Robert Rickard

Project Manager

FedEx Corporation

Jul 2024 - Current (2 years 3 months)

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Lead Project Manager

Wells Fargo Commercial Banking

Aug 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 8 months)

• Contract position
• Led the Commercial Banking Privacy Preference & Scrubbing project as the Lead Project Manager, overseeing nine lines of business and systems with a team of over 50 staff in various locations, including onshore and offshore offices for this successful and on-time $4m+ project
• Guided and led multiple systems and product focused workstreams working cross-functionally, including project managers, product owners, technical resources, scrum masters, and direct management of business team and project sponsor.
• Oversaw the creation, supervision, integration, consolidation, and scrutiny of project plans, tasks, schedules, change requests, requirements, process flows, user stories, and deliverables for all 9 sy

Senior Project Manager

Bread Financial

Nov 2021 - Aug 2022 (10 months)

• Contract position in which I was hired near the end of the System of Record project
• Senior Project Manager managing the Statements and Letters workstream and partnering with SOR and business teams migrating existing partners to new SOR platform.
• Spearheaded the System of Record Conversion (SOR) project on three workstreams: Letters, Statements, and Alerts within the ePMO Office
• Oversaw project plans, schedules, change requests, requirements, process flows, and deliverables for each workstream
• Managed sub-consultants, sub-contractors, and testing teams to ensure timely completion of tasks and deliverables
• Collaborated with peer Project Managers, ePMO program managers, business leadership, testing towers,

Project Manager

Concora Credit

May 2021 - Sep 2021 (5 months)

Consultant with the PMO Office leading the organization with the System of Record Conversion (SOR) of approximately eight million existing accounts.
• Working directly with the Senior Vice President, organized and detailed tasks necessary for the conversion of existing accounts from one SOR (TSYS) to another SOR (Fiserv). Responsible for meeting with the outgoing SOR and incoming SOR to plan, detail, organize teams, and implement conversion tasks such as mock testing, credit financing pricing strategies, statement mock testing, supplemental file fields, copy books, account purges, and Mcycle loads.
• Managed a team of sub-contractors, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Developers/Programmers, and Customer Relationship Personnel.

Project Manager at Exela Technologies (formerly TransCentra)

Exela Technologies

Jun 2013 - May 2021 (8 years)

• Project Manager onboarding various clients including Fortune 100 companies in financial, insurance, mortgage, credit card, and retail industries. Managed internal and external projects with budgets exceeding $1 million each
• Oversaw onboarding of Exela's largest client, a leading national home mortgage company. Led project from sales to deployment, ensuring 50,000+ mortgage statements were printed and delivered daily within SLA
• Successfully completed post-acquisition conversion of multiple legacy systems. Managed staff, facility closures, IT and network reconfiguration, database conversion, business continuity, and disaster recovery efforts
• Supervised multiple implementations for insurance companies, including Annual E

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Architectural Review Board Member

Town of Cornelius

Jan 2012 - Jan 2017 (5 years 1 month)

The Architectural Review Board (ARB) is delegated the responsibility of ensuring that proposed exterior alterations to homeowner and business properties within the Town of Cornlius comply with the objectives set forth in the Land Development Code. The ARB members, made up of volunteer residents of Cornelius, conduct regular and systematic reviews of all applications submitted by residents and business owners. Their main function is to assure that the Land Development Code, the governing documents, which set the standards of the Town of Cornelius' quality of design, is implemented and maintained.

