AL WASHINGTON, PMP
601 NW 203 Terrace
Pembroke Pines, Fl. 33029
[Send email to request phone number] 14-2691
e-mail nusoftmn@comcast.net (email me for full resume)
SUMMARY: Al Washington, a senior level consultant with 25 years of experience
as an IT Professional and 10 years as a Project Management professional speaks
the language of Corporate America, profits, performance, market share and value.
I possess and understand the values of leadership, the values of customer
satisfaction, the values of efficient design, the values of mastering software
methodology, business process methodology, technical and analytical skills . My
decades of experience comes from servicing multi-million dollar accounts for
companies such as IBM, American Express, Continental Airline, AT&T, Capital One
Financials, United Technology, TYCO/ADT, Blue Cross Blue Shield, etc..
I desire and pursue senior level mission critical complex projects, to drive to
completion of major milestones and establish added value as quickly as the plan
will allow. I’m comfortable with global and domestics projects or locales
My work history includes Project Management, PMP and Six Sigma certifications
along with each phase of the Project Development Life Cycle (PDLC), Software
Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Data Warehouse initiatives. Al Washington is
considered a heavy hitter for mission critical complex projects. He has
successfully managed and brought structure to projects technically and
administratively. He is also a consultant to consultants. Functional roles
include but are not limited to; leveraging intellectual capital, technical
project management, functional project management, project driver, business
analyst, integration/migration specialist, CMMI familiarity and system analyst.
Initiatives including feasibility studies, data warehouse (Kimball), star schema,
snowflake schema, data gathering, data modeling, data architecture,
system/business analysis, design, coding, system deployment, tuning, quality
control, project standards, data conversion, DBA work and OLAP development are a
part of his background. He is proficient working in a team environment or
working alone. Al Washington is also equipped to telecommute and provide remote
project management support from his south Florida office.
Work history has covered many industries; financial, healthcare, insurance,
travel related and human resources.
Management milestones includes, analysis, design, Project Plans with WBS,
benefits/cost analysis, ROI, Payback analysis, Earned Value (EV) analysis, Oracle
upgrade evaluation, Data Integration Design Documents, Entity Relationship
Diagrams, Logical Views, Schema maps, Power Point and Visio presentations,
managing human resources, etc. Reporting tools (i.e. Workbench, MS Project, PMO
dashboard, scorecard) and tracking projects measurable results were significant.
Technical milestones include; online IMS, CICS, batch IMS, CICS, DB2/SQL,
graphical user interface (GUI) tools , Voice over IP (VOIP), TELON, EASYTRIEVE
PLUS, COBOL, COBOL II, interfacing with Oracle RDBMS. Exposure to Hyperion
Series 9 fundamentals, OLAP concepts with Essbase, DB2 UDB, MQseries, PL/SQL,
MS/SQL, SQL SERVER, JAVA, Web site publishing, CMMI, Six Sigma Green Belt
Certification, PMP Certification, Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology,
Joint Application Development (JAD) methodology, Sarbanes-Oxley SOX
fundamentals, UML, XML, LOTUS NOTES, Domino., Data Architect, Infrastructure
Architect, Data Warehouse (DW), Data Mining, ETL tools (ie. Informatica),
Business Intelligence (BI), Disaster Recovery strategies, LAN/WAN SAN,
infrastructure installation, ecommerce and client server.
Notables: Al Washington’s functional experience and skills could satisfy many
roles, a few are listed below:
Project Manager (PMP) Technical Project
Manager (PMP)
Quality Manager (Six Sigma) Data Warehouse Manager
(PMP)
Infrastructure Manager Data Architect / Technical Architect
Data Modeler (ERWIN) ETL Developer (Informatica)
DBA Conversion / Integration Specialist
System Analyst Business
Intelligence Analyst
Legacy Mainframe Development Specialist Meta Data Specialist
Internet Development IT Consultant / Specialist
PM METHODOLOGIES: PMP, SIX SIGMA, RUP, JAD, CMMI, SOA, Waterfall, Agile
SOFTWARE: IMS DB/DC, IMS DL/1, DB2, CICS, COBOL, COBOL II, MICROFOCUS COBOL,
Erwin, Metadata, TELON, POWERBUILDER, CLIENT SERVER CONCEPTS, JCL, MFS, BTS, ADF,
PSBGENS, MGSGENS, OS/MVS, SQL, QMF, EASYTRIEVE, SAS, HTML, UML, XML, JAVA,
WINDOWS NT, EXCEL, MS WORD, LOTUS NOTES, Walker Financials CARMS, MS SQL,
TIBCO
Mr. Washington’s most recent professional experience:
Capital One Financials 8-2007 -- 12-2007
Enterprise Wide (All lines of business domestic and international)
Project Manager Consultant
As a project manager for the Cost Complexity Reduction (CCR) Program, I worked
on Agile/Scrum and Waterfall/Phased methodology projects. Capital One is
recognized as an industry leader in the BI (Business Intelligences) analytic
space. My projects or iterations involved evaluation of business tools and
processes for complexity reduction, cost savings or cost avoidance. BI tools
such as Micro Strategy, Business Objects, SAS, Hyperion BRIO and other enterprise
wide tools were evaluated during this project. Another project is assessing
which business processes should be re-used or adopted enterprise wide because of
their efficiencies. This project involves management at the international (UK,
Canada, India, US) or global level, involving only director level members.
