Scott Palaski

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About Scott Palaski

An adaptable, accountable and reliable professional with business and information technology experience in the areas of program / project management, business process improvement, account management / sales, and various business analyst and technical roles.• Proven leader and team builder with excellent analytical, communication, organization and interpersonal skills who enjoys the challenge of aligning and managing resources, processes and technologies to successfully complete strategic initiatives.• Experienced in both consulting and corporate environments and in providing presentations introducing new technological solutions to all levels of an organization.• Expertise in interfacing with steering committees, project stakeholders, internal business and technical teams and vendors with a strong emphasis on problem resolution.• Extensive account management, project management and hands on technical experience, having led numerous new business development and integration initiatives in a variety of platform environments (Web/Portal, Client Server and Mainframe).• Knowledgeable and experienced in SDLC Methodologies (project definition through post implementation support), Agile, PMO, TQM, CMM, SEI and other industry best practices and standards.• Extensive resource management experience - hiring/firing, annual performance reviews, career development plans and organizing team-building activities.• Experienced in developing business proposals, statement of work, customer service agreements, cost estimates, managing budgets and communicating status to all levels of client and vendor management.