I'm Grant Barry, a Project Manager for Sogeti, a leading provider of professional technology services, specializing in Application Management, Infrastructure Management, High-Tech Engineering and Testing. I'm currently living in Lyon, France and I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the world. My wife and I have the most amazing 2 boys.
2012 - 2014: Project Manager, Sogeti, France.
Ready to manage resources, schedule and budget for various Software Development projects, Networking projects, IT installations or conversions, or any other function where business and technology needs have to be managed and resources have to be coordinated.
2006 - 2011: Project Manager, SoftThinks, France.
Applied SCRUM (Agile) methodology in compliance with CMMI level 2 along with project management knowledge and skills to define customer requirements, manage software development teams and continuously improve product quality within budget and with on-time delivery to SoftThinks' tier 1 customers.
Project Manager for HP's 'Recovery Manager', shipped on almost 50 million PCs in 2007.
I help define, apply and promote the application of CMMI (process improvement model for software development) processes and tools at SoftThinks.
2002 - 2006: OEM Customer Support, SoftThinks, France.
Perfected knowledge of all SoftThinks (Recovery Manager, Master SDK and PC Angel) and Microsoft deployment solutions (OPK, WDS, WAIK and WinPE).
Built, controlled and monitored OEM customer relations.
Adapted SoftThinks' solutions for different wants and needs of customers.
Customized OEM production processes for optimum throughput at various ODM sites.
Created documentation and user guide destined for OEMs, ODMs and end-users.
Managed distribution of SoftThinks' products to different customers and customer production sites.
Trained SoftThinks' on-site support personnel (France, USA, Poland and Malaysia)
Presented SoftThinks products for WinPE during Microsoft WinHEC 2005 in Seattle, USA.
Helped design, program, verify and integrate software.