PROJECT MANAGER, CarTemps USA
October 1995 to October 1998
Led team of 15 software developers, Oracle DBAs, and business analysts for three year project to re-implement the reservation system and re-engineer all business processes of this automobile rental agency. Managed hiring and training process to grow the team from 5 to 15 over the course of three years. Promoted from Programmer/Analyst to Project Manager.
Led team of 15 software developers, Oracle DBAs, and business analysts for three year project to re-implement the reservation system and re-engineer all business processes of this automobile rental agency. Managed hiring and training process to grow the team from 5 to 15 over the course of three years. Promoted from Programmer/Analyst to Project Manager.
- Designed and implemented Automated Reservation Management Systems
(ARMS) in Delphi as Programmer/Analyst. This
application was the second functioning connection to State Farm (after Enterprise) and later
deemed major competitive advantage in the industry, directly leading to company
acquisition (CarTemps purchased Spirit Rent-A-Car 1996).
- Developed requirements for company re-engineering project. Analyzed all
tasks and processes in Billing Department in preparation of full automation.
- Participated in design and implementation of SDLC methodology for development
organization. Implemented corporate Intranet to facilitate reporting of project
progress and status.
- Designed and programmed advanced replication scheme in InterBase as
DBA. Later supervised conversion of replication and reservation system to
Oracle 8.0.
- Rose to challenges of extremely rapid growth, corporate takeover and growing project scope as the organization grew 40% annually over three years (controlled growth) and 250% in one quarter (uncontrolled growth due to corporate takeover). Performed numerous roles as IS department grew from 5 to 40 employees including Project Manager, Business Analyst, System Architect, Technical Lead, GUI Specialist, Database Administrator, Programmer/Analyst, and Network Administrator.