Luis Traslavina, PMP, CSM

Effective hands-on customer-focused applications development and systems implementation project/program manager with broad experience delivering solutions in the US and abroad: - Expert management of complex software development and implementation projects (SaaS, web sites/apps/services, mobile, standalone, distributed systems, mainframe), as well as smaller projects where playing multiple roles is needed. - Financial Planning, Portfolio Management, Insurance and Processing Systems, CRM, ERP systems, Data Warehouse, Reporting/Presentation Engines, Intranet Collaboration Sites, Business Intelligence, Productivity Tools. - Full SDLC project management experience within formal PMO structures. Thorough knowledge and extensive use of PM methodologies (Waterfall, Iterative, Agile/Scrum). - Diverse software development and IT management career: Product/Program management with departmental P&L responsibility, Project and QA management, application design and development, BA and requirements gathering, QA analysis, account management. - Balanced mix of engineering and business knowledge, technical and soft skills. Analytical thinker able to distill complex concepts into succinct presentations for non-technical audiences. - Strong client/user management skills. Organized, detailed-oriented, with consistent good rapport with internal and external stakeholders. - Effective cross-cultural communicator and mentor, with experience managing and deploying international turnkey software solutions (North America, Europe, Africa). Proven record running collocated, distributed, and offshore teams within project or matrix-style organizations. - Experienced user of Project Server, Version One, Quality Center, JIRA, TeamDynamix, Quick Test Pro, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Visio, VB, TFS. - Managed projects include a variety of platforms, languages, and tools: Windows, Websphere, Linux, AS400, SQL, Oracle, SAP, Cognos, Power BI, SSRS, Kronos, SharePoint.