project, MS Excel, and MS Power Point). Reorganize data storage processes using MS Access by implementing an online inventory database using ASP programming and VB tools. IBM Global services Cherry Hill, NJ 1999 - 2006 World wide consulting – Full service IT provider Project Manager/ Business Analyst Project Leader for Financial Transformation project of a major Insurance client: Initiate clear unambiguous business requirements and objectives for expense department transformation from varied software systems to new Informatica feeds into PeopleSoft system. Create project plan, define and validate work break down structure (WBS) against base requirements for project. Lead 4 team members assigned to project. Manage code reviews, unit testing conflicts and problems, keep upper management informed of progress on project. Manage infrastructure changeover of Expense Department from ACE IT system to IBM Data center. Define scope; develop requirements of customer (hardware- mainframe, server and storage needs), plan effort for new support team. Coordinate and manage testing activities of hardware and software needs of department Project Manager for Expense Department of a major Insurance client: Manage support team of 15 individuals who provided multi-tiered technical support for client’s expense department IT processing of Accounts Payable, Travel Expense, Check/Document Imaging, Fixed Assets, Treasury and payroll transfers and Expense Management Reporting system. Prioritize problem call-ins of all business groups supported. Liaison between IBM engagement manger and the business organizations to ensure projects are in progress and on-time. Communicate weekly with clients on accountable scope. Develop and maintain all project documentation, i.e. project charters, scope, project plans status reports and support resolutions. Coordinate release lifecycle of projects, including development/test activities. Control release team meetings, issues and facilitate solutions pertaining to the lifecycle process. Resolve conflicts between team members. Manage infrastructure and software copying of Expense Department from Cigna IT System to ACE IT system. Define scope; develop requirements of customer (hardware- mainframe, server and storage needs), plan effort for new support team. Coordinate and manage testing activities of hardware and software needs of department. CIGNA Insurance Company, Philadelphia, PA 1994 - 1999 Group Insurance – Property and Casualty Project Leader/ Business Analyst Arms, Inc., Haddonfield, NJ 1985 - 1994 IT Consulting Company – Full service consulting Principal Consultant/Account Manager/Project Manager/Senior Consultant Provide team leadership and project management for multiple, highly complex IT projects from $35K to $1.8 million, through all phases of project management life cycle and ensuring that projects are completed in a timely manner. As an account manager, leading 15 technical consultants at various customer sites, coordinate and integrate team and individual efforts and also build professional relationships with clients and sales associates of company. Manage 25 technical consultants on large credit bureau /communications project. Oversee client change management functions of onsite consultants; provide support and technical interviewing of new prospective consultants. Determine and or contribute estimates for time frames, quality and quantity of resources required to implement projects. Prepare status reports on all project activities and management issues. Log, track and escalate high priority project issues impacting ability to deliver quality products according to planned results. Ensure that project deliverables are defined well, given an assigned owner and measure activities and continue to track them, i.e. design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, software moves to project completion. Develop and maintain all project documentation. Maintain customer relationships to generate additional business by leveraging on-going projects. Learn new technologies to keep ahead of technological changes and improvements in the industry. ________________________________________________________________________
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