Maria Panos

3 Hamill Road A Cell: 240-486-12

77
Baltimore, MD 21210 Mail: mjpanos@ve
rizon.net

Executive Summary :
Performance-driven innovative professional with over 15 years experience in Info
rmation Technology, Project Management, Organizational Development, and Administ
rative Leadership. Emphasis in facilitating team building, creativity and growth
in a challenging, dynamic, results-oriented work environment.
Career Highlights:
Experience in Strategic Planning and Business Development
Experience in IT systems study and planning, software application and integratio
n.
Lead Organizational Planning and Development
Member of the PMI (Project Management Institute) – PMP Candidate
Project Manager for all State of Maryland Contracts
Supervised department RFP process
Wrote proposals for new business
Conducted JAD planning and presentation sessions
Developed a business and marketing strategy for key initiatives to target Govern
ment (State and Local) and Commercial Sectors.
Assistant Director of Finance - Advertising and Promotion, at Warner Brothers Pi
ctures
Project Director - Academy Awards, ShowWest, Cannes Film Festival marketing camp
aigns
Special Markets – production and marketing for MCA Universal
Project Manager – residuals audit and migration to computerized system –MCA Universal
Project Manager - audit of all studio properties for motion picture and televisi
on – Columbia Pictures
Six years web architecture and design, Java, J2EE, SOA, WebSphere and WebLogic.
Developed integrated ERP-based marketing/accounting system at Warner Brother Pic
tures.
Designed and developed and authored courseware and labs for high-end technology
professionals.
Co-Author “WebSphere Application Server Administration v4†, McGraw-Hill
Founder and editor of “Ragtime†, an award-winning corporate newsletter.
Director of in-house recruiting and placement
Education :
Bachelor of Arts: Towson University
Majors: Arts and Humanities, Commercial Psychology

Professional Experience :
CNSI, Rockville, MD
October 2007- March 2009
Project Manager
Drive strategic business development in the State of Maryland.
Strengthen our positioning in the State.
Develop new strategic relationships and retain existing clientele.
Develop and strengthen CNSI’s corporate image in the State
Meet with key State officials and high-level IT personnel to establish our corp
orate identity and increase visibility across the State.
Drive strategic business development in the States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, No
rth Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Develop a business and marketing strategy for key initiatives such as Cost Effec
tive IT to target Government (State and Local) and Commercial Sectors.
Provide support to staff on current projects: problem resolution, technical advi
ce, training, and support
Create a stronger relationship between employees in the field and corporate offi
ce
Supervise department RFP process: attend pre-proposal conferences, write proposa
ls for new business; participate in JAD planning and presentation sessions, soli
cit new RFPs.
- Build and manage the IT project management function for a significant fu
nction within the business/enterprise.
- Ensure IT projects are defined, tracked and communicated.
- Partner with IT and business leadership and other key stakeholders to id
entify opportunities and to prioritize projects based on business needs.
- Exercise control over budget, policy formulation and planning and have s
ignificant contribution to future strategy of Project Management
- Develop detailed IT work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource p
lans and status reports.
- Provide IT strategic direction for projects managed.
- Responsible for coaching/motivating staff; performance management; compe
nsation decisions; and staff career development.
- Set guidelines for appropriate staffing requirements to meet operational
needs.
- Set guidelines for all training and development needs for assigned perso
nnel.
- Utilize expertise and leadership skills to direct staff and to resolve i
ssues to ensure project goals and requirements are met.
- Own and govern project management process improvement initiatives.

