SUMMARY:

PMP Certified performance - driven professional with track record of success planning and spearheading large scale and complex projects/programs/initiatives through employment of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies within diverse industries. Instrumental in tracking project progress, supervising project operations, guiding teams, eliminating operational risks, devising project plans, and deploying/integrating systems. Disabled veteran with military leadership experience.

EXPERTISE IN:

Strategic Analysis & Planning

Business Development

Network Design/Optimization

Relationship Management

Salesforce

Project Life Cycle Management

SCRUM & Waterfall Methodologies

Systems Engineering

Robotics & Process Automation (RPA)

Accountability for Enterprise Data

Program Management

Turnkey IT & Infrastructure

Change & ITIL Management

Team Building & Leadership

Master Data Governance

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Project Procurement Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted government entities with the procurement of products and professional services.
• Responded to RFPs, submitted quotes and descriptive scopes of work to procure contracts at the state and federal level.
• Once contracts procured I acted as a project and vendor manager overseeing the completion of all deliverables per the scope of work.

Technical Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Drove teams of 10-15 technical designers and installers for architecting and enhancing wireless/LAN networks for businesses across US; planned and led backhaul delivery to in corporate fiber and gig-E circuits.
• Produced and communicated reports on financial obligations, milestone status, and decision/phasegate prediction.
• Oversaw all financial facets, involving quotations, PO tracking, and invoice process.
• Liaised with internal team and customer to determine project scope, requirements, definition, and timeline.
• Oversaw installation, integration and turn up of all radio and backhaul equipment to include:
• Confidential base station equipment
• Avaya Backhaul Switches and Routers
• Directed all aspects of projects from conception to completion within timeline and budget constraints.
• Led planning and direction on all communication to guarantee accomplishment of project goals.

RPA Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualized, formulated, and executed project roadmaps in alliance with cross-functional execution teams, such as process lead, engineering lead, business analysts, and technology team.
• Organized and chaired standup meetings on daily and weekly basis, while attending steering committee meetings.
• Devised and enhanced IT deliverables by leveraging ITIL methodology.
• Oversaw required infrastructure upgrades to include servers and Avaya cloud based IP networking equipment
• Ensured uniformity across all business segments in regard to master data
• Created and conformed to all change process requirements as it relates to altering data framework and format.
• Worked with marketing managers to create and ensure data accuracy of prospect profiles.
• Coordinated team of 5-10 developers, solution architects, and business analysts to architect, develop, and deliver customized product.
• Headed deployment projects of automation software from initiation to delivery phase.

ERP Project Manager

Confidential, Elyria, OH

Responsibilities:

• Defined project milestones and established timeframes for all tasks relevant to business analysis, data governance, and overall implementation.
• Steered efforts to ensure accurate integration of Oracle Hyperion Finance System with latest manufacturing ERP.
• Coached team members and project managers/analysts, while communicating work performance of members with group managers.
• Worked with senior leadership and functional managers to outline new framework fall all master data
• Oversaw MDM activities post acquisition before cloud migration to new ERP system
• Helped create a continuous improvement model for data to include the use of Sharepoint, SQL and other database analysis tools.
• Oversaw merger of several different plants to 1 cloud based ERP system.
• Worked with managers to ensure all master data had 1 single reference point for distribution of data
• Identified requirements and developed statistical predictions for supply chain operations in close collaboration with teams of 15-20 members from sales, marketing, and IT sectors.
• Spearheaded deployment of servers and cloud-based machines, data storage systems, firewalls, routers/switches, OSs, and security/monitoring tools.

Interim Director of Program Management

Confidential, Solon, OH

Responsibilities:

• Piloted three program managers and associated teams for managing and streamlining manufacturing operations.
• Assisted teams in developing PMO with best practices and guidelines in line with PMBOK methodology.
• Led deployment of Epicor ERP system and management of ERP vendors/partners.
• Provided metrics of open project status, risks, and financial issues, while ensuring optimum quality of products within timeline.
• Worked with business analysts to create and update templates for all data entry.
• Partnered with Epicor ERP team to ensure accuracy of data across all departments.
• Supervised migration from legacy forecast models to high performance of Business Intelligence systems for enhancing demand modelling in collaboration with business analysts.

Sr. Delivery Manager

Confidential, Solon, OH

Responsibilities:

• Directed delivery of turn-key software and network infrastructure deployments and integration with gas, water, and electric utilities; reported project performance and status via Primavera SW.
• Engaged with business development team to set path to future business with current customer base.
• Utilized ITIL best practices to fulfill commitment of delivery and continuous improvement.
• Ensured development of FW/SW products in alignment with project plan and SDLC.
• Reported C-level executives regarding internal teams and customer engagements.
• Planned, organized, and drove organization-wide cross functional initiatives, projects, and operations, involving software/network deployments, application developments, and supply chain management.
• Worked with leadership at all levels to create a data quality strategy that included accountability for:
• Accuracy
• Completeness
• Consistency
• Timeliness
• Validity uniqueness
• Delivered automatic meter reading systems and associated software suites to the Southern California Gas Company and its customers.