Deb Jacob
Deb Jacob has a wealth of project management experience that can elevate your firm's digital marketing potential. Her diverse skill set also includes financial management and social media marketing expertise. Contact us today to learn more!
Professional Experience
2018 - Present
Financial Management, Paladin Worldwide Management, Inc.
2001 - 2017
Project Manager, IBM, Boulder, CO
January 2000 - February 2001
Project Manager, IBM Bank One, Columbus, OH
October 1996 - January 2000
Project Manager, IBM Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, OH
Financial Management, Paladin Worldwide Management, Inc.
- Managed company financials, including payroll, invoicing, contracts, cashflow/forecast, tax payment, and filings
- Supported digital marketing by using CrowdFire to post curated content to multiple LinkedIn accounts
2001 - 2017
Project Manager, IBM, Boulder, CO
- Provided portfolio and financial management for a large group of web and legacy applications supporting price and cost of IBM hardware, software, and services for internal IBM clients
- Implemented agile processes, process simplification, and metrics
- Responsible for staffing software development teams across multiple countries
- Asset owner accountable for compliance with business controls
- Responsible for coordination of the sale of IBM x-series hardware and software and sunset of application components in support of
- 2011 – deployed phase 1 of a long-term application consolidation project involving the same application in two geographies with diverse processes; deployed phase 1 of an application simplification project whose goal was to improve revenue recognition for Enterprise License Agreement; deployed several Agile releases in support of “Blue Harmony”, a multi-year transformation project designed to streamline critical business practices; Enterprise Consolidation and Migration of servers into high availability environments intended to improve disaster recovery capabilities and reduce hosting costs
- 2009 – 2010 – implemented two “rapid recovery” projects to support disaster recovery between two geographies utilizing global mirroring technology that can be enabled on-demand and operational within 72 hours
- 2005 – 2008 – created a new web order processing application to replace multiple legacy host applications at a cost of $10.5 million with a multi-national team for deployment in January of 2008
- 2001 – 2004 – worked with multi-national team on enhancement releases and support for several legacy applications at the manufacturing end of the supply chain; improved processes at the organizational level; achieved CMMI level 5 in early 2005
January 2000 - February 2001
Project Manager, IBM Bank One, Columbus, OH
- Implemented Problem and Change management processes using customized IBM Manage Now tools
- Replaced existing Bank One processes and tools across several bank subsidiaries
October 1996 - January 2000
Project Manager, IBM Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, OH
- Managed enhancement projects and provided IT support for Commercial Insurance and Claims Processing systems
Education
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SAFe (Agile)
Managing Complex Projects Managing Global Projects Financial Management |
PMI-ACP (Agile)
Cloud Computing & Arch Big Data & Cognitive Capability Maturity Model (Process) |
Certifications and Affiliations
PMP Certification
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Women in Technology (WITI)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Women in Technology (WITI)
