Scot Marshall-Pryde PMP, CFA

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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

 

 MS AZURE, Agile, Extreme Programming,  RUP, Summit D, IPDM, Offshore Models, (Onsite, Offsite, Offshore, Onsite/Offshore (Hybrid), Offsite/Offshore, Global Delivery) ,EPMO, EVM (Earned Value, Windows Server 2008 R2,2012, MS IIS, MS SharePoint 03/07/10/13, SCCM, MS AZURE, PAAS, SAAS, IAAS, MS Project Server 03/07/10/13, MS Project Professional 03/07/10/13, MS App-V, Hyper-V, Clarity, Balanced Scorecard, SEI-CMMI, Hyperion, Visio Professional, (Oracle E-Business 11.7, Financials, Payables 10.7, 7.3, 8i, Designer) Primavera P6 Professional. Primavera P6 EVMS,, Primavera P6 EPPM, PeopleSoft Financials, HRIS, (SAP R/3, Financials, PPM), Salomon, Merrin Trading Systems, Lattice, EDGAR link, BARRA B2, AutEx, Reuters, Bloomberg, SWIFT, Eagle Trading Systems, Charles River Trading, (IMS, Trader, Manager, Compliance), LongView, Thomson , Open Trader, Portia,  Omgeo  ALERT, CTM (Central Trade Manager), OASIS, Global OASIS  Process Reengineering, Web, Project Management Knowledge Areas, STP/T+1, Kronos, ChangePoint, Business Objects, Business Continuity, Capacity Planning, SRM, SAN, Storage, N-Tier. Virtualization VMWARE, Servers - IBM, SUN, Dell and HP, Storage EMC and HP, Network IVE, Firewalls, SSL VPN, Active Directory, DNS

 

CERTIFICATIONS / AFFILIATIONS

 

·  Project Management Institute Certification PMI, P.M.P

·  C.F.A. (Chartered Financial Analyst)

 

EDUCATION

 

·  Harvard University – BA Government / International Relations

 

 

Skills	Years
Program Manager	15+ years
Project management experience	15+ years
Experience developing and launching at least one PMO supporting at least 5 project managers	2 PMO, 16 PM & 65 Projects
developing and implementing PMO in a company from scratch	Yes
Expert with Primavera P6 PPM, Analytics, ChangePoint PPM, MS Project Server 03/07/10,13 MS Project 03/07/10,13	Yes
PMP	Yes
PMO	10+ years
PMBOK	15+ years
Portfolio Management and Demand Management /Reporting	10+ years

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Cambridge International Projects                                                                                               Nov 2003 - Present

Principal

·              Successfully performs advisory project management services, for senior management teams on PMO's, programs and project portfolios of significant strategic importance to the client organization.   

·              Utilization of earned value management (EVM) and systems (EVMS) based from data on Primavera P6, MS Project Server 2013 / MS Project 2013 application with sole focus of improving project portfolio management performance (EVM Scalability for large programs).

·              Implementation, Migration and roll out of Primavera P6, ChangePoint, MSPS 2007, 2010, 2013, MSP 2010 from MSPS 2007 and MS Project 2007.  MSPS 2010 upgrades to 2013 on Azure platforms.                                                                                                        

·              Manages continuous derivation of competitive advantage for clients via project management and through the consideration of the project management relationship to the business as a whole, the competitive system, and its dynamics.                                               

·              Proactively identifies projects and their capabilities that drive clients to deliver superior results in a sustainable manner.             

·              Provide valid data, rigorous analyses, external perspectives, root causes, and explicit logic to serve as a foundation for objective decision-making.

·              Successful design/implantation of iterative project management office capability-building processes to instill new skills and approaches for client mobilization.

 

Verizon Innovation Laboratories                                                                                                   Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

Program Manager

·              Team member for New Product Development         

·              Program Leadership and launch for Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Cities, Telematics and M2M.

·              Successfully functioned as NPD liaison between engineering team, directors and senior management .

 

Baxalta Pharmaceuticals                                                                                                               Dec 2014 - July 2015

PMO – Senior Project Manager

·              Responsible for Global Program and Project Scheduling for new company split from Baxter Healthcare. 

·              Successful Integration of all global franchises and products into project portfolios.

