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CHRISTOPHER DAVID SCOTTCHRISTOPHER DAVID SCOTT
26 I26 IHNATHNAT LLANEANE, A, AVELLAVELLA, PA 15312, PA 15312
Project Management Professional in good standing, Certified by Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Catechist with all clearances, Diocese of Pittsburgh
Knights of Columbus, Burgettstown, PA #3440
(724) 356-6253 (home) ghmeese@yahoo.com
(412) 389-1460 (cell phone)
EDUCATIONEDUCATION ANDAND CCERTIFICATIONSERTIFICATIONS
University of Pittsburgh B.A. degree: December 17, 1994
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies
Community College of Allegheny County/Project Management Institute
Major: Project Management PMP Certification: (07-16-2010 to 07-15-2019)
EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE __
Celerity/Highmark Health System May 13, 2015 – August 7, 2015
(PMP, Project Test Coordinator for Analytics Data Warehouse MNIN-031A Configurations, Ancillary Dental
MNIN-012, Infrastructure IVR MNIN-045, AmeriHealth New Jersey CB02)
• IT Project management involving the five PMBOK project phases (initiation, planning, executing,
monitoring/controlling and closing) for multiple teams for the June, July, August, September and October
Releases.
o Provided status to highest-level stakeholders and release managers
• Managed onshore and offshore resources and coordinated their interactions with each other to ensure
maximum productivity
o Planned and managed Daily Scrum meetings to cover test execution status (scheduled separate
early morning Scrums for IDC team).
• Client-Facing project management involving United Concordia Dental and IBC Team
• Risk/Gap analysis and identification.
o Creation of Project Risks in Clear Quest
• Monitored testing of Agile project management Sprint Teams that reported to me
• Drove completion of deliverables from project teams through daily collaboration with multiple Project
Managers, Business Analysts, Unit Testers, Developers, Functional Testers
o Development of Master Test Strategy Plans
o Coordinated and delivered requirements documentation (Vision documents, Supplemental
Specifications, Test Use Cases).
o Developed E2E test plans
o Development of Test Evaluation Summaries
o Drafting of Lessons Learned and Communication to project teams
o Reported on defects to project leadership and assigned resources to resolve them
• Managed the requirements gathering process
o Identified upstream and downstream dependencies and determined anticipated impacts of testing
activities on other teams
o Identified Test Data needs for each project team and domain during scheduled Test Data
Management (TDM) sessions with key business analysts, developers and testers.
Creation of Test Data Requests
Monitored and escalated the fulfillment of those requests with TDM team.
Creation of Security Access (SARA) requests
• Created daily metrics and managed the project teams to deliver numbers for planned test cases, actually
developed test cases, test case approvals and documentation of test case approvals.
o Created Parent Test Plans in RQM (Requirements Quality Manager) and communicated the
identification numbers to the teams for test script uploads to Child Test Plans.
o Uploading of project documentation to SharePoint sites, V:Drive and Clarity PPM.
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Experis/U.S. Steel November 2, 2011 – March 31, 2015 (Project Completion)
[PMP, Project Test Coordinator for Human Capital Management (HCM); Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Deployment Analyst; Employee Benefits/Xerox Defined Benefit Health &Welfare Data Analyst)]
• Management of project processes including:
o Requirements gathering
Determining project scope
Project Risk Management
• Escalation of risks and issues
Schedule development for project plans
• Identification of dependencies between process teams and processes impacting
the entire project
• Making updates to the work plan and tracking of deployment issues
• Refining test plans as needed and justifying scope removals to release managers
o Test execution activities according to test plan for multiple software deployments (13.02E,
13.08E, 14.08E, and 15.02E)
Knowledge of plan documents and interfaces
o Chaired and/or co-chaired deployment Command Center meetings involving leads from every
process team, release managers, business stakeholders and project sponsor
Procurement of process team updates during ramp down, ramp up and downtime
o Deployment-specific deliverables & coordinating their feedback reviews and approvals:
SI569: Command Center Approach
SI690: Production Handover Checklist
SI221: Support Impact Statement
SI559: Knowledge Transfer (KT)
SI700: Stabilization Exit Criteria, etc.
