SUMMARY:

• Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master experienced in determining client needs, discovering solutions, delivering on schedule, and within budget. Working knowledge of Commercialization, Data Analysis, APQP, Automotive, Manufacturing, Healthcare, IT, Software, Engineering Services, Construction, Bakery Products, CAD/PLM and Wind Energy. Skilled in Client Engagement, Agile Scrum and conventional Project Management.
• Skilled at leading Business Operations, SMEs, IT and vendors to implement solutions to complex business problems, determining a path to success for each project, facilitating root cause analysis and process improvement design, driving solution planning and delivery, and analyzing and controlling solution costs to ROI. Skilled at governance around large applications and programs.
• Worked with global Teams and Sponsors, to author project charters, record and manage tasks, timelines and resource usage using MS Project, Clarity and other planning software, manage risks and stakeholders, schedule and lead meetings, record action items, record budgets, expenditures and ROI, remove blockages, move projects through Stage - Gate approvals, and report out on the quality, cost, and schedule health of the project

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming, Iterative Project Management.
• Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Project, Excel, Visio, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint
• Software Application and Systems Implementation and Release Management
• Organization change management, business process improvement, Stage-Gate and business transformation
• Laboratory science, data management, data analysis, logic flow.
• Managed multiple projects concurrently with global teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing complex IT, Commercialization and Engineering projects using PMI project management methodology.
• Completely rewrote procedures, templates and training for the Dawn PMO.
• Lead a Team from Operations, IT, R&D, Sales, Marketing and Finance for Walmart and Sam’s new product commercialization, re-establishing profitability and rescuing over $100MM in sales.
• Managed the startup of a new Distribution Center in Portland, Oregon including all mechanical and IT systems.
• Completed the $3MM conversion of an existing 11,000 sq. ft. building to a state of the art Innovation Center bringing together a Marketing demonstration space, R&D labs, a Pilot Plant, all controlled by an SAP implementation. Managed and controlled all IT implementations from network, phone system, Kronos timekeeping and A/V system.
• Managed the installation and implementation across the US of the OnBase document retention system for Regulatory, Ingredient and Safety documents.
• Managed the Panera Clean Label project to remove artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors and preservatives to enable the No-No list of product offerings at Panera nationwide. Utilized SME’s and root cause analysis to find and ameliorate a packaging failure.
• Managed the Stage-Gate process to design, install, startup and determine ROI of a baked product manufacturing line at the Dawn Manteno facility.
• Managed the implementation of OHSAS 18.000 Safety Standards Project across Dawn.
• Created and implemented a process improvement and corresponding standard Gantt for Commercialization projects synchronizing with the Stage-Gate process utilized at Dawn.
• Brought Project Management tools of scope, timelines, and risk mitigation, meeting facilitation, procedure development and team development to achieve project goals.

Environment: MS Project 2016, Office 360, SharePoint

Confidential, Monroe, MI

Project Manager / Client Engagement

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, executing, planning, and implementing of CRM System.
• Responsible in developing project scope, schedule, budget, business requirements, gap analysis, and technical design documentation.
• Performed technology alignment, developed SOW, project budget, and schedule.
• Ensured proper communication and synchronization of work with over 400+ impacted applications.
• Prepared a resource requirements plan and budget requirements.
• Oversaw development work, user acceptance testing, and application rollout and delivery.
• Designed scope and technical documentation, data mapping, gap analysis and data conversion for the modules worked on.
• Facilitated and organized meetings and activities to gather requirements for an integrated system to centrally access and maintain patient data.
• Developed the projects’ strategic approach to address the clients’ project objectives.
• Upgraded CRM system reducing quote time by 65%, using Data Warehousing to accumulate client contact and purchasing information and Business Intelligence to target legacy clients for re-introduction based on this data.
• Managed placement on Approved Supplier Lists for major automotive OEM’s including Chrysler, Ford, and GM Powertrain. Re-introduced AHT to Cummins Engine and Rolls-Royce.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project

