STEPHEN LISOWSKI
434 Dolores Drive  Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426
610-585-3891  stephen.lisowski@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION
Track record of highly successful leadership as a Software Project Manager, with solid grounding in all phases of software
development life cycle. Organized, energetic and agile, with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and solve
complex problems in fast-paced, fast-changing environments. Accomplished in all aspects of Project Management from
initiation through close-out. Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to build effective, productive working relationships
with both business and technology stakeholders. Adept at guiding teams of internal, external and off-shore resources.
Strong analytical skills and dedication to customer focus. Accomplished software development professional with 20+
years of hands-on technology experience. Extensive experience in multiple technologies including Web and e-commerce
applications. Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS – Wayne, Pennsylvania
Oct 2010 – present
Project Manager / Software Platform Specialist, Marketing Operations (as contractor/consultant)
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Subject matter expert in software applications at Shire supporting review, approval, production and delivery of
pharmaceutical promotional materials.
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Chief Architect of Shire's implementation of Veeva Vault content management and workflow system. Led team of
business participants in enumeration and implementation of detailed business requirements driving highly
successful Vault implementation at Shire.
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Defined SDLC process for managing ongoing releases of changes to Shire’s Vault implementation. Responsible for
managing ongoing releases for changes to Shire’s Vault per the defined SDLC process. Manage all aspects of the
release cycle from Requirements specification through design, implementation, testing and deployment.
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Defined change control process for Shire’s Vault implementation. Facilitate regular CCB meetings, driving discussions
on topics affecting Shire’s use of the Vault system and its support of the promotional materials approval process.
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Led implementation of a comprehensive Support and Service model fronted by a professional Help Desk. Trained
help desk staff to support users of Shire’s Vault system. Developed and maintain Knowledge Objects used by help
desk staff. Manage ongoing relationship with Help Desk vendor.
MERCK & CO., INC. – West Point, Pennsylvania
Jun 2006 – Jul 2010
Project Manager, Pharmaceutical Marketing (as contractor/consultant)
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Managed 30+ projects for MerckVaccines.com® e-commerce web site, which generates close to $1B in annual
vaccine purchases by 25K+ customers (physicians) throughout the United States.
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Managed all Projects and Releases for the entire portfolio of customer-facing websites in the Vaccine Marketing
Division comprising several product Brands, under a budget of approximately one million dollars per year.
Successfully managed many multiple concurrent projects of varying size and complexity on time and within budget.
Managed a blended team of developers both on-shore and off-shore.
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Managed more than 200 releases for 12 customer-facing web sites in the vaccine marketing division with blended
on-site and offshore development resources.
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Guided development and implementation of sites for international vaccine operations, including sites for countries
in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific.
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Directed development team in strategic corporate website project, building more than 400 pages communicating
Merck’s corporate responsibility and commitment to the global community.
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Primary technologies for MerckVaccines.com and Vaccine customer-facing web sites are Apache/Tomcat,
Java/J2EE/Struts, and Oracle 10g. Additional technologies include Day Communiqué and Microsoft SharePoint
Content Management Systems.
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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB – Hopewell, New Jersey
Oct 2003 – May 2006
Technical Lead / Development Lead, Pharmaceutical Clinical Operations (as contractor/consultant)
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Managed technical teams through requirements gathering, analysis, architecture, solution design, development,
testing, and implementation. Collaborated with members of business community to drive requirements analysis and
development, and realize requirements into application design
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Designed and delivered intranet Web-based application enabling collaborative collection and management of clinical
trial information, facilitating compliance with FDA disclosure regulations. This application greatly improved BMS’
ability to comply with FDA mandates for maintaining information on ClinicalTrials.gov and ClinicalTrialResults.org.
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Designed and delivered intranet Web-based applications supporting: Early Clinical Trial Planning and Country
Selection; Clinical Trial Progress Monitoring; and Global Clinical Trial Budgeting.
UNISYS CORPORATION – Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Nov 1999 – Oct 2003
Software Engineer
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Performed comprehensive, full life-cycle development and support activities for a global, high-volume document
storage, indexing, data retrieval, and workflow product.
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Collaborated with team of fellow software engineers in design, development, and implementation of new desktop
application supporting scanning and batching of images into the workflow management system.
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Collaborated in integration of business process modeling tool with custom components to provide bridge between
process modeling and workflow design.
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Participated in process re-engineering effort resulting in achievement of CMMI Level 2 certification. Designed and
documented detailed project management methodology based on CMMI Level 2 requirements and Rational Unified
Process.
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Additional Experience
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1991 – 1999
Senior Developer/Technical Lead at Tokai Financial Services (now De Lage Landen Financial Services).
Software Development Consultant for Maxim Group at Users, Inc. (subsidiary of Fiserv Inc.).
Senior Programmer/Analyst & Development Lead at The PMA Group.
Programmer/Analyst at Systems & Information Dynamics.
INVENTORY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
PROCESS:
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Rational Unified Process (RUP), Capability Maturity Model
(CMM/CMMI) Lv2/Lv3, Object-Oriented Design & Programming (OOD/OOP), Unified Modeling
Language (UML), Project/Risk Management, Agile/Scrum
WEB:
E-Commerce, Internet/Intranet, HTTP, Web Services, Apache Tomcat, Struts, Content Management,
SEO, Day Communiqué, SharePoint.
LANGUAGES:
C/C++, Visual Basic, XML, HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, COM/DCOM/ActiveX, .NET, SQL, Oracle
PL/SQL, Perl.
PLATFORMS:
Veeva Vault, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Sybase, Microsoft Windows, UNIX.
TOOLS:
Webtrends, Rational Product Suite (Rational Rose/ClearCase/ClearQuest), Microsoft Project, Microsoft
Office, Subversion, Microsoft SourceSafe, PVCS, ERwin, Visio, Visual Studio, Jira.
INDUSTRIES:
Pharmaceutical, Software Development, Financial, Insurance, Transportation.
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EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Bachelor of Music (With Honors – 3.25)
Temple University – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Certificate in Computer Programming (With Honors – 4.0)
Computer Learning Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Penn State Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies, Malvern, Pennsylvania
Professional Development
UML-based Object Modeling ~ Performance through Principles ~ MFC Visual C++ Programming
Understanding the CMMI, CMMI Structure & Assessment ~ Peer Review Fundamentals
Project Lifecycle Model ~ Fundamentals of Scrum