LINDA STUART-JONES 1108 Cumberland Court

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ll: 404.217.5031

CAREER SUMMARY
High potential Senior Project Manager with successful projects for international
industry leaders, Citigroup/Primerica, AON, BellSouth/AT&T, Telcordia Technolog
ies. Progressive responsibilities and accomplishments from Mid to C level offer
ing a unique, broad base of assignments from project/program management, strateg
y development and implementation, mergers and acquisitions, systems and organiz
ational change management, business development, and sales and marketing.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Program and Project Management * SDLC * Web & Systems Applications Design & Im
plementations
* Strategic Planning * Business Analysis & Development * Systems and Organizatio
n Change Management
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Primerica Financial Services, a CitiGroup Company,
Senior Technical Project Manager-Permanent
February 2008 - May 2010
Led the projects from inception to implementation (SDLC) new web-applications or
upgrades to software packages. Specifically: directed the business requirement
s with marketing and multi-discipline teams, web design prototypes (html), Agile
software development, Single-sign on to Client Portal, Web-Services calls (XML)
, Stellant Content Management (T&C's), UAT and Implementation. DebtWatchers Budg
ets met at $2.3M/3M. Managed large matrix teams consisting of 45-53 Members for
the following projects:
* Successfully implemented the Retail Client Portal and the products US DebtWat
chers & Canadian DebtWatchers w/Equifax partnership, over 65K enrollments since
June 2009. This Project was recently awarded the MAX 2009 Marketing Award for E
xcellence by the College of Business at Georgia State and the Atlanta Business C
hronicle.
* The Lead Project Manager for Life Insurance Automation and Internationalizatio
n. Budget for this 5 year Project is in development.
AON Risk Labs
June 2007 - November 2007
Senior Technical Project Manager-Contract
Led the successful implementation of 10 concurrent Infrastructure /Applications
projects of Oracle 10g RAC, Oracle RAC Stress Test, Oracle 10.2.03 Upgrade, HP
LoadRunner Stress Testing Software, and Disaster Recovery Systems. Also, dire
cted the implementation of 4 major customized Riskconsole software repair releas
es. All projects were successfully completed on-time and within budget($2.7M/3M
). Managed matrix Project Team w/22 members.
ATT/BELLSOUTH
Senior Project Manager-Contract March 2005 - J
une 2007
Directed the infrastructure Projects for two Major ATT/BellSouth PeopleSoft Fin
ancials and PeopleSoft Human Resources (Ver.8.0,Svc.Pk1, PeopleTools 8.16) Syste
ms; Successfully led 3 Software Applications upgrades from scoping, building bu
siness requirements, Documentum Content, design & build, through UAT and imple
mentation. ATT/BLS SDLC-all phases. Managed 23 Matrix Team members and stayed wi
thin yearly operating budget of $300K.
* Directed two major Technical Change Control Boards, controlling 146 servers,
coordinated 4 vendors
* Successfully implemented the End User System Migration Projects, Release 6,7
& 8 using SDLC ( VBII Custom Software/Vitria)
* Directed the BellSouth Broadband PMO to manage system upgrade releases and ana
lyze major financials.
ACTION SALES OF GEORGIA, Marietta, GA March 2002 -
March, 2005
VP Operations and Marketing-Permanent
Directed and improved all business and financial operations for this multi-state
southeastern Company.
* Led the financial and business reporting (Revenue/Invoice reconciliation-softw
are RPMS).
* Oversight of all Windows 2000 PC systems, DSL networks and computing upgrades.

