Michael Damiani

MICHAEL DAMIANI, PMP®, ITIL®4, CLSSGB, CSM  

8115 Snowflake Obsidian Trail, Delray Beach, FL 33446

845-641-4802

[email protected]

 

 

Public Relations / Project Scope, Schedule, & Cost Change Administration / Record Management

Safety Compliance & Crises Management / Team Building and Leadership / Client Service Orientation

Accomplished, dynamic, and results-oriented Project Management Professional (PMP) with a distinguished career profile and demonstrated success in managing complex projects from start to completion within budget and time constraints in demanding corporate settings. Strategic partner and change agent for both internal and external stakeholders with strong understanding of customer value propositions to foster project success. 

Proven ability to effectively manage contracts and ensure adherence to compliance standards. Adept at fostering long-lasting relationships with executives, clients, employees, and department heads. Superb interpersonal skills; able to lead, train, and motivate teams to peak performance with keen understanding of interrelationships between people, processes, and operations in complex business environments.

Demonstrated success in leading strategic initiatives and developing innovative solutions in alignment with corporate objectives to open new lines of business, propel project success success, and achieve organizational goals.

 

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Full Cycle Project Operations Management Procurement Operations Oversight Risk Measurement & Mitigation Agile Development Methodologies Disaster Recovery Guide Development Application development and deployment  Enterprise Project Management Office formation

Strategic Budget Administration  Business Requirement Analysis  Vendor Relationship Management Staff Training & Development Programs Process & Quality Improvement Initiatives SAAS implementations  PPM evaluation and implementation

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ultimate Software; Fort Lauderdale, FL                                                 February 2019 - Present

Program Manager

1095 Program / Project Management Hours 

 

• Collaborates closely with product development managers, product owners, cross-functional leaders, and department leaders to ensure ongoing team success in the delivery of products and initiatives

• Plans, scope, initiate, track and report on product launches within their product line whether new or existing products

• Provides information, support, direction, and problem-solving to the teams, in a manner that provides positive solutions

• Manages change - as changes to the portfolio are proposed, lead the impact analysis, considering short and long-term trade-offs, benefits and risks, then synthesize and communicate options to senior leadership to facilitate decision-making

• Manage dependencies and risks within and between all domains as well as other areas of the organization.

• Ensures all initiatives that you govern are go-to-market ready for internal and external customers by coordinating with readiness and assurance representatives to fulfill needs for training, activation, deployment, support, services, etc.

• Provides ongoing visibility to senior leadership by reporting on key metrics, initiatives, programs, and products within the domain

 

Program and Project Highlights:

• Security Strategy Controls Program – Waterfall Methodology – This initiative is focused on several security projects to reduce risk and make positive impacts on the business.

• Mentoring App Vendor Selection and Implementation – Waterfall Methodology – The roll-out scalable, self-supporting Mentoring application to establish an enterprise-wide tool that teams and individuals can utilize to grow and manage a mentor program.

• Data Migration to Google Drive – Waterfall Methodology – Migration of sensitive data from an unsecured data repository to a secure Google Drive. 

 

Broward Health; Fort Lauderdale, FL                                                 April 2013 – February 2019

Senior Project Manager / Program Manager

$58.8 Million Total Budgets / 11,096 Program / Project Management Hours 

• Managed a major fifty-two million dollar Children’s Hospital program with seven interrelated projects.

• Worked within a formal project management office and part of the Enterprise PMO formation creating governance and better strategic alignment between business objectives and projects initiated. Also, standardizing best practices, and policies procedures. 

• Evaluated multiple PPM software vendors, presented to leadership, and implemented the preferred selection.

• Utilized Service Now PPM tool integrated with change management reporting and communication. 

• Adhered to firm wide change management procedures presenting all changes, updates and implementations to the change advisory board.  

• Mentored and motivated resources along with fellow project managers, newly acquired project managers and project stakeholders.   

• Assured that all IT initiatives follow strict IT governance processes, ensuring strategic alignment with the organization.

• Communicated and coordinated with executives, other departments, regional units, and 3rd parties as necessary to manage project dependencies for all aspects of delivering a product. 

• Reported status and critical path aspects of the project, delivering messages that are clear and concise to a variety of audiences from executive management to individual team members. 

• Proactively identified and mitigated risks to the project schedule. 

• Provided knowledge, leadership, enthusiasm, and vision necessary to ensure multiple projects have exceptional quality, project management oversight and control. 

 

Program and Project Highlights:

• Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital Program – Waterfall Methodology – Clinical application Implementation, construction, wiring, cabling, IT equipment purchase and configuration.

• Software / Application upgrades or implementation Projects – Waterfall Methodology – Nine projects including Kronos, Lawson, Single Sign On, PolicyStat, Medkinetics Credentialing, CPM Healthgrades, Crimson, Sleep Center windows upgrade, ePrescribe, PowerNote ED, PPM selection and implementation.

• Cisco 7925 Device Deployment Project – Waterfall Methodology – Replace Vocera nurse/physician communication devices with updated Cisco technology for entire district (3,300 devices). 

 

TracFone Wireless; Miami, FL                                                 June 2012 – April 2013

Project Manager II / Portfolio Manager

$4.3 Million Total Budgets / 1,532 Project Management Hours 

• Managed a team of developers using Agile methodologies, principles and approaches to Agile projects. 

• Worked within a formalized Project Management Office implementing a foundation of agile practices.

• Utilized Clarity PPM tool that was integrated with resource management, Human Resources, budgets, compliance and firm communications. 

