Resume

Taylor H. Witt

WORK EXPERIENCE

News America Marketing, Inc. – A News Corporation Company – Wilton, CT

Project Manager – Application Development January 2006 – Present

• Supervise employees – Business Analysts and Business Application Managers
• Manage SDLC of web-based and mobile-based applications
• Manage $5M+ budget for application development and infrastructure
• Manage compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) standards
• Manage asset life cycle – evaluation, acquisition, break / fix, recycling
• Manage application security vulnerability assessments
• Manage application testing – test plan, scenarios, scripts, performance / load / stress testing
• Negotiate contracts: offshore tier one support, asset management, application service providers, third party software
• Perform financial planning and analysis for application development and infrastructure
• Develop project plans, specifications, application prototypes, information architecture, strategic planning and analysis presentations
• Prioritize support and enhancement activities
• Conduct business process and requirements analysis
• Oversee onshore and offshore project teams (14 employees)
• Contribute to user interface, design and development efforts
• Contribute to new product development process
• Develop RFP responses, proposals and cost estimates
• Develop predictive modeling and ad-hoc reporting
• Adhere to formal document sign-off: requirements, design, construction, test plan, test scripts, unit / system / acceptance / performance testing
• Promoted from Business Analyst (January 2008)
• Promoted from Business Application Manager (June 2007)

Integrated Process Technologies – Hartford, CT

Field Service Representative – ExxonMobil March 2000 – October 2005

• Managed contractor performance metrics including: cost, quality, safety, responsiveness, system compliance, and overall customer satisfaction
• Performed field activities:  project management, safety audits, quality inspections, site assessment, and contractor safety training
• Promoted from Facility Concierge Specialist (December 2002)
• Promoted from Team Leader (December 2001)
• Promoted from Customer Service Representative (December 2000)

COMPUTER SKILLS

• MS Office Suite: Access, Project, Visio, SharePoint
• Application Testing: HP (Mercury) Quality Center, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro
• Reporting: Business Objects, Actuate, PivotLink
• Exposure to Siebel, Talisma, SQL Developer, Oracle, Oracle Lite, Apache, Weblogics, Java, .Net, Informatica, CVS

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut – Stamford, CT

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) – In Progress

• Concentration: Operations and Information Management

University of Connecticut – Stamford, CT

• Bachelors of Science in Business Administration – December, 2005
• Major: Business and Technology
• Minor: Finance