Bill Kassler 
    - Senior Project Manager        [Resume]


How much IT experience do you have? How many years as a PM?
I have 26 years experience of IT experience. Since October 2000, I have been operating with a PMP certification. In 2008 I earned the IBM Project Management professional certification.  Contracting for Bank of America I continue to work in IT in a Banking role.

Do you have experience with large, complex projects requiring interpersonal and communications skills?.
In the past 10 years, I have been in full control of the Quality initiatives for the IBM Supply Chain Division introducing "Total Order Management" to the world community.  All new applications were in my domain to verify before production. The list of applications grew from 3 applications in 2000 to 13 applications.  Supply Chain fully integrated with ERP systems SAP, I2, MAPICS and other internal IBM applications.  I ran a daily project meetings with participants from China, Hungary, Singapore, Scotland, England, USA, Mexico, etc. to ensure that the project maintained integrity.  I also managed 10 FTEs from India, Mexico, and Brazil.  I have experience working with outside vendors and suppliers as well.

In the Banking industry I managed the Test Quality for 13 integrated applications supporting the Deposits Industry called the Mass Affluent project.

Tell me about your reporting skills.
I have 20 years of reporting to management, first in my Test Lead position for IBM Research and Development, then for IBM Supply Chain.  I create my own charts and graphs and have used corporate style sheets as necessary.

Tell me about your leadership experience.
I have dotted-line managed 130 people who were top-notch SME's (Subject Matter Experts) and direct reports from India, Mexico and Brazil.  I owned and managed the Supply Chain Global Services Requirements team for 2 years. I also owned and managed the Defect and Issues team for the past 10 years. I created management tools to ensure the teams and meetings would run efficiently and have effective reporting.  I also managed 10 FTE's who were part of the function verification team.

Tell me about your track record and ability to complete tasks on time and on budget.
In the past 10 years, I have completed 21 projects on time and on budget.  Since 2006 I have been measured by EVM tools and methods to ensure that my task progress was within the 90%+ tolerance range.  Any tasks outside that range turned my project red - and that was just not acceptable.  My budget was always turned in at the beginning of the project, was measured in billable hours, and verified against hour-claiming systems.

Describe how your projects adhered to project standards.
        Every one of the 21 projects had standards that must be met. 
            1. Quality Checkpoints DURING project execution (at Concept, Plan, Execute phases)
            2. CMMI reviews where we were rated CMMI 5 (highest level of certification)
            3. ASCA reviews where we had all inputs and outputs of the integrated systems measured for adequate security checking (hacker proof).
            4. ISO 9000, ISO 14000 - depending on the project.
            5. MRR - Manufacturing Readiness Review - to ensure that each project was accepted by the User team with measures of Accuracy, Completeness, and Ease of Use.

Do you have experience with MS Project, if so, how much?       
I have 10 years experience in MS Project.  I currently own a copy of MS Project 98.




Email me at: bill@billkassler.info