David McManus

Experience

1. Senior Project Manager

   IBM

   Feb 2000 — Present

   Operations Manager- State Enterprise Data Warehouse Medicaid Reporting• Managed the data systems upgrade project. • Served as the liaison between Client Business Units and organizational IT Support• Managed the daily operations and operational staff across the various tool sets in use to support the account• Coordinated operational turnover prior to PROD Release deployment• Represented IBM in cross-vendor meetings related to operational activities.• Ensured and provided reporting to the client covering Incident Management, Resource utilization for modifications and changes and performance to contract service levels.• Manage SLA requirements (monitor, process change requests, escalation)• Backed up the Account Manager, Technical Director, Systems Platform Manager, Quality Manager, Security Manager, Training Lead, Report Writer Lead as needed• Coordinated, drafted, and reviewed all project documentation for annual updates as required (Operations Management Plan, Change Management Plan, etc).Financial Analyst & Project Manager:•Senior PM for the IBM Project Office at a large public school system. Responsible for all financial aspects of a series of projects. Coordinated resource allocations with over 60 resources.•Business Development: Identified new opportunities and led proposal development teams to write the contracts and the pricing models. •Competed detailed revenue forecasts, tracked and maintained contract cost, revenue and gross profit for 25 different contracts. Exceed target gross profit margin targets.•Procured services, software & hardware annually. Identified, assessed, evaluated and negotiated pricing and contracts with vendors. •Risk Management: Managed risk for the entire project portfolio. Assessed risk issues with Technical Team Leads and developed mitigation strategies and risk management plans for the portfolio. Budgeted and allocate funds to correct risk events.

Education

• University of Notre Dame

  BS

  1988 — 1992

• RPI at Work

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• Risk Management
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Training
• Testing
• Security
• Process Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Sdlc
• Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Ms Project
• Visio
• Navy
• Requirements Analysis
• Management
• Command
• IT Strategy
• Software Project Management
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis