1. David Stanley Wright
Project Manager / Release Coordinator
Address: 23 Zambesi Street, Riverhills. QLD. 4074.
Phone: 0423978174
E-mail: davidwright53@optusnet.com.au
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/davidwright53
Summary
An experienced Project Manager with an extensive track record of achieving results,
consistently completing projects to a high standard, delivering on time and to budget
Strong project management methodology background including financial, scheduling
Experienced with release management in test including pre-production and in production
environments
Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to influence across the
organization
Strong communicator and facilitator skills with the ability to develop rapport easily with
people from all levels within the business
Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external
stakeholders
Experienced managing diverse Information Technology and Application Services
resources based in Australia and offshore locations
Experienced in customer and back office systems including Core Banking system,
Lending Origination system, Internet Banking and the Corporate Web site.
Experienced with document management systems including managing and
performing lending origination, customer and branch document changes and
releases
Experienced in:
- configuration management of project related information
- weekly project and financial reporting
- developing and maintaining project schedules,
- identifying and managing risks, issues and dependencies
Proficient with change management using ITIL
Experienced in all facets of testing
Loyal and hardworking individual, highly organized with a keen attention to detail
Self-starter, able to work independently, maintains focus and carries through to
completion
Broad business and technical analytical skills
Extensive knowledge of Financial Services applications and technology
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
PRINCE2
Professional Experience
2014 – 2016 Hewlett Packard / Hewlett Packard Enterprises
Hewlett Packard / Hewlett Packard Enterprises is a renowned international company developing,
delivering and managing business and technology solutions to companies around the world.
Project Manager
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Achievements:
Managed the provision and release of a new test environment to support the Bank of
Queensland Limited Lending Origination initiative as current test environments were
insufficient to support the parallel project lifecycle approach. The new test environment
removed potential bottle necks allowing parallel development and testing to occur
Managed the extension of and release of an existing test environment required to support
the Bank of Queensland Limited Lending Origination initiative as current test
environments were insufficient to the support parallel project lifecycle approach
Coordinated and managed the loading of and refresh of customer data in the new and
existing test environments required by the Lending Origination initiative
Managed the installation (release) of a new Lending Origination system to the Bank of
Queensland Limited production environment designed to reduce overall lending
processing costs and improved speed to ‘yes’ decision to the customer. This was a
complex project involving Hewlett Packard resources based within Australia and offshore,
multiple Third Party Vendors and the Bank to deliver infrastructure and application
Coordinated multiple deployments (releases) of the Lending Origination system to test
environments to support the parallel project lifecycle approach
Coordinated and managed multiple additional installations (releases) of the new Lending
Origination system to the production environment post initial release. This required
extensive communications with HP resources, Third Party Vendors and the Bank to meet
tight timeframes
Controlled diverse group of HP / HPE Infrastructure and Application Services resources
located within and outside Australia to deploy the Lending Origination system to multiple
test environments and the production environment
Maintained extensive communications with Hewlett Packard resources based within
Australia and offshore, Third Party Vendors and the Bank to achieve tight timeframes
Developed strong relationships with the Bank and Third Party Vendors to ensure project
delivered to timeframes
Recognized by the Bank’s Steering Committee for outstanding contributions to the
success of the Lending Origination project
Provided documentation including proposals, system requirements, load and
performance testing summary reports, service desk onboarding procedures, Windows
server maintenance procedures, implementation plans, communication plans, change
records and technical specifications including Active Directory updates and status and
financial reports
Maintained project focus and carried through to completion
Responsibilities:
Provide project management to deliver "on time and within budget"
Perform project reporting activities including project financials
Identify and manage project risks, issues and dependencies
Develop and maintain project schedule prioritizing resources and tasks to meet
timeframes
Ensure Project Management Office compliance
Manage resource allocation through online resource management tool
Provide effective day to day resource management
Attend team and on-site customer meetings including documenting agenda, meetings
and providing minutes
Perform change management processes to deploy into test environments and production
environment
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Perform release management process to deploy into test and production environments
Schedule and coordinate deployments into the new and extended test environments
Develop strong relationships with the Bank and Third Party Vendors to ensure project
delivered to timeframes
Develop and maintain relationships with Bank Business and Technical owners
Document and participate in Disaster Recovery execution
Manage load and performance testing
2009 – 2014 Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard is a renowned international company developing, delivering and managing business
and technology solutions to companies around the world
Project Manager / Systems Analyst
Achievements:
Successfully managed and releases multiple service initiatives for Bank of Queensland
Limited to time and budget including:
o Managed changes and deployed multiple Internet Banking releases designed to
improve functionality and address issues in the system
o Managed changes and deployed the Novated Lease system (third party
submission of finance applications). The Novated Lease system accepts loan
applications electronically from a third party source for processing by an internal
Bank of Queensland system.
