SUMMARY:

• Senior leader with demonstrated experience in project management and directing enterprise wide projects from initial concept, development, through implementation.
• Proven integrator and analytical thinker.
• Ability for recognizing opportunities with problem solving, business strategy, process flow, organizational and communication skills.
• Core Competencies: Project Management, BI Data Warehouse & Analytics, Governance Risk & Compliance, Vendor Selection and Management, Project Planning and Execution, Application Development, IT Strategy and Management, Risk Assessment and impact Analysis, Fiscal Oversight and Budgetary Management, Process and Procedure Improvement, Integration, and Production Support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SQL Server, PowerBI, Excel, MS Office, Spotfire, Word, MS Project, Tableau, Visio, Jira, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Adobe Experience Manager, Java, HTLM, MS Visual Studios, JavaScript, C, Oracle, Linux, C++, Heroku, Confluence, RSA Archer, Smartsheet.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Irving, TX

Consultant/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Confidential Governance & Compliance initiatives related to Sarbanes - Oxley (SOX), Tax and Finance, including: Executive Assertions, Tax Questionnaire/ Digital Assertions, Management Baseline Assertions, Historical Roll-over, Insider Trading Blackout List, Foreign Stewardship Questionnaire, Foreign Corrupt Policy Act (FCPA), International Boycott Questionnaire, Contract Governance and Compliance: Contract Attestation and Operational Assurance.
• Served as the primary point of contact between business, SME’s, development team and support staff.
• SOX Created and manage project plans, charters, SOW’s, process diagrams, wireframe diagrams, WBS, test plans, and release notes.
• Improved existing PM processes by developing and implementing standard’s (best practices) and improved process flows, which have been implemented throughout the division.
• Worked with business to prioritize all Agile Scrum backlog items, assign story points, and develop/refine user stories.
• Worked closely with Scrum Master through the Agile epic and associated sprints.
• Responsible for all project communications, including meeting notes, action items, etc.
• Worked with both Agile, Iterative, and Waterfall methodologies.
• Responsible for obtaining sign-off from Business at levels of engagement: Requirements, UAT, and Deployment.
• Ensured that all project artifacts: project plans, design documents, developer notes, communications, meeting notes, sign-off, etc. are kept in a centralized document library for by future development and support teams.

Confidential, Colleyville, TX

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided project management consulting services to small to medium (short term) initiatives
• Provided experienced leadership to drive high-priority projects to successful completion.
• Consulted on business process optimization and automation.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed all aspects of IT project specific initiatives within the organization.
• Conducted end to end program management of multiple large projects, as well as several smaller initiatives.
• Managed BI Data Warehouse from concept to production, including post-production enhancements to improve and enhance framework and optimize for enhanced prescriptive and predictive analytics. This included requirement gathering sessions, reviewing source system layouts and schemas, analyzing the requirements, and creating a comprehensive strategy and roadmap to meet the business needs.
• Developed project plans, release plans, staffing plans, communication plans and status updates, change control processes and customer presentations on project and budget status.
• Provided Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence subject matter expertise and leadership.
• Transformed Business requirements into functional Data Warehouse design requirements, including the data warehouse data model
• Coordinated development and deployment of solutions developed in many languages, across multiple platforms, and hosted both internally and in the cloud. These include C++, SQL, .Net, Java, JavaScript, Heroku, SharePoint, in Azure, Salesforce PaaS, AWS, and mobile solutions promoted to the Apple - App Store and Google Play.
• Negotiated project plans, time frames, and trade-off with business partners, and apprised senior management of impact to project.
• Developed and implemented Project Management standards throughout the organization.
• Coordinated with business partners, technical analysts, and developers to identify and define specifications, indicate areas of system impact, and continuously communicate project status and needs.
• Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning,
• Managed integration of third-party solutions as well as the development, and delivery, of stand-alone software applications and bolt-on solutions to existing applications.
• Led status meetings, executed quality management, and provided ongoing monitoring of deliverables.
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Adhered to PMC, PMI, PSM and SDLC best practices.
• Developed test cases for projects on a pre and postproduction basis to ensure all requirements are fulfilled (this includes pre-production/test, staging, and production environments)
• Managed change control processes and ensured program/project communications.
• Developed on-line help, release notes, and all communications established in the project communication plans.
• Responsible for the overall health and performance of the IT business applications and systems.
• Directed all development for the Horizon accounting system, as well as financial, budget and reporting databases.
• Oversaw Implementation, utilization, maintenance and second tier user support.
• Orchestrated all business facing ‘in-house’ custom software development initiatives which involved Accounting, Finance or Gas Marketing.
• Managed all reporting services, including development of new reports as well as maintenance and modification of existing reports. Reports included both daily production, executive dashboards, financials, and compliance reporting.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified areas of Improvement and collaborated to create Project Charters and Project Plans.
• Managed Projects from inception through delivery and support.
• Coordinated with vendors who support applications to perform updates, managed projects and engaged advanced support when needed.
• Established PMO for consolidated Corporate Project/Program Management.
• Worked with all departments and end-users to integrate needs, provide, and provide second level of support.
• Communicated regularly with the leadership team concerning project status and timelines.
• Designed, developed, and managed complex reports
• Collaborated with users in identifying business process requirements and recommend solutions
• Facilitated testing, implementation, user-documentation, and
• Supported business users through data collecting, reporting, analysis, and related projects.
• Ensured Projects were on tasks and within budget.

Confidential, Southlake, TX

Principal, Product Manager (MySabre)

Responsibilities:

• Managed the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities; Owned the product and develop the product vision and roadmap.
• Specified market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by ongoing visits to customers and non-customers as well as sales, support, and services.
• Drove the solution set across multiple teams including development and quality assurance.
• Wrote and managed the Agile Scrum Epics and Stories.
• Developed and maintained the product delivery plan and calendar based on product requirements, application expertise, and knowledge of Development resources and constraints.
• Monitored product adoption and customer satisfaction and pro-actively took actions to bolster and improve both.
• Developed and implemented a go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.
• Managed the consolidation of deliverables, in addition to the product delivery plan. Deliverables include the software, documentation, beta program, and materials.