SUMMARY:

• Accomplished, assiduous, and results - focused Project Management and HR Professional with exceptional al and background and robust 20-year history of applied professional experience. Instrumental in leading the seamless execution of all facets of project management for Information Technology projects and complex Department of Defense government contracts. Excellent leadership and communication skills complement proficiency in cross-team collaboration, recruitment and assessment processes, and comprehensive reporting. Dedicated, ethical, driven; highly effective in budgeting, and cost control, scheduling, and timeline management. Fast learning curve and innovative spirit augment ability to excel in challenging, deadline-driven environments and develop pioneering processes that derive superior results.
• Policy & Procedure Compliance
• Proposal Development & Planning
• Employee Mapping
• Master in Six Sigma
• Leadership & Direction
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Process Improvements
• PM Methodology
• PC & Application Software
• Interpersonal Skills
• & Development
• Cost Consciousness

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

IT Project Manager

Confidential - Ballantyne, NC

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing agile methodologies—manages all actions and project schedules, assigns deliverables and drives accountability into cross-functional global product development teams.
• Utilizes Daptiv and Microsoft Project on a daily basis IAW monitoring the project lifecycle; assigning team members, tasks, action items, calendars/timekeeping stage, and misc. project discussions, as well as running project resource reports for Senior Leadership.
• Trained Fellow PM’s in creating Daptiv reports, as well as various utilization within the system.
• Global PMO Leader with proven track-record of managing projects to solve complex IT problems and achieve strategic business opportunities.
• Improved IT Site Relocation dashboard that simplified efforts creating executive reports--saved 70+ man hours and over $13K annually.
• Go-to project manager for Enterprise-wide projects and programs, including Acquisitions and Divestitures, IT Service Desk Replacement, Asset Management Implementation, and Salesforce implementations--project deliverables templatized and adopted by PMO, creating consistency in project delivery.

Authenication Program Manager

Confidential - Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Accepted a short-term assignment / project with the specific role of taking individual project roadmaps within the Wholesale Internet Solutions (WIS) Division and putting them into an overall static roadmap. (Worked directly for the WIS Vice President)
• Coordinated meetings with individual product / project managers and gathered their roadmaps while consolidating them into one organizational roadmap for 2017.

Project Manager - COE Manufacturing Applications

Confidential - Fort Mill, SC

Responsibilities:

• Port Huron PMMM Project; Implement SAP Plant Maintenance and Materials Management in the Port Huron facility. This project will address the significant functional gaps and limited support associated with the current AS400 solution; provide data visibility as well as implementation and standardization of processes across facilities.
• Ashdown Fluff Pulp Program; Coordinated various vendors and Mill personnel during the ABB bale-line and A1 integration (Fluff Pulp Program) - this portion of the Ashdown Fluff Pulp Program was to integrate AutoProd to the bale and wrap line and connected to the A1 machine.
• Manufacturing BI-Analytical; the long-term purchasing contract with Appvion required that Confidential provide periodic access to metrics related to efficiency that validates their product pricing.
• Produced and provided required metrics and key performance indicators (KPI) to support contractual obligations, as well as implemented business intelligence strategic design patterns for Confidential KPIs.
• DMSI/MAINTelligence Project: Implement thirteen separate mills on to the same instance out of the corporate office located in Montreal, Canada. Coordinates schedule with Mill sites, vendors and corporate personnel.
• Supported leaders in the chartering of initiatives and identifying measures of success.
• Utilizes Clarity on a daily basis IAW monitoring the project lifecycle; assigning team members, tasks, action items, calendars/timekeeping stage, and misc. project discussions.

IT Project Manager

Confidential - Fort Mill, SC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project definition, project scheduling and control, resource management, project reporting, risk, quality, issues, communications and problem management with overall accountability and responsibility for operational reporting requirements for end-testing results.
• Provided project weekly status updates to both the Platforms IT Director and Senior Project Sponsors in the management, tracking, resource coordination, and forecasting of future resource allocation requirements in regards to specific projects.

