Blake BrownleeSenior Manager, IT PMO

Corinth, TX - Email me on Indeed: indeed.com/r/Blake-Brownlee/aa49fe93e86dbf87

Veteran project manager and consultant with a long history of successful implementations; proven trackrecord of developing effective PMO processes; adept at converting the aspirations of independent executivestakeholders into working programs for organizational change; proficient at moving complex businessprocesses into streamlined, automated, and lean operations.

Credentials: PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a MBA and an Engineering Degree;talented solution architect with a knack for application design and integration.

Experience: Tested and hardened through hands on experience; occupied the seats of the SME, Core TeamMember, Business Analyst, Manager, Project Manager, and Program Manager; long track record of successesin cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.

Waterfall and Agile: Knowledgeable in the processes involved with managing projects in either a Waterfall orAgile/Scrum environment; comfortable in either environment as a leader and mentor.

Multi-Site: Adept at navigating the difficulties of leading teams composed of contributors dispersed acrossmultiple sites; long history of multi-site and multi-national business process and implementation projects.

PMO: Strong sense of understanding of how to manage and control initiatives from inception through changemanagement and project close; key contributor in developing processes used by the corporate IT ProgramManagement Office for a $2.5B corporation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Manager, IT PMOMaxim Integrated - Dallas, TX - January 2012 to Present

PMO team oversight of all project activity in the Human Resources and Accounting/Finance spaces;contributed to the creation of a functioning Program Management Office at Maxim:o Key project artifact definition and shapingo Project phase gate definition and general controlso Quality Assurance systems and processeso Mentoring and oversight for project leadso Direct oversight responsibility in the HR, Legal, Accounting, and Finance program spaces

Program Manager, HR/Payroll, ADP and WorkdayMaxim Integrated - Dallas, TX - February 2012 to December 2013

Responsible for all aspects of planning, executive updating, budgeting, mentoring, monitoring, and controllinga worldwide program space in HR/Payroll with 15 FTE in 8 countries and >$6M budget. Highly successfulkeeping key baseline cost, scope, and schedule parameters in lineo Extend Workday presence to all 30 countries where Maxim has a presence; includes all aspects ofcompensation, benefits, and core HR; facilitate controlled change management including direct employeecommunication

o Implement ADP GlobalView for USA, Philippines, and Thailand; hosted SAP payroll module roll-out;integration strategy to ensure no dual-entry of core HR data; backend automation to ensure touch-less hand-off of data relevant to downstream processeso Implement ADP Streamline for employees in 27 countries; integration strategy to minimize labor and errorrate for preparation of payroll for non-USA payroll

Senior Manager, Accounting Projects and ProcessesMaxim Integrated - Dallas, TX - October 2010 to January 2012

Responsible for all aspects of program oversight in the Accounts Payable space with key Procure to Payproject governance responsibilitieso Conversion from legacy Accounts Payable system to Esker on Demand Improve AP line productivity 50%through invoice digitization and automatic posting to SAP including approval routingo Conversion of legacy corporate Controller spreadsheet-based approval process to online ePayablesapproval workflow and bank file transmittal process; implement SAP Bank Communication Managementintegrated to Bank of Americas Payment Network via BAFF for improved SOX and 404 compliance; overseeconversion process at 4 AP departments worldwide; ensure consistency of Controller business processesworldwideo Implement Procure to Pay incident management system Implement an escalation system workspace (SAPintegration to HP Quality Center) to be used by the AP, Receiving, and Purchasing departments; track, reporton, and prioritize issues for resolution by department to reduce latency of payable invoices

Senior Programmer AnalystMaxim Integrated - Dallas, TX - July 2009 to October 2010

Individual contributor in the web applications team at Maxim Integrated overseeing business processautomation projectso Administer Numara FootPrints and HP Quality Center while building event-driven integration between theLevel 1 and Level 2 helpdesk systems, respectivelyProcessed 25,000 tickets from level 1 to level 2 automatically in the first year.o Engineer and develop a document control system to manage the complex attributes of criticalphotolithography assets within Maxim leveraging PHP, Perl, Oracle, JavaScript, JQuery, and HTML