• Implemented the first wave of Agile projects throughout the corporation. 

• Conducted daily scrum meetings, built agile project plans and maintained an agile mindset throughout the duration of all projects. 

• Financial documentation associated with the project included licensing agreements, contractual agreements, and statements of work, promotional approval forms, purchase orders, invoices, and project expenditure requests.

• Responsible for decisions enduring the financial integrity of the project.

• Responsible for budget maintenance including resource acquisition, timesheets and allocation.

• State project objectives, established requirements, tracked changes to requirements, and ensured changes were documented according to standards.

• Facilitated requirement review and prioritization meetings dealing with business change requests.

• Facilitated assignment of roles and responsibilities for project teams, assisted with impact analysis, communicated decisions and tracked changes.

• Ensured that scope, schedule or cost changes were identified and communicated to key stakeholders.

 

Portfolio and Project Highlights:

• Value Added Services Portfolio –Agile Methodology – Applications developed; Mobile Based Billing, My Account and Mobile Marketing. 

• Technical projects – Agile Methodology - Interactive Voice Recognition upgrades, interactive coverage map upgrade and implementation for all brands. 

 

21st Century Fox Corporation; New York, NY                                                 December 2009 – June 2012

Senior Project Manager 

• Initiated and facilitated new infrastructure processes and documentation of all show notes, detailed directives for each show including Microsoft Visio diagrams and step by step procedures for optimum efficiency.

• Published all documents and diagrams to the firm internal Wiki site and shared drives.

• Defined project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management.

• Coached, Mentored, motivated and supervised project team members, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

• Planned and scheduled project timelines and milestones using Microsoft Visio.

• Worked with Audio Engineers and Developers to proactively manage projects in a timely manner.

• Worked various live and pre-taped shows.

• Proactively managed changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.

 

Mosner Family Brands; Bronx, NY   March 2009 – Dec 2009

Senior Project Manager

• Developed and managed creative project timelines and deadlines from conception through to completion while maintaining plant productivity.

• Managed active veal and lamb plant of 35 employees' pre and post production hours in preparation for a United States Department of Agriculture inspection.

• Successfully integrated management skills learned from previous work experience and education towards an industry with no prior exposure.

• Produced new documentation templates regarding inspections, utilizing Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Excel for infrastructure services such as, Standard Operating Procedures, employee guidelines, employment handbooks, plant safety procedures, equipment safety procedures, and visitor policies.

• Implemented a technology driven supply chain for more effective traceability and tracking.

• Maintained a motivated and positive plant staff through the duration of the project.

• Adhered to strict budgetary requirements throughout the processes completing the project under budget.

 

KPMG LLP; Montvale, NJ     September 2001 – Mar 2009

Project Manager - Infrastructure Support Services                                                                          

• Project Manager for Crisis Management Team that implemented the first disaster recovery guide; responsible for executing firm wide Send Word Now messages, maintained and created crisis plans, weekly crisis management calls, coordinated Software distribution pushes, and quality and assurance of each software distribution package.

• Worked within a formalized Project Management Office without a PPM tool. 

• Responsible for project kick off meetings, status update meetings, conference calls and close out meetings.

• Outlined project and group communications including statement of work, project plans, quarterly newsletters, and executive correspondence.

• Project Office for critical technology purchases to revamp infrastructure and all technology driven projects.

• Managed and executed successful department "lunch and learn" training sessions.

• Project Office for the Vista migration project.

• Project Manager for the team that created a new graphical user interface dashboard used for centralized point of data entry for weekly reports and created the complete requirement documentation for the project.

• Managed the development and deployment team from concept to delivery to revamp prior "current time reporting system" increasing the departments' portal usage and compliance over 50%.

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS / ORGANIZATIONS

• ITILv4 Foundation, October 2019

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, October 2016

• PMP Certification, May 2016

• Certified Scrum Master, April 2012

• Member of the Project Management Institute, August 2011

 

EDUCATION

• Bachelors of Science in Business Management, Dominican College, Blauvelt, NY, June 2007

• Associate of Science in Criminal Justice, SUNY Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY, December 1999

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• ITIL 4 Foundation Training, Pink Elephant, October 2019

• Agile Project Management Methodologies, New Horizons, June 2018

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Florida Atlantic University, October 2016

• PMP Certification Boot Camp, Project Management Academy, 2011

• Crystal Reports XI R1/R2 Report Design 1 Fundamentals of Report Design, Business Objects, April 2008

• Project Management Fundamentals, International Institute for Learning, February 2008

• Getting Results without Authority, American Management Association, September 2007

• Instructional Techniques for New Instructors Workshop, Langevin Learning Services, August 2006

• 25 Creative Ways to Add Excitement to your Training Workshop, August 2006

 

COMPUTER PLATFORM AND SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

MSFT Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 95, Windows NT, MSFT Office 2013, 2007 and 2003 (Project, Visio, Outlook, Power Point, Excel, Word) CA Clarity PPM, Daptive PPM, Service Now, Motive communications, Versa CAD, Instinet, Cybertrader, Trac Data, Bloomberg and Bridge Informational Terminals, MSFT SQL Server Microsoft Access, Outlook, Visio, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Adobe, Remedy, Avaya, and Davacord.

 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Received numerous "Employer Appreciation Awards", representing extra effort given to customer support for analyzing problems and developing and proposing successful technical solutions.

• Successfully managed manpower, internal and external personnel, outside vendors, and project budgets to achieve deliverables within deadlines.

• Completed undergraduate degree while maintaining a full time position at KPMG.