SUMMARY

• Leverage over 10 years of project management experience which includes, Business Analysis, Reporting experience and proven ability to identify business needs and deliver valuable solutions with accuracy and process efficiency: An ability to work as a team or individual and build effective relationships with in teams and stakeholders with excellent communication skills. Consistently recognized for understanding and leveraging business analysis, data analysis, data migration, data transformation, data integration and providing quality reports in industries like;
• Over 10 years of proven experience with extensive knowledge of Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) and process implementation. Worked on different frameworks like Agile (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Hybrid), PMI (waterfall), and RAD.
• Proven expertise in continuous process improvement, change management strategy and execution, training, project management, human resources transformation, requirements analysis, system integration, testing/quality assurance, custom web development, eProcurement, application management, and data migration.
• Successful in leveraging Lean Six Sigma DMAIC methodology & tools to enhance business processes by eliminating waste and variation. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (Exp. Aug 2019)
• Work closely with cross - functional business and development teams on multiple medium and large size IT projects. Use designed technical solutions to deliver business objectives and priorities. Partnered with key stakeholders to identify project objectives, scope, resource constraints, and measurable success criteria
• Presented information in functional representations and workflow diagrams to facilitate ease of understanding, analyzing AS-IS and TO-BE scenarios, designing new process flows, and documenting business process and scenarios.
• Adept Confidential facilitation and leadership to compile information by working with various departments to solve issues using comprehensive data to create technical and operational plans, milestones, tasks and timelines with strong follow-up skills.
• Expert in managing the expectations of stakeholders, by opening/maintaining communication channels with stakeholders through continuously providing them the required information on the progress of the project.
• An effective leader with proven abilities in leading large teams; guiding/mentoring team members and encouraging/enabling knowledge sharing between them. Having comprehensive problem solving abilities, multitasking attitude, willingness to take up ownership, facilitating teamwork and leading activities.
• Managed work scopes ranging from <$1M to $1.1B

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Excel
• Microsoft Office (Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.)
• Google Trix (Docs, sheets, ppt)
• MS Project (2007, 2010, 2013 & 2017)
• Primavera P6 (Version 6, 7, 8.2, & 8.3.2)
• Primavera P6 web version
• SAP (FICO, MM, BW, BI, SD, PM)
• Microsoft TFS
• SQL Data / Power Query
• SDLC
• Agile (Lean Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)
• ASAP
• PMI (Waterfall)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Manager/Senior Specialist Planner

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating WBS and building and maintaining cost and resource loaded schedules in MS Project 2016.
• Supervised and reported on over 20 projects across the Americas.
• Work with PM's and SME’s to assess and approve all change requests for projects .
• Met bi-weekly with PM's for project delivery dates, progress schedules, evaluate the schedule with the PM's, engineers and construction managers .
• Advised management of risks that could affect cost, durations, and finish of projects
• Conducted schedule review meetings to discuss project status and to assist in developing alternatives to accommodate changes in priorities.
• Analyzed and evaluated forecast and reported status schedule against baseline. Assessed impact of design changes and schedule slippages.
• Worked closely with project leads and major stakeholders to develop project schedules and integrated master schedules.
• Updated and issued all required weekly progress and productivity reports
• Ensured that all extra work is estimated, approved, and issued to the appropriate parties and added to the schedule for progressing.
• Developed and maintained master schedule on all approved original and extra scope work Issued look ahead schedules and shift update reports.
• Provided support to large and small projects that require both MS Project and Primavera schedules .
• Maintained schedules throughout the project life cycle while tracking changes.
• Integrated schedules into a master project schedule, resource loading, base lining, statusing, and Earned Value reporting to include earned value, planned value, actual value, performance measurement baseline Budget Confidential Completion (BAC), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Estimate Confidential Completion (EAC), and Estimate to Complete (ETC) .
• Calculated variances for project activities.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing technology projects and point of escalation for IT support incidents.
• Coordinated project management activities, resources and information.
• Broke projects into doable actions and set timeframes
• Develop linear scheduling and create/manage the development in P6 scheduling - EPC.
• Assess gaps and requirements for meeting schedules and client relations
• Liaised with various teams to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives.
• Assigned tasks to vendors and assisted with schedule management
• Ensured project needs are met
• Helped prepared budgets
• Monitored project progress and handled any issues that arise
• Acted as a POC and communicated project status to all participants.
• Used tools to monitor working hours, plans and expenditures.
• Created and maintained comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports.
• Ensured standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Manager/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in Project Management functions including IMS creation, analysis and maintenance, risk and schedule reviews and ad hoc meetings, milestone/ Critical Decision reviews document preparation, SharePoint and Rational repository maintenance (major over-hauling of SharePoint site)
• Developed resource loaded MOC project schedules using Microsoft Project 2016 in conjunction with the project teams, including alternate “what-if” schedules, for east and west gas pipeline projects.
• Created and maintained project schedules; reporting on key cost/ schedule metrics, i.e. Baseline Execution Index (BEI), CPI, SPI etc.; gathered schedule status and updates, analyzing and reporting projects progress, critical path and various weekly reporting, including 2-week look-ahead, past dues, etc.
• Created all communications/ stakeholder management cadence to further project work across the enterprise.
• Day to day communication with stakeholders regarding project status.
• Conducted progress update meetings with technical leads; Maintained project baselines and performed change control.
• Performed baseline management.
• Generated weekly reports to include earned value analysis (Schedule and cost variance, CPI, SPI, and TCPI) and critical path analysis.
• Supported implementation of SAFe.
• Facilitated the Scrum events (Daily, Retrospective, Planning, Grooming, Review & Demo).
• Worked w/ the BA and PO to refine the user stories for Product Backlog.
• Worked w/ the Scrum team to commit stories for the Sprint Backlog.
• Monitored procedural compliance (e.g., issue tracking, scope management, etc.).
• Developed, organized, and managed complex multi-functional project activities including project tasks, milestones and schedules.
• Analyzed variances in cost and schedule performance against the plan, and communicated the reasons for the issuance of variance and proposed mitigation plans to Leadership.
• Work with the PMs to resolve project issues to ensure the timely and on-budget delivery/completion of the project.