Member of Technical Staff (MTS)Maxim Integrated - Dallas, TX - February 2004 to July 2009

Production Control tactical management, Front-end Fab and Wafer Level Packaging (WLP) Fab, responsiblefor capacity analysis, lot starts, lot ships, inventory management, and special production and engineering lotrequests; Management oversight of 7 direct reports Fab Industrial Engineer responsible for decision support for capital requests, tactical planning, productionline start-up, and production line shut downs; built, maintained, and leveraged static capacity and discreetevent simulation models Tiger Team Led a team to analyze San Antonio and Beaverton Fab technician efficiency, and proposeand prioritize cost structure improvement projects; included on-site observation and analysis; delivered allrecommendations on time and within the contingency reserve budget All-Site Cost Reduction Drove initiative to improve divisional cost structure; a suite of projects designed toreduce spending at all Fabs; included 6 core team members and 15 additional contributors across 5 Maximmanufacturing sites; initiative helped save ~$1M annually in reduced spending Best-In-Class (BIC) Drove initiative to improve productivity; a suite of projects designed to apply the lessonslearned from sites with exceptional production metrics; included 4 team members and resulted in changingvarious business processes at the domestic Fabs

Production Software Engineer

Maxim Integrated - Dallas, TX - February 2000 to February 2004

Reporting system development to support manufacturing operations leveraging PHP, JavaScript, Perl. UnixKorn and Bash shells, and Oracle Web application development to support inventory management expert systems and equipment MTBR/MTTFand status management Integration system development between multiple disparate Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Reporting System environment upgrade (Sun OS to Red Hat Linux) key server infrastructure operatingsystem upgrade Reporting Database Migration (Oracle) key database server infrastructure upgrade to Oracle 9i

Systems AnalystMCI Worldcom - Richardson, TX - May 1998 to January 2000

o Simulation modeling of order processing business process to advise senior management of impact for variousimprovement optionso Reporting system development supporting order fulfillment business cycle leveraging Visual Basic, VBA,HTML, and Microsoft Access

EDUCATION

PMP in Project Management ProfessionalProject Management Institute - Irving, TX2008 to 2008

MBA in Management Consulting and StrategySouthern Methodist University, Cox School of Business2003

B.S. in Industrial EngineeringTexas A&M University, Dwight Look College of Engineering1998

SKILLS

Waterfall PM methodologies, Agile PM methodologies, ROI Methodologies (IRR, ROI, Discounted Payback),Kaizen philosophy, Lean Manufacturing, Queueing Theory, Capacity Modeling, Simulation Modeling, Softwareas a Service (Saas), Single Sign-On (SSO), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), ERP Systems, Perl, PHP,Bash Shell, Korn Shell, VBA Macro, Visual C#, SQL/PLSQL, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, Unix/Linux,Windows Server 2007, Drupal/Joomla, SAP EHP5, ADP GlobalView, ADP Streamline, ADP G2 Interface,ADP UHRA Interface, Workday HCM, SAP Bank Communication Management (BCM), Bank of AmericaPayment Network, Bank of America BAFF, Esker on Demand, Acumen Time and Attendance, Microsoft Office,Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle, Adobe Dreamweaver, MySQL, Apache, Workstream, Promis,FACTORYworks, HP Quality Center, Numara Footprints, Zen-Cart, Six Sigma

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Training and Continuing Education: Sarbanes Oxley IT Controls (Institute of Internal Auditors) PgMP Program Management Boot Camp (Global Knowledge) PM Communication Planning (Project Management Institute)

PM Risk Management (Project Management Institute) Schedule and Cost Control (Global Knowledge) Quality for Project Managers (Global Knowledge) ISO-9001 ISO-14001 Oracle SQL/PLSQL