PROFILE:

IT Professional with Top Secret clearance and extensive experience leading cross - functional teams, managing and delivering successful projects through entire project lifecycle. Strong understanding of core business functions and able to translate strategic needs of an organization utilizing people, processes and technology.

SKILL:

DevOps, Agile, Scrum, Office 365, AWS, Microsoft Windows 2012R2 server, Windows 10, JIRA, VMWare Vsphere 5.5, SDLC, Active Directory, ITIL, Exchange 2013/2010, Barracuda Firewall, Oracle, Sharepoint 2016/2013, SQL Server 2016/2012, MS Project 2016/2010, MS Office 2016/2013/2010 , Outlook 2016/2013/2010 , ConnectWise and Redhat.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided management, development and oversight of projects from inception to delivery for all company clients (sprint planning, defining scope & schedule; monitoring, managing cost, resources, issues, risks, etc.)
• Managed team of cross-functional resources to complete projects on time and within budget.
• Gathered requirements and developed detailed project plans.
• Decreased project timelines by 10% using Scrum methodology.
• Effectively communicated project expectations and mentoring to team members and vendors. Provided status in a timely manner to executive management and stakeholders.
• Interacted with technical team and clients to establish and define requirements.
• Developed and maintained successful relationships with all stakeholders (clients, executive management, team members).
• Coached and Mentored junior team members.

Confidential

Board Officer, Treasurer

Responsibilities:

• Focused on aligning operations with strategic goals.
• Financial management of $34 million in annual revenue.
• Realigned investment guidelines and strategy which increased the reserve account from $40 to $50 million.

Board Officer, Secretary

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Communicated status to Board of Governors and stakeholders.
• Managed the revision and redesign of the Board Policy manual and Board Operations manual.
• Managed the project portfolio for Board to achieve our compliance requirement.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided account management and oversight of IT project portfolio (to include infrastructure upgrades, AWS, Office 365 and MS SharePoint cloud migrations, Office moves, datacenter migrations, website development, WiFi, server virtualizations etc.)
• Developed, maintained and managed changes to the project plan and portfolio from inception to delivery (sprint planning, daily scrums, defining scope & schedule; managing cost, resources, issues, risks, etc.)
• Implemented agile project management methodology to increase efficiency and reduced project backlog by 20%.
• Effectively communicated project expectations to team members and vendors. Provided status updates in a timely manner to executive management and stakeholders.
• Developed and maintained successful relationships with all stakeholders (clients, executive management, team members).
• Interacted with technical team and clients to establish and define requirements.
• Managed team of cross-functional resources to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Mentored junior team members.
• Identified and removed impediments to successful completion of projects.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided account management and oversight of IT project plan and portfolio (to include O365 cloud migrations, infrastructure upgrades, cyber security, datacenter migrations, server virtualizations etc.) for my portfolio of 10 clients with yearly revenue of approximately $1,000,000.
• Gathered requirements, developed and maintained project plans.
• Managed the design and implementation of an enhanced phone system for company call center.
• Facilitated communication between clients and technical staff to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Managed stakeholder relationship and provided timely project status updates.
• Interacted with technical team and clients to establish and define requirements.
• Managed team of cross-functional resources to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Identified and removed impediments to successful completion of projects.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

IT Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed all IT operations for the Confidential, including LAN and WAN. Managed all IT related vendor accounts.
• Managed the planning and implementation of the office build out and relocation project from inception to delivery including voice and data cabling, WAN/LAN connections, VPN, ISP implementation, server room design and relocation that resulted in increased productivity and efficiency between US and German office.
• Provided timely project status updates to executive management and key stakeholders.
• Managed a cross-functional team for the integration of Confidential and Confidential networks from inception to delivery.

Confidential, Dulles, Virginia

IT Production Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Shift Lead for 24/7 satellite imaging company with MPLS, VPN and ISP circuits in a Windows/Linux environment and managed accounts, network rights, access to systems and equipment; managed systems resources including performance, capacity, availability, and recoverability.
• Managed a team of 5 members through full project lifecycle for satellite image processing repository project
• Managed a team of 4 members through full project lifecycle for Satellite Operation center backup solution project to provide information security and disaster recovery.
• Managed a team of 8 members for the IT Production Audit project encompassing 5 locations.
• Communicated project status in a timely manner to stakeholders, senior management and project team members.
• Provided systems administration for all network servers and technical support for all staff.
• Made recommendations for new equipment and services to purchase and work with various vendors for procurement.