1. SCORT CHRISTY
814 South 4th Avenue, Libertyville, Illinois 60048  847-687-6144  scort_christy@yahoo.com
PROJECT MANAGER
Technicalbusinessprofessionalwith a proven record of accomplishments in planning and leading projects in support of financial and IT
businessgoals and objectives. Expertise in coordinating and directing the execution of systemenhancements, maintenance, updates and
upgrades.Solid leadership skills; able to build and guide top-performing teams. Adept at communicating with management, vendors, and
internal departments to coordinate overall systemmaintenance efforts.
 Led complex BaselII and integrationproject  Change &Release Management
 Risk Management projects  Coordinate Direct ApplicationUpdates
 Automation ofFinancialProcess  Application Metrics Research&Analysis
 FinancialCycle Development  TeamBuilding & Management
 Manage andAnalyze SystemDevelopment  Coordinate Configuration andTesting
PROFESS IONAL EXP ERIENCE
Discover Financial, Riverwoods, IL April 2014 – Present
Sr.Project Manager
As a Project Manager(contractor)within the SystemSupport Team, providesproject management andsystemtestingsupport forthe New
AccountsDepartment.
 ManagementofCorporate Flagship andRelease Management Projects forNewAccounts.
 Manage andperformed monthly UAT andregression testing forICE, FOCUS, and Orion.
 Partnering with field resourcesfortesting ofNewAccounts systemsolutionand managing newopportunities within the department.
 Coordinating userand testing requirements,documenting testcases and managing the overallproject management lifecycle.
 Provide systemsupport and post implementation validationforall New Accounts systemimplementations.
 Providing consultingassistance to otherProject Managers forNewAccts systemfunctionality andimprovement.
 Establish relationships with key externaland internalpartners to drive and completenewprojects andinitiatives
FIDELITY (FIS GLOBAL), Chicago, IL May 2013 – March 2014
Sr.Project Manager
Responsible forplanning andmanaginga mix of tacticaland strategic projects thatare ofmediumto high complexity, cost and impact,affect
multiple business units,and include10to 20 project teammembers.
 Manage fullsoftware development lifecycle including testing,implementation,andauditing.
 Identifies and allocatestechnicalresources(e.g.,programmers,business analysts)to client projects within Development
 Forecastsresource needsbasedon an analysisofboth portfolio and projected client spend.
CAPITAL ONE, Mettawa, IL Dec 2011 – May 2013
Sr.Project Manager
Lead moderate to large complex projects by providing strategic direction to projects,peers and direct reports.Develop and manage project
plans,revising to meet changing requirementsandleverageproblemsolvingskills to ensure project plans deliveron intent. Maintain key
project documentation andmanage budget and escalate risks and effectively communicate to ensure delivery.Create,oversee andproactively
communicate project timelines and expectationsto ensure timely completion through allphases ofa projects’lifecycle.
 Manage projectsfromconceptualization throughimplementation.
 Facilitate logistics aroundprojectplanning,workshopsessions,and design reviews.
 Manage resource allocation,prioritization and time tracking forProduct Design team.

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HARRIS BMO, Chicago, IL Jul 2011 - Dec 2011
Project Manager
Manageda mid-size project surrounding LossShare reportingthat carried responsibilities ofproject plan development andmanagement as
well as statustrackingand analysis allin accordance with tight compliance standards anddeadlines.Additionalresponsibilities included
meeting facilitation with project stakeholders aswellas project roadmap tracking,issue escalationand project reporting.
AON HEWITT, Lincolnshire, IL Sep 2010 - June 2011
Sr.Project Manager
Manage pre-mergerprojectsforFinancialPlanning &Analysis (FP&A),forfive applications andAon-Hewitt mergerinitiatives,including
both migrations and conversionactivitiesforPeopleSoft.Project management responsibilities include; lead teammeeting,status,project
planning,resource allocation, riskand issue management. Using HPQCmanage and drive defects and testscripts forQA and UAT.
 Streamline and stabilize FP&A conversion,TM1activities andCognos reporting
 Sunset TM1BSCubes and move to Corporate CDW and deploy Corp Cognos BSto Legacy Hewitt Users .
