John Taras
- Role
- Program Manager Senior Project Manager, Enterprise & IT Infrastructure Services at MassMutual
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Taras
I have 20+ combined years of IT experience in program, project, and resource management…
Experience
Program Manager Senior Project Manager, Enterprise & IT Infrastructure Services
Jan 2015 — Present
Working remotely for the organization since 2014, manage enterprise program with annual budget of $16M that focuses on maintaining currency and performance of the organization’s infrastructure and technology services. Program executes 45+ projects annually, using SDLC methodologies (Waterfall and Agile) in a sourcing model comprising multiple vendor partners and internal staff (matrix support model). Drive daily operations and execution of program, including resolving portfolio issues and barriers, overseeing financials, conducting analysis and reporting on overall portfolio health, onboarding new project requests, conducting resource planning, securing staff, and developing vendor contracts Define annual roadmaps by engaging with key stakeholders; outline portfolio work to execute based on enterprise direction Oversee development and implementation of multiple upgrade projects, including Windows 2003, Sybase, SQL Server and several vendor business applications
Skills
- Effective Communication
- Risk Management
- Business Analysis
- Sharepoint
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Focused
- Management
- Analytical Skills
- Production Operations
- Planning
- Visio
- Vendor Management
- Microsoft: Project, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Lync, Visio and Access
- Program Management
- Testing
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Systems Analysis
- Customer Service
- Technology Aptitude
- Leadership
- Sdlc
- Detail Oriented
- Process Improvement
- Business Process Improvement
- Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
- Process Design and Improvement
- Integration
- Business Requirements
- IT Strategy
- Project Management
- Execution/Control
- Consulting
- Insurance
- System Development Life Cycle
- Application Development & Support
- Requirements Analysis
- Agile Methodologies
- Training
- Project Portfolio Management
- Requirements Gathering
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