Project Manager at Open Solutions
Hartford, Connecticut Area
- Current
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- Project Manager at Open Solutions
- Past
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- Program / Project Manager at Microsoft
- Consulting / Project Manager at Microsoft
- Technical Evangelist at Microsoft
- Consultant / Project Manager at Microsoft
- Software Development Lead / Project Manager at Microsoft
- Software Engineer at Reality Online
- Co-Founder at Angel Networks
- Software Engineer / Artist at Cricket Software
- Education
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
- Independent Study
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Greg Manto’s Summary
I am a software product, project and program manager, community evangelist, entrepreneur, engineer and consultant. I lead teams to solve problems for the communities they are enabling. I have worldwide product releases, patents, and company awards to my credit and my most recent endeavors include online and offline community development, The Learning Home project, Wave50 which supports the technology needs of people over 50 and commercial real estate development.
Greg Manto’s Specialties:
Enabling communities
Managing projects, programs and products
Evangelizing technology
Architecting and developing software
Greg Manto’s Experience
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Project Manager
Open Solutions
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; OPEN; Computer Software industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
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Project Manager
FutureSpot Network
(E-Learning industry)
January 2004 — October 2008 (4 years 10 months)
Location: CT, MA, NJ, WA
After 12 years at Microsoft, took break to spend time with family and to give back to community as volunteer
Self-directed research into applying technology and processes to complement home schooling, baby boomer education and management of non-technical projects. Work includes volunteer work, commercial real estate development, landscape design and construction, support for community-based organizations and contributing to numerous small business ventures.
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Project Manager
Volantis
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2006 — February 2007 (5 months)
Location: CT, UK
Successfully delivered World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) mobile portal
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Product Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
December 2002 — August 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Community Strategy Team
Location: Redmond WA, Worldwide
Customer satisfaction ramp-up and cost reduction team focused on community-centric strategic planning and adoption
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Program / Project Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
September 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 4 months)
TabletPC Global Program Management Team
TabletPC Dev Team
Location: Redmond WA, Worldwide
Directed localization teams to deliver Tablet PC operating system, applications and SDK software to millions of users
Defined and delivered applications as part of the New Markets Software and Hardware Tablet PC start-up team -
Consulting / Project Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 9 months)
Microsoft Consulting Services
Location: MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, FL
Managed consultants and partners responsible for delivering solutions to Microsoft enterprise customers and partners in the telecom vertical. Microsoft Executive Briefing Center presenter.
www.microsoft.com/services
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Technical Evangelist
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
September 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 5 months)
Business Solutions Group
Location: MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, FL
Responsible for enabling customer CTO’s to be successful. Trained and mentored enterprise and ISV software developers. Speaker at developer conferences. -
Consultant / Project Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
March 1992 — September 1997 (5 years 7 months)
Microsoft Consulting Services
Location: MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, FL, WA
Responsible for high customer satisfaction while architecting and delivering large-scale business solutions and frameworks in the insurance, financial, state government and education industries. -
Software Development Lead / Project Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
March 1992 — August 1995 (3 years 6 months)
Microsoft Windows 95
Location: CT, WA
Defined and delivered applications as part of the Windows 95 Start-Up team. Founding contributor to the Microsoft Solutions Framework development life-cycle, team and software design methodology.
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Software Engineer
Reality Online
(Computer Software industry)
May 1990 — March 1992 (1 year 11 months)
WeatlhBuilder Application Team
Location: PA
Responsible for creating and delivering Windows and Apple software.
Co-developer with Larry Greenley, of Pharmocokinetic Simulation program PharmSim for Dr. Thorir Bjornsson of the Jefferson Medical Center -
Co-Founder
Angel Networks
(Computer Software industry)
May 1990 — March 1992 (1 year 11 months)
Location: NY
Responsible for business/M&A strategy of New York City based web design, development and consulting start-up -
Software Engineer / Artist
Cricket Software
(Computer Software industry)
May 1988 — May 1990 (2 years 1 month)
Location: PA
Responsible for creating and delivering Windows and Apple software written in C++ and created sample and demo content for shipping products using Cricket Draw and Cricket Paint
Greg Manto’s Education
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1984 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Zeta Psi
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Independent Study
Certified Project Manangement Professional (PMP) - 2007
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - 2007
