SUMMARY:

• Proven project management skill with ability to combine technical skills with strong and strategic outlook to succeed in a rapidly changing and stressful environment.
• Experienced in planning, budgeting, and executing projects with the ability to provide technical solutions for business process improvement.
• Experienced in software development projects using Agile methodology for analysis, design, development, maintenance and support of cross - platform, client-server and n-tier applications.
• Experienced with IT systems such as ERP system for integration, conversion, testing, and deployment.
• Skilled coach and mentor who leverages strong communication skills to articulate and gain buy-in to achieve shared goals.
• Proficient in using MS Project, JIRA, Rally, Basecamp, and SmartSheet.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Project Consultant- IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented customer requirements to develop smart, consolidated, fiscally sound, and aligned enterprise level solutions for application system upgrade, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Lead executive level meetings as well as served in steering committees to evaluate the progress of various IT projects within the school district.
• Developed project charters, project plans, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Quotations (RFQs), and other materials to identify the scope, purpose, budget, risks, and success criteria for various IT projects.
• Created timelines, plans, and crosswalks to perform integration testing, end to end testing, and parallel testing for ERP system upgrade.
• Engaged with various vendors and departments to ensure current systems can integrate with the updated ERP system.
• Lead initiatives to implement a resource management system that enables district to track all of its assets across its 75 campuses.
• Lead development and testing of a web based application that tied with an information system to enable online registration of students.
• Utilized Microsoft Project, JIRA, Rally, Basecamp, SmartSheet Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and software tools and resources for project execution.
• Saved 17 to 20 percent with vendors for current implementation and ongoing costs with the usage of advanced negotiation skills.

Confidential, Reno, NV

Project Consultant- Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented customer requirements to develop smart, consolidated, fiscally sound, and aligned solutions for game design and development processes.
• Assessed the utilization and capabilities of current tools to provide recommendations for enhancing the capabilities and resolving customer issues associated with the tools to facilitate game design and development.
• Utilized Agile’s Scrum methodology and tool (JIRA) for release, iteration, and day-to-day planning and execution of tasks to meet the requirements.
• Organized and facilitated sprint planning (Agile), daily stand-up meetings, reviews, Pivot table, V-lookup, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings using JIRA/Ms Excel/Power Point/Visio
• Lead development initiatives for enhancing the enterprise’s language localization tool by assessing the third party tool, developing codes to integrate it with the localization tool, testing the integration, and creating a Team City package for deployment.
• Monitoring and maintaining assets through SCCM
• Ensured system configuration, software upgrades, backups and decommissioning of hardware and software were documented and carried out to regulations of the Regulatory bodies
• Facilitated in development of enterprise’s prototyping and math testing tool - Game Logic Editor - through coding, debugging and testing of component processors and its UI to assist game designers and developers.
• Utilized people, processes, and technology to make solutions discoverable, accessible, trustworthy, manageable, reusable, and achievable.
• Provided custom solutions to meet various requirements using tools such as Visual Studio, Unity, Perforce, Mongo Database, Team City, and Code Collaborator Studio as well as programming and markup languages such as C#, WPF, JavaScript, XML, and .Net Framework.
• Achieved 100 percent satisfaction from customer by meeting various deliverables, and increased efficiency that resulted in higher ROI.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Project Consultant- IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented customer requirements to provide solutions to the customer (Joint Staff (JS), Confidential ) using enterprise IT capabilities and services aligned with the JS enterprise architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and network centric enterprise services.
• Developed smart, consolidated, fiscally sound, and aligned IT solutions within and across the Joint Staff to provide problem resolution and mission oriented customer technical interface.
• Lead development initiatives for enhancing workflow capabilities using enterprise tools such as Metastorm BPM enterprise tool as well as examining organization goals, objectives, structures/hierarchies, cultures, systems and roles for achieving strategic alignment between IT capabilities and organizational strategies.
• Facilitated in development of a Network-Centric Data Strategy in which the Joint Staff will centralize data, standardize data elements, share database information, utilize common IT systems, and expose IT data/services for maximum information sharing.
• Managed and Administered SharePoint site collections, developed SharePoint portal, Intellink and APAN sites to include webparts and workflows, and provided recommendations for optimization for business process improvement.
• Achieved 100 percent satisfaction from customer in each projects by meeting various deliverables and service level agreements (SLA) in time.

