Work History for Jimmie Butler, PMP
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Department of Labor (DOL) - Washington, D.C.
Government Contractor, Astor & Sanders – Rockville, MD
Project / Program Manager: 4/2010 – Present
- Directly manage 24 direct reports across 6 projects totaling
about $4 million per year consisting of Systems Analysts, Developers,
and Technical Writers in support of ~25 Enterprise Business
Support System (EBSS) web-based applications supporting Employment
and Training Administration’s (ETA) case management and
performance reporting systems.
- Mentor, train, and develop project team leads and oversee
and manage 6 project teams performing a combination of new application
development and maintenance support (O & M).
- Work with federal staff to identify, prioritize, and resource
new development and maintenance projects and oversee the complete
Software Development Life Cycle and project management activities.
Propose project plans and resource staffing levels.
- Interview, integrate, and manage roll-on / roll-off personnel
and teams for new projects through ETA’s Office of Information
Systems and Technology.
- Facilitate and manage workflow across other Federal and contractor
functional teams.
- Led onsite efforts to prepare for and implement CMMI Level
3 certification audits.
- Responsible for staffing, performance, and resource scheduling;
maintenance releases and project deliverables; CMMI Level 3
adherence; and formal status reporting.
- Provide weekly, bi-weekly, and ad hoc status reports to Federal
managers on all program activity; supply metrics to support
governmental budget planning.
- Provide hands-on assistance, consultation, and technical
guidance to teams as required.
- Oversee and direct iterative and incremental waterfall SDLC.
- Key technologies and software used: ColdFusion; Fusebox; Dreamweaver;
Eclipse; Oracle; TOAD for Oracle; CA Workbench (Harvest); JAVA;
CA Service Desk; and HP Quality Center.
Key Contributions:
- Proposed and helped initiate and direct a strategy to consolidate
the ~25 applications into a core set of common applications
that can manage all of ETA’s program needs through a reusable
and configurable base system. This re-architecture reduces the
number of applications to support and centralizes data for better
management and reporting – saving ETA and DOL in future
development and maintenance costs.
- Helping to establish, apply, and enforce adherence to CMMI
Level 3 standards as both a Software Engineering Process Group
(SEPG) member and CMMI implementer.
- Implementing structured release schedules for maintenance
releases.
- Created workflow and processes around support requests, reinforced
through written procedures, to better account for and track
the volume of work the team is doing.
- Begun a long range plan to re-baseline all system documentation
that has become fragmented or inadequate from years of disparate
projects and planning.
- Produced new SDLC document templates for use throughout the
department.
- Devised and executed plans to cross-train staff, implement
development best practices, and offer professional development
opportunities.
- Initiated a training series whereby veteran staff produce
and present on an assigned topic or application to share knowledge
across the team.
- Implemented a bi-weekly developers meeting and provided
overriding goals for the team to work on development standards,
knowledge sharing, and improve efficiencies across development
activities. Providing opportunities for team members to plan
and lead meetings and grow professionally.
- Worked with Federal staff to restructure the code and document
version control system managed through CA Workbench (formerly
Harvest) to consolidate and improve the logical organization
of files.
SusQtech - Winchester, VA - SharePoint Solutions
Provider & Consultancy
SharePoint Project Manager: 4/2007 – 3/2010
- Managed ~20 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 (MOSS, WSS) implementations,
custom development, and configurations for associations, non-profit
organizations, and private industry to include Intranet, Internet,
and Extranet solutions with third-party backend integrations.
- Guided teams of 5-10 resources consisting of internal Solutions
Architects, .NET Developers, Information Architects, and User
Interface Developers, as well as client teams, routinely for
3-6 concurrent projects of 3-12 month durations.
- Led and/or performed requirements gathering, information
architecture sessions and proposed solutions, technical solution
design, user interface design, wireframes, site configuration,
custom development, documentation, and training for approximately
20 web applications in SharePoint 2007 (MOSS).
- Responsible for project planning within budget and timeline,
acquiring functional resources as needed, overall quality of
delivery, status calls and reports around progress and budget,
monthly invoicing, and total customer satisfaction.
- Negotiated weekly with other project managers and management
staff to secure needed resources from a limited pool to meet
project goals.
- Generated work order and change order cost and time estimates.
Executed contracts.
- Provided daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc status reports
to managers and clients on all project activity and budgets.
- Contributed heavily with hands-on technical configuration
and development to include SharePoint installation; Central
Administration configuration; search configuration; master page
and page layout design; CSS and XSLT design; customized configurations
through SharePoint Designer; site columns, content types, and
page layout design and configuration; list and library configurations;
workflows; scheduled publishing; and more.
- Key technologies and software used: Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server (MOSS) 2007; SharePoint Designer; SharePoint; Visual
Studio; Visual Source Safe; C#; .NET; JQuery; SQL; XSLT; CSS;
and AJAX.
Key Contributions:
- Led the implementation of SusQtech’s first public-facing
application and the first implementation of their proprietary
social networking platform based on MOSS 2007. Successful
launches of these two ‘firsts’ helped lead the
way for sales growth.
- Managed a large MCMS to MOSS 2007 migration within budget
and on time.
- Took over and salvaged several troubled projects to deliver
wins for all parties.
