Executive Summary

Project Manager with 16 years of progressive accomplishments in providing sharp, enterprise, Project management solutions, implementations and deployments to the federal and private sector. Proven experience in leading complex, multi-disciplinary deployments of infrastructure and software applications. Achievement oriented and results focused, with years of outstanding knowledge of Project planning, scheduling, execution, and resource allocation skills. Excellent ability in assessing constraints, risks and issues and providing tangible workaround solutions. Exemplary communication skills across the spectrum of corporate levels and capability in working independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Management KNOWLEDGE Skills

Project Management Life Cycle, PMLC , Software Development Life Cycle SDLC Configuration Management, CM Content Management, Integrated Master Schedule, IMS Requirements Traceability Matrix, RTM Software Requirements Specification, SRS Independent Validation Verification, IV V Agile, Waterfall methodologies CMM Client Relations Contract conflict and mitigation resolution Task Coordination Quality Assurance, QA .

TOOLS

Windows XP, VISTA, WIN7, WIN8 MS Office 2007, 2010, MS Project Server 2007, 2010, Visio 2010, Lotus Notes 8.5, Planview 10.4, Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, EPPM 10.1, SharePoint 2011, Oracle People Soft Enterprise, IBM Rational Clear Quest, Remedy 7.0, Scrum Works Pro, PVCS Tracker 8.0, Clarify 6.0, SnagIt 10.0, Windows NetMeet, Microsoft Lync, Clarify eFront Office, Cisco Systems VPN Client.

Language Skills

• English Fluent
• Arabic Fluent
• Greek Read, Write, Conversational
• French Read, Write, Conversational

PROfessional Experience

Confidential

Senior Projects Manager

• Manage multiple, End-to End enterprise Projects for Freddie Mac, utilizing various Project methodologies, SDLC, AGILE, and AMCP to ensure proper path to implementation and deployment, based on funding, schedule, timeline and resources. Define Project scope and charter objectives and coordinate all activities of Project work streams involved.
• Work with the Business Division and Enterprise Architect leads to evaluate and analyze industry need for Project development from initiation and concept and determine whether to develop an in-house solution or leverage an industry level solution. Write and create Project Business Case and Scope and present to Projects Review Board for funding and sponsorship.
• Collaborate with Project Sponsors, Stakeholders, Analysts and Developers to create, gather and analyze business requirements and translate into high level design specifications deliverables. Establish and submit Level of Effort LOE , for all phases of the Project throughout Project lifecycle.
• Create Project schedule utilizing Planview, v10.4 including all phases of initiation, concept, planning, development, testing and execution. Enter all tasks and deliverables associated with each phase into a comprehensive Project plan and distribute to all team members.
• Create Requirements Traceability Matrix, RTM , Project Degree of Complexity and Change Management control documents for continuous review and reference during Project lifecycle.
• Create Project Communication Plan and conduct weekly team meetings to promote an understanding of IT and Architecture roles vs. Business Requirements and responsibilities. Mitigate all issues and concerns and finalize agreements between the two units.
• Prepare monthly status reports for the program director, business sponsors and steering committee, showing timeline progress against overall Project schedule to completion, reviewing all constraints, assumptions, critical paths and dependencies.
• Review all system integration testing plans and user acceptance testing plans and resolve and/or escalate any / all issue before initiating code into production boxes and servers.
• Mange entire weekend deployment and User Acceptance Testing, UAT activities.

Confidential

Systems Integration Projects Manager

• Coordinate and manage multiple system integration Projects enhancements, migration, updates activities between Veteran Administration applications and external government systems requesting Single-Sign On access and integration with the Department of Veterans Administration. Including facilitating all communications between the Project Business Sponsors, Stakeholders, Product Development work streams and outside vendors and providers.
• Work with the Directors, PMO and Steering Committee to define the standards, processes, procedures and tools that will be utilized to manage the systems integration effort between the VA and the requesting external application.
• Identify and allocate appropriate resources and Subject Matter Experts, SME for the system integration effort and ensure understanding of the business and functional requirements across all spectrums of the Veteran's Administration Business and Financial units.
• Work with the system analyst in translating the functional requirements into technical design, development and build specifications. Work with the activity Project managers and integration planners to develop and maintain detailed Project schedules which include constraints, assumptions, defining Project deliverables, major milestones, schedule, and resources.
• Manage and track all Project Risks and Issues. Calculate Severity / Probability, assign owner, due date, and review all mitigation and resolution plans and efforts. Conduct weekly Triage Sessions with Project Workstreams and disseminate all updates for review evaluation.
• Track application coding weekly progress reports and measure against metrics of performance, ensuring that any/all identified issues do not cause delay on the overall development towards deployment and production.

Confidential

Project Manager / Vendor Management Test Engineering

• Project Manager for the Red Cross BioArch program to define the future of the Bio-Medical computer system applications supporting the American Red Cross. The BioArch Project was launched in request to a federal mandate to have the Red Cross become electronically automated in the field of blood collection, donation and manufacturing, and globally connected to other Medical facilities providing disaster relief and assistance.
• Manage the contracted ARC test engineering vendor groups to the responsibilities outlined in the contract and statement of work, including service level agreements, funding and expenses. Measure the quality and timeliness of test delivery vs. Cost and resource allocation.
• Work with external vendors for products and services to issue, collect, and analyze the Requests for Proposal, RFPs and review for best suitability for ARC's Projects, including collaboration with ARC's subject matter experts to evaluate the business needs and define requirements to determine the best methodology to implement software enhancement and development.
• Coordinate the ongoing activities of the Data Center Applications team, inclusive of oversight for the related IT Project portfolio as well as ongoing incident response management for supported systems, including but not limited to architecture, configuration, deployment and maintenance as well as ensuring high-quality tier-3 end user support for newly installed operational systems.
• Lead the data center application platform strategies effort by working closely with IT managers, operations center supervisors to ensure that the solutions meet all infrastructure requirements such as information security, performance, maintainability, scalability, and extensibility.
• Define all Project activities and milestones required to meet Project objectives and deliverables. Properly sequence tasks and estimate level of effort with Project team members executing the work. Determine milestones and critical path for the Project Schedule.
• Maintain and update the vendor resources and staff augmentation roster. Provide Project health summary report on budget forecast, accruals and actuals and cost-to-complete estimates. Recommend the movement of resources across matrixed Projects when necessary to adjust for budget specification measurements and restrictions.

