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SUMMARY

Accomplished, results - driven leader with 19 years of IT Management Consulting experience focused in Project Management, Continuous Improvement and Business Development.
Successful Track record in setting and leading project management offices (PMO) and delivering multi-million-dollar assignments to clients on-time and on-budget.
Influential and effective in building partnership collaboratively across organizational & geographic boundaries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

PMO Lead

Responsibilities:

Led the development of a new End to End Project Management Organization - Define PMO roles and responsibilities, creation/standardization of traditional PMO processes, adherence to the newly created Governance Process and document best practices
Facilitated among the PMO stakeholders and Confidential leadership a consensus around the mission and vision of the PMO organization to foster a project-management-oriented culture and mindset
Identified suitable PPM tool, ServiceNow and evaluated implementation vendors
Built Global PMO by bringing all IT PMs under PMO. Got funding approval and hired PMs. Increased PMO strength from 2PMs to 16 PMs
Raised the bar of project and program management talent through coaching and mentoring
Ensured that the work of the PMO adds value, was relevant to the strategy of the organization, and met the goals set for the PMO by executive management
Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve the project management best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in PPM
Drove internal communication programs to raise awareness on strategic initiatives

Confidential

PMO Lead

Responsibilities:

Managed Enterprise IT PMO size nearly $40M and 30+ active programs/projects includes 12 PMs
Led the identification and implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards in order to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders
Led the identification and development of PMO roles, team configuration and recruitment appropriate to deliver the agreed-upon PMO goals and objectives
Directed staff members in delivering all assignments in compliance with client expectations while serving as a Change Agent for the adoption of Agile Project Management Methodology
Worked as a Business Relationship Manager, developed trust between Technology Department and Clients such as HR, WTC, Airports, Tunnels, Bridges etc. by resolving issues and implementing lean processes
Led high-visibility projects such as
Implementation of PARCS (Parking Access Revenue Control System) at LGA, EWR and JFK airports - Managed Server Building, Database creation, Network Support, Vendor Management,
Salesforce CRM implementation of Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud including Social Media
Implementation of MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) using Microsoft Azure cloud
Agency wide Hardware Refresh of ~1500 machines with migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10

Confidential

EPMO Lead

Responsibilities:

IT Owner for Corporate Services - Social Investment and Aviation Departments
Responsible for new IT Initiatives, budgets, Vendor Selection, Implementation, maintenance and day to day IT Support to Social Investment and Aviation Departments
Social Investment Department - Developed three years roadmap, Established IT infrastructure for BD Foundation (501C - Non-profit Organization), Evaluated vendor’s IT capabilities for grant management, Tracked/resolved IT issues with vendor Cyber Grant, Implemented efficient processes for product donation, and disaster relief, Developed in-house application for grant, charity and volunteer hours that can be real-time feed to BD website and used for marketing, and Implemented auto-pay and Auto-Payroll deduction functionalities using SAP HR
Aviation department - Managed IT programs such as data migration to PFM system, report/dashboard enhancement and network upgrade

Confidential

Associate Director - IT Portfolio Manager

Responsibilities:

Led highly acclaimed IT PMO to support the annuity business with oversight of a $40M+ annual portfolio
Partnered with Business and IT Executives for 2016 IT strategy development and portfolio selection
Analyzed and Prioritized IT portfolio to present recommendations to Executives for IT cost reduction, ROI maximization, resource planning and process optimization
Standardized and Optimized PMO and Portfolio processes mainly in Portfolio Selection (Prioritization, Optimization, Balancing) and Review (Benefit, Risk and Performance)
Built relationships with senior leadership and key PMO stakeholders, and acts as a trusted advisor
Led “output Optimization” program size $7M and cross-functional global team of around 40 resources resulted reducing 30% annual printing expense by enhancing existing processes and implementing latest technology for content management and printing