PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Highly experienced project manager with federal and state IT contracts.
• Demonstrated expertise in determining project objectives, organizing and arranging resources and ensuring smooth pace and on - time delivery of assigned projects.
• Experienced in both waterfall and agile methodologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• GCOS 8000 JCL
• HONEYWELL DPS/8000 series
• BANYAN
• PACBASE
• Oracle (9
• 9i
• 10G R2)
• RDMS
• IBM
• Defense Messaging System
• Crystal Reports
• Microsoft Access
• Borland
• C
• Microsoft Project
• Windows 95
• Windows NT (server & workstation)
• TCP/IP
• DNS
• MS Exchange 5.0
• MS Outlook
• Cisco Routers
• Bay Networks
• Novell 4.1
• Visio Professional 5.0.
• WebGUI
• FileNet
• Sun-Solaris
• COBOL68
• COBOL 74 COBOL II
• C
• C++
• Visual C
• Visual Basic 5.0
• VB Script
• SQL
• MySQL
• Microsoft SQL
• JavaScript
• J2EE
• ASP
• ASP.Net
• HTML
• JAWS
• MS Project
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Excel
• MS Word

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Support the EWS Financial team at Exelon on the Legacy Constellation Financial Archiving. Archiving legacy applications to the InfoArchive to view reports.
• Create monthly budget, forecast, and actuals for the Project
• Manage Project integrated schedule from multiple teams
• Liaison with the technical teams Off-shore in India, Chicago and the Business in Baltimore
• Prepare Executive Reports and Presentations on Metrics and Statuses
• Work with the (CPC) on Status Reports, Stage Gate Reporting and updating the HP Project and Portfolio Management (HP PPM) project site
• Execute Business Process Improvements and facilitate training.

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Manage the project's schedule, budget and resources on task orders and support tickets.
• Initiate process improvement for PM Methodology and tools; manage project issues and risks to ensure project turnaround/ recovery; manage the integrated master schedule for all projects in the program; coordinate deployment builds.
• Ensured 508 compliance for all new document uploads on the IT end using MS word and Adobe Acrobat
• Executed Database queries in SQL
• Led teams in both Agile and Waterfall Methodology.

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Supported Confidential PMO in the implementation of the Salesforce application.
• Manage the project's master schedule and the development team’s budget.
• Initiate business process improvement for PM Methodology and tools; manage project issues and risks to ensure project turnaround/ recovery; manage the integrated master schedule for all projects in the program; coordinate deployment builds.
• Created the change management process for all new requirements

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Confidential, PMBR PMO to integrate a master schedule for the Center for Confidential and Confidential in the PMBR projects.
• Created and updated the schedule template for the Expedited Life Cycle (XLC).
• Established new processes, for the PMs, for daily activities; and developed procedures for updating their schedules in Waterfall and Agile format.
• Helped PM's and the Contracts department create their schedules for current projects and competitive bids.
• Trained project managers on XLC processes, earned value, and process improvement.
• Setup and participated in code review of JAVA

Sr Project Manager

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with all IT Project managers on deployment plans, training and improvement request.
• Coordinated training: new releases, bug fixes, and new applications.
• Enforced CMMI processes and created Stage-Gate Processes.
• Supervised the technical assistance team; kept track of the project plan reviewed the budget and supported the customer during quarterly teleconference calls and the annual meeting.
• Maintained monthly status reports and enforced CMMI level 3 processes.
• Ensured 508 compliance for all documentation submitted for the yearly PSO PPC conference. Including all presentations, quest speaker bios, published journals, schedules, and web pages for the conference using JAWS, Adobe Acrobat and MS Word tools.
• Participated in code reviews of JAVA

