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Neil Jessen - Sr. Project Manager

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Location: King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Neil Jessen 400 Clement Circle King of Prussia, PA 19406 Phone: 6107578841 Email: [email protected] With this letter and r sum I d like to offer myself for a position at your firm that fully utilizes my nearly 20 years management experience. I ve managed both projects and people within the pharmaceutical and financial spaces, having been responsible for interviewing, hiring, reviewing and promoting. My ability to produce within tight time and budget constraints as well as attention to detail has enabled me to successfully manage projects with budgets in the millions. Some experience of note includes: Merck - I was brought in to save a foundering multi-million-dollar project, turning the next deliverable into a success that was on-time, on-budget and met all requirements. I currently manage multiple IT projects in the course of working within three divisions. My work involves not only crafting custom apps with both internal and external teams but negotiating with stakeholders whose disparate needs required compromise to reach cohesive solutions. J.P. Morgan - I managed the company s state-of-the-art IS systems for business and commercial credit, often working 4-6 projects simultaneously with budgets in the millions. Most involve cross-functional applications requiring multiple vendors and multimillion-dollar clients. For each project I am responsible for budgeting and resourcing. I manage teams through each phase of the entire project lifecycle and interact heavily with the client. My educational background includes earning a full scholarship to Villanova University where I completed a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. I also hold an MBA from Pennsylvania State University and am a certified PMP. I am seeking a position where my abilities and qualifications can be fully applied for our mutual benefit. I look forward to speaking with you in the near future to discuss how I can make a substantial contribution to your success. Sincerely, Neil Jessen EDUCATION Master of Business Administration (MBA) PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Concentration on e-Commerce Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY Minor Degree study in Computer Science CERTIFICATIONS PMP Certification (PMP) PMI INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGIES SDLC, Agile Methodologies Microsoft Project, Project Enterprise, Clarity, Rally, JIRA, Visio, PowerPoint, Unix EXPERIENCE Merck Pharmaceuticals October 2008 Present West Point, Pennsylvania Senior Project Manager Manage full-lifecycle custom IT projects within multiple divisions including R&D, Manufacturing and Human Health IT PMO oversight and IT governance to align company strategy with IT services; business value tracked and IT processes reviewed and updated based upon project feedback Clarity used to manage projects, tasks, resources and statuses Project phases, resource hours and ETC tracked/updated in Clarity Manage $3M+ integration and migration project to merge Merck s systems with those of recent-takeover Schering-Plough Manage custom app creation to plan, supervise and log efforts of Merck s sales reps and their customer-related activities Creation of custom apps to monitor drug inventories, analyze discrepancies and plan future need Manage outside vendors whose disparate systems required integration into a cohesive platform Manage up to ten simultaneous projects Worked with multiple project sponsors whose requirements were often out of sync or even in conflict Manage within a fluid environment where requirements and resources changed frequently Manage FDA-validated projects (FDA Regulation Title 21 Part 203) Up to 27 people on team, including BSAs, architects, tech leads, developers, QA/testers, offshore and cross-project resources. Directly manage personnel J.P. Morgan April 2005 July 2008 Wilmington, Delaware Senior Project Manager Managed suite of decisioning engines for business/commercial credit Managed multiple projects simultaneously, up to 9 concurrently Largest was a multi-million-dollar rollout; at the time of my hiring the project was behind schedule but was guided back on track, met all major milestones and delivered on-time Application interfaced with external networks along with multiple internal databases to render credit lending decisions Challenges involved meeting the needs of 12+ clients with diverse requirements Teams included .NET/Java/COBOL/C++ developers, BSAs, and QA Directly managed personnel; responsible for hiring as well as HR reviews, pay raises and promotions. INTERESTS Classical piano performance and instruction; German language; certifications in advanced diving REFERENCES Gladly made available upon request. Keywords: cplusplus quality analyst access management rlang information technology Pennsylvania