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

Project Lead/Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Utilized project management fundamentals, data analytics experience, and customer-focused leadership skills to continue moving the needle of profitability for organizations of all sizes
• Established and followed all PMO processes and procedures, ensuring all projects complied with those policies
• Prepared financial/status reports, performed fit/gap analysis, and managed SQL data conversions utilizing large complex data sets and interface design.
• Repackaged and presented technical training content, for primary application users or stakeholder audiences, into an easily, consumable form to explain configuration enhancements and new processes.
• Created and maintained multiple (3) project plans with a 7,000/9,000 line items in MS Project 2010 and MSP server.
• Responsible for supporting project management initiatives and project teams made up of internal and external resources to deliver business solutions and services to Tesoro.
• Assisted with the implementation of project standards, project management tools and techniques, developed project documentation for scope, time and budget, including but not limited to forms and templates, status, tracking, and financial reports.
• Ensured that project adheres to company Standard/Governance.
• Worked closely with Vendors to gather information/requirement.
• PM: Allocated, forecasted and tracked 5 project totaling approx. $3.5 million.
• Used Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to support Release & DevOps.
• Continuously analyzed existing KPIs, reports, and dashboards to understand gaps with stakeholder needs and act to close these gaps.
• Delivered UAT test cases; validate the quality and integrity of the data included in the Reporting Packages and Dashboards.
• Reported project health/RAG status on a weekly basis to customer and the project team.

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT Project Coordinator/Planner

Responsibilities:

• Initiated and led project planning activities such as Scope Definition and Management, Stakeholder Identification Management, Risk & Issues Management, Communication Management, etc.
• Defined WBS and activities list
• Created and maintained Master Project schedule with 3500 line items.
• Created, maintained and controlled project schedules for external client using Primavera P6 as stipulated by contract.
• Develop and analyze man-hour resources, equipment resources and time-phased schedules.
• Monitor project progress against an established baseline.
• Assisted with management of all aspects of assigned projects throughout the development project lifecycle including project scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs, and change.
• Focal point between project managers/project teams.
• Assisted internal project staff and external corporate departments to define project parameters and develop detailed project documentation to include business requirements, project plans, project schedules, workflow solutions, and project status reports/communications
• Assisted the Project Manager with tracking the project budget (estimate vs. actual).
• Assisted in updating PPM tools (e.g., adding resources, time entry, etc.).
• Assisted the project team to prepare, monitor and update schedules.
• Analyze and negotiate change order requests and invoices.
• Contributed to the development and maintenance of detailed project plan to include milestones, tasks, and target/actual dates of completion and validated estimation with team.
• Revised project plans as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements as directed.
• Developed process workflows as it relates to assigned projects and/or to support internal process improvement initiatives, with appropriate guidance.
• Generated and reported on Project progress i.e. RAG Status, milestones, two weeks look ahead, % complete & earned value reports.

Confidential

Project/Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reduced operating budget waste by 10% in two years through new inventory management system.
• Developed a procedure for data gathering and marketing of digital software products.
• Implemented new staff training process, incentive program and support for high performers.
• Streamlined business outreach and re-engagement of lost customers in coordination with the marketing department.
• Orchestrated a profitable sale of Green friendly cleaning products in 2008.