Noospherics Technologies, Inc, Owings Mills, MD

July 2002-April 2007
Director Project Resources
RFP development: Authored and compiled RFPs for all projects: Detail scope and
project management plan, detail the development lifecycle and schedule, procurem
ent of staff and contractors, hardware, software and related cost estimating and
budgeting (including interviewing contractors and product comparison, testing
and acquisition of existing and new technologies), publish and submit RFPs, crea
te draft contract.
Multiple Projects: Procurement, cost,, scheduling and management of all company
resources throughout the project lifecycle:
- Requirements gathering - Meet with stakeholders to analyze their needs a
nd expectations to identify requirements
- Create requirements and use cases
- Negotiate and secure contracts
- Procurement management – Purchase and acquisitions, contracting - Research,
test acquire hardware and software (both existing and new technologies)
- Acquire project team –internal staff, and contractors (outsourced developers
and testers).
- Create WBS and Library
- Time Management – developed schedule, created activity lists, activity seque
ncing, resource estimating, RBS, control and monitoring of schedule and benchmar
ks
- Configuration management – document and mange status of deliverables
- Monitor and manage project team – assign roles, and responsibilities, perfor
mance appraisals and reporting, conflict management
- Risk Management – identified existing and potential risks, prioritized and a
nalyzed risks, developed risk response and risk management plan
- Change control –Submit change requests to CCB. Document and monitor change r
equests and updates.
- Document procedures and lessons learned and create templates for use in
future projects.
In-house technical recruiting and placement
Corporate partnerships and certifications
Corporate website design and development, search engine marketing and optimizati
on (SEO)
Corporate re-branding and logo design and development
Director/Leader of regional IBM WebSphere User Group
Co-Author “WebSphere Application Server Administration v4†, McGraw-Hill
Internal Project: Create Noospherics Technologies Training Division
SOW: Create corporate training division that provides customized courseware and
training for high-end technology professionals in OOAD, Java, UML, WebSphere, We
bLogic
- Developed department charter, scope and initiatives
- Identified potential stakeholders – behavior, environment, training needs
- Designed and developed modular courseware and labs
- Developed marketing channels and materials
- Directed and maintained training contracts, costs and schedules
- Directed and monitored courseware development, lifecycle and timelines
- Established and managed repository for intellectual property and documen
tation
- Courses developed include:
• “Introduction to Object Design and Java Design Patternsâ€
• “J2EE Application Development Using WebSphere and WSAD/RADâ€
• “J2EE Overviewâ€
• “UML and RUP Overview Using Rational Roseâ€
• J2EE Development with WebSphere/WebLogic
• WebSphere/WebLogic Administration
• “J2EE Development with WebSphere/WebLogic†using J2EE and Oracle
• “Rational Unified Process(RUP) Fundamentalsâ€
• “RAD Fundamentalsâ€

Project - Design of website for major financial services company (IBM Preferred
Partner Referral)
Site Design, Wire Frames, UML use cases and requirements
Situation: SOW: Create online presence in Financial Services Market with a fully
interactive website for corporate clients. We were referred to the client by IB
M as a preferred partner. Functions: Provide financial information, track accoun
t history, make inquiries and interact in live chat with brokers. The customer h
ad begun the process with another firm – project had exceeded costs – customer was in th
e process of determining if they could afford to proceed and wanted us initially
to create a re-useable prototype to provide an ‘aerial view’ of their objectives.
- Met with stakeholders to determine their needs and expectations
- Gathered requirements and created use cases in UML
- Developed project charter and preliminary project scope
- Developed project management plan and budget
- Created and verified scope
- Created WBS and dictionary
- Time Management – developed schedule, created activity lists, activity seque
ncing, resource estimating, RBS, control and monitoring of schedule and benchmar
ks
- Risk Management – identified existing and potential risks, prioritized and a
nalyzed risks, developed risk response and risk management plan
- Configuration Management – documented and managed deliverables.
- Change control – documented and monitored change requests and updates
- Created initial architectural schema
- Created site flow and design for front end
- Created functional prototype – Applications, HTML, wire frames, JSPs

Project - Independence Blue Cross – Philadelphia, PA (IBM Preferred Partner Referr
al)
HTML, Site Flow, Wire Frames, UML use cases and requirements
Situation: SOW: Design and development of end-to-end online insurance applicatio
n (intranet) on WebSphere platform. Project begun internally on a weak matrix – all
work done internally under one employee acting as PM. Requirements gathering alo
ne had taken over one year – the output was literally a book of requirements that te
am members could neither interpret nor implement. The project had exceeded the t
riple threat (time, cost, scope).. The client was in the process of deciding whe
ther the project was feasible, and whether to proceed or cancel. We were referre
d by IBM as a preferred partner.
My role as team co-leader:
- Requirements Management - Met with stakeholders to re-gather requirement
s, manage them, and provide a meaningful interpretation of requirements for the
team to proceed.
- Created use cases in UML
- Created and established a business model using RUP methodology
- Created initial architectural schema for corporate intranet
- Created site flow and design for front end
- Created functional prototype of corporate intranet in the WTE (WebSphere
Test Environment) – Applications, HTML, wire frames, JSPs, prototypical DB