·              Successfully implemented new Global Project Portfolio / Project Management  Global system.

 

Banco Santander / Santander US Strategic Initiatives                                                              Aug 2014 – Dec 2014

MS Project Integration Advisor/ Governance, Regulatory & Oversight

·              (Santander) SAN US Regulatory Program Management Core Team Member accountable for implementation of Project Management Capabilities as mandated by the Federal Reserve Bank.

·              Advisory liaison between Project Managers and EPMO to develop standard/custom schedule tracking/reporting solutions.

·              Provided expertise in support of 6 Program Managers for 60 Projects.

·              Successful execution and integration of all Project Schedules into Master Schedule.

·              Project Management Advisor for 6 Programs subsuming; Governance and Oversight, CCAR, ERM (All Bank Investment Risk Areas), Heightened Expectations, Capabilities Enhancements, Technology and Data Center.

·              Weekly Reporting to the Director SIO (Strategic Initiatives Office –United States).

 

Partners Healthcare Systems                                                                                                       Sept 2012 – May 2014

MS Project Server 2010/2013 Implementation Advisor/ Administrator

 

·              Successful implementation of MSPS 2010 on SharePoint 2010 in a 66,000 person company.

·              Prepared client for addition upgrade to MSPS 2013 on Azure

·              Advised Project Managers on use of product as well as assisted in developing AD synch pools from PeopleSoft as well as in house HR Permissions DB.

·              Utilization of online meetings for leading and facilitating meetings - large audiences in technical infrastructure and applications and subsequent integration on a weekly basis.

·              On site SharkPro Projects liaison for the team working remotely in the US and Europe.

·              Microsoft Project Server 2010 implemented on time and on budget.

 

Shire HGT (Human Genome Therapies)                                                                                     Feb 2009– July 2012

Sr. Technical Project Manager -Strategic Planning and Program Management

 

·              Technical Project Management involving strategic planning and program management for nine product lines averaging 12-17 years in duration at $1 billion per program.

·              Advised 9 Program Executives and 9 Program Managers on Portfolio Management and Project Management.

·              Successful implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2010.

·              Successful implementation and upgrade from MS Project 2003/07 to MSP 2010

·              Successful implementation of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.

·              Successful implementation of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010.

·              Advised Senior Management on Project Portfolio Management and Demand Management and reported to the SVP of Strategic Planning and Program Management on a weekly basis.

 

DistanceVision Incorporated                                                                                                          Aug 2008 – Nov 2008

Project Management Advisor- Mentor / Coach

 

·              Advised Senior Management in all PMI/PMBOK knowledge areas and recommended program management strategies for implementation.

·              Responsible for establishing the training curriculum to support the roles & responsibilities associated with the defined processes.     

·              Provided on-going support to project managers, team members and other stakeholders in understanding, applying and adapting the standard processes and tools in support of individual projects.

·              Integrated Report Designer tool for end-to-end user reporting and charting

·              Integrated workflow for end-to-end management of requests, candidates and projects

·              Worked with all levels of the organization coaching and teaching the in the use of MS Project/Project Server 2007.

 

Verne Global Incorporated                                                                                                             Feb 2008 – July 2008

Sr. Program Manager

 

·              Project Management advisory services for development of a $300 million green global data center in Iceland.

·              Implementation of Project Server 2007, MS Project 2007 EPM solution for offshore/onsight and onsite offshore project management.

·              Implemented an earned value management system EVMS (MS Project Server based) for the integrated master schedule (IMS) while implementing consistent application of EVM procedure and policy company wide. Additional coaching role-based EVM knowledge among business analysts on the project teams

·              Implemented Project Management best practices and development of two (500+ task) project plans.  Elicited business requirements and wrote functional specifications.

·              Advised senior management on SOW and RFP, subcontractor contracts and vendor relations.

·              Point of expertise (SME) on all project management knowledge areas.

·              Identified and tracked milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, changes and dependencies within the schedule.

·              Responsible for project risk management.  Identified, assessed, manage and mitigate project risks to successful project completion. *Responsible for project change control.  Ensured the appropriate solution or budget was presented so that projected business benefits were realized.     

 

Performance Equity Management                                                                                              March 2007 – Sep 2007

Program Manager

·              Collected and organized client requirements for a cost- based allocation accounting application.

