SUMMARY:

• Business and technology leader with 17+ years of information technology experience delivering exceptional results.
• Design and implement changes that transform and advance business goals and strategies.
• Build and strengthen business relationships both internally and externally. My objective is to obtain a position that allows me to use my project management and leadership skills to contribute to the improvement of your organization.
• Single - handedly managed and executed the migration from Clarity to Planview for the Confidential division. This included migration of all active projects at the time, and developing/delivering instruction to the division on the new software.
• Successfully planned and managed the replacement of the patient flow/capacity management software for a 680+ bed hospital.
• Successfully planned and managed all aspects of the ICD-10 migration for entire Confidential division. This included discovery, solution identification, remediation, and system migrations/implementations across all facilities.
• Centralized the chromatography data system used by Confidential R&D to eliminate multiple standalone systems and allow for more efficient use and management of the software. This resulted in savings of more than $400K in software licensing and hardware maintenance costs for the R&D organization.
• Develop clear, concise project documentation to identify risks, define scope, plan resources, gather functional and non-functional requirements, define timelines, establish priorities, and develop alternative approaches to manage change for each initiative.

ACQUIRED SKILLS:

• Portfolio/Program/Project Management
• Strong Technical, Management and Leadership Skills
• Excellent Oral/Written Communication Skills
• Superior Customer Service Skills
• Excellent Analytical, Problem - Solving, and Decision-Making Skills
• Stakeholder Relations and Negotiations
• Change Management
• Data/Business/Systems Analysis
• Major Software Implementations
• Ability to Present Information from a Business and a Technical Perspective

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Coppell, TX

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed the role of Director of PMO for four months due to resignation of the previous director, until a replacement could be found and hired. This was in addition to performing my regular duties.
• Responsible for defining, developing, and implementing the division’s new project governance process.
• Responsible for managing and reporting on the division’s overall IT project portfolio and performance.
• Planned and currently managing the project to develop the division’s first mobile application.
• Implemented/managed the replacement of the patient flow /capacity management system for use by all facilities in the Confidential Division.
• Managed all aspects of the Confidential division’s ICD-10 migration (medical billing codes), remediation, and implementation activities for the entire Confidential division.
• Assigned to manage the joint business venture between Confidential and Solis Mammography, and plan/mange the opening on Solis clinics in 9 Confidential facilities.
• Coordinate local facility IT projects with each hospital and coach project leads at my assigned facilities.
• Developed and deliver fundamental PM 101 training to the Confidential division employees to help improve project management knowledge, maturity, and skills in the division.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Director Confidential &D Program Management

Responsibilities:

• Planned and managed the corporate-wide infrastructure program to upgrade the operating system on all R&D and QA laboratory instrumentation and MFG floor systems, to the Novartis standard technical platform (Win 7 or Win 2008), across Confidential (18 sites globally).
• Monitored and approved facility level projects for migrating individual systems.
• Developed a project communication plan that accommodated all facilities across the globe.
• Developed a rolling twelve month forecast of expected completed upgrades and provided regular progress reports to C-level management.

Manager Confidential &D Applications

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed / supervised a team of 15 business analysts / project managers and an annual departmental budget exceeding $8.7 M.
• Supported the day-to-day operational activities for all Confidential and laboratory areas within R&D (70% of R&D systems). This support activity included project management, change management, asset management, requirements collection, regression analysis for testing, and custom development (as needed), all on a per system basis.
• Performed the identification and completion of system integrations required for R&D as part of the Novartis acquisition in 2011.
• Monitored and assisted with the planning and execution of my team’s projects (12 - 15 annually).
• Mentored/ coached employees allowing them to work more independently and perform at higher levels. Additionally, I performed the bi-annual employee performance reviews.

Sr. Information Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed 3 - 5 software implementation projects per year while in this individual contributor role.
• Managed all third-party vendor relationships for the systems under my responsibility.
• Provided input to the annual departmental budgeting and employee performance processes.

Information Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported all systems / applications used specifically in the research chemistry area of R&D.
• Participated in Confidential ’s Confidential remediation activities and developed custom Oracle forms and reports for various in-house built systems.
• Managed all aspects of multiple systems used throughout R&D including the upgrade and validation of R&D’s calibration management system in a manner that made it a global solution available to other Confidential facilities.
• Provided production support for multiple R&D systems as needed.