Media/communications Resume

Desired Industry: Entertainment	SpiderID: 18358
Desired Job Location: Anaheim, los angeles, Irvine, California	Date Posted: 1/14/2008
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date:
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization:
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: Undecided

Objective:
To seek a stimulating position in the interactive media, music and entertainment industry that will allow me to combine my technical, communication and creative skills in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.

Experience:
Coldewell Banker Platinum Properties February 2007- Current
Realtor
• Interactive media, marketing and advertising specialist
• Sales and procurement of residential and commercial property

Washington Mutual June 2005 – February 2007
Environment Configuration Engineer/ Technology Specialist II

• Project Manager, in charge of key delivery functions for the LBMC LOS Project team including release bundling, release planning and coordination, resource forecasting and delivery assurance.
• Project Management with focus on managing internal and production releases as well as owning the scheduling and resource management for LBMC LOS projects.
• Configuration management and environment issue resolution.
• Own the process of managing systems configuration information
• Primary point of contact to LBMC LOS project teams for staffing and scheduling software migrations and releases.
• Manage code release schedule for operational releases
• Create, coordinate, and manage staffing plans for all deployment related activities
• Interface and negotiate with management, project managers and teams on Operations release priorities, schedules and status
• Oversee source code control process
• Define processes associated with management and coordination of multiple software code streams
• Coordinate support involving systems requests, issues and modifications

Modis IT December 2004 – June 2005
Consulting assignment at The Capital Group Companies

• Provide expert project management and systems analysis consulting services for the Global Investment Systems Architecture Program
• Management of project plan, resourcing, budgeting, reporting and cross team activities
• Identify potential conflicting project priorities (tasks, resources, schedule) and proactively resolve them
• Tracking and analysis of key milestones and deliverables to planned dates
• Provide analysis and feedback regarding feasibility of planning timelines against available resourcing
• Provide monthly status reports regarding the current state of the project, health of project, and adherence to schedule
• Budget tracking and analysis of planned vs. actual costing
• Review and analysis of outside vendor expenses and invoicing
• Facilitate and coordinate planning meetings and activities across multiple teams
• Manager/creator of issue management database, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
• Involved in the development of change control procedures and standards

Discover Card - Morgan Stanley Dean Witter June 1999 – September 2004

• Manage projects through SDLC to ensure a smooth and consistent flow of all changes from development, through test and into production, adhering to deadlines and company business needs and standards
• Change Management/Configuration Management - Ensure version control and support of Harvest version control software for all platforms: NDVR/mainframe, LAN, Unix, Websphere, and Internet
• Systems Analyst/ Programmer
• Identify, track, and manage all software, hardware and architecture changes for entire company, scheduling of releases and control of emergency changes
• Coordination of projects, releases and change management of multiple development teams ranging from 10-25 members
• Audit, gap analysis and migration of program documentation, requirements, PDP, implementation plans, disaster recovery and contingency plans, insuring compliance with SOX
• Provide training to development teams on best practices including: risk analysis, PDP, testing and distribution, change management, program documentation and contingency plans
• Author/Administrator of team intranet site and Mentor other teams in intranet site development
• Manage, review and report on standard change activity and problem logs
• Research production problems, identify root cause, and define solutions while maintaining the quality and integrity of the production environment
• LAN, Unix, and Websphere code builds using Harvest and Openmake, promotion/distribution of source code and software change packages using command line, Tivoli, Harvest, and NDVR MVS, scheduling, installation and monitoring of code changes via Tivoli and Implementation of Maestro jobs and schedules
• Provide off-hours pager support for installation and problem resolution

Deluxe Video Service, Inc. January 1998 – May 1999

• Project and Product Manager
• Liason between the Movie Studios, Production Houses, and the Business
• Multi-media Copywriting and Design
• Planning and Purchasing
• Department Training Coordinator
• Database Administration, Reporting and Scheduling

AVICO December 1996 – January 1998

• Associate involved in all ares of start-up, Interactive Media and Web Design Firm
• Web Development
• Multi-media Copywriting and Graphic Design
• Project Management
• Marketing and Advertising
• Seminar and Event Planning

EDUCATION:

Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, August 1993-May 1994
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 1994-January 1996
Barat College of Depaul University, Lake Forest, IL January 1999- May 2002
B.A. Computer Information Systems – Graduated Cum Laude
(Major studies in Business and Computer Science

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• California Department of Real Estate Licensed Sales Person
• California Department of Education CBEST Certified
• PCI Global Inc., Northbrook, IL - June 2002
• Bottom- Line Management, Project Management

Education:
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, August 1993-May 1994
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 1994-January 1996
Barat College of Depaul University, Lake Forest, IL January 1999- May 2002
B.A. Computer Information Systems – Graduated Cum Laude
(Major studies in Business and Computer Science

Affiliations:
• California Department of Real Estate Licensed Sales Person
• California Department of Education CBEST Certified
• PCI Global Inc., Northbrook, IL - June 2002
• Bottom- Line Management, Project Management

Skills:
Adobe CS Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, FrontPage, Dreamweaver MX, Corel Draw, Paint Shop Pro, Visio, Macromedia Suite, Unix, Windows, NT, Websphere, Weblogic, Internet/Intranet, MS Mail, Outlook, Explorer/Netscape, Lotus Notes, Lotus Smart Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Access, NetObjects Fusion, Goldmine, Peachtree, Quicken, Ascend 5.0, Microsoft Schedule Plus, Harvest, Time and Chaos, SAP, Beta AS400, MVS, JCL, Cobol, HTML, Flash, Java, CICS, SQL, TSO/ ISPF, Novell, Tivoli, Oracle, Exceed, Perforce, Maestro, Project Management Software, Peregrine, Test Director, PMP, ACT, Loan Origination Software

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Website Development, Graphic Design, Writing/Copywriting, E-Commerce, Marketing, Photography, Legal, and Finance

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Kimberly Pitcher
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