Confidential, Ann Arbor, MI

Covisint - Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Portal project to Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
• Maintained an international website travel system with 50,800 mini-sites with team of 8 including finance, client-facing and project management duties.
• Managed Single Sign-On (SSO) implementations for 11 clients including healthcare suppliers.
• Managed the development of proposals for IT projects in response to client requests.
• Established timelines and direction, managed vendors, issued and presented status reports, took project through the Stage-Gate process and utilized MS Project to track information.
• Managed teams that were located in Michigan and in Shanghai.
• Engaged with Carlson Wagonlit to satisfy customer requirements and obtain purchase sign-off.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project, JIRA

Confidential

Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Outsourced Engineering Services projects.
• Maintained White Papers and company literature on SharePoint.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project

Confidential

Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT clients, including a port of insurance billing software to .NET.
• Sold and managed Embedded Systems project for University of Pittsburgh bioreactor.
• Established timelines and direction, managed vendors, issued and presented status reports, and utilized MS Project to track information.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed a consortium of Wind Energy, Composite Material manufacturing and Engineering Analysis companies to successfully create a pilot Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. Successfully built and ran prototype unit to provide data for funding requests.

Confidential, Ferndale, MI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed of a data warehouse of over four thousand clients across North America for sales force.
• Custom implementations of Rapid Prototyping systems to Medical, Universities, Automotive, Aerospace, Toy and Consumer Goods companies and service bureaus.
• Project Managed and supervised over 12 trade shows per year.
• Managed Bioplotter project for the National Institute of Health and the University of Pittsburgh.
• Sold and managed implementation of three-year, $860,000 system and installation to Honda R&D.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project

Confidential, Farmington Hills, MI

Engineering Sales / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided Outsourced Computer Aided Design and Engineering Services between the US and India.
• Managed Project, Program and Dedicated Team Engineering Services.
• Managed projects with small, medium and large companies including Asimco, AST, EDS, Ford, General Motors, Johnson Controls, PCC Airfoils and TA-Systems.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project

Confidential, Troy, MI

Engineering Services Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed dedicated engineering teams in Medical, Automotive, Aerospace and Manufacturing.
• Project Manager to Healthmaster Medical Billing project porting from DB2 to SQL using HIPAA and X12 standards.
• Managed Imaging Project for vital records in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Environment: MS Word, MS Project

Confidential, Farmington Hills, MI

Engineering Services Manager

Responsibilities:

• Program Manager for hundreds of projects, building Engineering Group from 5 to 300 engineers.
• Managed 6 Project Managers and their teams for US and offshore engineering services.
• Identified engineering projects suitable for outsourcing and project managed the team through startup and growth.
• Services Manager for mechanical and software engineering for over 50 accounts.
• Managed Cummins Account and two onsite Project Mangers between 4 locations in the US, UK and India including Change Management.
• Managed re-mastering and UG quality reports for Johnson Controls.
• Project Manager for the Brembo Brakes interface to Chrysler, GM, Ford, Honda and Nissan.
• Managed the TA-Systems account and cut CAD processing time over 50%.

Environment: MS Office, MS Project, IM

Confidential, Bingham Farms, MI

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Created a new, small, CAD system to read, write and interact with CAD data from large systems used in automotive, aerospace and engineering industries.
• Hired and supervised programming, training, sales, and support staff of 20 people.
• Managed for all software development programs including two project managers.
• Developed and implemented software for data conversion between existing and new databases.
• Managed the implementation of Confidential in the US and Europe at the Chrysler Discovery Group Legal Firms, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Boeing, and suppliers such as Lear Seating Division, Cooper-Standard and MSX.
• Project managed and won the C4 Technical Review for Confidential at GM Heavy Truck and GM Chevrolet Body.
• Developed all training materials.
• Developed all sales and marketing literature.
• Engagement Manager for key clients.
• Closed the EDS contract to resell Confidential products to General Motors and its vendors.

Environment: MS Office, Windows, UNIX, MVS