Leland Quirk is a results-driven IT project management executive with 15 years of experience in diverse industries, incl...
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[email protected] |ww Career Overview Results-driven IT project management executive with 15 years of experience in diverse industries, including retail, finance and health care. Expertise includes team leadership (domestic and international), wwhttps://www.linkedin.co technical architecture, training and development, disaster recovery planning, software development, infrastructure deliverym/in/lelandquirkhttps: and information protection htthttps://www.linkedin.co analysis. Dynamic, resourceful, and extremely driven individual with a deep passion for creating and delivering programs m/profile/public-profileand solutions that empower a team, company and customer to meet and exceed desired expectations. Technicallysettings?trk=prof-edit-editpublic_profilehttps://www.li advanced with PMP certification and Bachelors of Science Degree in Operations Management from St. Cloud State. nkedin.com/profile/publicprofile-settings?trk=profQualifications edit-edit-public_profile Program/Project Manager with over 15 years experience Project Cost and Effort Estimation Presentation and Facilitation Skills Security Project and Data Migration Execution Led teams of 5 - 40 in both physical and virtual locations in matrix organizations
Team Development and Leadership Customer and Vendor Management Infrastructure Design and Integration Software Design and Development Problem Analysis and Resolution Statements of Work and Change Request Creation
Project Skills Skills
Experience
Total Years
Last Used
Agile/Iterative Methodologies
Intermediate
7
2013
Agile/Waterfall Methodologies
Experienced
10
2015
SDLC
Experienced
15
2015
MS Office Suite - Excel, Project, Visio, OneNote
Experienced
15
2015
Technical Experience Platforms: MS Windows XP, 2003, NT, 7, UNIX 11, RedHat Linux 5.5, 5.7 Languages: ASP, XML, Java, Java Script, JSP, Visual Basic, C, ProC Databases: SQL Server 2000-2010, Oracle DBMS 9i, 10g Software: MS Visual Studio, MS Office, MS Project, Caliber Requirements Management, Crystal Reports, Clarity, Oracle Developer, Rational Software Architect, WebFOCUS, Erwin, Jira, Toad, CA Professional Services Automation, MS Team Foundation Server Work Experience Principal / Senior Project Manager 09/2010 to Current Quirk Consulting, LLC Minneapolis, MN Prepared and managed project plans while providing status updates to client management. Developed IT strategic vision and drove key departmental objectives. Lead Project Manager International Decision Systems, Inc
04/2014 to 02/2015 Minneapolis, MN
Volvo Financial Services (8000 hours and $2M effort) - Managed custom software implementation on US and Canada Rapport effort leading configuration, design consulting and testing efforts from construction through customer acceptance on T&M leasing workflow project. Led team of 12 consultants in 5 different countries. Introduced best practices in both design methodology and project documentation templates, utilized Earned Value
Analysis and strict budget and scope adherence to correct project delivery configurations. Fifth Third Bank Lead (6000 hour and $1.8M effort) - Managed custom software implementation for equipment financing division. Effort included scoping, requirements gathering, design consulting, configuration and testing from pre-sales through customer acceptance. Led 5 consultants between IDS, Capgemini and customer's IT team and completed 3 months early. First successful application of default Rapport configuration to rapidly prototype build and provided future repeatable architecture implementations. Senior Project Manager Quirk Consulting, LLC (on behalf of NetApp)
09/2010 to 04/2014 Minneapolis, MN
AT&T (47,000 hours and $8.9M effort) - Led data migration program along with 7 deployment teams (40 engineers, 6 team leads, 8 project managers and 4 business analysts) spearheaded final planning and implementation of storage migrations for AT&T's enterprise hosting service. At that time, largest project undertaken by NetApp consuming resources from over 6 time zones and multiple countries that lasted approximately 14 months. Managed and mentored project managers and program tower leads (each functional area in the workflow program) oversaw identifying issues, facilitating technical and process solutions and status summary communication between vendor and client management. Thomson Reuters (2000 hours and $77K effort) - Managed and led migration planning and implementation of storage migrations across 3 data centers (5 Petabytes of data) with over 30 business groups. Directed infrastructure teams to identify requirements and gaps to create migration schedule. Led team on all phases of execution including stakeholder management, scheduling, scope, budget, change board procedures and presenting status meetings. Allstate (500 hours and $37K effort) - Managed current state of insurance client's leased hardware across 6 site locations and created iterative decommission plans including proper project planning, resource forecasting, and budgeting of logistics. Security Benefit (1400 hours and $308K effort) - Delivered key migration initiatives at financial services division including multiple site data centers. Led storage migration and backup team including project intake, prioritization, delivery, status