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Resume summary for Craig Laski
1. Craig E. Laski
PMP, ITIL, SSGB
Lemont, Illinois 60439
craiglaski@yahoo.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/craiglaski
(C) 630.297.3168
Senior Project Manager -
Information Technology
Business/Leadership Skills
• Project Management
• Managing budgets
• Change management
• Release management
• Managing users/stakeholders
expectations
• Dynamic team building
• Mentoring/coaching/leading staff
• Customer facing
• Collaborating with
functional leaders
• Project scope management
• Mergers / Acquisitions
• Vendor out sourcing /
negotiations
• ERP, Inventory Supply Chain,
Manufacturing, Transportation
• Leading Scrum / Agile teams
Technical Skills
• Implementing Global ERP apps
• System integrations / migrations
• Knowledge of cloud SaaS - IaaS
• Customer Relations Mgmt / CRM
• Digital ecommerce web apps
• Personalization mobile apps
Lean/Six Sigma
• Database architecture / metadata
• ITIL/PMI/Agile PMLC frameworks
• SQL/Tableau/MSQueues/Oracle
• QA – DT quality assurance tools
• Applications Performance mgmt
• Issues / Risks mitigations
• ITSM tools at an Enterprise level
Senior Project Manager / PMO - Digital Technology
Career Recap
• A high-impact hands-on DT leader with a solid history of creating ideas and managing projects adding value
to business operations – developing / supporting flexible application systems that address current needs and long
term growth. Successful background leading diverse teams and managing complex projects that improve services,
deliver and support business initiatives to internal and external customers. Advanced experience in managing
project issues-risks, scope, analyzing problems, designing cost-effective solutions, acquiring resources, relationship
building and implementing projects on time within budget – exceeding stakeholders expectations.
Career Focus
• Senior management level role within the Digital / Information Technology department having responsibilities
for: applications, project Envision, Design, Build and Activate phases, implementation (change and release mgmt),
resource allocations, funding and QA (quality assurance). Providing creative strategic planning and tactical
execution.
Target Businesses / Industries
• Manufacturing – Distribution – Transportation – Supply Chain – Logistics – Medical - Insurance
Target Positions
• Senior IT Manager – Senior IT Project Manager – PM / PMO
• Director of Information Technology / Systems / Enterprise Applications / Digital Applications
Experiences / Accomplishments / Qualifications
• Successfully implemented six corporate wide multi-location ERP systems including Oracle, BPCS, LANSA, Mfg Pro
• Applied knowledge of PMPBoK, PMLC, SDLC, Agile, Scrum and SaFE framework methodologies in managing projects
• Introduced Six Sigma scientific concepts in project metrics reporting
• Gained extensive business acumen in CRM, Purchase to Pay, Order to Ship / Cash, Product Forecasting, Inventory,
Costing and POC
• Knowledgeable in Health Claims processing applications
• Experienced in managing globally diverse / dynamic project teams
• Reduced IT budget by 62.4 % by implementing more efficient apps, support profile and hardware leasing options
• Increased IT staff value by expanding their knowledge in client / server / cloud based technologies
• Implemented ETL processes to efficiently manage and process large amounts of data, increase timeliness and
accuracy
• Created a common / shared template for gathering Enterprise Releases information and supporting artifact
documents for Change Management requirements
• Successfully managed a number of projects / programs over $10M which included over 90,000 hours, over 800
Risks and Issues and near 600 dependencies
• Implemented an ITSM Enterprise level conflicts and dependencies calendar across all Releases and Portfolios
• Well versed in ITSM tools ex: HP Service Manager and Service Now