SUMMARY:

• A highly motivated, certified Project Management Professional, valuing teamwork, possessing initiative, and exhibiting vision seeking to acquire a position with an organization that offers a position of responsibility that presents challenges.
• Results oriented with over twenty - five years of administration, operations, and management expertise; systematic planner with a demonstrated propensity to produce favorable results; has effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills with experience conducting status meetings for Senior Management (C-Level), both internally and externally;
• Core competencies include, but are not limited to, project planning and management, change management, risk management, work force management, information assurance, quality assurance, and documentation;
• Confidential ease in fast paced, high stress environment requiring strict attention to detail and meticulous follow through.
• Proven aptitude to work on multiple projects and tasks and interact with various organizations (internal and external) concurrently; experience working with a diverse staff; capable of brokering agreements and fostering a collaborative environment. possess outstanding conceptual, diagnostic, and time management skills.
• Has comprehensive computer experience working JIRA, IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest, REMEDY Ticketing System, SoapUI, Adobe LiveCycle Designer, SQL Developer, Visio, MS Project, expert-level proficiency in the full Microsoft Office productivity suite..

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Ft Meade, MD

Responsibilities:

• Delivering professional services such as writing business plans, grant proposals, and creating project artifacts such as Project Management Plans, Test Cases and Risk Management Plans for federal clients and others
• Providing outstanding conceptual, diagnostic, and time management skills
• Using effective written communication skills developing status meetings for Senior Management (C-Level) teams

Confidential, Greenbelt, MD

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensured software solutions developed by the team conform to the software quality standards and fit the relevant application architecture specified
• Partnered with Business Analysts, Enterprise Architecture as well as Security, Quality Assurance and Infrastructure teams to meet scheduled timelines
• Applied software development principles, software engineering skills such as design patterns and the use of development practices to managing Agile software development teams using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Confidential, Silver Springs, MD

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Tasked with creating Project Charter, Project Scope, Test Plans and Test Scripts
• Conducted User Acceptance Test (UAT);
• Edited Requirements Documents
• Developed Project Schedules and weekly reports
• Made use of ITIL Service Operation model to make sure that IT services were delivered effectively and efficiently; including the fulfilling of user requests, resolving service failures, fixing problems, as well as carrying out routine operational tasks.

Confidential, Vienna VA

Site Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed project charters, plans, timelines, test plans, implementation plans, communication plans, training plans, quality management plans, risk mitigation and contingency plans, user guides, and other associated project documentation on a timely basis
• Set and manage customer and stakeholder expectations through clear, effective, and timely verbal and written communications; prepared weekly, monthly, and end of year reports. Provided monthly briefing to CIO
• Utilized the ITIL Incident Management process to restore service operation as quickly as possible, while minimizing the impact to the workflow
• Ensured all projects are completed on time, within budget and meet the stated needs of the customer; ensuring compliance with quality standards and protection of personally identifiable information (PII)
• Oversaw the resource allocation process to ensure assigned projects are properly prioritized
• Provided leadership to the team by removing any impediments to progress, facilitating meetings, and working with the product owner to make sure the product backlog is in good shape and ready for the next development iteration (Agile development)
• Facilitated the exchange of information between the development team and the stakeholders
• Ensured compliance with agile development principles; lead daily standups
• Lead root cause analysis of project issues and facilitate the development of acceptable solutions throughout the implementation and deployment phases
• Managed Operations and Maintenance platform to insure timely responses and resolutions of issues
• Provided written and verbal updates regarding issues and incidents; maintained the Incident and Risk Log
• Provided training Confidential the customer’s request on the use of the new application.
• Defined requirements to guide developers in the customization of the selected COTS product

Automation Test Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed analysis of documented user requirements and assisted in the design of test plans in support of users
• Designed and documented test plans; developed test data; transformed test plans into test scripts and executed those scripts
• Responsible for documenting test results in test logs or defect tracking systems, analyzing test results, and ensuring testing conclusions and recommendations are supported by test results
• Assisted in the design and creation of the data warehouse and all related extraction, transformation and load (ETL) of data functions
• Verified and validated User Acceptance Test (UAT) results
• Documented the ETL detailed design and test results
• Ensured project managers are fully informed of testing status and deviations from documented user requirements
• Supported System Security Planning and Documentation, and assists the development and operations teams with security control implementation, security testing, control testing and assessment
• Assisted with certification and accreditation (C&A) of systems security configuration assessment, management, and reporting
• Provided security impact assessments as part of change management and prepared reports.

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple projects with budgets ranging from $280K to $5,000,000
• Applied software development lifecycle principles in a Waterfall development environment;
• Facilitated multiple aspects of case management such as coordination and information sharing
• Created and executed project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Communicated and implemented effective change management activities to measure, monitor, evaluate and realign change procedures with client strategies
• Identified resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities; Provided work leadership for subordinates
• Responsible for budget execution, team performance, evaluation, and training on all assigned projects
• Served as the primary interface to the customer for determination and refinement of the projects’ requirements and monitored the timeliness and quality of service; where necessary took corrective action
• Utilized Microsoft Project to plan, manage, and track projects’ progress in attaining critical milestones
• Ensured Quality Management compliance
• Conducted briefings for Senior Management and prepared Monthly Progress Reviews
• Guided the customization of a suite of applications that operated under the umbrella of the Reserve Component Management System ( Confidential )
• Translated business line functional requirements into system requirements, contributed creative solutions, and brought out ideas in others. Clearly documented agreements and open issues in an understandable manner in various documents (User Requirements, Requirement Specifications, and Functional Specifications)
• Provided technical support for software development and integration efforts; including but not limited to systems requirements analysis, data analysis and engineering, systems design, systems development, computer programming, systems testing and deployment, quality assurance, configuration management, and systems documentation
• Met with functional proponents, contracting officer’s representative (COR), and technical staff to create a collaborative environment, coordinate efforts, resolve conflicts, and provide guidance to effect desired changes in a seamless manner
• Provided adequate planning and implementation guidance to ensure integration met total system requirements
• Provided assistance in developing, conducting, and overseeing an independent verification and validation (IV&V) program for all project deliverables
• Displayed the ability to communicate clearly both written and in speech while analyzing the customer’s situation and suggesting improvements to fix issues
• Responsible for DIACAP certification of Reserve Component Manpower System ( Confidential ) and other applications under my purview

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Requirements/Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and edited requirements, specifications, business processes, and recommendations related to proposed solutions.
• Continually sought opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships
• Communicated effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions
• Assisted with project management of the Confidential contract by compiling the Functional Description for the Automated Unit Vacancy System, the Project Management Plan, and the Quality Control Plan
• Responsible for training and administrative support on Automated Unit Vacancy System application
• Coordinated STIG Testing for Confidential
• Prepared site registration for Confidential system
• Assisted in the preparation of proposals