reporting and metrics throughout data migration with consideration to business and government security implementation impacts. AmTrust (500 hours and $139K effort) - Led team of 5 to negotiate SOW, coordinate iterative project planning, testing, installation, and cutover tasks into new hardware at both Prod and DR sites. Ohio Health (200 hours and $56K effort) - Analyzed and directed requirements of medical data compliance, installation, migration, and deployment of backup devices at 5 health care sites. Enmax (450 hours and $103K effort) - Led and delivered gap-analysis on energy client's program, recommended prioritized project documentation and communication for business-driven backup scripts, partner-driven validation testing and Best Practice capabilities within Oracle and SharePoint. This included building off-shore testing security capability and fully HA/DR solution with no impact to existing authenticated applications. TELUS (650 hours and $276K effort) - Managed 13 separate projects and developed program approach to consolidate communication and drive efficiency. Resulted in delivery of revenue upside and scope revisions to consolidate similar projects into buckets for improved resource assignment and resolution. Vera Bradley (300 hours and $97K effort) - Managed the final planning and implementation of retail client's storage migrations along with software upgrades. Project completed 1 month early and recognized as Success Story at all-hands meeting for first successful attempt at a rapid deployment cDOT project undertaken by NetApp. Business Analyst / Project Manager Target, Inc.
10/2004 to 08/2010 Minneapolis, MN
Target Credit (over 7300 hours) - Managed internal back-office and financial enhancements on over 12 Credit, Telephony, Change Management and Enterprise Architecture applications. Presented to senior management and program team with recommendations on Telephony and Credit IVR applications impacted by GLBA, HIPAA, SOX and PCI security requirements. Enterprise Architecture (over 3000 hours) - Led internal Repeatable Infrastructure web application delivery on 2 releases. Created an Axure wireframe demo and Use Cases for Design and Traceability. Produced TSD six sigma process documentation (e.g. requirements, design, functional specifications, release notes, training
guides, test plans, etc.) and technology standards to meet the parameters of performance, reliability, scalability and costs. Software Engineer III Retek, Inc
01/2000 to 09/2004 Minneapolis, MN
Product Development - Drove and prepared analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging and modification of base and custom applications for RMS, RDM, RIB and RCOM. Spearheaded creation of Consulting Analyst position for determining client integration eligibility and generating revenue leads for Services team. Led design and development of multi-tiered Implementation Readiness Training (IRT) Program that allowed for more clients facing support and dedicated single point of contact development resources during Implementation. IRT program later rolled out companywide when clients stated their project exceeded expectations and facilitated quicker and smoother implementations. Education and Training Professional Training and Development Elite Consulting Skills - Total Interaction
2012
Masters Certificate in Business Analysis University of Auburn Classes: Introduction to Project Management, Business Process Modeling, Facilitation Skills, Use Case Modeling, Managing Business Requirements
2007
Masters Certificate in Management 2004 University of Saint Thomas Classes: Mini Master for Project Management, Adaptive Leadership, Decision Tools for Managers, Mini Master of Retail Excellence (2003) Bachelors of Science: Operations Management Saint Cloud State University Major, Operations Management; Minor, Computer Science Certifications Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, Completed 2012 Presentations Participated in PMI, IT seminars and industry events as well numerous related technology conferences. Deliverables produced include SOWs, project status reports, executive presentations, identifying and communicating any performance variances to planned scope, timeline and budget. Utilized earned value analysis and burn rate reports along with project schedules, requirements and test plan documentation. Additional insights found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lelandquirk.
Accomplishments "I was surprised at how quickly Leland grasped the nuances of the business and brought a peace of mind to the complex and difficult delivery work." Bob Mowles Executive, Accenture "Client resources liked working with Leland because of his ability to prioritize their open issues, set clear expectations and make deliberate progress against them." David Harrison Owner, DStone Consulting (on behalf of IDS) "If ever again I have a project which encompasses nearly 100 person years of effort, a massive bet-the-business project, across multiple continents, involving employees and contract staff from several different companies, and with millions of dollars and reputations of several companies at stake, I will settle for none other than Leland Quirk to hold the reigns of control as Project Manager. His direction enabled this project to happen in the most professional and efficient manner." Joseph Ferguson Professional Services Partner Manager, NetApp