Hardware Infrastructure, Architecture and Project recommendations would be
socialized along with their best practices. Under my direction projects were
brought out of red and yellow status to green status. Iterations have been
completed and multiple pilots began. Metadata Management is one of our piloted
processes. Project Server 2003, SharePoint, Knowledge link, Project One,
ClearQuest are some of the tools I use to produce results. I’m also tasked with
ensuring compliance to established PMO methodology standards.
IBM
7-2006 - 12-2006
IBM Global Services
Infrastructure Project Manager
Managed, directed, coordinated, communicated and drove closure of IBM and
Honeywell International infrastructure assets and financials. I facilitated the
orderly transition of assets, primarily servers and memory storage, from or to
IBM’s client. Managed and coordinated a national team of providers to, build,
commission, wipe and decommission servers. Validated closure letter process and
financials of other project managers before asset were finally closed. Scheduled
agenda meetings with Honeywell and IBM stakeholders. Attended meeting with
Honeywell and IBM stakeholders weekly to communicate status, issues or concerns.
Attended training sessions related to IBM’s products (i.e. ODBS, Financial
Reporting, RUP, etc.)
CCMSI
1-2006 - 2-2006
Project Manager / Business Analyst
My charge with this national leader in worker compensation claims services, were
to lead a team to produce IAIABC compliant EDI transmission records. My duties
involved being the business analyst and managing the project using Project
Management Institute (PMI), Project Management Professional (PMP) methodology.
Duties included, evaluating the customer’s 700 plus page requirements document,
producing business rules, producing business requirement specs, producing test
cases and quality requirements for the project team. My role also included,,
defining project objectives, milestones, prioritizing work schedule while
establishing timelines, establishing meeting agenda items with stakeholders,
defined reporting requirements, defining quality requirements, producing test
cases, preparing end-user questionnaires and data gathering. Project
administration included Initiating, Planning, Executing, and Controlling, and
Closure, post implementation review for the project. Establishing best practice
guidelines, identifying lessons learned, producing acceptance criteria
requirements and creating consensus while managing customer expectations were
also initiatives that were provide. . Copious amounts of documentation,
interviews, charts, flows, benefit analysis, risk management, loss control and
best practice techniques were used or produced. The software construction used
each phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). MS SQL SERVER and MS
SQL was the backbone of the construction phase. Other tools used are Project,
Visio, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF Professional etc.
TYCO/ADT Security Account
1-2001 - 6-2002
Project Manager / Business Analyst
TYCO/ADT Security Account
2-98 – 5-2000
Project Lead/Business Analyst
FPL (Florida Power and Light)
10/97 - 2/98
Consultant
Continental Airline
01/97 - 10/97
EDS (Electronic Data Systems)
Project Lead/Consultant
RYDER SYSTEMS 10/95 - 12-96
Consultant
JOHN ALDEN INSURANCE 6/6/95 - 9/95
Consultant
AMERICAN EXPRESS 11/93 -1/95
Consultant
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES 7/89 - 9/90
(Pratt & Whitney division)
Consultant
AT&T 9/88 - 7/89
Consultant
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (currently HUMANA) 6/86 - 3/87
Project Lead / Business Analyst
Evaluated stakeholders requirements, created project objectives, milestones,
timelines, held meetings
with project team and stakeholders. Obtained signoff from stakeholder.
Participate in quality control analysis
and post implementation review. Analyzed, developed, designed and implemented
a claims billing system to revise their claims accounts payable system.
Produced the functional specifications, identified goals and tracked
deliverables to ensure that the tasks were completed on time and within budget.
The system was developed using PICK software and screen utilities.
AT&T 2/85 - 5/86
Consultant
Assisted in the design and functional specifications of a new order billing
and pricing
system. The system was developed using IMS DB/DC, COBOL. Coded, tested and
documented
the system. Produced code, designed flows, produced technical recommendations
as part of the
tuning and testing guideline process.
OTHER POSITIONS: (approximate dates)
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD of Florida 03/84 - 12/84 IMS DB/DC/ COBOL
GEICO INSURANCE 02/82 - 02/84 IMS DB/DC/ COBOL
MARTIN MARIETTA(currently Lockheed-Martin) 01/80 - 1/82 IMS DB1
/ COBOL
CRESTAR BANK 11/78 - 12/79 OS/MVS / COBOL
CITY OF RICHMOND
5/78 - 10/78 OS/MVS / COBOL
ASSOCIATIONS
Certified Project Manager
Project Management Institute -- South Florida Chapter
Education
PMP certification from PMI (Project Management Institute), 2002 •
Project Management Certification by Comptia, 2001 •
Six Sigma Green Belt, Norfolk State University, Virginia Commonwealth
University, J Reynolds College
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