SUMMARY

• Management Consultant with 13 years of experience with private and public sector clients.
• Project /Program Leader with proven experience in leading business transformation projects, certified as a project management professional (PMP). Extensive background in managing large scale IT programs across the systems/software development lifecycle from requirements to implementation, certified ITIL v3.
• Passionate Problem Solver with a proven record of managing project demands while improving the efficiency, productivity and profitability of processes though process automation and process improvement. Recognized for identifying and implementing strategic transactions that preserve and create long - term business value.
• Strong Communicator, adept at leading remote and onshore/offshore multidisciplinary teams to accomplish projects goals while meeting client demands.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Process Development
• End- Customer Orientation
• Conflict Management
• Resource Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Negotiation
• Portfolio Management
• Business Continuity
• Team Leadership
• Strategy and Planning
• Quality and Risk Management
• PMO Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Building Organization: Led the standup of CIO PMO infrastructure through the application of industry standard project management framework and methodology, establishing project and portfolio management processes.
• Performance Improvement: Provides oversight of day to day program and governance structures, tracking performance, status and benefit realization across work streams. Provides monitoring and managing of the planning, controlling and execution of CIO portfolio systems to ensure quality assurance.
• IT Infrastructure: Provides end-to-end program management through the design and management of business process transformation and IT enablement. Apply program management oversight to assess and identify risk, issues and interdependencies in the execution of risk mitigation strategy.
• Program Efficiencies: Identify efficiencies and promote effectiveness through the development of operational strategy. Assist with the design and implementation of resource and time management to realize higher rates of cost efficiency.
• Business Development: Complete RFP's and RFI for the Government solicitations. Identified 2M in additional task order work.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• System Solutions: Evaluated and recommended emergent technologies, including managing the implementation and execution of virtual desktop infrastructure, cloud email solutions and ERP software solutions across the organization.
• Advised on the execution and management of enterprise information management and IT initiatives including network acquisition, virtualization and business process reengineering efforts.
• Budgeting and Cost Control: Led financial planning, programming, budgeting and execution across all key lines of business by evaluating initial requirements and then subsequent monitoring and controlling of budget execution for a five billion dollar IT Enterprise Program.
• Process Improvement: Conducted IT efficiency reviews to determine the consolidation and legacy reduction practices that promote the effective and efficient use of business IT resources, resulting in a 200M savings over a 5-year period.
• Strategy and Operations: Provided solutions to challenges involving federal mandates, legislation, risk management, and improvement of IT governance policies and processes.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Led the major release of the propriety software by managing the project through the systems development lifecycle and managing any subsidiary releases, a 5M project.
• Risk Management: Monitored the schedule, variances, resources and risks in MS Project through utilizing critical path (CPM) and earned value management (EVM) methodologies to measure performance and progress.
• Business Development: Provided business development expertise in the successful submission of software development and PMO support RFPs.
• Software Implementation: Planned, developed and executed requirements strategy. Strategy development included in-depth analysis of stakeholders (30 people) focus group output and subsequent development of requirements document and traceability matrix.
• Project Execution: Led the development of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plan and subsequent training and execution resulting in savings of planned development cost.

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• IT Project Management: Managed the operational aspects of IT Requirement projects, to include Software/ Hardware and IT enterprise requirements and managed as many as 70 mid-size projects at one time.
• Implementation/Integration Lead: Managed Service/Product Delivery teams through the IT service project lifecycle phases including requirements gathering and scope definition, delivery optimization, budget, resource, capacity planning and risk management.
• Business Process Refinement: Identified, defined, developed and implemented business process reengineered improvements to the project/financial reporting and monitoring processes and procedures throughout the project lifecycle .

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Execution: Cross-organizational projects lead responsible for the proper execution of the development and monitoring of project schedule timelines, milestones and updates into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Administered Leadership: Managed contract administration of projects, including the management of project operations, business process re-engineering, project issue resolution and quality assurance delivery.
• Effective Translator of Technical Requirements: Served as liaison between engineering work streams and the Program Management Office, Acquisition working groups and Integrated Product Teams (teams of 10-15 people).
• Risk Management: Practiced risk management through the development of risk management strategy and subsequent monitoring and controlling of risk responses.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Execution: Led major network migration from legacy system for 800-person organization.
• Process Improvement: Aided in process re-engineering, software solution development, contract management and customer technical support.
• Asset Management: Managed client hardware, software and service assets. Incorporated quality assurance with real time inventory, deployment and maintenance of assets.
• Data Migration: Coordinated the migration of legacy applications to eliminate duplicity of software applications.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Process improvement: Identified $500,000 of savings through an in-depth analysis and reengineering of Navy District Washington's (NDW) telecommunication business and asset management processes.
• Operational Strategy and Process reform: Responsible for development and implementation of telecommunications resource programs, policies and procedures to monitor and minimize budget expenditures; saving $500,000 in FY06.
• Vendor Contract Negotiation: Reviewed, analyzed and processed contractual improvements of over 1000 telecommunication asset service contracts; including structured cabling, voice and data.
• Business process improvement: Created a more proficient workflow through the provision of financial and administrative management of cellular services at the NDW.