Fred Gizicki has over 25 years of experience as a project manager and IT professional, specializing in product lifecycle management and EDI solutions. He has managed large-scale projects at General Motors, Jacobs Technology, and Ford Motor Company. Gizicki has expertise in Agile project management methodology and a background that includes software development, systems analysis, and engineering.

1. Fred J. Gizicki
737 Camilla Blvd • Lake Orion MI 48362
phone: (248) 894‐1363 • e‐mail: gizicki@att.net
CAREER SUMMARY
 Project Manager of large‐scale IT application projects, with extensive experience in product lifecycle
management (PLM).
 Seven years EDI Solutions/Applications delivery experience.
 Certified Agile Scrum Master
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Motors Corporation ∙ Grand Blanc, Michigan 10/11 – 2/19
Project Manager / Lead EDI Test Engineer – Customer Care and Aftersales
 Communicate with internal business partners to help understand problems, develop requirements
and specifications, investigate solutions and interface with the EDI Team to provide external
customer and supplier support for the following programs:
o Customize EDI code to meet customer requirements (Amazon, Advanced Auto O’Reilly
Auto Parts, AutoZone, etc.).
o Global Retail Information Management (RIM) application for dealers to assure integrity of
inventory.
o Global Electronic Parts Category (EPC) third‐party vendor (Snap‐On) application which
provided exploded views of General Motor parts to independent dealers.
o Substance of Concern (SOC) application which addressed parts that contained material
prohibited by state or federal laws. The application flagged the part for the dealer and
provided alternate part.
 Provide EDI support and service and actively participate / coordinate new EDI integration projects
 Develop, implement and manage mainframe test and evaluation plans.
 Create schedules and milestones; establish and put into operation processes for assessing and
mitigating risks.
 Procure funding; analyze and manage costs.
 Ensure that security controls are present within all customers’ applications in accordance with
General Motors IT policy.
JACOBS TECHNOLOGY ∙ Hampton, VA 01/10 – 10/11
Project Manager – NASA Langley Research Center
Managed multiple projects including hardware for wind tunnel testing, video cameras, and calibration
tools as well as software applications and processes. Experienced with government proposal processes.
Developed ROMs, SOWs, Impact Statements. Monitored and maintained program objectives, costs and
schedule.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY ∙ Dearborn, MI
Project Manager – IT Product Development 10/04 – 01/09
 Managed multiple IT application portfolios.
 Designed metrics for tracking and evaluating IT application usability and sustainability.
 Maintained internal application control records.
 Reduced annual costs 5% by eliminating redundant applications, equipment and processes.

2.  Designed SharePoint intranet solution for IT project approval and on‐line progress and cost
tracking.
Systems Analyst/Programmer Specialist 01/02 – 10/04
Led and coordinated initiatives as lead analyst to bring the European and Asian partners in line with North
American applications for joint product development efforts. Eliminated shadow applications within North
American Operations resulting in a cost savings of $100,000 annually. Facilitated foreign partners’
exchange of data for joint programs.
Application Development Engineer 08/98 – 01/02
Technical Lead on feasibility study for IT application related to Powertrain parts manufacturing. Provided
support for plant floor systems as subject matter expert. Aided the engineering corps in identifying risks,
course of action to mitigate risk, verifying the fix, and then prepared the “lessons learned” reports and
presentations for upper management.
Computer Application Engineer 06/96 – 07/98
Managed a team of subject matter experts in plant environment upgrades. Subject matter expert in
hardware and software for Powertrain projects. Maintained servers with upgrades and security.
 Coordinated hardware and software upgrades at Michigan Truck, Wayne, St. Louis, Dearborn and
several other North America assembly plants.
 Reviewed Java code with the developer to ensure that the application adhered to client’s
requirements.
Product Design Engineer 02/93 – 06/96
Project lead for Unit and Function testing for vehicle service bay diagnostic tool.
 Developed, implemented and managed test and evaluation plans.
 Performed functional testing on multiple systems
 Developed C/C++ application used to retrieve information from Oracle.
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Electronic Computer Control Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Project Management Certification, George Washington University School of Business and Public
Management
SKILLS
• Agile • C++ • XML
• Scrum • SQL • COTS
• Waterfall • PL/SQL • OS/2 Migration
• MS Project • Visual Basic • Oracle
• SharePoint • XPath • MS Office Suite
AWARDS
 VS&P “ON THE SPOT” Award – Service Bay Diagnostic System (SBDS) release
 Award of Excellence – Ethernet upgrade and In‐Line Vehicle System, Wayne Assembly
 Peer Recognition Award – Technical Lead on PPAS, DMS and Feasibility
 Award of Excellence – Implementation of Appropriation Requests for projects