Mankyth Greene Corporation, Baltimore, MD

June 1997 - July 2002
Consultant, Web Developer, Programmer
President, Owner, Independent Contractor-Web site Design, Graphics Design
Created requirements, UML, use cases, site design, site content, flow, wire fram
es, HTML, graphics
City of Los Angeles Community Development Bank
Jan 1997 – June 1997
Project Manager- Accounting Systems Planning and Integration (contract)
Designed financial reporting systems and procedures
Developed, installed, integrated Timetracking and payroll systems into existing
network
Integration and management of WindowsNT network
Established financial reporting systems and procedures
Warner Brothers Studios - Motion Pictures, Burbank, CA
Jan 1994 - Jan 1997
Assistant Director Budgeting and Finance, Marketing Director, Systems Analyst
Assistant Director Finance– budgeting and marketing for current releases
Director of Academy Awards, ShowEast/West, and Cannes Film Festival campaigns
Identified alternative promotional offerings and new channel opportunities
Design and Production of media content, PKs (press kits),. press releases, and
marketing materials
Project Manager/liaison – ensure financing and delivery of successful marketing camp
aigns
Strategic Planning and Development: Developed integrated ERP-based marketing/acc
ounting system Introduced concept of using websites to advertise current release
s
Director of website planning and content
Conceived and implemented flat rate policy with vendors
Supervised support staff of 15
MCA Music/Universal Studios, Burbank, CA
April 1993 - Jan 1994
Project Manager – Residuals, Special Markets (contract)
Project Manager – residuals audit and migration to computerized system
Special Markets – production and marketing of compilation “oldies†CDs for MCA Universa
Strategic Planning - Identify alternative promotional offerings and new channel
opportunities
Columbia Pictures/Sony , Culver City, CA
Jan 1993 – April 1993
Project Manager - Royalties (contract)
Project Manager - Conducted audit of all studio properties for motion picture an
d television
Created royalties database for all Columbia Pictures studio properties in film a
nd television
Created computerized system for the collection and monitoring of royalties for a
ll studio properties
Little Laura of California (Fashion Design), Los Angeles, CA
Jan 1991 - Jan 1993
Director Accounts Receivable. Marketing Director, Systems Analyst
Department Director – Managed department of 15 employees- Hiring, scheduling, payrol
l
Licensing, Merchandising, Design
Editor and lead designer for all company-wide publications, ads, mailers
Established computerized accounts receivable, EDI systems; Designed inventory sy
stem on MAS90.
Conducted company-wide computer training classes
Media Industries (Fashion Design), Los Angeles, CA
June 1985 - Jan 1991
Director Accounts Receivable, Marketing Analyst, Strategic Planning
Department Director – Managed department of 25 employees- Hiring, scheduling, payrol
l
Licensing, Merchandising, Design
Identify alternative marketing offerings and opportunities
Editor and lead designer of all marketing materials, and corporate publications
Founder and editor of “Ragtime†, an award-winning corporate newsletter
Conducted company-wide computer training classes
Computerland, Baltimore, MD
Jan 1983 - June 1985
Office Manager, Marketing Director
Director co-op advertising, promotion, media, royalties
Editor and lead designer of all marketing materials, and corporate publications
Developed, managed transition to fully-integrated POS (Point of Sale) system.
Professional Training :
Member of PMI (Project Management Institute)
Completed PMP educational requirements - currently pursuing PMP certification
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Foundation of Business Education
Business Accounting Comprehensive Certification
Howard Community College - Java Programming Comprehensive
IBM Corporation - Certified WebSphere Solution Sales Professional
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
Technical Expertise :
Operating Systems: Windows Vista, XP, NT, 98, 95, Novelle N
etware, AS400
Application/Web Severs: IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, IBM HTTP, IIS
Programming Languages: HTML, Java, J2EE, UML
Development Tools: RAD, WebSphere Studio, WSAD, TogetherJ, Dreamweaver, Fro
ntpage, Flash, Fusion, Fireworks, Image Composer, Pagemill, Photoshop
SEO: Atlas, WebCEO
RDBMS: Access, DB2, SQL
Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Microsoft Project, Outlook, MAS
90, Lotus Notes, FoxPro, Corel Office, Quatro Pro, Paradox, ModaCAD, AutoCAD
Publications:
•Book – Co-author “WebSphere Administration†– Osborne McGraw-Hill –Spring, 2002
•WebSpherePro Magazine – January 2002 - Co-author of article: “AAT Security†, A step-
de.