·              Managed deliverables and assigned tasks to software development team.

·              Implementation and deployment of Project Server 2007 and MS Project 2007.

·              Implemented Project Management best practices and development of task tracking system.

·              Elicited business requirements and wrote functional specifications.

·              Developed and managed User Acceptance Test plans.

·              Performed SIT and QA testing prior to end user roll-out.

·              Designed and documented Production Rollout strategies and Requirements documentation.

 

L-3 Communications (Aerospace & Avioncs Division)             July 2006 – Feb 2007

Integrated Master Scheduler

·              Developed and created Program Master Scheduling procedures and standard work (+3200 subprojects).

·              Audited program schedules to ensure a high degree of quality and adherence to L-3 /Dept of Navy standard practices.

·              Implementation / integration of Primavera EVMS (P6) from MS Project 2007 integrated master schedule (IMS)/work breakdown structure (WBS) and integrated master plan (IMP)

·              Ensured the IMS is vertically and horizontally networked in order to perform Critical Path analysis and reconciliation at the appropriate system level

·              Conducted weekly/monthly detailed analysis to Program Events as well as intermediate milestones.

·              Performed risk analysis to identify, communicate and reduce program risks.

·              Presented to senior management, U.S. government customers and program partners.

·              Coordinated with major suppliers and partners to collect and deliver schedule information related to, and integrated with, the IMS.

·              Constructed and managed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and work scope decomposition to achieve and effectively measure to program objectives.

·              Maintain and control program schedule baselines.

·              Ensure program schedule integration between SAP and Primavera.

·              Implementation of Primavera EVMS and derivation

·              Managed deliverables and assigned tasks to software development team.

 

Manulife Financial Corporation / John Hancock Financial Services                                        Nov 2005 – May 2006

Sr. Program Manager/PMO U.S. Infrastructure Services

 

·  Developed Project Tracking for a newly created US Technical Infrastructure Division.

·  Extensive use of earned value management (EVM) and reporting for all 60 projects in the PMO.

·  Changepoint module administration consisting of Portfolio management, Project management, Resource management Time and expense

·  Member of SAN/SRM team building the environment capacity of 150TB with a storage mix of Tier 1 and Tier 2 systems.

·  Worked with Program Manager of Data Centers to define requirements for load balancing and capacity planning and performance.

·  Daily interaction with six project managers responsible for 1,000 business applications running on 900 Windows and UNIX servers.

·  Effective utilization of Offsite /Offshore outsourcing.

·  Successfully tracked all technical projects within the U.S. and Canada.

·  Successfully tracked all IBM Repatriation Projects for month and yearend reporting.

·  Successfully developed and track all Integration Projects for month and yearend reporting.

 

State Street Corporation                   April 2004 – Dec 2004                                                                                                    

Program Manager, Global Project Services - Deutsche Bank Acquisition

·              Project Management for Passive and Active accounting systems for Deutsche Bank subsidiaries in Austria, Italy and Germany.

·              Spearheaded divisional team to focus on project cost reduction by implementing new (COTS) earned value management system (EVMS) in tandem with a proprietary balanced scorecard for reporting project / business strategy alignment. (MS Project Server 2003 and MS Project 2003 EPM Solution)

·              Gathered detailed business requirements and worked with multinational teams on the Deutsche Bank Acquisition.             

·              Advised and developed State Street, Deutsche Bank Integration project plans for Italy, Austria and Germany.

·              Worked with multinational development teams integrating order management system, proprietary pricing and accounting Systems.

·              Authored and presented high level pricing executive summaries for C level management for Italy, Austria and Germany.

·              Source for defining project business objectives, evaluating the requirements, rule definition, current and future process.

 

State Street Research & Management                                                                                         Dec 2002 – April 2004

Project Management Consultant, Project Mentor

 

·              Successfully created the PMO, in tandem with senior management, as an independent structure.

·              Advised SVP’s of Technical Infrastructure, Development and Business Solutions on PM methodologies

·              Worked directly with Technical Infrastructure Team to build Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan and Map.

·              Consulted on multiple project portfolios within the organization reporting to a managing director on a weekly basis.

·              Successful configuration, roll out and deployment of Project '02, Project Server '02, Sharepoint Team Services application suite.