- Participated in the company PMO to improve processes and
enhance the usage of SharePoint for client and internal project
management.
- Provided hands-on technical configuration and light coding
to help meet deadlines.
Valley Health Systems – Winchester, VA –
Hospital and Healthcare Management Organization
Computer Operator / Systems Support: 6/2006
– 4/2007
- Provided operational and technical support for all systems
hardware and software to include AS/400, McKesson Care Manager,
IBM Tivoli Tape Storage Management, and network/PC.
Key Contribution:
- Built and maintained Operations website on the company
intranet for internal documentation, troubleshooting, and
procedures (knowledge management).
Paragon Mortgage – New Port Richey, FL -
Mortgage Lending and Investment Company
Mortgage Broker / Online Marketing & Pipeline Manager:
2/2004 – 12/2005
- Originated mortgage loans by building, managing, and promoting
company website to generate mortgage leads via search engine
and listing promotion, to include pay-per-click.
Key Contribution:
- Generated nearly 200 new mortgage leads and 50+ “real”
prospects per month through personally built, managed, and
marketed website FloridaMortgageHotline.com.
iBridge Web Services - Hudson, FL
Web development and hosting company - Sole Proprietor
Owner: 9/2003 - 2009
Plan, direct, implement, and/or oversee all company processes,
procedures, projects, resources, and services. Solely responsible
for business development, project management, development, client
satisfaction, accounting, service, and all other tasks related
to running the business. Shared Unix web hosting.
ExitNow – Redington Beach, FL - Web Development
and Hosting Company
Project Manager & Operations Manager: 7/2000
– 9/2003
- Created and implemented all operational processes, policies,
and procedures for staffing, project pricing and estimating,
contract language and execution, profitability goals for fixed
price projects, and implemented all SDLC documents and processes.
- Managed the entire project and software development life
cycle, and account management functions for clients of various
size and industry segment to design, develop, implement, and
maintain web-based solutions to improve marketing and operations.
- Assembled and managed project teams consisting of internal
staff and external contractors and allocated resources between
multiple projects to juggle timelines and meet deadlines.
- Responsible for scope, pricing, profitability, resource allocation,
client expectations, communications, quality assurance, and
implementation of web projects.
- Solely responsible for capturing and documenting requirements,
producing system design, pricing, securing resources, and managing
to profitability of the fixed price contracts.
- Provided extensive hands-on design, development, and testing
on project teams.
- Key technologies and software used: ASP; SQL; Dreamweaver;
Fireworks; and Photoshop.
Key Contributions:
- Re-engineered all development processes, agreements, contracts,
and pricing structures to improve project profitability by 20%
and secure company interests.
- Took over a troubled first iteration and completely designed
and led development for a second generation web application
for a start-up company that was instrumental in helping them
secure financing that enabled them to prosper and excel.
Raymond James & Associates – St. Petersburg,
FL – Investment Bank / Financial Services Company
Technical Coordinator / Consultant: 9/1998 –
7/2000
- Represented the Information Technology department and its
services to home office departments and thousands of financial
advisor branches nationwide to identify, evaluate, test, and
implement new hardware and software solutions to meet business
objectives. Key home office clients included the Executive Offices
(CEO, CIO, CFO), Finance, Marketing, Distribution, Office Services,
Security, and miscellaneous operating groups.
- Identified the activities required to meet each service request
and assigned dependency-based cross-departmental task orders
to provide the most efficient delivery of service.
- Consulted with clients to introduce and implement existing
IT services and products to meet their needs or explored other
COTS or custom developed solutions as needed.
- On behalf of clients, researched and presented proposed
new solutions to the review board for approval to test proposed
solutions – offered recommendations for corporate-wide
or department-wide solution.
- Worked with vendors to obtain trial software or hardware.
- Facilitated with the testing lab to install and test
proposed solutions within the corporate environment and
obtain a pass/fail verdict.
- Lead project to implement for client all approved solutions.
Key Contributions:
- Initiated and was part of a team that re-engineered workflow
processes. Implemented web-based interfaces that integrated
with existing workflow systems thereby increasing technology
service request production by reducing errors, follow up,
and fulfillment times. A 50% increase in workload was managed
without additional staff or overtime.
- Implemented a web-based phone directory for the switchboard
operators to replace outdated printed directories –
reducing cost and providing more accurate data.
- Led in the analysis and testing of streaming audio/video
solutions to be used in morning market calls. Solution recommendation
presented to CEO.
Rubbermaid Commercial Products – Winchester,
VA – Manufacturing
Computer Operator: 2/1995 – 9/1998
- Executed data processing production schedule on IBM mainframe
system, troubleshooting as needed, to ensure daily business
transactions were processed. Maintained, resolved, and escalated
network server and production system issues.
Shenandoah Environmental Group – Winchester,
VA
Direct sales for environmentally safe and health conscious products.
Owner / General Manager – 10/1993 –
12/1994
Directed operations for a five person staff office to include
marketing, budgets, recruiting, and training. Performed company/product
presentations daily to promote and sell goods.
Navy Annex – Arlington, VA – Government
Contractor, I-NET - Bethesda, MD
Computer Operator: 5/1992 – 5/1994
- Data center operator managing IBM mainframe system operations
– Secret DoD clearance.
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