Deborah Watson, PMP
Results-oriented professional with a distinguished career managing the design and
implementation of technology and business solutions to meet organizational, market and
customer demands.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wyeth Pharmaceutical (TEKsystems), Collegeville, PA
Project Manager
9/20/08 to 12/22/08
Coordinated the efforts of twelve IT and user personnel during the implementation of
the Insight Publishing software : Managed the efforts of ten IT, Scientists and User
personnel during the conversion of the Global Laboratory System.
Projects managed:
System 200.000
Project Budget:
Insight Publishing 785,000,
Global Laboratory
 Managed the implementation of Global Regulatory Affairs System Insight Publishing for FDA
submission and Global Laboratory Notebook Migration software packages.
 Conducted Kick Off and Project Board Meetings.
 Maintained Project Dashboards and Project Schedule.
 Developed Strategy meeting presentations.
 Obtained and managed resources.
 Maintained financial information.
 Managed vendor invoices using SAP.
DEW IT Services Incorporated
Entrepreneur
7/23/08 to 9/20/08
Developed Business Plan
Independence Blue Cross, (IBC) Philadelphia, PA
Project Manager/Lead Business Analyst
3/16/08 to 7/23/08
(This was my second contract with IBC)
I coordinated the efforts of 15 IT Developers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts and
Testers through the conversion of mainframe data to Teradata for a data warehouse
implementation. I coordinated the activities of an offshore development team.
 Directed the efforts of the in-house and offshore technical teams, testers and Business
Analysts.
 Maintained project schedules and conducted kickoff and team meetings.
 Directed the development of the Business Case and Scope documents.
 Developed the first Business Requirement (BR) document for the Active Enterprise Data
Warehouse (AEDW) Group. This document was used as a sample for all other BR
documents.
 Developed the Functional Design Specifications (FDS) and Source to Target Mapping
Documents.
 Held BR and FDS document walkthroughs with the Business Users, Testing Group and
offshore developers.
 Reviewed and approved testing plans and trace matrix documents.
 Held bi-weekly meetings with offshore developers.
 Developed, analyzed and approved transformation rules.
BarclayCard US, Wilmington, DE
Project Manager
12/15/07 to 3/15/08
Coordinated the efforts of ten U.S. Commercial Manager, five U.K Commercial
Managers and twenty plus Departmental Managers through an Internal Audit
Preparation. Reported directly to the Vendor Management Senior Director.
Project Budget: 1.5 million
 Managed the Commercial Managers through an effort to prepare for the first Internal Audit
conducted by the UK Corporate Headquarters of all outside vendors.
 Working with the UK Corporate Audit Group, developed, finalized and distributed mandatory
documents, templates and checklists to department managers.
 Established a schedule for document completion. Followed-up and reported progress on a
daily basis.
 Met with department Managers as required.
 Planned the UK Internal Audit Team Pre-Audit Review visits; assisted the team as required.
 Conducted meetings with department managers to review and discuss UK Corporate
Guidelines and Regulations. Pointed out non-compliance issues.
 Reported project status to the UK Corporate Headquarters and Commercial Executive
Director.
 Prepared training materials.
Education Testing Services (ETS), Princeton, NJ
Project Manager
8/2007 to 11/30/07
(this was my second contract with ETS).
Coordinated the efforts of ten IT Business Analysts, Developers, Actuaries, Testers,
Users and offshore Team Leads.
Project Budget: 850,000
Upon request, returned to ETS to manage the development of a generic system for Kindergarten
to twelfth Grade testing. Unfortunately ETS, decided to discontinue development.
 Managed a project to develop a Full Service Solution system that would be configurable,
generic and applicable for all state testing contracts.
 Developed project scope documents and project schedules.
 Developed system flows for interfacing with several systems and functional area.
 Reviewed and approved all Use Cases and High Level Documents (HLD).
 Conducted project meetings.
 Conducted Risk Assessment and strategies sessions.
 Reported project status to the Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, PA
Project Manager
10/2006 to 8/2007
Coordinated the efforts of IT Business Analysts, SAP Development Team, Site
Coordinators, Shareholders, Communication Analysts, Testers and Administrative staff.
Project Budget: 745,000
In the Project Management Office managed the annual Global compensation planning operation
and the implementation of a North American SAP Time and Attendance System.
 Managed a project to implement a 1.4 million dollar SAP HR Time and Attendance system
through Project preparation, Blue Printing, Finalization and Production/Go Live.
 Managed a project to upgrade a Request Center Software package.
 Prepared Business Cases using UML, project plans and schedules, resource requirements
and project cost estimates for the implementation of a Time and Attendance System.
 Developed Project Scopes, Communication Plans, Roles and Responsibilities (RACI) charts,
and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
 Managed Stakeholders.
 Planned for, requested and obtain resources from functional departments.
 Reported project status.
 Created Risk Assessment plans.
 Directed the day- to-day activities of the annual planning process to prepare merit increases,
bonus and stocks disbursements to company employees.
 Developed business rules and requirements for forty one North American business locations.