Confidential

Senior Projects Manager

• Utilize SDLC and Agile Project methodologies into leading a multi-cultural, mission critical team of software developers, coders, testers and engineers into customizing GOTS government of the shelf language-localization software and web-based help-files for overseas implementation and deployment.
• Conduct time boxed monthly Sprint planning meetings with Product Owners and Stakeholders. Review user-stories, Sprint product backlog and level of effort. Determine functional and technical tasks involved in each scenario. Assess the level of effort and determine priorities within allocated timeframe vs. overall Sprint objective.
• Prioritize obstacles and software development issues, produce a workaround resolution and review with team leads. Obstacles include, but not limited to, acquiring proper peripherals, software and hardware, hiring qualified linguists, providing appropriate documentation for any/all purchases and validating basis of necessity.
• Manage client expectations and balance the needs of company and client to ensure satisfaction for all relevant parties. Providing executive level briefings and demonstrations of Sprint accomplishments in terms of working software that has been coded, tested, and documented.

Confidential

Projects Manager

• Subcontract to Department of Homeland Security, DHS , as Project Manager for US-VISIT program for Biometric Identification Services. Project designed to transition from a 2 fingerprint to a 10-fingerprint collection standard for cultivation and analysis of biographic and biometric data of foreign visitors entering and exiting the USA.
• Create and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule, IMS for the Project. Schedule, identify and track milestones and manage cross-functional and system dependencies. Plan Project execution in terms of timelines for iterations, allocated resources and scope. Review risks and issues and work with client to prioritize for follow-up.
• Utilize the CMMI, waterfall model for managing the life of the Project and development process in phases. Including, tasks, timelines, resource allocation, milestone, dependencies and change requests. Provide a weekly Project health summary to Program Managers and Directors.
• Leverage communication and interpersonal skills to proactively identify hidden Project risks that team members may be reluctant to share during risk and issue meetings.
• Interact and mitigate with stakeholders as well as software development and IT management team to provide comprehensive understanding of required work to meet implementation deadline.

Confidential

Senior Projects Manager

• Subcontract to SAIC, Client Mission Integrated Business Unit, as Project Manager for international software localization Project. Selected as SME and senior consultant to oversee the language localization effort, from initiation and conception to completion and deployment at overseas facilities.
• Assess all language requirements for degree of difficulty in localization and establish feasible timelines for delivery and implementation. Ensure customization of the software application in accordance with the host nation requirements.
• Write System training guides, course sequence Installation Guides, Data Replication Guides, Data Export Guides, Data Migration Plans, Server Installation Guides and Data Export Plans.
• Validate the resource files build of the target language application. Manage and track multiple configurations of the application undergoing IV V testing and provide input and recommendation for GUI improvement in functionality, display and ease of navigation.
• Create User Test Scenarios and provide a measured metrics for End Users as guidance to utilize during their navigation and testing of the newly development software application. Validate and grade all UAT test results and provide to Program Sponsors for approval and signature before deployment.

Confidential

Projects Manager

• Project Manager for the initiative and production of the U.S Patent Office Electronic Filing System, EFS , a Web-based patent application and document submission solution for inventors, attorneys to utilize. Manage 3 diverse teams of developers and engineers in designing the EFS and migrating from a paper filing and repository method to a web-based patent-filing system.
• Lead strategic infrastructure applications planning to achieve firm business goals by evaluating and prioritizing the proper tool and technology initiative for the EFS and coordinating Vendor participation and engagement in the development and deployment of selected tool.
• Continually evaluate the current state of the USPTO's data center application architecture and services against mandated government guidelines and create operational strategies to maintain alignment.
• Maintain the process models and related documentation for assigned automated information systems and ensure the utilization of assigned IT software related to the business applications of patents and/or trademarks, in conjunction with the data architecture documented in the enterprise.
• Establish technical delivery milestones, performance metrics and deadlines and provide to team leaders as vital elements for the success of the Project deployment. Provide guidance and direction to each team leader in their work effort to meet EFS implementation deadlines.

Confidential

Projects Manager

• Lead cross-functional Integrated Project Teams IPTs to be sure high-risk, high-resource Projects meet their intended outcomes and timeframes.
• Use knowledge of federal IT policy and procurement to oversee long-term and extensive technical service contractors, making sure they use sound systems engineering and risk management processes be a resource to other IT professionals as they aim to complete work while juggling competing Project constraints e.g., cost, schedule .
• Develop solutions to technical issues, including integration/interoperability, tailoring engineering/development processes as appropriate for the unique needs of each Project
• Help meet your clients' needs by ensuring that IT acquisition documents accurately and exhaustively reflect the Projects' scope, requirements, and deliverables
• Keep Projects on track by measuring and evaluating their progress against baselines, managing change through your leadership of Change Control Boards
• Guide development Projects into operations and support mode smoothly and ensure compliance with IT Project governance policies and procedures, Federal procurement laws and regulations, Executive Orders governing Federal IT policy, and industry best-practices.