o Managed changes and deployed Bank’s customer facing systems as a result of a
Bank corporate initiative to change their branding. Systems were:
Corporate Web
Internet Banking
Automatic Telling Machines
o Managed changes and deployed minor changes to the Bank’s Core Retail
Banking system
Performed business and system analysis and modified, tested and deployed Retail Loan
and Branch documents defined in the Document Management System
Provided administration and L2 Service Desk support for the Document Management
System
Developed and maintained Document Management System Support documentation
Experienced in all facets of testing including the development of test plans, testcases,
execution of test cases, recording and managing defects to resolution, assisting with load
and performance testing, providing test summary reports, load and performance testing
reports and covers technical, functional,regression and post implementation verification
testing
Responsibilities:
Provide project management to deliver "on time and within budget"
Perform project reporting activities including project financials
Identify and manage project risks, issues and dependencies
Develop and maintain project schedule prioritizing resources and tasks to meet
timeframes
Perform change management functions to deploy into test environments and production
Provide effective day to day management of team members
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Perform testing of the Bank’s rebranded customer facing system
Modify, test and deploy Document Management System Retail Loan, Customer and
Branch documents
Perform Document Management system administration
Provide Production service desk level 2 incident investigation and resolution and problem
resolution of the document management system
Develop and maintain document management system documentation
Plan and participate in Disaster Recovery planning and execution
Manage load and performance testing
2004 – 2009 Electronic Data Systems
Electronic Data Systems was a renowned international company developing, delivering and managing
business and technology solutions to companies around the world.
Project Manager
Achievements:
Successfully managed multiple service initiatives for Bank of Queensland Limited Retail
Loan Origination and Branch documents defined in the Document Management System
Performed business and systems analysis, modified, tested and deployed Retail Loan
and Branch documents defined in the Document Management System
Developed document templates, business and technical requirements for documents
defined in the Document Management System
Provided Production service desk level 2 incident investigation and resolution and
problem resolution of the Document Management System
Performed Document Management System administration
Developed and maintained Document Management System Support documentation
Responsibilities:
Provide project management of service initiatives
Perform project reporting activities including project financials
Manage risks and issues
Develop and maintain service initiative schedules
Plan and prioritize resources and tasks to meet timeframes
Perform change management activities
Schedule and coordinate deployments into test environments and production
environment
Provide effective day to day management of team members
Provide systems analysis of required changes
Perform development and maintenance of Retail Loan and Branch documents using
Document Management System software
Develop and maintain Retail Loan and Branch documentation for documents using the
Document Management System
Provide Production service desk level 2 incident investigation and resolution and problem
resolution of the Document Management System
Team management and development
Prior Employment History:
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Bank of Queensland Limited - Project Manager / Technical Architect / Middleware
Designer / Systems Analyst / Tester / Cobol developer / Computer Operator
Bank of Queensland Limited – Teller / Second in Charge Branch Operations
Toowong, Queensland branch
Australian and New Zealand Bank – Head Office back office processing, Brisbane,
Queensland
Education:
Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Management) with Distinction
Certification:
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
PRINCE2 certification in progress
IT Competencies:
MS Office; Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service and change management
Hewlett Packard Labour Demand Management System
Hewlett Packard Aldea Activity Assignment System
Hewlett Packard Program Project Management System
Mercury Interactive Test Director
Referees:
To be provided on request