Educational Testing Services (ETS), Princeton, NJ
Project Manager/Lead/Sr. Business Analyst
10/2002 – 10/2006
Coordinated the efforts of twenty IT Business Analysts, Developers, Actuaries, testers,
users offshore team and Administrative staff. Managed a diverse workforce including
personnel from India and the United Kingdom. (UK). Reported directly to the IT
Senior Director.
Project Budget: 4 million
Maintained an impressive record of achievements and advancements through a series of
increasingly responsible positions for the leader in educational testing.
 Performed in senior analyst and manager roles, developing plans, writing requirements and
analysis documents and managing sub-teams to implement Kindergarten to Grade 12
Testing systems for ETS Global Testing Applications.
 Developed plans, prepare requirements and analysis documents and manage sub-teams to
implement a Personal Computer package to locally administer the SAT Reasoning Test at
Colleges and Universities.
 Developed Use Cases, screen and screen flows for e-Commerce activity for the collection of
student and school registration.
 Developed Business Requirements Functional Specifications, Use Case and End to End
Testing templates.
 Planned and accomplish project goals; develop and maintain project schedules; report
project status, to team members and client staff.
 Directed implementation of application systems across multiple platforms – Web based,
Client Server and Mainframe.
 Directed the full project life cycle design, development and enhancement of key systems to
support and integrate Testing Systems and adhere to the high ETS security and testing
standards.
 Acted as a liaison between programming staff, the Testing Group and the client to assure
expedient resolution of issues and accuracy of data.
 Facilitated the successful flow of test data and images from the county of Qatar to
Educational Testing Services (ETS) in Princeton, NJ.
 Directed the customization of the ETS scoring package for Qatar Kindergarten to twelfth
Grade Testing requirements
 Led a cross-functional project team to define and implement functionality for validating,
cleaning and storing data and images.
 Consulted with clients and team members to analyze business needs and implement
appropriate solutions.
Independent Work 10/2001 – 10/2002
Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA
Consultant - Business Systems Analyst
1/5/98 to 10/2001
Corporate Data Warehouse - Data Acquisition Team
 Directed Subject Matter Experts in writing and preparing Test Plans, Scenarios and Scripts,
Audit Controls and requirements.
 Developed strategies to define and implement functionality for validating, cleaning and
storing Metadata.
 Developed Technical Transformation Rules and logic for blending IBC data and data from
outside vendors.
 Developed Gap Analysis and Functional Specifications.
 Analyst for Power Managed Health System (MHS)
 Analyzed MHS software for HIPPA laws, code sets and EDI compliance.
 Led a cross-functional project team in the evaluation of the MHS system software for the
purpose of identifying areas needing customization for IBC business needs.
 Directed mapping efforts of mainframe application files to MHS logical database model.
 Developed Business Rules, Business Requirements and Functional Specifications.
 Worked as a liaison between Business Users and software vendor.
 Worked as a liaison between IS and Data Warehouse group.
Aetna US/Health Care, Fort Washington, PA
Consultant
7/1/97 to 1/1/98
Provided strategic and tactical leadership to ensure the design, deployment and support of system
merge and conversion efforts.
PNC Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Principal Consultant
2/1/97 to 7/1/97
Year2000 Project PNC Bank
 Using ViaSoft, defined system components for Bank Trust applications.
 Evaluated COBOL, BAL, RPG and Focus programming languages for 2YK changes.
 Analyzed and developed Statement of Work documents.
Zeneca Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Consultant
4/95 -1/31/97
Human Resources Team
Schering Plough Corporation
Consultant for Regulatory Affairs and Finance
7/90 - 4/95
 Developed project plans and time estimates for all projects assigned.
 Defined, developed, implemented and maintained a tracking system for Medical Affairs
Adverse Reactions reports, correspondence and replies.
 Developed and maintained a tracking system for Medical Affairs FDA correspondence.
 Maintained and enhanced Research Financial Systems worksheets written to forecast
planned and actual expenditures. Developed a lock out routine to prevent simultaneous
updating.
 Developed and maintained finance reports as required for daily processing.
 Maintained COBOL Financial Systems.
Judge Technical
1/89 – 7/90
Pharmaceutical Research Institute (Johnson and Johnson)
Systems Analyst / Programmer Analyst – Regulatory Affairs
Smith Kline Beckman
1/85 – 1/89
Systems Analyst / Programmer Analyst
Developed and Maintained ‘New Drug Administration’ systems.
EDUCATION
LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
Business Administration
Pierce College
Associate Degree - Business Automation
PMP Certification 2007
Villanova Project Management (Certificate)
PMSTUDY Project Management (Certificate)
Project Management Institute- PMP Certification
Past President – Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)
Project Management Institute member
Currently studying for Six Sigma Certification
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: UNIX AIX 5.1, MS Windows (NT, 2000, X), TSO, VM ,
Languages: DataStage, Cobol, SQL, Easytrieve, Microsoft Visio, SAS, FOCUS
Methodologies:, SDLC, Project Management Office Software, MS Project, PlanView,
PowerDesigner, UML
Software: PlanView, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, Microsoft Project
Server 2007), Power MHS, MS SQL
RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL SERVER, DB2
Protocols: FTP