Sheila Franzen, PMP

Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry

October 2010 – March 2011 (6 months)

Project Manager responsible for project delivery. Established best practices for project management and manual regression testing.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry

April 2009 – May 2010 (1 year 2 months)

Project Manager and Scrum Master for a team of 20 plus people focused on delivering a new kiosk based financial services solution in a start-up.

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry

March 2008 – March 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Project Manager responsible for project delivery and standards definition and implementation.

(Consultant for ieSolutions)

Nonprofit; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry

2005 – 2007 (2 years)

Program Manager, Integration – Manager working in the enterprise project management office (EPMO) responsible for project management related to the software development life cycle and interaction with IT Organization.

Track Manager, Claims & Provider/Finance – Manager responsible for tactical execution of a group of projects for the Claims, Provider & Finance areas of a business transformation program. Responsible for day to day management of 5 project teams comprised of business, technology and vendor/consulting resources.

Delivery Manager, Technology – Manager responsible for coordinating the technology implementation of a business transformation program across the 4 NW states. Managed a group of 15 project managers and project coordinators with a $55M budget.

2004 – 2004 (less than a year)

Senior Policy Analyst – Analyst responsible for facilitating the Agency’s Information Management Advisory Council (IMAC) and coordinating policy and measure development for Informaiton Management within the agency.

Public Company; 501-1000 employees; LTXC; Semiconductors industry

2000 – 2003 (3 years)

VP, Information Technology – Vice President of the Information Technology Department consisting of 50-80 employees and conslutants. Responsible for all aspects of IT, including Network Operations, Desktop, Helpdesk and Business Applications.

Director of Enterprise Applications – Director of the Enterprise Applications Department. Managed a department of 20 business analysts, developers and support personnel that were responsible for three major applications: SAP, Clarify and Agile.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; NKE; Sporting Goods industry

1997 – 2000 (3 years)

IT Manager – Manager of the Global Apparel Manufacturing and API IT team. Managed a team of 11 developers and support personnel at Nike’s Headquarters and 10 IT Managers and Support people in Nike’s Production Offices throughout the world.

Team Lead – Team Lead for the Global Apparel Manufacturing and API IT team. Lead a team of 5 people that supported the current systems and served as project manager for two new web applications that were being created.

Project Manager - Lead the Conversion and Application Architecture team on a project to implement a new warehouse management system for Nike’s Apparel Distribution Center in Memphis, TN. Managed a team of 5-10 contractors to drive the conversion effort and create the interface layer between the two systems. Project was successfully implemented in 15 months without impacting the facilities ability to ship product.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry

1992 – 1997 (5 years)

Information Technology Engineer - Team leader providing project management, solutions integration, consulting, and programming services for the Americas Field Operations in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Specific emphasis on client/server applications for Hewlett-Packard's customer support organization.

Solutions Integration Specialist - Team member providing solutions integration, consulting, and programming services for the Americas Field Operations in the US, Canada, and Latin America with a specific emphasis on Hewlett-Packard's customer support and financial organizations.

1990 – 1992 (2 years)

Programmer Analyst – Member of a team that designed, coded, tested, and integrated MRP II manufacturing solutions to support the 24x7 operations of both the compact disc and cassette music manufacturing plants.