Resume of John Dalesandro, PMP

Service Management

• Conceptualized financial processes and authored an operations manual supporting the consistent management of a $100M+ global budget.
• Conducted monthly analysis of financial results as compared to targets and forecasts. Provided corrective and preventive action plans for achieving established targets.
• Coordinated the initial implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2007 for over 100 project engagements.
• Conceived and led the development of several SharePoint based applications in support of corporate financial forecasting, supply and demand management, and project reporting.
• Provided financial analysis and negotiation support for multiple consolidations of divisional staff and assets.
• Mentored new managers and staff on Merck fiscal compliance and instilled financial confidence in the shared service environment.

Solution Verification and Testing

• Developed, planned and tracked monthly, annual and long-range finances for $30M under directorship of the shared service.
• Authored business cases to successfully acquire $4M in capital investments.
• Led the development of a SharePoint based tool suite supporting the transformation to a new managed services delivery model.
• Led the virtualization of physical test lab assets across four facilities using VMware and Surgient VQMS solutions.
• Led the integration of HP Quality Center and Surgient VQMS to support SAP test automation initiatives.
• Planned and coordinated proof-of-concept examinations of HP Service Test and ITKO LISA for system integration testing.

Patient Data Acquisition, Management & Reporting

• Assumed internal product ownership of Phase Forward Central Coding for InForm as part of the enterprise adoption of clinical electronic data capture.
• Coordinated product deployments for three Central Coding release cycles. Each version delivered increased business capability while maintaining the appropriate documentation in accordance with the Merck software development lifecycle.
• Analyzed and managed enhancement requests and defects while effectively communicating with the Change Control Board.
• Led business requirements gathering and design sessions for an integration of IVRS and Phase Forward InForm using TIBCO to optimize the clinical drug supply management process.
• Modeled business processes and data flows between IVRS and InForm.

Clinical Endpoint Adjudication

• Assumed ownership of the Clinical Data Adjudication System and led a three person team supporting a data migration effort to achieve cycle-time reduction and to provide improved analytical capability.
• Led the outsourced development of 40+ Cognos reports.
• Designed and developed a custom Oracle based workflow engine to support the adjudication process and eliminate the licensing costs associated with BEA WLI.
• Established relationships with business areas to produce higher quality communications while effectively managing stakeholder expectations.

Clinical Supplies Management & Enterprise Resource Planning

• Led a three person team through four enhancement release cycles to better align the product with business processes. Each version was delivered on schedule and within budget while meeting Merck SDLC documentation requirements.
• Responsible for estimating resources and developing full project plans.
• Facilitated cross-departmental business requirements gathering sessions.
• Identified and leveraged several open-source components, shared services, and reference data repositories available within the Merck enterprise architecture to minimize development costs.
• Effectively managed stakeholder expectations and communicated product changes to a 1,600+ user community.
• Led the re-development effort to convert the product from SilverStream to the J2EE WebLogic platform.
• Modeled business processes and designed integration points with the JDE ERP system in support of divisional objectives to increase the efficiency of drug supply management.

Application Engineering Program Management Office

• Designed and led the creation of a web-based (J2EE/Struts) executive dashboard to manage a $15M operating budget and provide status to business partners.
• Modeled business processes and data flows to support the development of a resource and demand management tool.

Work & Cost Management System / Protocol Tracking System

• Developed web-based (J2EE) time and invoice tracking components to replace paper-based department management workflows.
• Designed and implemented a Java and Oracle based reporting framework enabling ad-hoc analysis of planned vs. actual trial milestones through Excel.
• Organized and conducted training sessions for several new business areas.