Program Director

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Identified goals and success criteria to drive the development and implementation of critical goals and objectives for the program with key stakeholders and core team.
• Obtained and assigned resources to the program plan.
• Determined the cost and budget; performed resource forecasting. Analyzed areas of risk and manage critical paths and risk areas.
• Established contingency plans, identified trigger events and assumed responsibility for initiating corrective actions. Identified and helped the team make program tradeoffs to balance scope, time, and costs. Ensured proper documentation.
• Tracked and managed the program schedule and upstream and downstream dependencies. Analyzed the actual performance against the plan and made adjustments consistent with plan objectives. Drove action item resolution and tracked completion.
• Ensured program milestones were accomplished and ensured overall committed timelines. Documented all significant plan changes in scope, approach, and date delivery.
• Communicated updates on major milestones and kept all stakeholders informed of progress and issues. Identified and managed proposed changes to program parameters and worked with enterprise program management and program managers to ensure appropriate processes and communications.
• Monitored and guaranteed the quality of program deliverables. Led core team and critical field resources to develop and track deployment schedule, strategies, and tools to support the implementation of programs in the field through trials and controlled customer deployments.

Sr. Business Analyst /Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported PMO business development and proposal writing activities by completing tasks as assigned, in the development and modification of project documents including Configuration Management Plan, Functional Requirements Document, and Verification and Validation Plans.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported business development and proposal writing activities by completing tasks as assigned, in the development of the original and modified SIR, RFI, IGCE, and size and complexity documents. Acted as project liaison to business stakeholders.
• Prepared and led presentations to upper management and stakeholders. Mentored and coached fellow project team members with the project processes, tools, and task implementation. Assisted the project coordinator in the earned value and project schedule process, and set up the initial project schedule in Microsoft Office Project.
• Acted as the lead in managing work and schedule estimates for transition; prepared for and helped plan the mapping sessions for requirements elicitation/validation sessions.
• Guided stakeholders on devising effective and efficient approaches to achieve the project objectives while leveraging client's enterprise architecture.
• Ensured all work performed adheres to OST methodologies, processes and procedures
• Identified and reported risks in transition; recommended mitigation steps and actively contributed to the execution of mitigation activities and implementation of the risk mitigation plan; ensured work products follow the project naming conventions and are maintained correctly in the project configuration management system on the Confidential KSN and the OST SharePoint.
• As a member of the high-level procurement team, my responsibilities included: created Request for Information (RFI), Statement of Work (SOW), Interface Control Document, Screening Information Request (SIR), Size and Complexity Document and Evaluation Criteria; and charted the Acquisitions Process Flow Diagram.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project lead for the Retail TRP/ Customer Representative Applications Program and Investor Data Management (IDM) team for system implementations, enhancements, and production issues.
• Led a team of software developers and business analysis on multiple projects. Prepared complete system life cycle project plans and successfully oversee projects from conception to implementation.
• Practiced Lean & Agile and CRM Methodology.
• Used MS Project to create and maintain the project schedule. Wrote Statements of Work (SOW) for contractors, and authorized to sign and accept work. Built Excel spreadsheets and used Clarity to manage resource allocation, project priorities, and risk assessment. Mentored project leads "in-training."
• Interacted with business personnel, higher management, IT personnel and act as a liaison for the team between the business and management. Resolved client conflicts to guarantee client satisfaction. Worked to keep website 508 compliant.
• Saved the company 200k in project cost.
• Received an Outstanding Accommodation for Project Performance.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a recently completed Content Management System ( Confidential ) migration project for the United States Embassies for the Department of State. Gradually replaced high profile embassy websites without service interruption.
• Ensured that the new system had no downtime during any scheduled maintenance.
• Ensured 508 compliance on all websites using Jaws
• Presented PowerPoint presentation to higher management, the Embassies, and the users.
• Researched each embassy's needs and performed analysis on embassy personnel's technical skills to collaborate with the group and select a design and application.
• Scheduled Embassies monthly meetings and acted as a liaison between the technical staff and the Embassy personnel. Mentored Assistant Project Managers.
• Used the tool MS Project to help prepare and maintain the project schedule, resources, budget, and timesheets.
• Produced an 80% production rate in American Presence Posts with little or no presence on the Internet.
• Produced a 90% production rate in a year for South Asia.