Meg Gargano
IT Project Manager
Wayland
Summary
Results-driven Project Manager & Proposal Specialist with experience in software development, proposal management, and cross-functional team leadership. Adept at driving projects from concept to completion, optimizing processes, and delivering quality solutions on time. Skilled in all phases of the system life cycle, including requirements definition, coding, quality assurance, and implementation. Known for problem-solving, adaptability, and a detail-oriented approach.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Career Break to Care for Children
Gargano Inc.
01.2005 - 2017
- Intentional career pause to focus on full-time caregiving, while continuing to grow professionally through personal development and community involvement.
- Developed strong skills in organization, problem-solving, communication, and adaptability.
- Managed household operations, schedules, budgets, and logistics.
- Held various leadership and coordination roles in community volunteer efforts, demonstrating team management, communication, and event planning skills.
Proposal Manager
Rackspace
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Led the end-to-end proposal development process, ensuring compliance with client policies.
- Managed and responded to high-value RFPs for managed infrastructure and application services.
- Developed standardized proposal templates, reducing response time, and improving consistency across submissions.
- Coordinated cross-functional proposal teams, ensuring timely delivery, accuracy, and alignment with client needs.
Software Project Manager/Systems Engineer
The Yacobian Group
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Worked with business development to translate product vision into phased system releases in an attainable, cost-effective, and timely manner.
- Worked closely with the product manager to ensure individual releases met requirements and maintained the product vision.
- Organized necessary technical data and mock-ups for design documentation and client presentations, flushing out potential design issues early to avoid changes during development.
- Documented project requirements ensured complete delivery of product needs, while keeping system changes clearly within the project scope.
- Created and managed project timeline estimates and deliverable deadlines by using MS Project.
- Assigned project tasks to team members, and worked closely with individuals to resolve task issues, resulting in excellent team collaboration and well-managed deliverable dates.
- Managed system requirement changes by effectively tracking change impact through code changes, testing plans, and documentation updates.
- Analyzed, designed, coded, and tested system changes, resulting in flexible, modularized components, enabling more efficient system growth.
- Served as the project liaison with the quality assurance team, promoting positive cross-team relations and ensuring comprehensive testing plans.
Consultant
MarchFirst
01.2000 - 01.2001
- Produced a complex customer specifications document by leveraging attention to detail and team input, which ensured consistent presentation of web content and comprehensive coverage of defined requirement deliverables.
- Developed web applications, producing deliverables aligned with system requirements.
Technical Lead/Information Analyst
Electronic Data Systems
01.1997 - 01.2000
- Defined customer business requirements and identified system constraints, ensuring customer needs were met in a cost-effective manner, while maintaining changing wireless industry needs.
- Delivered quality, on-time system enhancements, and modifications resulting in sensible, system additions that are leverageable across several customized client solutions.
- Trained new team members and product support staff, which enhanced customer service.
- Established production environment and code management areas that supported quality change management processes.
- Organized and manipulated large amounts of cellular billing system code using MS Excel, resulting in a comprehensive task list for meeting Y2K system compliance.
- Provided quality technical direction and guidance to new developers as a Visual Basic instructor.
- Worked in accordance with the Level 2 Capability Maturity Model (CMM), recognizing that quality product deliverables depend on quality processes and change management.
- Completed the Information Analyst Development Program
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English, Economics
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 05.2001 -
Skills
- Software Development Lifecycle: Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Design, Coding, Unit Testing, System Testing, System Implementations, Quality Assurance
- Proposal Development and Document Management
Timeline
Proposal Manager
Rackspace
01.2017 - 01.2018
Career Break to Care for Children
Gargano Inc.
01.2005 - 2017
Bachelor of Arts - English, Economics
Boston College
05.2001 -
Software Project Manager/Systems Engineer
The Yacobian Group
01.2001 - 01.2005
Consultant
MarchFirst
01.2000 - 01.2001
Technical Lead/Information Analyst
Electronic Data Systems
01.1997 - 01.2000
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