PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• PMP Certified Project Manager/Agile Certified Scrum Master with over 15 - years of structured project management experience executing medium to large scale technology programs, along with corresponding sub-projects. PMO/Project Management execution includes (but is not limited to) managing program/project scope/deliverables, schedules/milestones, budgets, risk/issues, communications/stakeholder management, configuration/change management plans, progress/status reporting, /rollout/production readiness, operations support and establishing governance.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cross functional teams as PMO Manager and Senior Project manager including Program and Project Governance and Quality Assurance, Financial Management and Strategy Management, Resource Management and Delivery Management, Communications, Business Continuity, Cyber Security, and Risk and Issues Management, and Regulatory Compliance.
• Experienced in defining project scope and project requirements, building project charters, business cases, architecture designs and oversees and prioritizes the delivery and implementation of technology solutions.
• Proactive Project Manager with ability to identify, mitigate and reduce project risks, manage the sourcing and deployment of resources to improve capacity planning, develop business and project management processes and procedures to improve operations and reduce project delivery time.
• Adept creating and managing project financials, establishing and tracking project budget expenses, and improving quality of financial reporting.
• Expertise determining project feasibility to determine the strength and quality of project management plans, project technical requirements, project deliverables, project delivery approach, and project support requirements.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, clear/persuasive communication abilities (verbal/written), leadership skills, motivation, decisiveness, flexibility and sound business judgment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Direct and oversee the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) which encompasses the planning, organizing and managing of resources to bring about the successful completion of specific projects goals and objectives. This includes defining project scope of work, developing detailed program and project plans, establishing milestones and defining the resources, funding required and governance tollgates.
• Partners with Technical Leads to direct and oversee the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which encompasses establishing a logical process in developing information systems, requirements and authentication which will result in the production of a highly qualified system that meets or exceed expectations within time and cost estimates, and works effectively and efficiently in the current and planned Information Technology infrastructure.
• Evaluates the scope and complexity of projects and programs, and implements the necessary resources to ensure adherence to policies and procedures. This includes preparing detailed project plans, allocating staff and establishing budget requirements.
• Develops and monitors schedules to ensure that projects are completed within established deadlines.
• Leads status meetings, tracks and maintains detailed issues and risks lists, and prepares appropriate project meeting minutes and status reports. Meets regularly with other related areas to ensure that integration issues are identified and resolved.
• Identifies project risks/issues and mitigation strategies, and communicates risk/issue status updates to stakeholders.
• Assist PMO with Methodology deployment and Process reengineering and evaluation efforts
• Interfaces with all levels of business and technical management staff and project teams to facilitate problem resolution and the resolution of competing priorities.
• Monitors and manages team progress to ensure that project objectives are met.
• Conducts scoping sessions and assists in the creation of work and proposal statements. This includes providing technical approaches, tasks, deliverables, work estimate, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Lead Post Production efforts of 7 projects including support, enhancements, releases, fixes and maintenance.
• Develop 5 Year Capital Plan for budget request of $14M to re-write Office of Safety and Youth Development (OSYD) web applications within the Department of (DOE).

Confidential, Melville, NY

Sr. Project Manager PMO

Responsibilities:

• Led the development and delivery of projects and IT curriculum including Project Management, Resource Management, PM Boot Camp and New Hires.
• Designed, developed and maintained curriculum for IT Project Managers, Resource Managers and staff.
• Co-developed, identified and delivered creative learning solutions for Project Leadership in a variety of formats including lunch and learns, roundtable/group, classroom style, workshops, and digital.
• Designed and maintained PM Boot Camp ensuring materials aligned with PMBOK standards and processes.
• Developed and maintained process documentation and materials to support life cycle processes of a Project/Program/Portfolio.
• Conducted individual and group process sessions for IT staff.
• Recorded materials via captured digital/web sessions for use by IT staff.
• Established project strategies and priorities and identified, developed and executed enterprise wide PPM processes.
• Created detailed project plan, established and tracked project milestones, created project schedules, and led cross functional teams.
• Planned, implemented and managed project related deliverables in conjunction with clients, business partners and service providers.
• Developed Project Management quality standards and metrics to measure the on-going activities within assigned process areas.
• Identified opportunities for improvement of the PPM team processes, related projects and activities and implemented changes in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Performed related project management duties using EPLC, Work Breakdown Structure and Project Management Server tools as required.

Confidential, White Plains, NY

PMO Project Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed projects to determine the strength and quality of project management plans, project technical requirements, project deliverables, project delivery approach, and project support requirements.
• Produced project management standards and procedures handbook to guide project deliveries.
• Established governance policies, templates and processes to improve IT delivery quality and processes.
• Managed project implementation including project management plans, Risk and Issues Management, Change Management, Status Reporting and Client Relationship.