TELECORDIA TECHNOLOGIES (formerly BELLCORE), Atlanta, GA, July 1998 - July 2001
(International Professional Services Consulting)
Senior Consultant, Professional Services, Piscataway, N.J.-Permanent
Successfully led Program and Project Teams for major consulting engagements in s
oftware and telecommunications systems, strategic change management and business
process redesign for large and medium companies.
* Team Lead for Telecom South Africa Organization Change Project, $500M Project,
CMM5 implementing customized software systems controlling voice/ data networks.
Directed 13 South Africa Team Members and 17 US Matrix Team Members.
* Led the team to revamp over 60,000 jobs in this culturally diverse organizatio
n.
* Acted as a key player setting up the Telkom South Africa PMO for the project.
* Authored and implemented the Change Realization Business Case establishing th
e Telcordia Change Realization Practice.
* As a strategy expert, led the internal team to develop and implement the Visio
n, Mission and Strategies of the Change Realization Practice.
BELLSOUTH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL-23 Years-Permanent
Project Manager, Finance/Forecast Assurance,
1997- 1998
Directed the Finance Strategic Marketing Analysis Systems Project (SMAS) through
SDLC start-to-end, inter-operability testing and implementation, Help Desk desi
gn, job skills and organization design, web-based client training, development a
nd delivery, for this $10M systems technology project. Managed 9 direct Team a
nd 23 Matrix Team members.
* Delivered on time, on budget the design through conversion and integration of
custom-built client-server consolidated Forecasting System (UNIX, VBII, Sybase)
replacing 37 disparate systems and processes.
* Awarded the BST Finance All Star Award $12K for successful project turnaround
and implementation
BellSouth, Project Manager, Finance/Project Phoenix,
1995-1997
Led the project design and implementation of deliverables in the areas of organi
zation change management, skills assessment and technical training, organization
/job design, key performance indicators/performance measures, labor relations, f
or this $90M, successful process/people/PeopleSoft Financials (Asset Mgmt., Tran
saction Processing, General Ledger, Voucher Processing) Software implementation/
change project. (NIKU,ABT):
* Directed 12 direct and 13 Matrix Team members.
* Instrumental in setting up the Phoenix Project PMO.
* The Phoenix Project won the Andersen Consulting International Quality Award, 1
996, the CFO Magazine Award, 1997 and BST President's Gold Award, 1997.
BellSouth, Manager, Strategic Management Unit,
1990 -1995
Led the project design and implementation of the Strategy Alignment Process, ali
gning 90,000 employees across nine states with company vision, mission and busin
ess development strategies, process improvements, performance management and sup
port. This performance tied to personal and departmental measurements.
* Developed/ implemented "Building Quality Business Plans"course for Finance Man
agers.
* Developed and delivered train-the-trainer for 700+ personnel who facilitated S
trategy Alignment workshops.
* Executive Support for CEO, COO and CFO of Bellsouth Telecommunications
BellSouth, Strategist, Corporate Planning and Development,
1988 - 1990
Reporting directly to the Chief Strategist, responsible for defining the long-te
rm strategic plan and new business opportunities for the Customer Systems Group.
Identified and evaluated acquisition targets and the integration of acquired c
ompanies into the appropriate business group.
* Led the initiation for key company mergers and acquisitions, $500K to $1B.
* Led the development of a strategic alliance with SRA Corporation, Washington,
D.C., which helped position BellSouth as a strong integrator/sales competitor.
This alliance saved BellSouth $3M in telecommunications bypass revenue the first
year.
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BellSouth, National Accounts Services Coordinator,

1985 - 1988
Led the comprehensive program design, development and implementation for a regio
nal and national sales and services program including strategies, tactics and su
pport systems:
* Negotiated critical contracts with competitor companies that allowed BellSouth
to become a successful national marketing, installation and maintenance company
.
* This national presence approach was feared and copied by the competition and I
was awarded BST President's Circle of Excellence Award. Promoted to Strategist
due to strategic abilities.
BellSouth, Assistant Staff Manager, Logistics/ Marketing Operations Support Staf
f, 1983 - 1985
* Led the development of new system to track and retrieve defective parts invent
ory. Within 1.5 years, retrieved 90% of a $6M missing inventory.
* After divestiture, led the creation (start-to-end) of the first mechanized sal
es ordering/billing system that was installed without a "hitch" in one day after
project completion.
* Promoted to National Accounts Services Coordinator for outstanding performance
.
AT&T, Certified Account Executive-Wholesale Distribution, 1981 - 1983
Managed the Wholesale-Distribution market segment for Alabama.
* Achieved 162% of sales objective 1982 attaining AT&T Achiever's Club.
* Achieved Top 10% ranking nationwide within twelve months.
OTHER EXPERIENCE: includes sales and marketing positions with NCR and IBM while
attending undergraduate school. NCR's Top 10% Sales Achievement Award and NCR Re
gional Sales Awards.
EDUCATION:
Masters in Project Management, George Washington University
Dual Master of Arts in Public and Private Management, Birmingham-Southern Colleg
e
Bachelor of Science in Business, Birmingham-Southern College (BS)
Wharton School of Business, Strategy Implementation
LOMA-Insurance Company Operations
IBM, AT&T and NCR world-renowned technical sales and marketing training
SOFTWARE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:
* Proficient in MS Project, Word, Excel, VISIO, Powerpoint, and Agile Developme
nt.
* Good working knowledge of most data and voice network software applications an
d hardware operations. Fast learner of software applications and hardware config
urations.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
LifeLink Charities, Board of Directors
Project Management Institute, HR Specific Interest Group
Georgia Executive Women's Network, Scholarship Committee
Past-President, National Association. of Professional Saleswomen, Birmingham, AL
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