SUMMARY:

• With over 15 years of experience, Jodi Confidential has worked as a Senior Project Manager for more than 14 government software development projects. She brings a thorough understanding of Agile and traditional SDLC Product Lifecycle Management, and experience in a wide variety of IT software development projects including Artificial Intelligence, Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Geographic Information systems, (GIS), document management, data management, predictive analytics, financial systems, asset management, licensing, telecommunications, and healthcare.
• She is skilled in verifying and validating documentation and processes for compliance with state laws, rules, regulations, processes, and project management best practices, and brings a strong aptitude in identifying risks and documenting detailed findings and recommended risk mitigation approaches, considering best practices and lessons learned. Her experience also includes applying the latest in state laws and rules and industry best practices.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: Waterfall, Critical Path Method, Critical Chain Project Management, PMI/PMBOK, Independent Verification and Validation, Agile, Scrum, Kanban

Project Management: Project Planning, Resource Management, Change Management, Risk Management, Project Estimating, Budgeting, Project Communication, Project Schedules and Gantt Charts, Project Reporting, Project Lifecycle Management

Technology: Microsoft Office Suite with strong skills in Project and Visio, Balsamiq, GIS, SharePoint, SQL, HTML, JIRA, DevOps

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provides Verification and Validation services for the Confidential Department of Management Services, Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System on documents provided and processes performed by the system vendor.
• Complete a Schedule IV - B for the Office of Financial Regulation’s new licensing and regulation system.
• Gathers data requirements for the OFR proposed new system.
• Provide a Gap Analysis on the current system and proposed new system.
• Research system options to meet the client’s technical needs.
• Create a SWOT analysis for the Department of Management Services.

Confidential

Senior Document and Process Quality Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provides Verification and Validation services for the State of California Department of Public Health, Covid Reporting System on documents provided and processes performed by the system vendor.
• Project Mana for the Snowflake Data Migration and Single Sign-On efforts
• Verifies and assesses vendor compliance with project and program level requirements along with system software best practices.
• Serves as the main throughfare for reading the documents, compiling all comments, making recommendations for improvements, and returning to the vendor for alterations; often leading to meets to explain comments in further detail.
• Validates project deliverables, artifacts, processes, plans, and work products from vendors for quality, completeness, compliance, and effectiveness.
• Identifies and reports project issues, risks, and major decisions as well as captures action items.
• Communicates issues not in compliance with state laws, rules, procedures, and best practices.
• Participates in the verification of evidence and artifacts as required by federal statutes.
• Researches and provides recommendations to the client on critical business decisions.
• Assesses and validates testing methods and integrity of testing employed by vendors and the client’s project teams. Provides recommendations on testing procedures.

Confidential

Senior Project Management Consultant and Business Development

Responsibilities:

• Senior project manager for 6 concurrent projects responsible for delivering projects within agreed scope, budget, and customer expectations.
• Develop new customer development strategies to capture market channels and increase client growth. Build corporate relationships with customers and industry associations.
• Engage in senior management resource planning and properly supervise assigned resources.
• Reviewed projects for adherence to best practices, laws, rules, and regulations and compiled opportunities for improvement reports for management.
• Serve as Project Management consultant for multiple clients.
• Principle of project communications; lead project meetings, deliver IT presentations, and direct project negotiations.

Confidential

IV&V Project Oversight and FX Development Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided extensive Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services for the Confidential Agency for Healthcare Administration, Medicaid Management Information System.
• Verified and assessed vendor compliance with project and program level requirements.
• Reviewed and assessed project deliverables, artifacts, processes, plans, and work products from vendors for quality, completeness, compliance, and effectiveness.
• Identified and reported project issues and risks.
• Participated in the verification of evidence and artifacts as required by federal statutes.
• Researched and provided recommendations to the client on critical business decisions.
• Assessed and validated testing methods and integrity of testing employed by vendors and the client’s project teams.

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Drafted proposal responses for Florida State issued software development projects.
• Provided professional project management and business analysis services on concurrent large-scale, high risk projects for the Confidential and Kyra’s analytics and connected vehicle systems.
• Performed extensive analysis and managed a modernization project to move systems to the cloud.
• Maintained continuous, effective, and transparent communication with clients to gain trust and build collaborative environments.
• Responsible for effectively managing project scope by applying various methodologies to ensure the resulting software exceeds the client’s expectations.
• Lead system demonstrations for large audiences.
• Directed team members by communicating milestones and specific assignments with properly estimated and attainable deadlines.
• Prepared comprehensive status reports for project executives and lead client status meetings.
• Wrote and executed detailed technical test scripts based upon actual business processes.
• Created and maintained SCRUM boards and lead daily stand-up meetings to elicit effective and efficient communication between team members and identify project impediments.

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager/Lead Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Drafted proposal responses for Confidential issued software development projects.
• Served as Project Manager and client liaison for eight Florida software development projects.
• Lead sales presentations and negotiations with the client.
• Developed and maintained project management documentation including project management and supporting plans, CRAIDL logs, status reports, meeting minutes, and project schedules.
• Served as project manager and business/quality analyst for concurrent large-scale, complex, high risk projects following industry standards and methodologies simultaneously.
• Performed analysis of current processes and identified opportunities for improvement.
• Lead product demonstrations for clients, project sponsors, and project leads after each sprint.
• Identified and implemented business process improvements using analytical skills and creative thinking.
• Authored use cases, test scenario scripts, screen field elements scripts, and requirements traceability matrices to verify the system meets the business objectives and requirements. Organized and executed statewide User Acceptance Testing both in-person and web meetings.
• Lead project presentations to executive management, stakeholders, and the public.

Confidential

Process Improvement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed job functions and business processes to identify opportunities for improvement. Created reports for management.
• Performed cross-functional analyses on business processes performed by the Division of Medicaid.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Senior Project Manager for the Division of Medical Quality Assurance information technology projects.
• Served as Confidential Contract Manager creating proposal requests and managing the subsequent IT vendor contracts.