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President

Stratford Forest Home Owners Association

Jan 2012 - Jan 2016 (4 years 1 month)

Carry out the policies and administrative functions within the community Lead board and community meetings Set agenda for meetings Financial Oversight Communication to HOA members and residents Assign tasks and duties to HOA officers

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Founder | Technical Program | Project Manager

Leaders in GIS Program | Project Management | Greater Charlotte, NC Area

Jan 2012 - Jun 2013 (1 year 6 months)

• Attending Networking Events
• Researching Industry Leaders
• Tracking Industry Trends
• Participating in Industry Discussions

Project Manager

Louis Berger

Jan 2012 - Jun 2013 (1 year 6 months)

• Contractual employee with Berger Techworks brought on as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Aviation and Project Management
• Duties include proposal preparation, budgeting, presentations, team building, marketing, opportunity identification, client building, project management, and assisting the Program Manager as needed

Project Manager, Federal Civilian Practice

Woolpert

Jul 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 2 months)

• Project Manager on multiple projects with Private, Local, State and Federal Government agencies in various parts of the U.S.
• Successfully managed lifecycle of projects from bid proposals, presentations, cost estimating, budget, schedule, client interaction, negotiations, project team, project development and delivery, and project closeout.
• One of very few within Woolpert to manage projects across multiple practices including GIS, Aerial Photogrammetry, Aviation, and Asset Management.
• Successful in identifying and developing cross discipline opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Total value of projects averaging $625,000.
• Realigned failing projects to become profitable and on schedule while minimiz

Project Manager

Michael Baker International

Apr 2006 - Jul 2010 (4 years 4 months)

• Managed various types of projects within GIS, Asset Management, Civil Survey, Aviation, Document Management, Databases, 3D/Animation, 911/Addressing, and Web Design maintaining a constant value of approximately $850,000
• “Go To” PM for managing and assisting under-performing projects/tasks including FEMA MapMOD Program CLINs
• Prepared proposal, bid documents, and presentations including winning presentation for FasTracks light rail project in Denver, CO
• Assisted in PM for WV Addressing and 911 project which included building and maintaining databases, programming in Oracle 10i, porting SQL/Access databases to Oracle, liaison to county agencies, and meetings with WVSAM Board
• PM for MAXIMO projects for U.S. Army at

Senior Designer | Project Manager

Michael Baker International

Apr 2002 - Apr 2006 (4 years 1 month)

• Worked as 3D Designer creating renderings, animations, and videos for proposals and public awareness. Also did Virtual Reality, Multimedia, and GIS projects
• Managed teams of designers, programmers, and developers
• Project Manager for 3D, web page, database, web-GIS, GIS, company-wide proposals, and custom web tools
• Designed virtual reality and 3D renderings and animations of proposed transportation projects utilizing MicroStation, AutoCad, Maya, 3dsMax, Geopak, InRoads, LDD
• Worked in multiple offices including Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Denver on various projects and proposals
• Led 3d and animations and directed videos for the Grand Parkway Corridors G & F2 public meetings

On-site Project Manager

Michael Baker International

Jun 2001 - Apr 2002 (11 months)

• Wrote and provided the Administracion del Medio Ambiente (ESM) of the Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) with an GIS Implementation plan outlining hardware, software, personnel, data, database, system, and standards requirements
• Provided the ACP with technical support and management in providing a GIS and Database for the vast amounts of incoming environmental and engineering data in preparation for the design and construction of the Third Set of Locks. Database and Data Model were in SQL. Ported several legacy databases from various sources to SQL
• Supervised and implemented GIS plan in-country for the ESM and ACP for a total of one year
• Engaged client as technical expert and managed other consultants on behalf of AC

Senior Designer

Michael Baker International

Apr 1994 - Jul 2001 (7 years 4 months)

• Supervised staff of engineers and technicians in multiple offices designing highways and interstates as part of Corridor H team and other highway projects
• Led multiple office environmental, planning, and engineering of electronic/CADD documents for the entire Corridor H project
• Planned, designed, and engineered highways, interstates, corridors, bridges, and local roads utilizing MicroStation and Geopak softwares
• Responsible for project plans creation, content, QA/QC, printing, and delivery to the WVDOT. Usually entailed 24-hour round the clock production
• Created CADD and Geopak standards for Roadway group

CADD Technician

Michael Baker International

Apr 1992 - Apr 1994 (2 years 1 month)

• CADD and survey technician designing public utility plans, surveying utilities, and creating As-built drawings

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