Anthony L Fox, PMP, MBA

Current

Analyst at The Moore Group

Past

Software Development Project Manager at SAIC
Systems Engineer IV at Northrop Grumman
Database Administrator IV at Northrop Grumman

Programmer/Analyst IV at Northrop Grumman
Programmer/Analyst III at Freddie Mac
Programmer at Bell Atlantic

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Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Information Technology and Services

Anthony L Fox, PMP, MBA’s Summary

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 15 years experience in all phases of the Project Management and System Development Life Cycles seeking a Project Manager or IT Manager position.
• Possesses an active public trust security clearance. A problem solver and a quick learner.
• Service in the education, telecommunications, financial services and aerospace & defense industries.
• Customer-centric. Has the ability to form solid working and business relationships with diverse groups and levels.
• Honest, efficient, organized, analytical, detail oriented with excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Driven to be as efficient as possible (Quality, Cost, Time)

Anthony L Fox, PMP, MBA’s Specialties:

Project Management, Systems Engineering, Requirements Gathering, Verification and Validation, Project Estimation & Feasibility, Cross Functional & Virtual Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management and Communication, Business Process Improvement, Test Plans and Cases, Configuration Management

Anthony L Fox, PMP, MBA’s Experience

Analyst

The Moore Group

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Software Development Project Manager

SAIC

(Public Company; SAI; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2008 — February 2009 (8 months)
Systems Engineer IV

Northrop Grumman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOC; Defense & Space industry)

August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year )

Provide interdisciplinary technical coordination & leadership to assigned project teams. Follow all approved IEPG processes. Define and/or review proposed architectures, tools, devices, etc. in scope on a given project, to ensure compliance with enterprise standards and alignment with the IIS architectural principles and to-be architecture. Provide input into project planning activities. Provide all required system engineering deliverables (Scope, SRDs, SADs, SDDs, Technical Risk Mgmt Plans, Test Plans etc.)

Additional Accomplishments:
• Technical project lead for migration of the visitor management system for the entire shipyard from a legacy system that was expiring to a .NET web-based GUI system and its integration with the physical security system
• Was placed in a situation were a project was well underway and worked effectively with challenging personalities to get the project on track towards completion.
Database Administrator IV

Northrop Grumman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOC; Defense & Space industry)

November 2003 — July 2007 (3 years 9 months)

• Led multiple SQL Server and COM+ server refresh projects, managing multiple resources from various departments and coordinating integration and user acceptance testing.
• Served as database project lead for a variety of projects such as software upgrades, COTS software installs and in house new development projects.
• Managed relationships with foreign vendors as well as customers with a distrust of IT. Acted as the liaison between the customer and the vendors on a project where the schedule had slipped and the customer was given empty promises. Successfully negotiated new features in a vendor’s product that reduced maintenance costs for the database administrators as well as increased efficiency for the customers, thus rebuilding their trust in the organization.
• Was able to stand up ERP systems (Hyperion Essbase and Informix) with very little training and direction, creating the standards along the way.
Programmer/Analyst IV

Northrop Grumman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

August 1998 — November 2003 (5 years 4 months)

Analyzed, designed, documented, developed, modified, tested, installed, implemented, and supported various mission-critical data applications. Was Subject Matter Expert for Bill of Material applications created with Visual Basic. Designed and maintained multiple PERL scripts in UNIX that accessed various databases. Served as a liaison between end users and the technical team. Evaluated functional requirements, designed technical specifications and gave cost/time estimates.

Additional Accomplishments:
• First in department to implement PERL scripts on UNIX servers to beat aggressive deadline on a mission-critical system
• Re-engineered ETL process, thus reducing maintenance costs and cutting process time from days to hours
• Implemented Project Management skills by leading projects with 1 to 3 direct reports
• Conducted technical interviews for open positions
Programmer/Analyst III

Freddie Mac

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

May 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 4 months)

Designed, developed, tested, documented, implemented and maintained various mission-critical data applications (Visual Basic, MS Access, FOCUS, Crystal Reports, UNIX scripts) supporting Freddie Mac's Customer Service department. Participated in information requirements analysis to assess the need for specific data reporting procedures.

Additional Accomplishments:
• Served as team's Business Analyst when needed by taking business requirements and developing functional/detail requirements and system test plans
• Project lead for Year 2000 compliance and other minor to mid-sized projects
• Was able to use relationship management skills to improve communications with customers in requirements gathering process
• Consistently given more project responsibilities outside of programming
Programmer

Bell Atlantic

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

May 1995 — May 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Worked with a specialized group of programmers on a complex, multi-faceted prototype system (ExpressTRAK). Utilized all steps of the System Development Life Cycle to deliver quality code. Monitored the performance of the system, adding enhancements, modifications, and additional features as requested by management and end users.

Additional Accomplishments:
• Was Subject Matter Expert for Stack & Burst module
• Coordinated software delivery with more than 6 other teams/applications
• Finished intensive training program two weeks ahead of schedule

Anthony L Fox, PMP, MBA’s Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Pamplin College of Business

MBA , Business Administration , 1993 — 1995
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

B.S. , Management Science - Decision Support Systems , 1988 — 1993