o Drafting and disbursal of daily start test/task e-mails to assigned resources per WBS schedule (MS
Project work plan and Excels)
o Knowledge transfer (KT) tasks for each deployment - training from Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) teams to Pittsburgh Service Center (PSC) teams
Design of KT Plans (Excels with MACROS) from the requirements gathered from
process teams
o Approvals procurement with Business and Internal Controls involving:
S2 work arounds (S2WA)
Functional design documents (FDD)
Technical design documents (TDD)
Traceability of all approved documentation (ClearCase and Sharepoint)
o Defect resolution leveraging both onshore and offshore resources
o Coordination of software patching activities with the database analysts (DBAs)
o Daily Metrics Tracking and reporting to project sponsor and high-level stakeholders
Command Center metrics and War Room metrics
Test execution (Quality Center)
Defects Resolution (Quality Center)
• Coordination of defects testing with cross over process
• Defect creation and tracking via Excel spreadsheet
• Represented HCM on weekly Oracle Service Request conference calls
Drafting and sending of KT metrics
• Web testing in multiple environments (from QA versions to Production)
• Data Triangulation between Legacy and Xerox systems
• HIPAA certification/Data Privacy
• XTCM Call Recorder System archiving and MP3 uploads for Medicare Compliance
• Making elections changes for employees into Xerox HW Production system
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Advertel, Inc./The Media Center July 13, 2011 to – September 2011
(Project Manager)
• Project management of existing client database
• Production Orders
• Researching and writing for press releases and website copywriting
• Strategic planning
• Voice-overs
Rohn & Associates Design, Inc. April 25, 2011 – July 12, 2011
(Project Coordinator/Office Manager)
• Managing liturgical design projects for the Pittsburgh Office and its overseas projects (foreign artisans)
• Overseeing work of project team and keeping them on track to achieve milestones
• Collaborating with staff from San Antonio to devise standardized best practices
• Travel to job sites for field work and Design Book presentations
• Understanding scope of work
• Writing/co-authoring/proofreading of:
o Vision documents
o Proposals
o Contracts
o Owner’s Recommendations
o AIA forms & change orders
• Chairing daily conference calls
• Approving purchase orders, procurement of office supplies and artists/talent
• Coordination with IT specialists for system upgrades
• Hiring & creating new positions/drafting job descriptions
Langeloth Metallurgical Company September 1, 2010 – January 21, 2011 (Project Completion)
(Project Manager)
• Managing plant records upgrade from paper to electronic
• Project scope & schedule creation
• Scanning blueprints & archival business documents for storing on the plant’s intranet
• Restructuring & reorganization of records/storage rooms
The Baldwin Players December 18, 2008- June 30, 2012
(Program Manager; President of Board; Second Vice-President)
• Project and portfolio management for theatrical company
o Selecting plays and risk analysis
o Producing theatrical productions
o Developing the budget
o Directing theatrical productions
o Talent acquisition (casting and procurement of other critical production staff)
o Public Relations, Marketing, Website maintenance
UPMC Health Plan (UPMC for Life) February 13, 2006 – August 27, 2010
(Senior Administrative Assistant to Director of Medicare Sales and Marketing)
• Coordinating all projects, functions, seminars and assignments as requested by supervisor
• Composing, proofreading and editing correspondence for five supervisors
• Scheduling and coordinating of meetings, job interviews and staff trainings
• Synchronization of Director’s and marketing leads’ travel plans
• Vendor maintenance, payment of bills and initiation of legal contracts between UPMC and outside vendors
• Procuring contract approvals
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• Composing job descriptions for new positions, new policies and procedures
• Researching competitor websites, Obamacare (and other health care bills) data collection and analysis
• Coordinating lead distribution to reps
• Expense reports, sales reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly), and director’s reports utilized by management
