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Anthony Blaylock 

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Conway, AR  72032
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Resume Headline: Technical Project Manager

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Anthony Blaylock     Software Development Business Process Analyst 3              

Anthony.Blaylock@gmail.com  Northrop Grumman

Phone: (501) 804-7048         70 Leslie Road, Conway, AR 72116             

Professional Summary

 

A highly qualified business process analyst with more than 25 years of experience in the information technology industry. An accomplished business analyst for two fortune 500 companies. Proven leadership and expertise in technical and business consulting with a focus on healthcare IT.  Expertise in directing engineering services with strong software integration and development experience. An expert in quality assurance and managing on-schedule delivery of programs.  Provides results-focused management of integrated software development environments and is talented at management of large programs and effective procurement and delivery for large systems and networks. An exceptional communicator and mentor.

 

Length of Employment with Respondent

 

Employed with Northrop Grumman for over 2 years.

 

Job History

Northrop Grumman2013 – 2015

Software Business Process Analyst 3, Development Operations (DevOps)2014 – 2015

Served as the business process analyst and scrum master on the DDS Mainframe to SQL conversion project for the Arkansas Department of Human Services.  Also, served as the business process analyst and shadowed the scrum master on the SNAP (Special Nutrition Assistance Program) direct certification project for the Arkansas Department of Education.  Facilitated sprint review meetings with project stakeholders. Analyzed, developed, and managed detailed requirements documentation. Performed business process analysis and developed technical business process models. Interfaced with management and customers and provided various reports on a regular basis. Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills, communicated technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, and interfaced with customers on a daily basis. Developed lifecycle documents including Detailed Functional Requirements, Software Requirement Specifications, Detailed Design Specifications, User Manuals, and Use Cases.

Software Test Engineer 3, Special Nutrition Programs (SNP)2013-2014

Served as a software test engineer 3 on the CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) project for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.   Developed comprehensive training plans and curricula. Attended JAD sessions and documented required changes and prepared detailed design documentation for change requests.  Trained state agency staff using a train the trainer approach.  Produced a detailed user manual.  Developed on-line tutorials and training videos.  Developed a thorough testing plan and performed unit, system, and integration testing of the system. Created a plan that addressed data migration, table population, module integration, and system integration, stress testing and capacity testing.  Performed unit, system, and integration testing in accordance with the approved test plan. Documented date and time each test was performed, and summarized & detailed test results for NJDA. Additionally, delivered periodic updates to NJDA project manager that detailed various test metrics.

 

 

DATA-P6 Computers2011 – 2013

Project Manager, Information Technology

Served as project manager for the Little Rock Arkansas office.  Skillfully built the Arkansas office and developed accounts. Managed business development, service delivery, staffing, budgets, and gross margin on multiple accounts and large projects.  Constructed training manuals for end users and verified understanding by using train the trainer approach. Created websites after gathering customer requirements and tested the sites, working and with customers during the development and verified that all requirements were met during development.  Documented the time each test was performed and recorded pass/fail results and documented issues on spreadsheets.  Scheduled and prioritized jobs and requests so that deadlines were met & verified that customer satisfaction was maintained.  Managed project plans, project tasks, deliverables, milestones, and kept key individuals informed of the progress.  Supervised all services including staffing, scheduling, metrics, expenses, and gross margin on projects.  Spearheaded the pre-sales support for large projects, including the tasks of gathering requirements, writing SOWs, presenting solutions to customers, and assisting in final contract negotiations with average gross margins of 30 percent.

 

Goodman Networks, Inc. 2010 – 2011

Project Manager, Telecommunications

Served as project manager for the Little Rock Arkansas office.  Oversaw teams of electrical contractors and verified that they had correctly installed materials at sites.   Delivered periodic updates to customers and other stakeholders.  Created and executed the project scope & work plan & revised as appropriate to meet changing needs. Proactively identified issues and promoted new technical and non-technical solutions.  Utilized Oracle/SQL to gather data for 500 projects in 5 days & reduced shipping costs by 25% to $2M.

