JEPTHAW SCIPIO JR.

South Orange, NJ 07079

201-259-6412
[email protected]
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PMO DIRECTOR / SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Project Management Professional with 15+ years of systems integration and consulting experience across all phases of
the systems development and project life cycles specializing in complex, high-risk engagements and within industries
including financial services, B2B e-commerce, manufacturing, telecommunications, higher education, and health care.
As a leader, I train, motivate, and inspire global, cross-functional teams to complete projects on time and within budget.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Risk & Issue Management | Budget Management & Forecasting | Systems Integration | Workflow | Status Reporting
Project Planning | Data Collection | Critical Thinking | Staff and Training Development | Negotiation | Agile
Methodology | Waterfall Methodology | Stakeholder Management |Dashboarding
Software Proficiencies: MS Office Suite |Office 365 |Microsoft Project | ServiceNow | Planview | Clarity |Jira | Visio |
SWIFT| SharePoint| Anaplan| Salesforce

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Jersey City, NJ
PMO/Financial Reporting (Project Manager) - FAD Controllers – Bank Accounting Dept. 07/2023 – Present
Operating as part of the SPDAD PMO team along with other VP Financial Reporting, and VP Regulatory Reporting
resources in supporting the management of projects for the FAD Controllers team. Prepared and distributed monthly
financial reports and dashboards that highlighted key financial metrics. Created Operational Procedures documentation
for KRIs (Key Risk Indicators) and facilitated various daily and monthly financial meetings and forums.

Chubb Insurance, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889

Project Manager / Scrum Master (via Capgemini America, Inc.) 01/2023 – 03/2023
Managing software development teams and working under the (SAFe) agile methodology for several small to medium
sized projects for PRS (Personal Risk Services). The duties included the following:
Hosting/facilitating the daily standup meetings; Budget creation and management; Issue Management, Tracking and
Reporting; Working with the team to identify and remove impediments; Creating and tracking timelines to ensure all
parties were informed and on track with their assignments.

Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ

Manager 1 Strategic Planning / Global Portfolio Mgmt. & Strategy Lead (via Sunrise Systems) 05/2021 – 10/2022
Managed the project portfolio for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion group reporting to the Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Officer. Established project governance, intake, monitoring, and reporting. Guided and assisted the leadership team and
project managers with managing their portfolio of projects.

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, South Orange, NJ

Project Portfolio Manager / PMO Director 10/2011 – 06/2020
Managed IT Project Portfolios by provision of project management governance and structure to assist the CIO and
Executive Directors in standardizing project management practices and facilitated more effective project portfolio
management via the pre-selected project management software.
 Implemented (project management industry widely accepted best practices) and improved the existing
processes that allowed the IT Services Division to align with the core Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK) concepts and principles and to meet strategic and tactical goals such as inventory assessment, project
 selection and prioritization and better understanding the portfolios to ensure alignment with the University’s
strategic plan and direction.
 Enabled more efficient resource management; increased the project completion rate by 38% and effectively
communicated this to the project sponsors, stakeholders, and client/business user community biweekly.
 Mentored and guided eight Networking, Telecommunications, Production Control, Application Development and
Web Services Teams’ project managers through the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) for the projects
assigned to them.
 Worked with Directors and Project Managers to ensure SOX compliance (adherence to audit requirements,
information security and financial reporting requirements) for all financial projects.
 Worked with Directors, Program Managers, and Project Managers to develop budgets and forecasts for each
project. Monitored and analyzed project financial performance and documented any variances in the reporting
and dashboards.

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORPORATION, INC., Bethpage, NY

Consultant - Senior Project Manager (via Project One Inc.) 5/2011 – 10/2011

Managed multiple fiber upgrade and Wi-Fi provision projects requiring cross-divisional facilitation and coordination.
Managed the successful and timely completion of project deliverables and artifacts by ensuring project management
processes, disciplines, and controls were consistently applied to all projects. Managed quasi-scrum development efforts
and various digital communication projects and initiatives.
 Created detailed project plans, collaborated with architects, engineers and subject matter experts, tracked
project tasks and deliverables via daily follow-ups with assigned resources, tasks owners and conducting weekly
status meetings.
 Produced weekly status reports and executive summaries that exceeded client expectations to apprise the Sr.
VPs, Directors, Project Sponsors, and all other stakeholders of the progress for each project.
 Maintained action items and issues log for each project, distributed logs were reviewed on a bi-weekly basis.
Managed the assignment, escalation, and resolution of the identified issues and impediments.
 Coordinated mitigation plans and work sessions to bring each identified problem and issue to a successful
/acceptable resolution, and ensure each concern was addressed adequately and appropriately.

HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, Newark, NJ

Project Manager 10/2010 – 05/2011
Managed HCM (Healthcare Management) and MCR (Medical Cost Ratio/Reduction) projects and operational initiatives.
The largest project’s success metrics included $5M in insured recoveries and $1.25M in cost avoidance savings. Projects
were managed through all SDLC phases beginning with the Initiating Phase (Discovery and Data Elicitation) through
Closing Phase (Disposition and Deployment).
 Coordinated and facilitated BRD, TRD, Design, Code, and Test Cases Walk-Through Sessions at appropriate
project life cycle phase, obtained business owner and stakeholder approval/sign-off to proceed to successive
phase of project.
 Maneuvered the project through the Quality Assurance Gate Reviews and Funding Request Gates for each phase
of the project life cycle as well as maintaining the project budget, monthly forecast, and variance reports.
 Created detailed project plans, tracking project tasks completion and project deliverables via the project plan,
and producing weekly task sheets for each of the resources engaged on the project.
 Identified, resolved, and mitigated project risks and issues via risk assessment meetings (ERM Enterprise Release
Management meetings) monthly. Maintained, reviewed, and distributed issues management logs weekly.

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION, INC., West Orange, NJ

Program Manager / Project Manager / Principal Consultant 5/1997 – 4/2009
Responsible for Project Governance including the creation and maintenance of project governance processes and
standards; ensuring adherence to project management methodologies, frameworks, and industry recognized best
practices; developing budgets and forecasts; collaborating with third party vendors; and managing outsourced
infrastructure services and infrastructure projects that included server installations, network/circuit installations,
desktop services, and hardware refreshes. MSA (Master Service Agreement) Tracking.
End Clients included: J.P. Morgan Chase – N.Y., FCI Bank, Warrens, Barbados, ETS -Princeton, N.J., Liberty Travel,
Ramsey, N.J., Ballistic Missile Defense Organization – Arlington, Va., AT&T – Piscataway, N.J.)
  Account development: Creating presentations, working on new project initiatives, managing responses to RFPs.
 Project Management of Merger & Acquisition projects, Divestiture and Discontinued Operations projects
 Requisition and PO Creation, Management of Accounts Receivable projects.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ - 1991 - M.B.A. Management Information Systems
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ – 1986 - B.A. Information systems/computer science
Certifications:
 SSGB (Six Sigma Green Belt) Certification – 2024
 ITIL v3 Certified (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) - 2020

 CSM (Certified Scrum Master), Scrum Alliance – 2011

 PMP Project Management Institute, Inc., Newtown Square, PA – 2010