Project/Product Manager

Confidential, Monroe, NC

Responsibilities:

• Successfully provides strong managerial experience within the PMO Office for daily operations to include planning and execution of several simultaneous global product/process development projects according to the released Product Life Cycle/Phase Review process from project approval through volume production. Coordinates the marketing plan for Scott Safety’s global Industrial market segment.
• Utilizing agile methodologies—managed all actions and project schedules, assigns deliverables and drives accountability into cross-functional global product development teams.
• Fast fill project - managed the development of a new valve assembly that enables the filling of a cylinder in 30 sec or less; new valve will be applied to the SKAPAK family of products
• Consistently leads multi-functioned teams including: Engineering (both development and sustaining), Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, Assurance, and Vendors.
• Identifies new business opportunities through VA/VE product analysis.
• Excels in negotiating larger projects between suppliers, manufacturing, and customers (inside and out), as well as skillfulness in design for manufacturability & assembly principles and conducting larger brain storming opportunity sessions.
• Upgrade kit projects - Strategically compiled parts necessary to upgrade the legacy SCBA models to comply with the new 2013 regulatory standard. Variants are NXG2, NXG7, AP75, and AP50.
• Conducted two kaizen events, which resulted in over $50,000 in profit improvement savings based on improved productivity, improved quality and in waste reduction.
• Led Scott Safety Internal Waypoint F Post Launch Review development lifecycle process across the board. Identifies/assesses that the project launch, both the sales and margins are meeting initial expectations, and whether the market strategy was successful.
• Briefed both local and global stakeholders on a weekly basis; implemented corrective actions where needed.
• Orchestrated all organizational requirements for the business implementation of Daptiv PPM system.
• Work involves managing the deployment of the PPM solution, development and rollout of a standard agile delivery methodology, ensuring the methodology is being followed, and continuing to enhance the framework based on best practices and lessons learned.
• Trained all managers and support personnel through various Daptiv tabs to ensure they could in corporate the process into their daily management activities.
• Prior to implementing Daptiv; utilized Open Workbench on a daily basis incorporating daily/weekly/monthly resource availability/schedules based on effort.

Sr. Project Manager/General Manager

Confidential, Connersville, IN

Responsibilities:

• Successfully provided strong managerial experience in daily operations. Established quality, safety and financial operational standards to produce positive impact on overall performance of the organization. Coordinated all project planning and execution, scope definition, risk mitigation, change control, stakeholder engagement, and project closeout for various local and global clients/projects.
• Managed business operations on a daily basis including operational purchases, supply chains, manufacturing, resourcing, and testing needs. (responsible for developing the strategic direction of the organizations overall goals and marketing strategies.
• Strategically planned major government pursuits, wrote proposals, prepared presentations and teams to pursue projects including the Medium-10 Cannon Munition testing ($2.9 million), 40MM IDIQ ($5 million), and several smaller sub-contractor proposals amounting to over $350,000 in total revenue.
• Supervised/directed Confidential ’s recent M385A1 production line in assembling over five-thousand research and developmental munition rounds; first all-out assembly/production line conducted at Confidential in over fifteen years
• Improved factory output by 33% by re-engineering the supply chain and introducing new manufacturing techniques.
• Lead the manufacturing, continuous improvement, productivity improvement teams. Drive improvements via performance measurement, 5S, visual mgmt., mistake proofing, standard operating procedures, 6-Sigma, and other relevant tools. Developed monthly labor and production forecasts and operating budget.
• Designed, trained, and implemented a 5S auditing system to improve plant organization and housekeeping.
• Responsible for project definition, project scheduling and control, resource management, project reporting, risk, quality, issues, communications and problem management with overall accountability and responsibility for operational reporting requirements for end-testing results.
• Strategically implements the Communication Plan after briefing the stakeholders, board members, and key organizational managers on the project initiation/planning phase, execution, steps on monitoring and controlling throughout the project lifecycle, and procedures to close out the project.
• Utilized Oracle SQL Developer to query, update, monitor the Oracle Database.
• Provided quarterly reporting, unit testing to company stakeholders.
• Directed areas with multiple functions together with office manager and team leads.
• Manages day-to-day operations with limited resources/budget accounts for both testing and production support operations; streamlined day to day operations process while incorporating stringent processing timelines.
• Develop and manage various metrics to analyze and rank vendors within their respective product category.
• Developed and executes the annual budget; while preparing the Organizations Programmatic Revenue Forecasting on a monthly basis.
• Implement processing of invoices, expense reports, labor allocations, and cost analysis
• Allocates pricing to ensure compliance with policy and DCAA requirements and Forward Pricing Rates
• Owned/Operated the Confidential and AP process for the organization
• Consulted with and influenced senior board members/leaders on key business issues that have HR implications, and on decisions that affect employees and the organization.
• Drove assessment of organizational talent capability to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement and developed talent management strategies for building organizational bench strength and key capabilities
• Directed/managed all human resource functions for approximately 19 employees.
• Implemented first Human Resources Management System (PeopleSoft 9.1 /HRMS) and Applicant Tracking System; coordinating the implementation of a new payroll system, changing maintenance employees from salary to hourly employees; allowing for better cost containment and utilization strategies.
• Tripled the average number of quality temp-employees by revamping recruiting strategy, methodology and process, including integration of internet recruiting.
• Updated and revamped several standard human resources operational matters such as employee handbooks, job descriptions, benefits administration procedures, employee evaluation program and benefits offerings to allow for employee flexibility of choice.
• Improved communications channels to ease misinformation and misunderstandings, which were part of the fall-out of a management change prior to my arrival.
• Proactively oversaw and coordinated and needs for all personnel within the organization.
• Identified new business opportunities by way of conducting market searches, detailed customer profile researches, customer contact and needs definition.

