Anton Vishnyak, PMP, CSM

Current

Project Manager at Qualcomm

Past

Director of Project Management at Legal Science LLC
Senior Consultant at Lockheed Martin
Project Manager at AutoScribe, Corp.

Manager, IT at SwissFone, Inc.

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Education

American Intercontinental University
Stanford University

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Information Technology and Services

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Anton Vishnyak, PMP, CSM’s Summary

Experienced in formulating and driving IT strategy, design and operations in large and small organizations.

Strong skills in roadmap building, process maturity assessments, and Project Management Office (PMO) activities.

Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM) and ITIL v3 Foundations Certifications

Anton Vishnyak, PMP, CSM’s Specialties:

Project Management, Scrum, ITIL v3, Litigation Support, eDiscovery, Process Engineering, Maturity Assessment, Consulting, Roadmap Building, Earned Value Analysis, Project Management Training

Anton Vishnyak, PMP, CSM’s Experience

Project Manager

Qualcomm

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; QCOM; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Director of Project Management

Legal Science LLC

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Legal Services industry)

January 2007 — September 2007 (9 months)

* Driving the development of a Project Management Software for Litigation Support using a software development lifecycle (SDLC), decomposing of high-level business requirements into functional, data and process requirements, and implement proven development best practices, including architecture, engineering, design, and code reviews

* Managing the consulting/professional services unit, a team focused on providing project management expertise to law firms based on industry standard frameworks such as Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and Agile Methodologies

* Supported the e-Discovery group in setting up a methodology combining best practices and Agile Methodologies to increase performance and quality throughout the entire litigation support lifecycle
Senior Consultant

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

December 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 2 months)

Consulting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

* Senior member of a team charged with analyzing the processes, budgets, and assets of the IRS' IT infrastructure resulting in proposals that would save the IRS over $200 million dollars over 10 years.

* Provided support and training to various Project Managers within the IRS enabling them to gain a deeper understanding of Project Management principles and best practices.

* Worked with the client to evaluate and integrate Fair Isaac's Blaze Advisor rules engine into their tax computation framework. With Blaze Advisor, the client is able to implement yearly tax law changes in a much more efficient way than their legacy system. This efficiency allows them to perform examinations several months faster than before.
Project Manager

AutoScribe, Corp.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

September 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 4 months)

* Organized and formalized an effective project management strategy based partially on the Scrum management method. This improved software release cycle regularity and lowered total cost for quarterly software releases

* Designed and organized a formal software requirements specification along with other project planning documents for several key financial software packages. Using industry standard project planning tools like Microsoft Project and OneNote I was able to set clear, defined, and attainable goals for the software development team while regularly meeting or exceeding expectations of the product manager

* Mentored junior and senior level developers in proper .NET design methodologies which resulted in more stable and less costly releases

* Facilitated a close link between user support, quality assurance, and development teams to improve software features and reduce total support incidents
Manager, IT

SwissFone, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 1 month)

* Develop, implement, and maintain the company intranet site in a team-based environment utilizing cutting edge technology such as .NET, SOAP and a SQL Server. This allowed SwissFone to provide real-time data management for their buying, selling, and data entry teams. This also reduced operating costs by replacing SwissFone's legacy MS Access applications.

* Redesign, implement, and maintain the company's legacy MS Access application to work in a multi-user environment. This let multiple users input and access data at the same time utilizing SQL server as the back end.

* Develop, implement, and maintain a Least Cost Routing (LCR) application that allowed SwissFone to route international voice traffic throughout their network taking supplier costs and line quality data into account. This allowed the company to optimize their international voice network on a daily basis thereby reducing operating costs and increasing profit margins.

Anton Vishnyak, PMP, CSM’s Education

American Intercontinental University

BSIT , Information Technology , 2005 — 2007
Stanford University

SCPM , Stanford Certified Project Manager , 2008

Stanford Advanced Project Management combines Stanford University's academic and research expertise with the proven project management methodologies. The result is a dynamic curriculum that provides advanced skills and practical instruction on the processes, organizational structure, and tools that assure that project work yields the desired business results.