SUMMARY:

• 8 + yrs. of experience as IT project coordinator with fortune 100 companies like Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, HP, Confidential,
• Expertise in assisting project managers in planning, launching and supporting
• Hands on experience in project documentation
• In HP, Developed business requirements and translate them into functional and technical team
• Assisted PM in maintaining project schedules, work breakdown structures (WBS), issue/decision logs, meeting summaries and status reports to ensure effective, ongoing communications across all team members.
• Outstanding ability to remain poised under pressure.
• Effective at handling sensitive and confidential data and demonstrated history of producing accurate, timely work that meets or exceeds expectations.
• Thrives in fast - paced, deadline-driven environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Agile/Scrum, SharePoint, SQL Server, SAP, Keynote Presentation, Google plus, Confidential, Salesforce, Workday, Mac, Ariba, Lotus Notes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Project Coordinator

• Maintaining project plan in MS Project
• Work closely with HR SharePoint Administrator in order to update project site
• Maintain and distribute project notes
• Monitor timelines, milestones, and deadlines for the project plan
• Maintain and monitor changes and issue logs

  Actively participate in all project related meetings

• Accomplishes work requirements by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and coaching employees.
• Meets work standards by following production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements.
• Meets cost standards by monitoring expenses; implementing cost-saving actions.

Confidential, Cupertino CA

Project Coordinator/Jr. PM,

• Involved in all phases of the project lifecycle (from concept and requirements through launch and support) for two cutting-edge, Contributed to successful closure of both projects, with applications released on time and under budget.
• Assisted PM in maintaining project schedules, work breakdown structures (WBS), issue/decision logs, meeting summaries and status reports to ensure effective, ongoing communications across all team members.
• Designed tools, reports, charts and graphs for senior management to provide ongoing, at-a-glance summaries of project status and application prototype performance.
• Collaborated effectively with project, product and program managers to ensure project deliverables remained on track and aligned with business goals and expectations.
• Analyzed product portfolio data to identify areas for improvement and assisted PMs in implementing the improvements. Contributed to an innovative solution that resolved problematic GUI and compatibility issues without compromising release readiness, budget or deadline.
• Also involved in HR activities - Engineering recruitment and sourcing in a client service environment for contract, contract to hire, and full time permanent positions
• Collaborate with client groups, account managers, on-premise staffing managers, and VMS MSP representatives to understand hiring needs and goals
• Screen resumes and interview qualified candidates
• Drive offer process: including extending offers, closing requirements, and generating offer letters
• On boarding of new hires

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Project Coordinator / Associate Project Manager

• Assisted with planning projects
• Assisted with project documentation
• Ensured all commitments are met in accordance to the goals and objectives of the project
• Prepared reports on project financial aspects and progress
• Managed and coordinate change activities
• Assisted with project closure activities
• Coordinated all relevant departments’ activities to ensure smooth flow

Confidential, Cupertino, CA

Project Coordinator

• Overseeing and coordinating the day to day running of projects by assisting project managers and senior managers. Also involved in the development,
• Updating and monitoring of business and action plans.
• Assisting and supporting the Project Manager in their daily duties.
• Ensuring that relevant management information is captured and analyzed.
• Providing project support to senior Project Managers.
• Reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
• Responsible for handling the projects finances.
• Acting as administrative support to Project Managers and Directors on projects.
• Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate and communicate project risks.
• Helping the Contract Manager with the development of operating procedures

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Project Coordinator

• Managed projects, owned the projects, assisted PMs with the implementation to production process.
• Administered and managed the department’s internal website using Sharepoint.
• Served as liaison to the third-party ISP.
• Created a user guide on how to edit and update the website in Sharepoint.
• Tracked invoices, compared budget to actual expenditures, created weekly and monthly reports.
• Assisted program managers with various documentation and reports.
• Assisted with domestic and international event planning arrangements

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

IT Project Coordinator

• Reported to the SVP of Sales
• Partnered and influenced the Data architect/Data warehouse modeler to ensure performance throughput and other systemic requirements.
• Provided leadership and recommendations to business clients on optimizing their information usage and leveraging the data warehouse.
• Represented the internal customer and ensure that their business needs are managed and prioritized accurately.
• Developed business requirements and translate them into functional and technical team

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Project Coordinator

• Reported to the Senior Project Manager of Engineering and IT.
• Developed positioning and action plan to increase market value in Database Marketing
• Queried relational data utilizing SQL Server 2000 database for Customer Retention Programs
• Migrated databases using Access and FTP sites from Trade shows and Marketing
• Ensured all data validity testing and data capture testing with SQL, Confidential platforms
• Developed business requirements models, documentation and life/cycle delivery utilizing MS Project 2000. Responsible for data cleansing and integrity
• Responsible for hardware/software vendor relationships