 Implementation ofPeopleSoft v9.0Financials,Cognos reporting,FinancialData Warehouse (IBM DB2), SSP cost allocation tool,
and Horizon Planning tool.
 Workclosely with businesspartnerandIT teamto lock requirements,designand build documents andobtain signoff.
NATIONAL CITY/ PNC, Cleveland, Pittsburgh Aug 2008 – April 2010
Technical Project Manager Naperville, IL
Managed,remotely, global project teams (Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus and India) fromhome office, planning, executing, and finalizing
projects accordingto strict deadlinesandwithin budget using SDLC method. Used Clarity for resources allocation, managing tasks, hours
and generate expense reporting.
 Completed Credit Risk Management and Capital Market project on time and on budget through management of 9 to 20 staff and
consultants, establishing customer exception and monitoring project activities.
 Successfully completed Basel II projects such as Market Risk and Management and Allowance for Loss and Lease. Improved
productivity by development of an automated credit risk report.
 Managed resources for $1M integration project through clarification of tasks and roles in Clarity.
 Reduced data collection time fromseven days to three days for financial compliance reports through automation of data processes.
 Designed project plan including objectives, risk review, budget establishment and quality control through collaboration with
customer through in person meetings, conference calls and weekly Net meetings.
FREDDIE MAC, Schaumburg, IL Jan 2007 - June 2008
Project Manager
Coordinated andmonitored project plansand schedules including developmentand maintenance activities, implementation and acceptance
testing by following SDLC and PMLC method.
 Managed portion of Sumit “Debt and Derivative and Fixed income” COTS- project. This was a $40 million project of Sumit portfolio
valuation.
 Achieved audit and compliance objectivesby modifying andcreatingdocuments repository on Web based SharePoint and Clear Case
while working with teamin Virginia.
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY, Northbrook, IL Oct 2000- Dec 2006
Project Manager / Business System Analyst
Led the systems implementation and upgrade projectsand worked as a liaison between business, vendors, IT Staff and other departments.
Follow ITIL IT service Management process for a best practice approach.
 Coordinated Transcend applicationsystemupgrades and testing by working with other busines s areas, enterprise team, DBA group,
SUN, vendors, and business partner.
 Successfully manage andplayedintegralrole in Year-End activities and functionedas liaison to otherdepartments and Data Centers and
implemented Oracle 9 and other systems upgrade projects.
 Reduced timeframe range of7 to 10 days to 24 hours for data availability for the actuary group by defining strategy and developing,
executing, and managing comprehensive Month End process and Systems maintenance.
Operation Supervisor
Led a direct forward-thinking operation teamof nine members, developers, business analysts and subject matter experts in delivering the
requirements and analysis component of automation of Transcend Operation area and created Dashboard for production critical t asks.
 Increased profit by working with various teams to identify redundant tasks and eliminated 43 tasks, saving time and resources .
 Provided recommendations and implemented solutions to project problems and production problemrequests.

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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO/ BANK ONE, Chicago, IL 1994-1999
Financial Analyst (1994 – 1999)
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
 MBA,BusinessAdministration, North ParkUniversity,Chicago,Illinois,1998
 BS, Accounting, Northeastern Illinois University,Chicago,Illinois, 1995
 Certificate ITIL, Foundation certificate in IT Service Management
 Certificate fromThe George WashingtonUniversity forcompleting following:
Introduction to BusinessAnalyst -Howto Gather and Document UserRequirements -Manage IT Projects
TECHNOLOGY
Project Tools: Microsoft Project, Clarity, NIKU Workbench, Work Break Down, Visio, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Lotus Notes
(including Same Time), Net Meeting, Live Meeting, WebEx, SharePoint, HPQC, Maestro, Cognos
Methodologies: SDLC, RUP, ITIL
Requirements Management Tools: DOORS, Clear Case, and Clear Quest
Application: Skyline, Transcend (PeopleSoft) Oracle (SQL), UNIX, Citrix, FOCUS, ICE, Orion