Andrew Affleck

About Andrew Affleck

Technical Program Manager and Senior Project Manager who achieves positive results by building and leading successful, motivated teams. Skilled at empowering and supporting people in accomplishing goals and adapting to changes while preserving or increasing morale and productivity. Consistently produce successful project delivery and stable systems with maximum uptime within schedule and budget. Leadership with empathy and communication for understanding. A problem-solver, accountable to stakeholders and the team.CORE COMPETENCIESProgram/Project Management• PMO designing & building, reporting & analytics• Risk management & mitigation• Agile, waterfall, scrum methodologies• Scheduling, critical path, and plan execution• Program scoping and lifecycle management while working within established governance• Demand capacity management & anticipating possible future needs• Proactive communications & full accountability• Remove blockers & resolve conflicts Leadership• Empathic and supportive leader, persuasive communicator, and consensus builder• Build and manage cohesive local & remote teams – including internationally• Effectively manage change at all levels• Grew team of ten support engineers to 75 over a year and a half while maintaining quality and morale• Flexibility in handling rapidly changing business requirements and/or ambiguity • Able to communicate with anybody at any level of technical knowledge over any communications channel Technical• Enterprise AWS architecture design and development• Full stack System Administration in AWS and conventional LAMP environments• Security analysis, planning, & implementation• GitHub, Confluence, JIRA• PHP, Python, JavaScript, Shell Scripting• AI and automation• Expert in responsive & accessible web design and developmentAdditional• Experienced with Small, Medium, and Fortune 500 businesses across multiple industries: Pharmaceutical, Government, Education, Non-Profit, Arts, & Entertainment• Writer, author, presenter, and public speaker• Salvages projects on the brink of failure and recalibrates them for best business and technical outcomes possible• Converts high-needs client relationships into valuable partner relationships• Early adopter harnessing the power of new tech/methodologies to benefit the business

Experience

1. Application Lead, Sr Project Manager

   辉瑞

   Apr 2021 — Present · Groton, CT, US

   Application & Support Lead for Pharmacovigilance Artificial Intelligence (PVAI)• Application, Support, and Service Manager for PVAI, a third-party, critical Tier 1 SaaS application• Manage team of support professionals located in India• Manage and work closely with PVAI’s vendor, located around the world (India, UK, California)• Senior Project Manager for all change control efforts (defects fixing and enhancements)• Developed best practices and authored support plans and critical incident response run books for top Tier applicationsSenior Project Manager, Oracle Argus Safety Change Controls• Managed urgent development projects to update Oracle Argus Safety system that handles adverse and significant adverse event reports from around the world• Ran Hypercare on newly implemented systems, working with vendors and Pfizer users

Education

• Harvard Graduate School of Education

  Ed.M., Technology in Education

• Dartmouth College

  A.B., Computer Science, Education

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Software Engineering
• Team Leadership
• Php
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Web Design
• Education
• Wordpress
• Wordpress Design
• Writing
• Podcasting
• Ios Design
• Agile Project Management
• Web Development
• Mentoring
• Blogging
• Teaching
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Business Process
• Accessibility
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Educational Technology
• Public Speaking
• Testing
• App Store
• Web Applications
• Mobile App Design
• Program Management
• Css
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Css3