·              Collected status information from senior project managers and provided them with information from collective project teams.                    

·              Resolved major issues between highest level projects that warranted the attention of the executive level.

·              Functioned as point of expertise on the 2003-04 corporate projects steering committee.

·              Facilitated weekly high level meetings and presentations for C level management and project team members.

 

LingoMotors Inc.               2001

Sr. Project Management Consultant, Computational Linguistics

·              Successful configuration, roll out and deployment of a distributed project management application.

·              Built network, storage, platform and applications ground up for entire organization with Infrastructure team.

·              Served as a member of the Steering Committee implementing an enterprise-wide Earned Value Management System (EVMS) as well as a program specific EVMS from MS Project Central.

·              Successful creation of a PMO centralizing all projects to a central reporting unit for all product lines.

·              Advised senior management, product managers on various project management methodologies.

·              Facilitated weekly high level meetings and presentations for C level management and project team members.

·              Successful creation of the project master plan for linking tasks and resources across projects.

·              Project Cost Management inclusive of resource planning, cost estimating, cost budgeting and control.

·              Successfully met project deliverables on time and on budget.

 

UniCredito Italiano / The Pioneer Group                     July 2000 – Sep 2000

Sr. Project Manager, International Systems

·              Provided International Systems Group with detailed test plans and configuration plan.

·              Provided Agency Systems Business Requirements and Functional Specifications documentation.

·              Conducted design walkthroughs in requirements analysis and design phases as well as code review.

·              Analyzed performance on client side, security connections, and validation of internal and external links.

·              Agency Transaction System fine tuning, stress testing, UAT buildouts and configuration.

·              Utilized automated tools comprising Compuware QA Run, QA Director, QA Tracker and QA Load.

·              Successful integration of Thomson PORTIA and OASIS deliverable requirement.

 

Putnam Investments                      Aug 1999 – May 2000

Sr. Project Manager

·  Project Management for Fixed Income data warehouse and Performance Attribution Application.

·  Responsible for daily data integrity and tolerances for all Global Fixed Income portfolios.

·  Team member for proprietary portfolio attribution application performing country, sector weighting analytics.

·  Managed inter-project and inter-team tasks and ensured all scope changes were properly processed.

·  Intense use of performance analytics, analysis of holdings and returns for predetermined tolerances.

·  Worked extensively with portfolio managers, traders and quantitative analysts in determining requirements.

·  Successfully led PORTIA implementation for integration with Charles River order management system (FI).

·  Heavy exposure to exotics, global fixed income and international equity instruments.

·  Reported to S.V.P. of the Investments Group on a daily basis and facilitated high level meetings.

 

Massachusetts Financial Services/Sun Life of Canada                                                               Jan 1999 – July 1999

Assistant Y2K Project Manager, Project Management Office

·              Successfully managed PMO sponsored Y2K initiatives, project planning and testing company wide.

·              Worked in on sight PMO office as well as traveled to the parent company's PMO in Toronto.

·              Implemented work breakdown structure (WBS) and work matrix development, WBS numbering systems, WBS tools, program breakdown structure development, control account plan identification (CAP ) for earned value management (EVM) reporting.(MS Project based)

·              Managed project master plan and all related Y2K teams to meet milestones and deliverables daily.

·              Management of Project Scope, Budget, Procurement, Communication, Risk and Deliverables.

·              Functioned additionally as Business Relationship Manager for all Investment Operations Units

·              Managed 40 sub-projects comprising the project master plan; consisting minimally of 500 tasks each.

 

Fidelity Systems Company                                                                                                              June 1998 – Dec 1998

Sr. Business Analyst, Telecommunications

·              Negotiated optimal Frame Relay contract with selected vendor(s) with Legal and IT teams.

·              Successfully developed pricing models and analysis for Frame Relay vendor selection.

·              Worked in tandem with Frame Relay architecture team to determine optimal configurations.

·              Analysis of pricing metrics, productivity, cost effectiveness, balanced scorecard and unit costing.

·              Additional comparative financial analysis, products and services analysis, circuit order and net flow.

·              Special projects subsumed process re-engineering, rate model analysis and workflow design.

·              Successfully produced a companywide usage based billing model for all Fidelity business units.

