SUMMARY:

Project Management Professional with 12+ years of experience leading large and small initiatives, in both government and commercial sectors, with noted success in leading project teams in planning and execution of program objectives, with a keen understanding of software development lifecycle and PM methodologies.

SKILL:

MS Office Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio, Publisher, SharePoint

GIS Tools: ArcGIS

Applications: IBM Rational Suite (ClearQuest, ClearCase, RequisitePro), Oracle (e - Business, PeopleSoft), Netsuite OpenAir, Basecamp

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously by leading a Project Management Office (PMO), reporting to multiple federal project managers within Confidential for multiple ground and data systems projects
• Supervise and manage project resources to ensure all projects are appropriately staffed and contractual deliverables completed as required.
• Lead new project initiation, including creating project plans, assembling project teams, baselining all project plans and documents, and leading project teams through baseline review and kickoff meetings
• Lead financial reporting, analysis and forecasting efforts to assess and control program costs
• Lead Earned Value Management (EVM) collection, analysis and reporting efforts to internal and external stakeholders
• Worked with General Services Administration ( Confidential ) contracting and financial personnel to reconcile financial accounts and spending for multiple projects for financial accounts exceeding $100m
• Managed both PMO and contractor integrated master schedules to evaluate and forecast projected vs. actual project timelines and re - plan/readjust due to schedule slips
• Lead multiple working groups and oversight meetings in the areas of Schedule Management, Risk Management and Configuration Management
• Acquisition support and oversight of various Operations & Maintenance projects valued in excess of $20m
• Assisted in organizing program-wide gate reviews with Confidential and Confidential stakeholders
• Lead Systems Engineering meetings to evaluate and approve proposed procurement plans for all Systems Development as well as Operations & Maintenance projects
• Assisted Program Manager in developing Program policy and guidance for process and procedural improvement
• Analyzed Statement of Work (SOW) requirements to achieve project-level objectives and milestones

Confidential, Suitland, MD

Sr. Program Controls Analyst / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead small team of project controls staff in finance and procurement facilitation
• Analyzed both Confidential financial reports as well as Confidential reports to reconcile financial accounts valued at $100m
• Managed PMO and contractor integrated master schedules for Confidential Project Manager
• Developed lifecycle projection model to assist in planning and reporting
• Assisted in organizing program-wide gate reviews with Confidential and Confidential stakeholders
• Prepared monthly financial and status reports to Confidential Satellite System Office
• Lead Schedule Management effort, including facilitation of testing and reporting to external stakeholders
• Lead Systems Engineering meetings to evaluate and approve proposed procurement plans for all Systems Development as well as Operations & Maintenance projects
• Assisted in development of procurement contracts for equipment and property management
• Assisted Project Manager in developing Program policy and guidance for process and procedural improvement
• Analyzed business requirements for program-level tasks and objectives
• Supported Transition to Operations working group meetings and discussions with external stakeholders
• Business development and capture support
• Lead Procurement and Inventory Management efforts
• Participated in interviewing, hiring and onboarding of new personnel

Confidential, Washington, DC

Program Controls Analyst / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead development of custom web portal for reporting Geospatial data information to assist strategic decision making
• Created project plans and lead project teams on program and project-level tasks
• Developed lifecycle projection model to assist in planning and reporting
• Managed data collection with National Laboratories via creation of SharePoint repository
• Assisted in development of procurement contracts for equipment and property management
• Business process analysis, design and improvement via MS Visio
• Prepared and presented program-level s and forecasts to senior Confidential management, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Supported activities to Confidential, National Laboratories and other contractors
• Created/delivered presentations to demonstrate SLD IT capabilities to senior federal Confidential management
• Lead Configuration Management effort, including facilitation of Configuration Control Board ( Confidential ) meetings for issue remediation and risk management
• Developing program policy and guidance for process and procedural improvement
• Gathered and analyzed business requirements for program-level tasks and objectives
• Conducted asset and inventory management processes at multiple CONUS locations

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Sr. Program Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Documented business workflows and policies for upgrades to Confidential ’s e-learning system
• Reconciled program budgets, costs, and schedules with SIEMS Program Management Office (PMO)
• Performed quantitative data analysis for multiple project teams within SIEMS
• Implemented data backup and redundancies to reduce recurring monthly expenses
• Conducted Functional Testing with application team
• Lead Configuration management effort to manage risks, defects and issues using IBM Rational Suite
• Created and presented daily and weekly data metrics to senior management of the Consolidated Inventory project, detailing defect resolution and test case execution progress
• Lead Change Control Board ( Confidential ) meetings to resolve defect issues
• Performed IT environment upgrades, fixes and cyclic testing
• Executed and revised test cases to meet business objectives
• Performed data management and analysis of functional testing by cycle and environment