James Fenter is a project manager with over 20 years of experience managing technical projects in finance and technology. He has managed projects from $100k to $2 million at various Fortune 50 companies. Fenter is skilled at collaborating with teams, meeting deadlines, and delivering projects on time and under budget. He currently works as a consultant, researching and presenting on issues around insourcing and outsourcing financial content.

1. JAMES FENTER, MBA
79 Boylston St., Apt. 1 Watertown, MA 02472
(508) 212-4634 (c) jamesfenter5301@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Project Manager Summary
Technical Project Manager with a powerful aptitude for collaborating with engineering and design teams for
Global Technology Partners requiring time management, and analytical skills that produce completed projects
on-time, on or under budget and keeps all parties aware of the plan on which they are working. Experience
includes non-profit organizations, clients at various levels within an organization and hope to join a company
that can benefit from my experience and passion for doing things right the first time.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Technical and Engineering Project Management
▪ Regularly managed three to six large-scale projects valued between $100K and $2MM per
project per year for Top Technology and Finance Companies with rigid engineering compliance
and reporting specifications.
▪ For a Fortune 50 Company: Successfully brought a technical application to market on time and
on budget, despite an active acquisition and M&A in the middle of the project.
▪ Successfully led a team to complete a high priority program with exceptionally tight deadlines for
a client whose original vendor backed out of a composition software migration project
▪ Authored the engineering justification publication providing the foundation for initiating a $2MM
project at Putnam Investments
▪ Designed a standard development, implementation, and regression testing strategy in order to
mitigate the risk of releasing flawed applications
▪ Experienced with building and managing document repositories
For Top Tier Global Enterprise
▪ Extensive experience in the application of concepts and tools to data transfer, data mapping, and
conversion/migration of document applications
▪ Adept at translating customer needs and requirements into specific technical specifications,
including product output, time to delivery, and cost
▪ Experienced in leading teams of software developers and designers
▪ Skilled in the design and implementation of quality assurance processes
▪ Adroit with creating momentum and building a cohesive sense of meaning and purpose with
teams, at ease with both technical experts and corporate decision makers
▪ Time-line driven, result-oriented team leadership, creative, independent, well organized
▪ Familiar with full MS Suite, MS Project, Visio, Access, Mercury Quality Center, Sharepoint and
several COTS Composition applications
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CONSULTANT 09/2015 – Present PROJECT ADVISOR
Contract with Insight Forum:
▪ Research and organize information on outsourcing versus insourcing of financial statement
content
▪ Interview Subject Matter Experts in financial statements content in discovery of issues around
insourcing vs outsourcing (data security, available resources…etc.)
▪ Research related articles for additional material for presentation
▪ Author key sections of white paper and PowerPoint slideshows used for presentation to Client
Management

2. James R. Fenter, MBA Resume
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FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES 10/2010 – 07/2011 CONTRACT PROJECT MANAGER
▪ Coordinated the design, development, quality assurance, implementation and production support
for over a dozen projects including storage, encryption, print, transmission, processing, regulatory
compliance, mail and e-delivery
▪ Facilitated kick-off meetings at customer site, along with weekly Project meetings.
▪ Analyzed data for use in the modeled data structure
▪ Proposed changes to front-end processing to utilize the data feed with minimal customer impact.
▪ Communicated with all levels of the client’s personnel to gather requirements for business and
systems and to set expectations
▪ Managed the QA process via SharePoint and Beyond Compare for PDF comparison
APT/NEPS 08/2000 – 10/2010 PROJECT MANAGER
▪ Completed 85% of all projects within budget and time constraints successfully
▪ Interfaced with external clients to design and plan optimal print and e-delivery solutions
▪ Managed projects using waterfall and Agile methods
▪ Built and led a development and design team to build external customer statements
▪ Developed Metavante CSF composition tool
▪ Performed QA tasks using Mercury Quality Center, SharePoint and various PDF compare tools
▪ Designed and supported RFPs and SOWs
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS 05/1998 – 08/2000 LEAD STATEMENTS DEVELOPER
▪ Coded and performed quality assurance for software applications applied to the production of
retirement statements
THE BOSTON COMPANY 06/1997 – 05/1998 SYSTEMS DEVELOPER
▪ Supported reporting, data extraction, and record keeping for 401(k) accounts
EDUCATION
Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Masters of Business Administration
Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Bachelor of Science, Business Administration