Confidential, Stamford, CT

PMO Project Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed front, middle and back office applications including Order Management Systems (buy-side and sell-side), Portfolio Management, Client Portal and Reporting, Compliance Management and Settlement.
• Led and managed multiple project efforts including Quality, Risks, Issues, and Changes, Quality, Change Control and Configuration.
• Managed Project Staff, Subcontractors, Organizational Change and Expectations.
• Planned and developed detailed Work Plan, documented objectives, scope, and assumptions.
• Expanded WBS and developed deliverable descriptions, determined task dependencies, estimated effort for each task, identified support, overhead, and contingency.
• Assigned specific resources and costs, calculated the detailed schedule and Formally Agreeing and Baseline Work Plan.
• Reviewed deliverables and effort on assigned projects, met with Team Members and monitored progress.
• Reported and analyzed progress, produced reports, analyzed information and conducted status meetings.
• Directed projects, implemented corrective actions, developed proactive Strategies, maintaining detailed work plan and management plan.
• Closed projects and conducted post-implementation review.
• Provided financial management and budget/accounting reporting and cost control.
• Managed risk and issues to resolution around projects and products and communication of project status reports and issues.
• Provided delivery management, project quality assurance, and audit reviews, headcount tracking, capacity planning and resource allocation, and knowledge management, best practices and continuous improvement.
• Led the conception, design, development and deployment of awareness materials including liaising with subject matter experts to identify objectives, audience and content of PM
• Led the development of collateral including instructor-led, virtual classroom materials and sessions, web-based and videos, and enabled client delivery of these items.
• Collaborated with subject matter experts and identified target audience’s needs.
• Conducted instructional research and analysis on learners and contexts.
• Applied tested instructional design theories, practices and methods.
• Provided exercises and activities that enhanced the learning process.
• Created supporting material/media including audio, video, simulations, role plays, and games.
• Identified the criteria used to judge learner’s performance and developed assessment instruments.
• Evaluated the effectiveness of courses and materials.
• Collaborated with broader team and stakeholders for review, revision, and deployment of courses and assets.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed front and back office applications including Allocations, Trade Processing, Compliance Management, Position Management and confirmations.
• Tracked and reported project costs, and headcount relative to the project budget and made status available to key project stakeholders leading to high quality financial status reporting and increased transparency.
• Created and provided resource utilization reports to senior management used to manage the sourcing and deployment of resources to projects in appropriate time scales.
• Increased resource utilization across the enterprise and improved resource allocation and capacity planning.
• Initiated and managed project risk and issues, identified, prioritized, tracked, and reported project concerns, increased the number of issues documented, and escalated, resolved and decreased delivery time.
• Led and managed multiple project efforts including Quality, Risks, Issues, and Changes, Quality, Change Control and Configuration.
• Managed Project Staff, Subcontractors, Organizational Change and Expectations.
• Managed, planned, and distributed project communications to stakeholders increasing efficiency of communication and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Provided delivery management, project quality assurance audit reviews, and performance metric.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed front and back office applications including Trade Affirmations, Trade Execution and Capture, Portfolio Analytics, and Collateral Management and Reporting.
• Established and ensured a formal, workable project governance structure and project management.
• Ensured objectives were achieved, risks were managed appropriately, and resources were used responsibly to improve operations.
• Managed project financials, tracked and reported project costs relative to the budget and business cases, and improved quality of financial reporting.
• Managed the sourcing and deployment of resources to projects in appropriate time scales improving capacity planning and resource management.
• Managed risk and issues, identified, prioritized, tracked and reported project concerns related to projects plan, and reduced project risk.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Assessed, remediated and measured requirements quality for over 7 major projects.
• Developed and implemented remediation and mitigation plans to drive quality improvement.
• Managed, developed, documented and published processes and procedures that executed MIS and Enterprise Data Standard requirements within the existing data and information environment to mitigate identified risks.
• Developed business area remediation processes and procedures that addressed identified compliance gaps in the data and information environments to improve operations.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of technical resources and testers to expedite development and provide structure and problem solving techniques to increase project delivery success.
• Managed project planning, tracking and resource planning, project communication and collaboration, knowledge transfer and, quality assurance, and change management and documentation.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conducted interviews and onsite reviews and created a global implementation plan and Proof of Concept.
• Managed implementation plan to decrease operations and financial cost by $2M, improved efficiency and reduced infrastructure cost, increased revenues, and made high quality information available corporate wide.
• Provided delivery management, project quality assurance, audit reviews, and performance.