Project Manager & Process Governance

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Responsibilities:

• In Accordance with agile methodologies -- Provided senior project management, technical support, and Information Technology (IT) support with a record of managing critical projects to on-time, on-budget status, within enterprise environments. Provides project planning and execution, scope definition, risk mitigation, change control, stakeholder engagement, and project closeout for various clients/projects. Management of budgets of up to $14m and experience in leading transformation from Waterfall to Agile development and release delivery.
• Senior Project Manager; created the Knowledge Transfer/Post Production Readiness Project Plan for the University Southern California (USC) T2 PPBS and Workday system (HR payroll system; $17.5 million) implementation.
• Briefs Senior Executive/Leadership on weekly basis as well as prep USC user needs for post implementation
• Proactively identified new business opportunities through market analysis, detailed customer profile studies, and customer contact and needs designation.
• Lead the assessment and execution of change impact of moving to a new CRM platform.
• Provided program management and visionary leadership in development of the organizational CRM process; provided in-depth reporting structures and both logistics/technical support for Quick Solution’s home office.
• Directed a team of four individuals to define an IT Shared Services Assessment of seven separate organizations; assessed the current state of environments, and provided recommendations for how to achieve shared services for IT across the different domains.
• Provided insight into the entire scope of proposal management activities; ranging from pre-proposal planning; analyzing solicitations; developing, managing, and updating the proposal schedule; developing response outlines and compliance matrixes; issue resolution and client management coordination; facilitating proposal meetings and reviews; and ensure quality project delivery.
• As a secondary function also ensures project governance by conducting project quality assurance reviews, reviewing project documentation, and assessing project metrics.

Project Manager

Confidential, Columbus OH

Responsibilities:

• Provided program management, technical support, and Information Technology (IT) support for conversion and defect reports, as well as overseeing numerous client implementation conversions. Organizes, directs, coordinates, and implements conversion activities for Pepsi, General Mills-Wellston, Smuckers, General Dynamics, Time Warner Cable, Lockheed Martin, Esurance and Agilent clients.
• As PM, strategically plans new client conversion implementation schedules, works directly with client management and business analysts to define detailed conversion requirements.
• Responsible for project definition, project scheduling and control, resource management, project reporting, risk, quality, issues, communications and problem management with overall accountability and responsibility for all TAMS reporting requirements for client conversion implementations.
• “Go-to” manager; coordinates and tracks conversion timelines/milestones for both direct labor force and consultants; projects encompassed applications development, application enhancement, and operation production systems.
• Served as key leader to provide thought leadership, influence, and hands-on engagement to ensure effective deployment of human capital agenda to achieve business results; partners with business leaders and peers to expand the business and ensure organizational capability for specified sector, region, or group.
• Supervised 12 IT professionals. Provides project leadership for the technical and programmatic activities for the quality control of TAMS2 reporting defect requirements and miscellaneous client field reports.
• Improved defect resolution completion time by over 60%
• Provided project leadership to the IT Director and Senior Program Managers in the management, tracking, resource coordination, and forecasting of future conversion resource allocation requirements.

