PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Energetic professional with more ten years of experience in IT project management in the areas of software development, telecommunication, and healthcare.
• Experienced in project management efforts and full life cycle systems implementations for several federal agencies.
• Well - versed in tracking details, communicating, and managing my own work load by planning, prioritizing, and balancing priorities to ensure on time completion of deliverables and tasks.
• A dedicated team player and highly skilled professional in assessing the needs of the clients, providing options, and implementing solutions in collaboration with team members, clients, and stakeholders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Strong experience with MS Project 2013 & 2016 and PWA in creating and maintaining master schedules
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, MS Project, MS Visio), Abode Acrobat, JIRA and SharePoint 2010 & 2013, Azure DevOps 2018
• Knowledgeable in project management methodologies and resource management policies
• Knowledgeable in agile methodologies
• Well versed in computer science principles, i.e., networking, programming.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Consultant (Scheduler/Controller)

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed project schedule with collecting the data of tasks, durations, and relations/links.
• Identifying critical path and critical tasks in the schedule and continuously monitoring the critical tasks.
• Monitoring actual progress and updating schedule.
• Supporting Project Managers in identifying problem areas and suggesting mitigation measures relating to schedule risk
• Manages and tracks all changes, potential changes, ensuring estimates of schedule changes are given visibility
• Integration of schedule data within the company’s enterprise project management system.
• Controlling and maintaining project schedules in accordance with approved work plans, long-term strategic plans and other schedule and plan tools
• Works closely with project managers on project risk assessment issues, manage conflict, and provide resolution
• Collaborating with stakeholders and team members to analyze new projects and readiness for governance decisions
• Supports the governance and project status review meetings.
• Supporting project management team with portfolio management artifacts, decisions, communications, metrics, and reporting.
• Support the creation of project management best practices, tools, and ways to drive efficiency for added value.

Agile Project Manager/Coordinator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and scheduling project meetings, taking minutes to record accomplisments, issues, risks.
• Facilitate technical and status meetings related to Cloud project(s) involving customers, management, and technical staff.
• Create and maintain all related summaries that capture status, schedule updates, actions, and technical details in SharePoint for the Cloud team.
• Support the creation, maintenance, and dissemination of information (Project Plan, architecture, etc.) to Cloud project team members.
• Create and distribute various status reports and other customized reports as requested to comply with stakeholder needs and client deliverables.
• Initiate collaboration with stakeholders and clients for project-related activities and tasks.
• Monitoring and updating project schedules, project plans, risks, and issues to provide leadership with status.
• Perform system analyst role (change requests, regression testing, etc.) for custom requirements/project management tool as needed relating to the Cloud projects.
• Support in creating and maintaining process documentation and materials to support the of technical staff, management, and customers.

Project Scheduler / Sr. Project Coordinator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed project schedules with the project management group to support the Anti-Trust Office Automation Division.
• Identified detailed tasks, durations, critical paths, and resources to build the project schedules with the PM and Team lead for each project.
• Identified relevant information, patterns/inconsistencies, interdependencies, and potential risks that could impact the overall roadmap of all projects within the Office Automation Division.
• Developed project status reports for the PM and Team lead and identify areas of potential high risks and provide corrective actions when necessary.
• Created and managed weekly schedule status reports for review by the PM and Team Lead.
• Evaluated and provided recommendation(s) on how to keep the project focus on tasks and deliver on time.
• Evaluated project(s) to meet management needs, with the potential to increase data quality and improve efficiency
• Communicated relevant and accurate information during formal and informal presentations with the project management group and senior management regarding issues and risks to the projects.
• Participated in weekly project status and milestone reviews with the PM and project team.

Project Scheduler / Sr. Project Coordinator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed project schedules with the project management team to support the Customs Border Protection Entry Exit Transformation Office.
• Analyzed how well the project was performing by reviewing the master schedule and any impacts on the project schedule.
• Identified detailed tasks, durations, critical paths, and resources to build the project schedules for federal information management and technology programs.
• Identified relevant information, patterns/inconsistencies, interdependencies, and potential risks that would impact the master schedule of projects.
• Developed project status reports for the project manager lead and identified areas of potential high risks and provided corrective actions.
• Created and managed weekly schedule status reports for the team and clients and assessed schedule performance.
• Evaluated and made recommendations on how to keep the project focused on tasks and delivered on time.
• Evaluated if the project would meet management needs, with the potential to increase data quality, improve efficiency, and cut costs.
• Communicated relevant and accurate information during formal or informal presentations with the project management team to discuss the Schedule Baseline Reviews.
• Documented the schedule progress and modifications process for the Entry Exit Transformation Office.
• Participated and collaborated in many team meetings with the lead scheduler to perform Critical Path Analyses and address and resolve issues to make sure there are minimal task constraints.
• Ensured that projects follow the Government Accountability Office best practices for scheduling.