STEPHEN LISOWSKI

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STEPHEN LISOWSKI

434 Dolores DriveCollegeville, Pennsylvania19426

610-585-3891

INTRODUCTION

Track record of highly successful leadership as aSoftware Project Manager, with solid grounding in all phases of software development life cycle. Organized, energetic and agile, with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and solve complex problems in fast-paced, fast-changing environments. Accomplished in all aspects of Project Management from initiation through close-out. Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to build effective, productive working relationships with both business and technology stakeholders. Adept at guiding teams of internal, external and off-shore resources. Strong analytical skills and dedication to customer focus. Accomplished software development professional with 20+ years of hands-on technology experience. Extensive experience in multiple technologies including Web and e-commerce applications. Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS– Wayne, PennsylvaniaOct 2010 – present

Project Manager / Software Platform Specialist, Marketing Operations(as contractor/consultant)

  • Subject matter expert in software applications at Shire supporting review, approval, production and delivery of pharmaceutical promotional materials.
  • Chief Architect of Shire's implementation of Veeva Vault content management and workflow system. Led team of business participants in enumeration and implementation of detailed business requirements driving highly successful Vault implementation at Shire.
  • Defined SDLC process for managing ongoing releases of changes to Shire’s Vault implementation. Responsible for managing ongoing releases for changes to Shire’s Vault per the defined SDLC process. Manage all aspects of the release cycle from Requirements specification through design, implementation, testing and deployment.
  • Defined change control process for Shire’s Vault implementation. Facilitate regular CCB meetings, driving discussions on topics affecting Shire’s use of the Vault system and its support of the promotional materials approval process.
  • Ledimplementation of a comprehensiveSupport and Service model fronted by a professional Help Desk. Trained help desk staff to support users of Shire’s Vault system. Developed and maintain Knowledge Objects used by help desk staff. Manage ongoing relationship with Help Desk vendor.

MERCK & CO., INC.–West Point, PennsylvaniaJun 2006 – Jul 2010

Project Manager, Pharmaceutical Marketing(as contractor/consultant)

  • Managed 30+ projects for MerckVaccines.com® e-commerce web site, whichgeneratesclose to $1B in annual vaccine purchases by 25K+ customers (physicians) throughout the United States.
  • Managed all Projects and Releases for the entire portfolio of customer-facing websites in the Vaccine Marketing Division comprising several product Brands, under a budget of approximatelyone million dollars per year. Successfully managed many multiple concurrent projects of varying size and complexity on time and within budget. Managed a blended team of developers both on-shore and off-shore.
  • Managed more than 200 releases for 12 customer-facing websites in the vaccine marketing division with blended on-site and offshore development resources.
  • Guided development and implementation of sites for international vaccine operations, including sites for countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific.
  • Directed development team in strategic corporate website project, building more than 400 pages communicating Merck’s corporate responsibility and commitment to the global community.
  • Primary technologies for MerckVaccines.com and Vaccine customer-facing web sites are Apache/Tomcat, Java/J2EE/Struts, and Oracle 10g. Additional technologies include Day Communiqué and Microsoft SharePoint Content Management Systems.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB– Hopewell, New JerseyOct 2003– May 2006

TechnicalLead / Development Lead, Pharmaceutical Clinical Operations (as contractor/consultant)

  • Managed technical teams through requirements gathering, analysis, architecture, solution design, development, testing, and implementation. Collaborated with members of business community to drive requirements analysis and development, and realize requirements into application design
  • Designed and delivered intranet Web-based application enabling collaborative collection and management of clinical trial information, facilitating compliance with FDA disclosure regulations. This application greatly improved BMS’ ability to comply with FDA mandates for maintaining information on ClinicalTrials.gov and ClinicalTrialResults.org.
  • Designed and delivered intranet Web-based applications supporting: Early Clinical Trial Planning and Country Selection; Clinical Trial Progress Monitoring; and Global Clinical Trial Budgeting.

UNISYS CORPORATION–Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Nov1999– Oct 2003

Software Engineer

  • Performed comprehensive, full life-cycle development and support activities for a global, high-volume document storage, indexing, data retrieval, and workflow product.
  • Collaborated with team of fellow software engineers in design, development, and implementation of new desktop application supporting scanning and batching of images into the workflow management system.
  • Collaborated in integration of business process modeling tool with custom components to provide bridge between process modeling and workflow design.
  • Participated in process re-engineering effort resulting in achievement of CMMI Level 2 certification. Designed and documented detailed project management methodology based on CMMI Level 2 requirements and Rational Unified Process.

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Additional Experience1991 – 1999

  • Senior Developer/Technical Lead at Tokai Financial Services (now De Lage Landen Financial Services).
  • Software Development Consultant for Maxim Group at Users, Inc. (subsidiary of Fiserv Inc.).
  • Senior Programmer/Analyst & Development Lead at The PMA Group.
  • Programmer/Analyst at Systems & Information Dynamics.

INVENTORY OFSKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

PROCESS: / Software Development LifeCycle (SDLC), Rational Unified Process (RUP), Capability Maturity Model (CMM/CMMI) Lv2/Lv3, Object-Oriented Design & Programming (OOD/OOP), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Project/Risk Management, Agile/Scrum
WEB: / E-Commerce, Internet/Intranet, HTTP, Web Services, Apache Tomcat, Struts, Content Management, SEO, Day Communiqué, SharePoint.
LANGUAGES: / C/C++, Visual Basic, XML, HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, COM/DCOM/ActiveX, .NET, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Perl.
PLATFORMS: / Veeva Vault, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Sybase, Microsoft Windows, UNIX.
TOOLS: / Webtrends, Rational Product Suite (Rational Rose/ClearCase/ClearQuest), Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office,Subversion, Microsoft SourceSafe, PVCS, ERwin, Visio, Visual Studio, Jira.
INDUSTRIES: / Pharmaceutical, Software Development, Financial, Insurance, Transportation.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Music (With Honors – 3.25)TempleUniversity – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Certificate in Computer Programming (With Honors – 4.0)
ComputerLearningCenter – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

PennStateGreatValley, School of Graduate Professional Studies, Malvern, Pennsylvania

Professional Development
UML-based Object Modeling ~ Performance through Principles ~ MFC Visual C++ Programming
Understanding the CMMI, CMMI Structure & Assessment ~ Peer Review Fundamentals

Project Lifecycle Model ~ Fundamentals of Scrum