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STEPHEN T.

MURRAY, PMP/CPM
3 Baldwin Dew Court Sparta, NJ 07871 (973) 729-4636 / (973) 580-4083 murrayst@ptd.net - SUMMARY Highly diversified Program/Project/Relationship Management Professional with over 25 years proven ability in the management of projects and resources, spanning a variety of industries, environments, phases of the technology/ project life cycle. Recognized as a catalyst, problem solver, and coach for organizations around the world with a flair for identifying and communicating opportunities and bringing them to a successful conclusion. Hands on, adaptable, energetic, and reliable individual motivated by the challenge of solving unique/complex issues.

- SKILLS Extensive Project Management experience leading multiple medium/large scale, concurrent, and distributed projects and teams with a strong emphasis on project management best practices and planning techniques. - PMI Project Management Professional certified - Six Sigma Green Belt candidate - CPM Certified Project Management (West Point) - IIE/CU Soft Skills: Corporate PMO Implementation - ISO 9002: Auditor/Compliance certification - Niku Portfolio Management: Implementer - PMP Mentor Program: NJ PMI Chapter - Sarbanes-Oxley: Compliance Manager Workflow/Process Analysis and Optimization Specialist. (HR Peoplesoft Modules) Comprehensive Quality Assurance specialist with Enterprise CMM implementation experience. Diversified applications development/management/support background in 4GL, Lotus Notes, C++, Visual Basic, Visual Foxpro, Java Script, MS SQL, Oracle, Sybase, and MS Back office environments. ITIL Foundation Certification candidate.

- EXPERIENCE Educational Services 2009 present


Executive Program Manager Responsible for a full range of consulting services and Project/Program Management regarding design/presentation of primary deliverables for clients, to include, current/target academic skills qualifications assessment and gap analyst, career SRO, target college acceptance requirements planning and feasibility, SAT/ACT preparation, financial aid planning, and various other college preparatory efforts raising target college acceptance probability.

Pharma/Healthcare Consulting (Consultant)

2004 2009

Program Manager, Assessment Services 2009 Responsible for the overall skills assessment/gap analysis related to current personnel responsible for various positions within and related to the corporate PMO Sr. Program Manager, Merck Global Business Services 2007 - 2008 Responsible for the Systems Globalization initiatives/related Project deliverables, for Merck GBS Business Units. Program Manager for the Meeting Management Services Program. Programs goal to identify, analyze, recommend and deploy a centralized Global System for managing meetings (1500+ annually) with a targeted annual savings of 15% ( $9mm)of the annual $650mm budget. Program Manager for the Global Travel Services Program. Programs goal to integrate new SAP functionality (COMET Project) and with the drive toward a more Global 'Card' and 'Travel' system to enable a 42% greater Users acceptance rate and annual cost savings of 20% over current systems over the next three years. IM Endovascular Site Manager, Johnson & Johnson company 2005 - 2007 Responsible for the Applications Project and Relationship Management for the various sites and staff CRM/SFA Lead for the implementation of Siebel based application utilizing handheld units (IPAQ and Symbol). Scope included both Domestic and International Sales Force of three Business Units. Program Manager for validation and deliverables for various CTO web and eLearning (LMS) initiatives Project Manager for Risk Based Approach to 21 CFR Part 11 and review of QSR validated systems Sr. Program Manager, Pfizer Field Force Optimization 2004 Responsible for the Consultant Team, and related Project deliverables, for (PGP) Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals. Program Manager for the Global Field Force Optimization Program. Said program involved both the repatriating and updating of hardware/software for over 12,000 members of the Pfizer Global Sales Force, with a targeted savings of over 800mil, as part of a $4 billion corporate reorganization program (2005 2008).

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CENDANT CORPORATION

1999 2004

Manager, Enterprise Systems Responsible for Enterprise Project/Applications Management of staff (NJ, NY, SD, CO, MD), outsource partners and resources/deliverables for Clients in Corp/Lodging/Real Estate/Mobility/Mortgage/Travel/CCRG such as: Establishment of preliminary PMO for various Business Units/locations to include, PMLC standards, PMI affiliate representation, and PMP Mentor program. Initiative made possible a shift toward matrix resource sharing and stable processes resulting in significant cost savings and productivity increases. Program Manager for implementation of Global Learning Management System/eLearning initiatives. Total scope/budget for related initiatives, (16), grew in scope, from approx. $200K to over $2.3mm while meeting or surpassing milestone/budgetary estimates. Integration with HR Peoplesoft modules and BU tracking system. Project Manager Corporate Web CRM initiative, designed to reports on over $9B of global B2B generated by Cendant BUs. Achieved a leveraging cost savings >$1.5mm in Year 1, projected $7mm by Year 3. Program Manager for implementation/support of a new Hotel Quality Assurance Program which transitioned the manual paper based inspections to an automated Pen Based Tablet computer system.

MERCK, INC.

1998 1999

Manager, Information Technology Senior Project Management Consultant servicing Merck, Inc and Kvaerner Process, Inc. (Engineering Firm) in all phases of Client/Project/Resource Management, technology introduction, delivery, and compliance. Chaired joint Best Practices/PMO Steering Committee (Kvaerner & Merck) which offered Enterprise Mentoring/Skills Gap Analysis/Training, dramatically improved project funding approval response time, matrix resource sharing, Project/Program/Portfolio strategic prioritization, ITIL Service management processes rollout, and standardized joint Project Quality/Budgetary Audit processes. Initiated joint PCR (Productivity Comparison Review, ITIL) Program between Client/vendor offering greater efficiencies in customer satisfaction while reducing costs of Change Management and Project reworking.

I.T.S.

1996 1998

Manager, Information Technology Reporting directly to the President of this $90+ million dollar firm, responsible for Workflow/Project Management standards and staff with annual technology budget of $4 million. Significant Projects included: Implemented Project Office (PMI standards utilizing PMBOK). Common standards and processes increased Project efficiencies significantly and resulted in the NJ office being assigned the Primary PMO. Secured ISO 9002 Corporate Certification resulted in $15 million expansion of General Motors contract. Completed field Laptop to Pen Based mobile systems conversions resulting in a 45% time efficiency increase for all field based inspections and a 35% increase in quality for data integrity and forecasting processes. Developed off-shore consultant ventures in Romania/Ireland resulting in a 65% in development costs. Project Manager/Developer for corporate wide Sales Force Automation & EIS system (Lotus Notes 4.5)

WEICHERT REALTORS, INC.

1994 1996

Manager, Systems Support Managed full range of development/implementation/support of central and field offices staff PM/Market Penetration Systems Manager for Tri-State Region offering Cost of Business analysis utilizing promotional expenses, actual sales, as well as market share/penetration for Real Estate sales. (Visual Basic) Development Manager for Office Support Systems, initially rolled out to over 223 in late 1995. Enterprise system (Fox 2.6 Visual Fox 3) eliminated MLS entry redundancy AND provided real time statistics.

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS CHRISTIAN DIOR PERFUMES, INC. - EDUCATION


Rutgers Graduate School of Management, NJ Rutgers University/N.J.I.T., NJ Computer Processing Institute, NJ

1992 - 1994 1988 - 1992

Management Consultant Senior Project Management consulting, primarily in SFA/ LMS/EIS systems. Manager, Business Systems Domestic/International Project Management for retail Business Systems and staff .

MBA CS/Workflow Optimization (magna cum laude) B.A. Economics/Computer Science (summa cum laude) Business Computer Programming

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