Alvin Peoples

About Alvin Peoples

I am an experienced Project Manager offering 10 years of experience. I have in-depth experience managing the full project management life cycle and extensive experience with budget and cost management. My experience includes defining and managing labor costs for resource allocation and performing vendor management responsibilities including defining requirements for SOW, processing purchase orders and invoice management. I have experience working with stakeholders, identifying key members to build effective project teams and leading meetings. Performed full project life cycle requirements management: business case development, identifying requirements, scope, iteration planning, traceability, workflows, solution testing, risk assessment and validationLed product development projects that required cross functional team members participating from multiple locations.Managed and executed project requirements plans as part of roadmaps to continually measure project health and progressAdministered project budgets, cost benefits analysis and trends, policy, and ROI analysis; also evaluated and implemented approval process for internal and external technology partnershipsIdentified and monitored potential risk and implement change control processes to resolve unexpected issuesSpecialties: Business plan development, competitive analysis, consulting, contract management, financial management, marketing communications, problem solving, product management, sales training, strategic marketing and product delivery.

Experience

1. IT Project Manager

   J.P. Morgan

   Mar 2017 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Collaborate with product owners and program managers to define and prioritize business requirements to deliver minimal viable product (MVP) to provide maximal business value in an agile/iterative release environment. Ensure that the appropriate resources are identified, committed, and engaged in the process to deliver defined deliverables or MVP functionality. Worked with application mangers to coordinate production release plans and gain sign-offs from business and IT representatives for monthly releases. Successfully managed over 15 releases contributing to the business to deliver operational saves of over 80+FTE and $8Mil in annual business value. Utilize JIRA, Kanban boards and confluence to monitor/communicate project progress and health by tracking the project budget, evaluating development velocity, deliverable timing, issue resolution and risk mitigation.

Education

• The Ohio State University

  MBA, Marketing

  1988 — 1990

• University of Dayton

  BS, Computer Science

  1981 — 1985