 

Six Sigma Networks2009 – 2010

Project Manager, Information Technology

Served as project manager for the Little Rock Arkansas office. Proactively led the development of business solutions for customers with minimal supervision.  Identified and created lean business processes & procedures; employing best business practices.  Successfully negotiated a 25% reduction in telecommunication costs for the company at the 2009 CTIA trade show.

 

Standard Computer, Inc. 2008 – 2009

Project Manager, Information Technology

 

Served as project manager for the Little Rock Arkansas office. Utilized spreadsheets to monitor and maintain project schedules. Helped identify customer requirements and managed project plans and successfully upgrading a 60 user medical clinic to MS Server 2007 in 3 days & reduced network costs 25% to $45K.

 

Tarrant Technology Partners, Inc. 2008

Project Manager, Information Technology

Served as project manager for the Fort Worth Texas office. Established business contacts with existing and potential customers/business partners. Led a team that migrated a 6 million dollar PGA event to total Wi-Fi in 5 days and reduced network costs by 35% to $65K.

 

Glow Networks, Inc., 2006 – 2008

Project Manager, Telecommunications

Served as project manager for the Little Rock Arkansas office.  Completed projects on time and within budget.  Produced a detailed user manual for future Alcatel-Lucent BTS installations.  Wrote T-SQL queries for data validation.  Delivered periodic updates that detailed various test metrics.  Reported the number of test plans performed during each period & the (pass/fail) results. Generated a list of issues ordered by impact on testing and the project timeline. Developed a thorough testing plan integration testing of the proposed system.  Constructed a plan that addressed data migration, table population, module integration, and system integration, stress testing and capacity testing. Performed unit, system, and integration testing in accordance with the approved test plan.  Documented the date and the time each test was performed and gave detailed test results.  Developed comprehensive training plans and curricula. Produced a detailed user manual.  Worked with teams of engineers and electricians and installed a 4G infrastructure at 17 Toronto Canada sites in 30 days for Alcatel-Lucent & delivered a 20% sales gain to $1M.

 

 

Broadband Providers, LLC 2001 – 2006

Project Manager, Telecommunications

Served as project manager for the Little Rock Arkansas office. Communicated the status on projects, design requirements & submitted other relevant details to various stakeholders.  Closed contracts and worked with teams of engineers to develop an unprecedented 150 new RF sites establishing a record annual 50% sales gain & a rise in profits of 15%.

 

Alltel Corporation 1996 – 2001

Senior Business Analyst, Telecommunications

Served as senior business analyst for the corporate headquarters in Little Rock Arkansas. Provided direction to the development teams and delivered the scope requirements on multiple projects. Wrote SAP Business Objects/T-SQL Queries.  Utilized expertise in Microsoft Excel, Power Point, & Excel to prepare requirements documentation.  Developed and executed test cases and tested web applications that were produced by client server teams.  Resolved software development issues that reduced annual outsourcing costs by 30% to $5M.

 

Educational Background

§ Bachelor of Science & ROTC Graduate, TCU

§ Proxim (Wireless Engineer), Proxim Corporation

§ PMP Candidate – Enough documented hours to sit for the PMP Exam

§ Agile Scrum Master Exam, Scrum.Org

§ Agile Scrum Fundamentals Exam – Passed Scrum Fundamentals Exam (SFC Certified)

§ Agile Scrum Master on 2 projects at NG

§ Management Leadership/Sales Course, Dale Carnegie

Specific or Technical Accomplishments

§ Training: Network Protocols, Operating Systems, Programming Languages

SAP (Business Objects/T-SQL Queries), Java/VB/C++,Cisco/ Microsoft/PMI (CCNA/MCSE/PMP), Oracle (J.D. Edwards/E-3/Meta Solv), (Microsoft Word/Excel/Access/Outlook/PowerPoint/Project/Visio)

 



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