SUMMARY

• Seasoned, PMP certified, Professional Project Manager with over 15 years experience
• Breadth of projects: application development; infrastructure; COTS; lifecycle management; process and quality improvement; facility; capital; construction, technology refresh
• Industries: pharmaceutical; IT; automotive, marketing; financial; new business; healthcare; insurance; regulated, state government; manufacturing
• Well - versed in PMBOK knowledge area utilization
• Teams: global, multicultural, contractor, vendor, virtual and matrix
• Project durations: three to fifteen months with values from $50K to $20M
• Customers: C-level executives, unit managers, small business owners, shop floor and union reps
• Methodologies: Critical Path, Waterfall, Critical Chain; aspects of Agile
• Strong communicator in oral, written and graphical media; customize the depth and details of communiques based on the needs of different stakeholders
• Results and process-driven project management approach with a component of common sense
• Quickly adapt to different working environments, company culture and PM tools
• Expert user of Microsoft Office Suite, Project, Project Server, SharePoint and other PM tools
• Skilled in the use of quality processes and tools
• Strong business acumen and work ethic
• Passionate about my work
• Entrepreneurial spirit with creative problem solving skills
• Focus on building relationships with all stakeholders and setting expectations
• Ensure all stakeholders are engaged throughout the project via a communications plan that recognizes their differing needs of content and detail
• Translate business case or project proposal to build out the project initiation elements such as scope, budget, timeframe and staffing and project schedule
• Play proactive role in the process of collecting business and functional requirements
• Leverage PMBOK® best practices to ensure on time delivery within scope and budget constraints
• Use the best features from differing project methodologies (Critical Path, Critical Chain, Waterfall, Agile) to more effectively manage projects
• Play PM role that focuses on eliminating barriers that interfere with the task-based work (aka, Agile's "servant" role); however, will act as active, task-based, team member when needed
• Use formal change management process
• Actively manage risks and issues
• Experience establishing SharePoint sites for project artifacts
• Use defined workflow of the project management process from the analysis of the business case to orchestrating the rollout of the final product
• Use after-action reviews as part of continually improving the project management process and related results

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Owner

Responsibilities:

• Preparation for PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam
• Multigenerational Resource Management
• Managing Contractor and Temporary Employees

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of SME's to assess the Confidential training needs from Customer Service Reps in the branches to the Directors in the Central Office. The project was cancelled

Confidential

Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Short term assignment responsible for the management of the master project schedule for the harmonization of two (Johnson Controls and Confidential ) ISO 900x quality management systems and; included assistance in the delivery of all documents associated with training for 39,000 employees.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed $20M RFP to re-bid the support of IN.gov. Worked with State agencies and senior managers to gather requirements with a final draft having over 500 requirements and a 50-page reference document.

Confidential

Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented MS Project Server with integrated SharePoint workspaces
• Integrated TFS PBIs into project schedules via Visual Studio
• Crafted new project execution process and online dashboards

Confidential

Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Fixed, short-term (2-3 month) engagement to assist with project management processes and implementation of revenue improvement tools; included assisting the implementation of three PassPort modules: Medicare medical necessity assessment; patient payment estimator; co-pay collections

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Confidential, Inc., is an Administrative Contractor with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services since 1966. Primarily responsible for crafting a RFP for the selection and implementation of new Identity and Access Management system.

Confidential

Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Crafted integrated project schedule to manage multimillion dollar program installing a new global warranty system (based on Siebel Automotive). Activities included: analysis of the design activities; modeling the work of each design based on content (tasks) and team's execution; integration of all schedules into a master schedule that dynamically changed based on the status of all design efforts

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Established an online, global, observational study that defined the baseline for severe sepsis mortality; comparisons of protocols among participants extended patients' lives
• PM for Identity Management group; used release management approach (Agile process) to implement new system while retiring legacy systems
• Worked in pharmaceutical project management assessing an obesity molecule in Phase I/II
• Played principal role in the establishment of a Project Management Office (PMO) for the infrastructure group; became user administrator and mentor for MS Project Server
• Improved project execution productivity, delivery and quality via use of consistent metrics for portfolio management through the creation of PMBOK-based standard procedures and templates
• Expert resource for project schedules, use of PM processes and PM tools; mentored project managers increasing their productivity and the quality of their work
• Co-managed projects with HP to migrate infrastructure support to HP's environments

Confidential

Owner

• IT and manufacturing process development and improvement
• Production of aperture cards for shop-level tooling and part drawings
• Electronic document scanning and document management systems
• Custom machine tool process improvement and operational documentation
• Multimedia technology (early adopter)
• Flipping houses