Leslie Shane

Leslie Shane

Beginning a new contract at LucasArts on 11/23

San Francisco Bay Area

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Education
  • Syracuse University
  • University of Hartford
  • Shikellamy High School
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Leslie Shane’s Summary

Personable and enthusiastic technical and business Project Manager with over ten years of experience managing complex projects across multiple platforms and teams. Proven track record of establishing collaborative partnerships in support of overall business strategies across a wide variety of industries.

Leslie Shane’s Specialties:

Microsoft Project, project management, Microsoft Project Server (2003), SharePoint, communication, collaboration

Leslie Shane’s Experience

  • Business Project Manager (Contract)

    Levi Strauss & Co.

    (Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry)

    February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)

    Provided project support for two business process improvement (BPI) projects: 1) Globalization of Sourcing Organization for "Global Dockers" brand, and 2) New release of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool including worldwide rollout; developed master project plans for both programs; developed project implementation plan for PLM project; developed issue and risk tracking tool; addressed and/or mitigated issues for successful implementation; coordinated prototype test case development and testing by regional subject matter experts; managed SharePoint portals for both programs

  • Program Manager / Project Manager (Contract)

    Charles Schwab

    (Public Company; SCHW; Financial Services industry)

    June 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 1 month)

    * Project Manager (February 2008 - June 2008) - Integration of Austin based subsidiary's infrastructure into corporate standards - desktops, Active Directory, data migration; development of new lab-based solution for developers / QA
    * Program Manager (June 2007 - February 2008) - Managed new alternative workspace program; training and policy development; program tracking / metrics and reporting; managed program participants (inquiries, issues, move coordination); surveys and analysis; communications (presentations, newsletters, SharePoint project portal development / management); only non-VP level member of firm-wide telecommuting policy taskforce

  • Business PMO Project Manager (Contract)

    Wells Fargo - Wealth Management Group

    (Public Company; WFC; Financial Services industry)

    February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)

    Strategic planning and management of large wealth management system development project; developed project / program plans; vendor management; facilitated management and business stakeholder meetings; created presentations; issue and risk tracking; assisted in budget tracking and reporting

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    Visa, Intl. - Innovation Group

    (Public Company; V; Financial Services industry)

    September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

    New technology authentication project involving development of digital display card; developed project plans and artifacts for international proof of concept and pilot phases; international vendor management; agendas and minutes; issue / risk tracking and mitigation; status reports and presentations for senior management; developed product awareness survey

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    CNET Networks

    (Public Company; CNET; Online Media industry)

    March 2006 — September 2006 (7 months)

    Managed logistics for high risk project moving over 1,000 hardware devices, including a large server farm, from CA based data center to new facility in TX; facilitated closure of colocation facility; developed project schedules; managed server inventory; developed issue tracking tool; facilitated and reported on team meetings; managed project web portal (Wiki); performed incident tracking (Bugzilla)

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    Kaiser Permanente

    (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 2005 — March 2006 (8 months)

    Remediation, decommissioning and migration of 1000+ non-supported NT servers to WinServer 2003 platforms throughout Kaiser facilities in CA and HI; project plans; project documentation; developed project tracking tool

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    Union Bank of California - HighMark Capital Management

    (Privately Held; Banking industry)

    August 2005 — September 2005 (2 months)

    Developed project plans for fixed income system upgrade and capital markets infrastructure projects; managed revisions of all documentation required for funding review process

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    Gap, Inc.

    (Public Company; GPS; Retail industry)

    September 2004 — December 2004 (4 months)

    Developed communications and training documentation, including MS Project "Tips and Tricks" newsletters, client communications for Phase II of MS Project Server deployment project; developed and maintained master project plan, including vendor tracking

  • Senior Project Coordinator (Contract)

    Charles Schwab

    (Public Company; SCHW; Financial Services industry)

    February 2004 — August 2004 (7 months)

    Developed MS Project templates and provided training for Schwab's Retail Technology Quality Assurance Group (RTQA); developed master project plan; developed QA processes using newly deployed RUP methodology; facilitated weekly QA team meetings; coordinated move to new facility

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    PG&E

    (Public Company; PCG; Utilities industry)

    January 2003 — February 2004 (1 year 2 months)

    Managed MS Project Server rollout throughout IT; MS Project Server Administrator; end user support; training documentation, including monthly "Tips and Tricks" newsletters; issue and mitigation strategies; Service Level Agreements; developed user feedback surveys and conducted feedback sessions

  • Senior Project Coordinator (Contract)

    Gap, Inc.

    (Public Company; GPS; Retail industry)

    August 2002 — January 2003 (6 months)

    Coordinated cross-platform client migration from Lotus Notes to Outlook; tracked business partner pre and post migration issues; managed migration database; installed and validated Outlook client

  • Project Manager (Contract)

    macys.com

    (Public Company; M; Retail industry)

    July 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 2 months)

    Managed development of content management system for macys.com and Bloomingdales.com website re-launches; project plans; facilitated bi-coastal project team meetings; managed vendors; developed Service Level Agreements (SLA's); issue and risk tracking; resource management; assisted with functional requirements; lead user acceptance testing

  • Quality Assurance Engineer (Contract)

    NorthPoint Communications

    (Public Company; NPNT; Telecommunications industry)

    May 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 3 months)

    Performed Remedy and Oracle based black box testing on Operations Support Systems (OSS) and corporate website; created test plans, cases, scripts; developed and managed issues logs; participated in Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, requirements reviews and post-mortem sessions; trained staff on QA systems and processes

  • Associate Project Manager (Contract)

    Charles Schwab

    (Public Company; SCHW; Financial Services industry)

    November 1999 — April 2000 (6 months)

    Developed Y2K project plans; created centralized documentation tracking system to meet regulatory requirements; managed software inventory databases

Leslie Shane’s Education

  • Syracuse University

    BA , Music Management , 1983 — 1986

  • University of Hartford

    n/a , Music Management , 1981 — 1983

  • Shikellamy High School

    1977 — 1981

Additional Information

Leslie Shane’s Groups:

PMI, S.U. Alumni

  •    Syracuse University Alumni Network
  •    San Francisco 415 Connect
  •    Syracuse Alumni of Northern California

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