SUMMARY:

Results driven Project Management Consultant, with over 20 years of comprehensive experience leading organizations of all sizes. I have a passion for helping clients and organizations leverage technology to drive successful project completion, and gain efficiency in process.

PROFESSIONALLY SKILLED IN:

• Project Planning and Execution
• Business Process Improvement
• System implementations
• Infrastructure Upgrades
• Enterprise Change Management
• Learning and Development Strategy and Program Management

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to seamlessly interface, communicate and facilitate with all levels of an organization.
• Leading of Business Analyst in functional testing during all phases of SDLC using Agile methodology.
• Strong ability to influence others including team - building and promoting cross functional effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate and facilitate resources for enterprise-wide initiatives that influence multiple stakeholders and lines of businesses.

TECHNOLGY:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 suite
• SharePoint 2010/2013 sites for Project Management and document repositories
• Project Planning MS Project and Planview, Teamwork, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management
• BPM and Process Mapping- Visio and Confidential Blueworks
• IT Change Management- HP ALM Quality Center, HPSM
• Governance Risk and Compliance tools and templates to identify and manage vendor and systems risk.
• Virtual Presentation Software - Web Ex, GoTo Meeting, MS Skype for Business, Live Meeting, and Genesys Meeting
• Mortgage Origination/Servicing Platforms - Encompass, Empower, Calyx Point, Net Oxygen, E-mits, Loanworks, MSP, TRAC
• Adobe Professional
• Survey building tools - Survey Monkey, Confirm it

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Principle Project Manager

Confidential, UT

Responsibilities:

• Managed all end-to-end program and management activities: reporting, planning, issue / risk identification and tracking, scope management, project estimation, SOW project resources and client management, relationship management.
• Projects ranged from monthly maintenance and optimization to full client installation with budgets of 10k - 250k. Managed 7-10 projects simultaneously.
• Created Change Management process to control scope and budget changes resulting in 50% reduction in project overages.
• Reviewed and analyze d Confidential and information to provide insights, conclusions and actionable recommendations, produces reports, analyses, findings to Sr. Management

Sr. Project Management Consultant

Confidential, MA

Responsibilities:

• Managed all project deliverables required for approval and execution of projects including: Build of Project Scope, Budget Financials, Project Timeline and Resources, Requirement analysis, Project Governance, Vendor approval of SOWs and proposals and Tracking of all project artifacts.
• Worked with Project sponsor to create all documentation to get approvals for 11m budget with executive committee saving company over 3 m on existing system over 3 yr period.
• Built SharePoint site to house End User Technology Services policies and procedures for Project governance and Financial process, as well as best practices for ITIL Service Management.
• Define business requirements and functional specifications for all projects
• Communicate with Sr. Management on project steering committee to drive strategic direction of project, provide recommendations for process improvement, project status, and utilize change request to ensure that requirements remain aligned to business needs.
• Application of Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid Project methodology’s and ITIL best practices,

Sr. Project Management Consultant

Confidential, RI

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Vendor Management and Procurement identify gaps in service, and to craft, review and gain approval of RFP, and SOW for End User Services Helpdesk and Deskside Support. Collaborated with Confidential Transition Manager to drive project deliverables, and transition timelines to ensure continuity of service
• Realized company savings of 5 m by consolidating multiple vendors into single managed contract. Total budget for project was 20m.
• Responsible for adherence to Enterprise Change Framework and documentation of project governance approval through various technology stage gates (Design Approval and Production Readiness).
• Coordinated command center during transition cutover, to track, escalate and resolve issues with Sr. Management and Technology teams.
• Utilized various Governance Risk and Compliance tools, to properly assess vendor profile and risk exposure for services that are outsourced to foreign countries, or may have a critical impact to Bank operations.to meet compliance audit.
• Maintained master schedule for Risk review process and communicate with stakeholders for governance path
• Worked with Contract Specialist, Sourcing and Business Line to ensure Vendor oversight governance forms were completed, and all action items are closed.
• Performed QC audit of final documentation integrity for Regulatory compliance and to mitigate any Risks.

Sr. Project Management Consultant

Confidential, CA

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with Sr. Management on project steering committee to drive strategic direction of project, provide recommendations for process improvement, project status, and utilize change request to ensure that requirements remain aligned to business needs.
• Built Team of 4 Project Managers to handle multiple workstreams to work in concert with Agile Dev team to configure and test software.
• Led Vendor Management and Legal to assess current state of 3rd party vendor’s contracts for transition to new platform and ensure vendors were on-boarded and tested prior to system deployment.

Process Improvement Consultant

Confidential, MA

Responsibilities:

• Increased Business Unit awareness of Lean methodology by 80% in 3 months.
• Units saw decrease in manufacturing waste by 30% after Applying Lean into workflows.

Sr. Project Management Consultant

Confidential, VA

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Key stakeholders to evaluate end user applications, and conduct d Confidential analysis for potential gaps in d Confidential base with new system implementation. Reduction in end user applications by over 50%.
• Used agile methodology to drive system configuration and functional testing. Documented performance gaps and defects, create user training documentation, and reports of experience gained.

Training Project Manager

Confidential, MA

Responsibilities:

• Built and maintained multiple SharePoint sites for various groups to house policy, procedures, documentation and workflow optimization.
• Led process improvement and reengineering initiatives to streamline processes.
• Used agile methodology to drive system configuration and functional testing. Documented performance gaps and defects, create user training documentation, and reports of experience gained

Sr. Project Management Consultant

Confidential, RI

Responsibilities:

• Led team to gather Business Requirements and DDS documents to understand system requirements and translate technical documentation to various audiences, write business rules and test functionality in various environments (SIT, Training and UAT)