CAREER PROFILE:

• Versatile PMP Certified Project Manager with over 25 years’ experience in the development, organization and implementation of highly visible and fast - paced projects across industry sectors;
• Fifteen years’ experience driving enterprise project management maturity and project portfolio management maturity within Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.
• Proficient project management, change management, strategic business process analysis and the development of process management;
• Successful s measured by on-time project delivery, profitability and client satisfaction;
• Able to creatively lead and motivate teams;
• Proven success providing solution selling support for enterprise project management applications and project management consulting services;
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) and Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP); ITIL v3 Foundations ; and
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Expert User Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office Project Server, and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server (All versions)
• Expert User Windows SharePoint Services 2003, SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2010
• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) - Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
• Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

PMO Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of PMO Governance Liaisons supporting the on-time, on-budget delivery of a $12M annual IT project portfolio.
• Provided guidance around project management tools and standards to support planning, metrics reporting, risk and issue management, resource management and project closeout.
• Provided monthly reporting to CIO on status of IT delivery of projects.
• Provided and mentoring to project management staff across four divisions within the Information Technology Division.
• Responsible for working with VITA Project Management Division to ensure all Confidential CTP projects comply with Confidential Project Management Standards and Guidelines.
• Responsible for providing guidance in the management and maintenance of Confidential portfolio project management tool and development of project portfolio dashboard. Provided an assessment with recommendations to management for the PMO to support an organizational change.

Confidential

Project Portfolio Management Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up and migrating current MS Project Server 2007 environment to MS Project Server 2010 environment.
• Provided consulting of d Confidential analysis and development of enterprise resource demand and capacity reports, project trend reports and project portfolio dashboard development.
• Assisted in FY15 resource forecasting and strategic planning efforts.
• Developed strategies for driving business change and maturing project management and resource management capabilities across Confidential program.

Confidential

Project Management & Planning Operations Representative Principle

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Six Sigma project management Kaizen event and assessed the maturity of the project and portfolio management processes, tools and skills across multiple functional units supporting the delivery of projects resulting in recommendations for a project management maturity roadmap.
• Supported organizational change management through identifying and managing risks to process adoption. Provide metrics to monitor change and provide necessary mitigations to risks.
• Developed project and program portal dashboard mockup prototype for client facing SharePoint portal.
• Developed and administered Microsoft Project Server 2010 and project team sites for LM Insight Portal (Microsoft SharePoint 2010). Drove stakeholder analysis for needs assessment resulting in short term and long term deployment objectives.
• Developed Program Management Plan for IT service delivery program.
• Facilitated a stakeholder re-planning session for transition activities resulting in a standardized phased gate approach to transition.
• Supported the planning and monitoring of project and the mentoring of project teams
• Supported enterprise project portfolio management maturity efforts.

Confidential

Program Management Office Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented processes for project and program planning and tracking for the PM Confidential programs resulting in the adoption of standard project management process and increase project management maturity for the PM Confidential office of the US Marine Corps. Installation and implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2007 as standard enterprise schedule management tool.
• Responsible for setting up a PMO to support the reorganization of PM Confidential to better capture and manage work across the organization.

Confidential

Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assessing C-Level client needs and developing consulting services proposals for the delivery and implementation of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions for the Northeast region as well as government sector clients.
• Lead program teams in achieving increased maturity around Project and Program Management disciplines within organizations. Clients included; Pitney Bowes, ITT Power Solutions, Concentra, Malcolm Pirnie, BJs Wholesale and Confidential .
• Provided consulting services to the PMO at National Cancer Institute, standardizing on project management process for project initiation, planning and execution for drug development projects resulting in increased project management maturity. Implemented Microsoft Project Server 2007, Microsoft Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 2007 providing standardization on dashboard reporting and content management.
• Prepared and reviewed Earned Value Management process documentation for large government contractor.
• Requirements gathering and delivery for enterprise project management solutions based on Microsoft Office Project Server, Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server, and Microsoft SharePoint using project management best practices based on PMI methodologies. Resulted in extensions to initial contracts for over 50% of clients engaged.
• Provided feedback and consulting services as a trusted resource to Microsoft Corporation supporting the development of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution products.
• Managed large corporate knowledge-base in order to capitalize on global project management best practices.
• Participated in the development and definition of Confidential Service Lines, ie. Program Leadership, Portfolio Management and Discipline Delivery. Reviewed and provided feedback for sales collateral and presentations. Assisted in the collection of project management best practices for each service line.

Confidential

Independent Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Development and delivery of PMP (Project Management Professional) exam preparation for Confidential resulting in near 100% exam pass rate.
• Development and delivery of consulting service for the implementation, rollout and of the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. Development of strategic relationship with Microsoft resulting in becoming a Microsoft Solution Provider. Resulted in a new product offering with first year potential revenues in excess of $2M.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed custom engagements at Confidential for major clients including Confidential, Raytheon, Fidelity Investments and British Telecom. In each engagement, led a cross functional team in the successful delivery of software customizations to scope, on time and within a defined budget.
• Supported sales team with technical product advice and demo support during pre-sale process, which led to PowerSteering winning clients such as Confidential and CP Kelco.
• Managed the successful deliver of Raytheon’s Six Sigma Project Library software customization using offshore resources. Successfully rolled out application to over 3000 employees worldwide.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Consultant, Professional Services Group

Responsibilities:

• Provided customers and sales reps with technical product advice and pre-sales demo support.
• Established market awareness in Northeast through networking with potential clients, setting up public speaking engagements and attending trade organizations.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Senior Consultant, Management Consulting

Responsibilities:

• Developed go to market strategies for firms seeking to expand their business into both domestic and international markets.
• This included tracking project leads through government funding sources; identifying and procuring feasibility study grants for large-scale international development projects in wastewater, telecommunications, energy, transportation and real estate; and preparing country and agency reports including economic and political issues and advised clients on entry into these markets.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business Development and Marketing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Prepared proposals for civil engineering projects for federal, state and local government clients.
• Assembled and developed SOW, budgets, and schedules for civil site, roads, waterfront and bridge projects.
• Opened new NH office, developing market awareness by setting up speaking engagements at trade shows, attending prebid meetings and professional associations, and launching a targeted mailing camp Confidential n.
• Elevated company’s image through design of new company marketing collateral.
• Designed and maintained a lead tracking system that managed leads from qualification through implementation.