PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Ingram Micro, Santa Ana, CA3/2015 –
7/2015
Senior
Project Manager
Completed strategic projects to implement
new financial software for global long-range planning for the Company’s four
lines of business. Tracked project performance metrics.
•Collaborated with
Directors/Senior Vice Presidents in Corporate Financial organization to
achieve tight deadlines set by CEO for global line of business reporting and
planning project with $5.4M.
FMC
Technologies, Fullerton, CA5/2014 – 2/2015
Senior Project Manager
Investigated upgrades to existing products
to enable sales. Collaborated with engineering and partners. Projects
included Root Cause Failure Analysis, Product Improvement, and Product
Extended Testing.
•Planned, managed, and executed projects
supporting Company’s premier product line, 3.2 MW MK1 Permanent Magnet Motor
product portfolio from project estimation through manufacturing at $2.0M per
motor.
L-3
Communications, Power Paragon, Anaheim, CA7/2012 – 5/2014
Program Manager
Lead projects to deliver new systems and
upgrades to existing products for operational improvements. Projects
included software and firmware development and upgrades for company's leading
product. Managed client expectations and delivered products by
deadline. Monitored schedule and cost metrics.
•Implemented project initiation and project
planning for software development programs with
custom engineered equipment supporting Virginia
class Navy Nuclear submarines with 20-person cross functional
teams totaling over $10 million.
•Managed 4 software/control development and
R&D projects totaling $10+M. Assembled
integrated
engineering product teams, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain and Test.
Chris Franzoso, PMP
Southern
California Edison, Rosemead, CA10/2010 – 6/2012
Manager Project/Product
Lead projects investigating new systems or
upgrades to existing business systems to enable operational efficiencies and
cost savings. Projects included personal tracking system for company
CEO, Enterprise Compliance Management System and Human Resources personnel
planning tools.
•Managed project initiation and project planning
for in-house clients including initial scope and
vendor selections.
•Streamlined
operational inefficiencies by 25% in Compliance department due to system
upgrades, and generated a cost savings of $50K. Decreased penalties due
to bad reporting resulting in cost savings of $250K.
•Directed design/launch of workforce planning and
best practices program. Program provided
forecast analytics
to determine future talent recruitment needs in Edison workforce.
Program
received global recognition from Workforce.com.
Xerox,
Rochester, NY5/2008 – 8/2010
Senior Delivery Operations Manager
Oversaw Operations Delivery team
accountable for 24x7 operations for Xerox's North American Marketing and
Sales application serving 5000 direct sales reps. Environments included
Oracle and SQL databases, .Net and Unix.
·
Project
Manager of database (Oracle 10g) security patches and upgrades, server migrations,
technology upgrades (.NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0), and quarterly application release
schedule.
General
Electric Corporate/Xerox Capital Services, Rochester, NY6/2006 – 5/2008
IT Project
Manager - Strategic Projects Black Belt - Research Analyst
Lead projects
implementing COTS and developed Workflow systems to enable operational
efficiencies and cost savings. Mapped business process and used Lean
methods to eliminate waste and improve business process flow.
Collaborated with business analysts, Six Sigma Black Belts and management.
•Project
Manager for Xerox Sales Notification tool, eNotify – Managed vendor
selection, development and launch; developed Multi Generation Product plan
and launched application enhancements that increased call center efficiency
10%.
•Generated
annual cost savings of 4% reduction in FTE headcount for a savings of about
$500K.
•Project Manager for Xerox equipment Installs / Cancels – Drove
Workflow logic for new application development using LEAN concepts while
increasing productivity 20%.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Project Management Institute
EDUCATION/TRAINING
George Washington University, Washington, DC Master
of Science, Project Management, 2014
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CTMaster of Business
Administration, Finance, 2005
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CTBachelor of Science, Chemical
Engineering, 1997
ITIL Foundations Certification, Southern California Edison, Pink
Elephant, 2012
Project Management Professional Certification, 2008
Six Sigma Green Belt Training, Xerox, 2009
Six Sigma Black Belt Training, GE, 2008