Cipriani & Werner, P.C. (attorneys for workers compensation and litigation) May 1, 2000 –February 10, 2006
(Administrative Assistant)
• Receptionist
• Scanning and “cleaning” legal documents typed by secretaries
• Check requests
• Conflict of Interest checks
• Case List updates
• Opening new files
• Preparing mail
• On-line docket checks & misc. other duties
Sunday Night Live: Weekly Play Reading Forum July, 1996 – October, 2005
(Project Manager/Producing Director)
• Project and portfolio management for theatrical association
o Artistic direction, Script analysis/Dramaturgy and play selection
o Networking, Public Relations, Website and Marketing for numerous successful theatrical projects
over a ten year period with consistent media coverage
o Fundraising and Event planning Directing theatrical productions
o Producing theatrical productions
o Risk analysis for productions
o Developing the budget
o Talent acquisition (casting and procurement of other critical production staff)
COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE EXPERIENCECOMPUTER AND SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
• Clarity PPM
• ICIS
• Ability to test in QA and other EBO environments
• ClearCase/ClearQuest
• Quality Center
• Website Design
• Microsoft Project 2007, 2010, 2013
• TOAD
• Oracle
• Microsoft Word
• Outlook
• Word Perfect
• Lotus Notes
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Kronos
• Visio
• Roxio
• Scanning
• Pro-law
• Sharepoint
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• IKA
• PeopleSoft
• Internet research
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Leadership
• Project/Event Coordination
• Directing
• Producing
• Writing – including plays, screenplays, script coverage/analysis, prose, press releases, etc.
• Time-management
• People-management
• Communication – interpersonal, verbal, business
• Strategic planning and analysis
• Strategic thinking
• Organization
• Decision-making
• Problem-solving
• Teaching
• Resourcefulness and creativity
• Quick learning
• Teamwork and team-building
• Ethics and responsibility
• Reliability
• Loyalty
• Determination
• Multi-tasking
• Customer-service
• Stakeholder satisfaction
HOBBIES
• Performing arts & film, acting, directing, playwriting and producing for numerous theatrical companies
• The Baldwin Players – President of Executive Committee (Board of Directors 2011-2012);
• Dramaturgy/script analysis & feedback
“Chris…maintains control of projects and assignments with a very results-oriented attitude. He completes his
duties on time and works diligently to assure quality. Chris manifests an extremely conscientious and responsible
attitude (and) goes beyond expectations to provide people with what they need. (He) is a very good team player.”
-- Paul Carbone, Director of Medicare Sales and Marketing, UPMC for Life, from an annual performance review
dated August 10, 2010, rating Christopher Scott as a “Superior Performer.”
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• IKA
• PeopleSoft
• Internet research
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Leadership
• Project/Event Coordination
• Directing
• Producing
• Writing – including plays, screenplays, script coverage/analysis, prose, press releases, etc.
• Time-management
• People-management
• Communication – interpersonal, verbal, business
• Strategic planning and analysis
• Strategic thinking
• Organization
• Decision-making
• Problem-solving
• Teaching
• Resourcefulness and creativity
• Quick learning
• Teamwork and team-building
• Ethics and responsibility
• Reliability
• Loyalty
• Determination
• Multi-tasking
• Customer-service
• Stakeholder satisfaction
HOBBIES
• Performing arts & film, acting, directing, playwriting and producing for numerous theatrical companies
• The Baldwin Players – President of Executive Committee (Board of Directors 2011-2012);
• Dramaturgy/script analysis & feedback
“Chris…maintains control of projects and assignments with a very results-oriented attitude. He completes his
duties on time and works diligently to assure quality. Chris manifests an extremely conscientious and responsible
attitude (and) goes beyond expectations to provide people with what they need. (He) is a very good team player.”
-- Paul Carbone, Director of Medicare Sales and Marketing, UPMC for Life, from an annual performance review
dated August 10, 2010, rating Christopher Scott as a “Superior Performer.”