Eastern Michigan University

Information Specialist at EDS

Warren, Michigan

SR. PROJECT MANAGER - GENERAL MOTORS, Warren, Michigan 48090 (Feb 2013 – Sept 2013)• Plan/manage infrastructure/security projects to ensure requirements are completed on time and within budget• Hosting PMO Project Manager for the following projects: Secret Zone Hosting Build, EDW Data warehouse Monitoring, SharePoint Infrastructure, SAP Migrations, Infrastructure Builds• Infrastructure Projects have included: software server upgrades, application migration, hardware upgrades, software installation, capacity reporting efforts and VMware upgrades• Manage project deliverables, scope and expectations and coordinate projects with sponsors, project boards, upper management and executives• Computer Environment: MS Windows 7, UNIX (Solaris, Linux), Oracle DBMS, MS SQL Server DBMS Manage client expectations, vendor relationships and track procurement efforts

TEKsystems

Sr Project Manager

Thomson Reuters

SOLUTION ARCHITECT (SA) & CONNECTIVITY SME – HEWLETT PACKARD (Apr 2011 – Aug 2012)• The SA functions as the “technical lead” for the migration team providing other team members with technical direction, facilitating business/technical discussions with TRAM and non-TRAM stakeholders.• Orchestrates, coordinates, and oversees all the moving parts for each migration (data mapping, process mapping, reporting mapping, interface assessment, etc.)• Provides business and technical direction to ensure that a cohesive migration is accomplished• Other responsibility includes User Acceptance Testing, delivering on project tasks, meeting facilitation, report on project task status and design facilitation• The Connectivity SME is responsible for discovering, documenting and communicating the current SDA network connectivity and access methods as well as the current user access methods; then planning, documenting, initiating, and managing Future Mode of Operations (FMO) network connectivity and access implementations• Coordinate all network activities such as provisioning activities, firewall changes, deploy web-based applications required for migration and global security network transformation with SDA-to-SRA migrations

Northwest Software Inc

SOLUTION ARCHITECT (SA) & CONNECTIVITY SME

PROJECT MANAGER – GENERAL DYNAMICS (Sep 2010 – Feb 2011)• Managed implementation, create and maintained project plan / schedule, managed day-to-day project activities,  provide project status, managed the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverable, maintain action item / issue / risk log,  life-cycle management, analyze project performance and resource performance, analyze financial progress, work with the customer to ensure project deliverable were completed on time and knowledge of systems development life cycle• Managed deployment activities & infrastructure upgrades• Communicate with resources to ensure that the deliveries of the infrastructure tasks are met• Coordinate project deliverables to ensure that the physical infrastructure can accommodate the projects transition to deployment• Managed implementation and project documentation, create and maintained the project plan and scheduleDEPLOYMENT MANAGER – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Sep 2009 – Jul 2010)• Manage multiple projects utilizing the Rational Unified Process (RUP) framework and the System Development Life-cycle (SDLC) methodology• Monitor project metrics to mitigate risks that may negatively affect project cost, schedule or deliverables.• Communicate with resources to ensure that the deliveries of the infrastructure tasks are met• Coordinate project deliverables to ensure that the physical infrastructure can accommodate the projects transition to deployment• Managed implementation and project documentation, create and maintained the project plan and schedule and COTS applications selection & deployments

Strategic Staffing Solutions

Project Manager

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Formerly Electronic Data SystemsPROJECT MANAGER – GM OnStar VPAM and eNav Projects (Jul 2008 - Dec 2008)• Responsible for managing a project architecture design for a web-based destination entry component and an interactive voice response component for an automotive navigation system for OnStarPROJECT MANAGER – GM OnStar Viamoto Turn-by-Turn projects (Sept 2007 - Jul 2008)• Managed team of 5 system engineers to executed a proof of concept, moving the Viamoto application from its current technology stack to an OnStar standard architecture while maintaining the existing integrity with the other OnStar applicationsPROJECT MANAGER – GM MFG. ENG – UD&C DEPLOYMENT (Jan 2007 - Sept 2007)• Responsible for organizing and managing the development and deploy of a robust and scalable solution that encompassed several multi-vendor Programmable Logic Control (PLC) devices and robots used within 1 of GM plantsPROJECT MANAGER – GM Teamcenter & 3D Plant Layout Deployment (Sept 2003 - Feb 2007)• Managed deployment activities & infrastructure upgrades at GM plants and Warren Data Center. Conduct business process analysis and requirement gathering, create detail business requirements, functional specification, use cases and acceptance criteria at each of the thirty-four GM plants PROJECT MANAGER / TECHNICAL LEADER – GM – Virtual Assessment Review Deployment (Jan 2003 - Sept 2003)• Responsible for managing a project of 4 system engineers deploying 2 pilot VAR rooms at 2 GM assembly plants. Consisted of deploying two UNIX workstations (SUN Blade and HP SV6) and a Windows 2000 PC using EWSS standards at each siteINFORMATION SPECIALIST – GM PROTOTYPE SHOPS SUPPORT (Apr 1985 - Dec 2002)• Technical Team Leader for a team of 15 engineers supporting GM automotive manufacturing environment determining whether emerging technologies would benefit the current and future needs of customers • Customer Support supporting a variety of GM software applications & plant floor systems

Phil Adkins

Phil Adkins