Program Manager

Confidential, Dayton OH

Responsibilities:

• Provided program management, logistics support, and technical acquisition support for the Dayton Automatic Test System unit. Organized, directed, coordinated, and implemented technical acquisition contract activities on A-10, F-16, Air Mobility Wing, Special Operations Forces, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Office of Naval Research programs.
• Strategically planned major government pursuits, wrote proposals, prepared presentations and teams to pursue projects including the F-35 ($10 million), C-17 ($4.5 million), C-130J FMS ($8.2 million), and the C-27J Light Cargo Aircraft program ($8 million).
• Led most senior talent calibration sessions and ensured the matching of talent to the skills and knowledge requirements of leadership positions; participated in selection of key organizational talent; engaged in career discussions with key talent - career coaching and advising.
• Supervised 26 technical professionals. Provided project leadership for the technical and programmatic activities for the C-130J FMS and C-27J Light Cargo Aircraft programs.
• Responsible for recruiting, hiring and reviews of direct labor force for managed programs. Tracked and prepared CDRLs for direct labor force, sub-contractors and consultants.
• Provided project leadership to Senior Program Managers in the management, tracking, expenditures and allocation of funding and forecasting of future expenditures/required funding.
• Identified new business opportunities by way of conducting market searches, detailed customer profile researches, customer contact and needs definition.

Program Management/Analyst Support

Confidential, Dayton OH

Responsibilities:

• Created Access databases for management of data to track labor and travel expenditures; managed various quarterly, monthly and weekly projects; designed downloads for system data imports into Excel; processed and tracked direct labor, including new hires, and terminations. Revised existing databases, reports and downloads to streamline work; combined several projects to decrease repetitive reporting; developed improved data reporting to Project Managers.
• Managed Task Order contract/set-up briefs for 14 separate contracts--coordinating over $30m in contractual funding.
• Performed detailed analysis of work measurement studies, program efficiency reviews, cost studies, and other potential workload change impact analyses of assigned programs, and system processes to ensure continuous improvement from “cradle to grave”.
• Prepared Programmatic Revenue Forecasting on a monthly basis; Identified and corrected a billing process error preventing a $2M program overrun.
• Completed proposal cost estimates for three major programs including employee mapping.
• Ran reports from Costpoint/Deltek time collection; utilizing Oracle as a platform

Lead Human Resource Generalist

Confidential, Dayton OH

Responsibilities:

• Developed Access databases to streamline several HRIS tracking projects; tracked and reported project data; researched weekly error reports for human resources to ensure data integrity; tracked incoming system change requests; completed monthly analysis in researching personnel benefit errors; performed tests on data prior to annual enrollment upload; documented methods and procedures for various projects; provided feedback to Senior Vice president and staff during weekly review meetings.
• Led direct reports (HR Directors) and their business partners to develop HR strategies aligned with the business strategies in accordance with human resources functions for approximately 300 employees.
• Increased productivity by successfully aligning two separate organizations so that HR policies, practices, and processes were simplified and standardized. This streamlining of the organization processes permitted HR professionals to accomplish more with fewer people.
• Documented all Human Resource Process flows to facilitate ISO 9000 .
• Lead Generalist in charge of functions to include payroll, benefits, and workman compensation issues.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Division Chief to 49 Fighter Wing Commander on all military equal opportunity matters; prepared him to convey Department of Defense, and local policy to both subordinates and senior personnel.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and counsel to key Business Presidents on matters related to talent, organizational change, and human development.
• Managed over $700k worth of budget accounts for thirteen separate divisions related to staff agency support operations; streamlined the military/travel pay integration process while incorporating stringent processing timelines.
• Performed/coordinated detailed analysis and appraisal of hardware, systems/methods, and equipment designs to ensure the integration/continuous improvement processes of support considerations into the design process.

Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) Superintendent/Manager

Confidential, OH

Responsibilities:

• Created several contingency formal programs for over 16,000 personnel in various realms of unionized, nonunionized, contractors and military personnel participants in support of both mandatory Sexual Harassment and the Equal Opportunity-2000 discrimination courses. programs that resulted in organizational excellence s & personal recognition.