SUMMARY:

• Project Manager with 10 years’ experience and 20 years’ Information Technology experience developing software systems and services.
• I can take your raw data or ideas, assess it, and define it into a comprehensive Project Management Plan.
• This includes high - quality estimates and weighted risk, which can be managed within a sustainable Project Life Cycle.
• My affiliative management style and technical/non-technical communication skills make me an excellent candidate to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and deliver your business objectives, visions, and expected benefits within scope, time, and budget.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Planning & Management: Change management planning; Communications management planning; Compliance management; Configuration management; Cost management planning; Information management; Implementation planning; Knowledge management; Prioritization/time management; Procurement planning; Quality management planning; Regulatory and environmental impacts assessment planning; Relationship management; Resource planning; Risk management planning; Scope management planning; Stakeholder management planning; Strategic management; Transition planning; Virtual/remote team management

Project Types Managed: Administrative; Computer software development; Equipment or system installation; Event; Maintenance of process industries; New product development; Research

Project Management Tools & Techniques: Benefit analysis; brainstorming; Budgeting; Data gathering; Delegation; Estimation; Expert judgment; Feedback; Leadership (coaching, mentoring,, and team-building); Negotiating and influencing; Performance measurements and tracking (EV, CPM, PERT, trend analysis, KPI and key success factors); Presentation; Problem-solving; Process analysis; Project monitoring; Project review; Quality best practices and standards (ISO, HIPAA, HL7, FDA); Quality measurements; Quality standards; Quality validation and verification; Requirements gathering; Scope deconstruction (WBS, Scope backlog); Workflow diagramming

Project Management Information Systems: Microsoft Project, Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Visio, SharePoint, Azure DevOps; HP Application Lifecycle Management; JIRA; Zoho Project; Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management; Clarity

Other Project Management Skills: Active listening; Analytical skills; Applicable laws and regulations (HIPAA, CFR); Archiving practices and statutes; Business acumen; Close-out procedures; Communications (listener, technical/non-technical); Conflict resolution; Continuous improvement processes; Customer satisfaction metrics; Decision making; Development methods (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban); Diversity and cultural sensitivity; Elements of a project charter; Elements of a statement of work; Emotional intelligence; Facilitation; Generational sensitivity and diversity; Interdependencies among project elements; Interpersonal skills; Lean and efficiency principles; Organizational and operational awareness; Peer-review processes; Project Controls Limits (thresholds, tolerance); Project finance principles; Situational/political awareness

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed project team to for the development, testing, and implementation of a Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) 45 CFR Part 164., using HIPPA rules and standards for privacy and security.
• Managed between agile and waterfall approaches, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures.
• Identified key deliverables based on business requirements to manage stakeholder expectations and direct of project goals.
• Identified high-level risks, assumptions, and constraints based on the current environment, organizational factors, historical data, and expert judgment, to propose an implementation strategy.

IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the development and implementation of internal and external projects for a Software as a Service (SaaS) advanced Azure data platform that enabled clients to deploy real time interoperability applications to meet their business objectives.
• Performed project assessment based upon available information, lessons learned from previous projects, and meetings with relevant stakeholders to support the evaluation of the feasibility of new products or services within the given assumptions and/or constraints.
• Identified key deliverables based on the business requirements to manage customer expectations and direct the of project goals.
• Reviewed and assessed detailed project requirements, constraints, and assumptions with stakeholders based on the project charter, lessons learned, and by using requirement gathering techniques to establish detailed project deliverables.
• Managed project lifecycles between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating project management plans. Project plans included integration management plan, implementation management plan, schedule management plan, scope management plan, cost management plan, knowledge management plan, compliance management plan, configuration management plan, quality management plan, resource management plan, communications management plan, risk management plan, procurement management plan, stakeholder management plan.
• Acquired and managed project resources by following resource and procurement management plans to meet project requirements.
• Managed task execution based on project management plans by leading and developing the project team to achieve project deliverables.
• Implemented quality management plans using the appropriate tools and techniques to ensure that work is performed in accordance with required quality standards.
• Implemented approved changes and corrective actions by following change management plans to meet project requirements.
• Implemented approved actions by following risk management plans to minimize the impact of the risk and take advantage of opportunities on the project.
• Managed the flow of information by following communications plans to keep stakeholders engaged and informed.
• Maintained stakeholder relationships by following stakeholder management plans to receive continued support and manage expectations.
• Measured project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to identify and quantify any variances and corrective actions.
• Managed changes to the project by following change management plans to ensure that project goals remain aligned with business needs.
• Obtained final acceptance of project deliverables from relevant stakeholders to confirm that the project scope and deliverables were achieved.
• Transferred ownership of deliverables to assigned stakeholders in accordance with the project plan to facilitate project closure.