SUMMARY:

• Program Manager with 15+ years of demonstrated project delivery success of complex $50 Million capital programs, projects, and process improvement initiatives across a variety of industries and Fortune 500 companies, such as healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceutical (including oncology) and life sciences.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Adjunct Professor / Faculty - Business, Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Onsite Instructor of Project Management curriculum including MS Project Overview, 9 week quarter system, (3 hour class) and 16 week semester system, (4 hour class), includes all phases of PM topics and knowledge areas culminating with a capstone /group project and presentation. Create, update and deliver instructional materials using individual and team exercises with class sizes of up to 75 adult students (including diverse & international).

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Consultant - Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with Business Services, Operational Excellence staff and client vendors to finalize teams’ 10+ value stream maps (current and future state) during Joint Application Design phase.
• Led project scheduling for the work-stream team to complete 100+ deliverables in 1 month to prepare for upcoming end user testing phase with Quality Assurance.
• Created team’s documentation collaboration site for project milestones, schedule, metrics, issues & risks.

Confidential, Vista, CA

Director, Program Management

Responsibilities:

• Planned the proper mix of staffing plan for resource allocation of people, equipment and materials to support multi-discipline project portfolio. Implemented project resource organization (work-streams).
• Established Project Governance areas of cadence, status reporting, and document collaboration system to provide status reporting to executive leadership, managers, team members and key stakeholders.

Confidential, Oceanside, CA

Program Manager Consultant, Operational Excellence

Responsibilities:

• Implemented key Critical Spare Parts voice-of the customer project for increased drug cGMP production operational reliability that provided greater up-time and reduced lead-time to cancer Confidential ts.
• Spearheaded Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) - Autonomous Maintenance pilot program for site with electrical, mechanical and sanitary regulations compliance of utility equipment. Led formal and communication to team members, and facilitated "lunch-n-learn" managerial presentations.
• Drove key projects to increase reliability, streamlined business processes for operational efficiency. Presented departmental portfolio, project status, issues, risks & budget to senior management (monthly).

Confidential, Carlsbad, CA

Senior Project Manager, Project Management Office (PMO)

Responsibilities:

• Saved $2 Million-- directed a full lifecycle supply-chain operational project from concept to implementation, with just-in-time, on-demand, transactional processing of 5000 daily order fulfillment.
• PMO Phase Gate Compliance Approver, reviewed department’s portfolio of scientific and technology projects against PMO standards. Led oversight of 25 US projects and 10 Asia Pacific regional programs.
• Delivered formal project management methodology to employees, and facilitated "lunch-n-learn" presentations of 15 to 30 persons. Provide coaching and mentoring for project managers.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• PMO Manager: Developed and implemented PMO for a non-profit organization, based on industry best practices. Directly managed team of 5 project managers. Created reporting mechanisms and templates.
• Created and maintained portfolio of 25 projects, with monthly prioritization, stoplight tracking and reports. Spearheaded roadmap development for subsequent project phases and releases.
• Managed agile development cross functional team, with matrix reporting structure. Completed initial project phase two weeks ahead of schedule, through sprint planning, backlog grooming and defect tracking. Facilitate Lessons Learned sessions after critical milestones.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Project Manager, Management Consultant, Professional Services Division (Consulting)

Responsibilities:

• Delivered Full Scale and Lifecycle, Technology Projects - Microsoft (Active Directory, Exchange, Great Plains, Project Server, SharePoint, SCCM, Terminal Services), Citrix XenApp, ICA Client and VMware Desktop, Server Virtualization, Database Management.
• Implemented a client project portfolio and resource management approach to prioritize and streamline several projects resulting in the top IT projects (Terminal Services, Active Directory, Exchange) projects being completed on time and under budget.
• Cost and Time Savings of $250K by diagnosing gaps in client strategic planning and current operating plans and recommending reprioritization to deploy programs.

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Senior Project Manager, Project Management Office, Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple $10 Million complex, high-priority and high-risk business, information technology, software development, technical, and process improvement projects. Supervised cross-functional teams on site and remote in the US, India and UK divisions. Facilitated lessons learned, post-mortem, meetings for departmental projects and incorporated findings to Project Office processes, procedures and documentation. Delivered project management courses: Scope Management and Risk Management. Mentored and coached junior project managers.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for several large-scale, multi-year, multi-phase software development life cycle (SDLC) telecommunication technical system projects for external customers. Managed international project installations (~$10M) on-site in Asia, Europe and Latin America (Wireless/Cellular).