·              Report to Director of Financial Planning and Analysis on a daily basis.

 

Inso Corporation                                                                                                                         March 1998 – June 1998

Project Leader / Sr. Business Analyst

·              Responsible for validating and establishing true variance in multiple databases and G/L systems.

·              Monitored and promoted daily conformance to new existing G/L processes and Legacy feeds.

·              Consulted Finance and MIS departments on proper mapping of all accounting/finance modules.

·              Provided management plan documentation, project plan and performed performance analysis.

 

Transition Systems                                                                                                                         Jan 1998 - March 1998

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Leader

·  Responsibilities included monthly closing, quarterly budgeting and forecasting for all departments.

·  Team member of PeopleSoft HRMS roll out, pilot and deployment project of purchasing module.

·  Additionally managed a successful migration from FRX reporting to implementing Crystal Reports.

·  Documented application environment build and installation procedures and trained administrators.

·  Managed accounting team of 8 in the absence of the corporate controller.

·  Facilitated presentations and meetings for various departments and external vendors.

 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center                                                                                          Jan 1997 – Nov 1997

Project Manager

·  Project management for a team of 11 developing a proprietary database for grants and contributions

·  Created and supported a cost accounting structure that enabled earned-value reporting based on WBS deliverables while being coached on EVM by a mentor/coach. (MS Project based).

·  Gathered business requirements and personally documented functional and technical specifications.

·  Managed stakeholder expectation, project plans, budget, scope, ensured project best practices.

·  Successful adhered to new FASB standards for non for profits pertaining to FASB 116, 117 and 124.

·  Prepared weekly formal status reports and facilitated project meetings to the executive committee.

·  Worked with external practice clients to ensure data integrity and compliance standards.

·  Successfully met milestones and project deliverables on time and under budget.

 

West Coast Entertainment Corporation                                                                                    June 1996 – Dec 1996

Consulting Regional Controller             

·  Management of all regional accounting functions for nation's second largest video store company.

·  Responsible for quarterly financials for mid west and northeast regions comprising 80 stores.

·  Team Member of corporate group taking company through 3rd round financing and subsequent IPO.

·  Compliance with SEC Filing providing 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and various analyses of FASB standards..

·  Additionally coordinated a SAP R/3 Financials and HRMS implementation project at corporate site.

·  Analysis of supply chain, inventory control/delivery processes and subsequent vendor selection.

 

Cahners Publishing Company/Reed Elsevier             Nov 1993 – June 1996

Consulting Accounting Manager / PeopleSoft Implementation Team

·  Managed corporate accounting division daily operations of the nation’s largest publishing house.

·  Managed a $1.6 billion spin off and simultaneous accounting functions until official cut over.

·  Appointed by the Controller to successfully centralize Chicago and New York Units to Boston.

·  Implementation of MS Project ’95 Windows 4.1

·  Successfully designed and implemented new G/L, FA, A/R and A/P organizational structures.

·  PeopleSoft Financials Implementation team; Purchasing, Treasury and Fixed Assets modules.

·  Mentored team members as well as interviewed contract and company candidates as necessary.

The Boston Consulting Group                                                                                                       June 1988 – Aug 1993

Practice Consultant - Financial Services (Boston, London, Munich)

·  Provided organizational and intellectual leadership to practice and industry case teams.

·  Analyzed competition and underlying market dynamics to develop strategies for market entry.

·  Presented strategy to client and company executive leadership for formalized acceptance.

·  Developed successful risk management strategies for multinational financial services clients.

·  Developed and deployed successful supply chain processes for manufacturing clients.

·  Advocated actions for strategy implementation and achieved results in new market entry.

·  Analyzed client business goals, requirements, perceptions, processes for strategy and implementation.

·  Functioned as mentor for associates and delegated in pressured environment at a top tier firm.

 

Associate Consultant, Boston, London

·  Utilized quantitative skills to develop business models based on research.

·  Assigned to multiple case teams in top tier firm with exposure to a variety of global segments.

·  Developed material based on business models, customer interface design and metrics.

·  Rigorous analysis of financial industry segments; banking, capital markets and assurance.

·  Formalized consultant training and exposure in process reengineering, tactics, strategy, presentation and client engagement.                                      

·  Professional mentors comprised of practice managers, consultants and project managers.