Confidential, Fort Bragg, NC

IT Project Manager / Program Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated and assisted in planning, budgeting, implementation and dissemination of projects within a program that resulted in higher readiness of the organization as well as achieving strategic goals of the organization.
• Projected growth and funding requirements, developed and implemented standard operating procedures (SOPs), and managed more than $1 million in yearly funds for the organization's Language Readiness and Training Center program.
• Planned, managed and administered IT systems, network, and resources worth $500K as well as ensured all systems and personnel were compliant with various Department of Defense- Army and Special Operation Command’s directives.
• Planned the usage and replacement of computer systems and resources, conducted data system studies, and prepared documentation and specification for proposals for networking projects.
• Conducted business analysis, trend analysis and requirement gathering, forecasted budgeting requirements, prepared quarterly expenditure reports, and performance report.
• Created Statements of Objective (SOO) and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for hiring of contractors through bidding process worth $250K.
• Redesigned tracking system for coordinating language tests for about 1000 personnel in each year as well as developed and tested repository system of test scores using database integration with the ERP system that increased the efficiency by 70 percent.
• Updated United States Special Operation Command (USSOSOM)’s master database, performed SQL queries on the database and compiled information based on organization’s requests. Increased accuracy and reliability of the database by 30% by auditing, and updating changes immediately.
• Coordinated and collaborated with various organizations such as North Carolina State University at Raleigh, and Partner Language Training Center in Garmisch, Germany as well as developed cooperative working arrangement with various entities in Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, and Cherry Point that increased the program’s efficiency by 20 percent within the organization.

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Project Consultant- Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented customer requirements to develop smart, consolidated, fiscally sound, and aligned e-commerce solutions.
• Lead checkout page optimization project for enhancing user interface with upgraded workflows, business logic, and security measures based on stakeholder requirements and consumer feedbacks.
• Lead search engine enhancement project to improve the hierarchy presentation of product search results based on available inventory records.
• Compiled and released periodic reports on project status, use of resources, budget expenditure, and on the status of PMO milestones to project sponsors and senior management.
• Utilized Agile’s Scrum methodology and tool (JIRA) for release, iteration, and day-to-day planning and execution of tasks to meet the requirements.
• Facilitated project meetings with on-shore and offshore project teams to direct and coordinate project tasks to ensure project progress remains on schedule, and that issues and risks are mitigated.
• Utilized people, processes, and technology to make solutions discoverable, accessible, trustworthy, manageable, reusable, and achievable.
• Achieved 100 percent satisfaction from customer by meeting various deliverables, and increased efficiency that resulted in higher ROI.

Confidential, Fort Bragg, NC

Database Analyst and Administrative Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented organization’s requirements to develop smart, consolidated, fiscally sound, and aligned IT solutions.
• Utilized people, processes, and technology to make solutions discoverable, accessible, trustworthy, manageable, reusable, and achievable.
• Planned, maintained and updated database for the organization’s management and selection committee that evaluated an average of 1200 candidates yearly to fill roles within the organization.
• Performed management and stock record functions pertaining to receipt, storage, and distribution of equipment and parts worth $1.4 million using SAMS-E application.
• Involved in the design and implementation of a database that tracked candidate’s profile, scores, and other attributes.
• Performed trend analysis as well as queried the database to create dynamic reports to suit the need of the organization’s selection committee.
• Ensured all the required personnel and material records were organized and accessible that led to increase in accuracy and reliability of the database by 30 percent.
• Timely and accurate management of database systems increased the overall efficiency of the management team by 17 percent.

Confidential, Omaha, NE

.Net Developer and Technical Support

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented organization’s requirements to develop smart, consolidated, fiscally sound, and aligned solutions.
• Utilized various software development practices and tools to plan, execute, control and close projects.
• Designed and developed the WebForms using ASP.NET and used C# as a code behind language and for better user experience
• Created screens using custom user controls, web custom controls and rich controls like calendar controls.
• Used style sheets for achieving uniformity across all the aspx pages.
• Performed unit testing and worked with QA team for system testing and integration testing.
• Worked with .Net administrator for deployment of the modules.
• Performed troubleshooting for various issues faced by end users using expert knowledge about various software, operating systems, and tools such as remote assistance.
• Achieved 100 percent satisfaction from end users by meeting various deliverables.