PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

PMP Certified Project Manager with extensive experience in CIS and ERP programs, development in SDLC, product and project development, project implementation, and client management across several business sectors. Successful delivery of complex, multi-organization technology projects with responsibility for their oversight, profitability, risk/issues mitigation, liaison with all stakeholders, and control.

PROFESSIONAL WORK DETAIL

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Serving as senior project manager providing services in SDLC for the State of SC Medicaid systems. Responsible for leading a team of consultants in execution of the Medicaid project.

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• Serving as senior project manager delivering Window/SharePoint and Oracle based ERP applications for major domestic colleges and universities. Responsible for leading a team of client and vendor consultants in execution of the project. Client-facing management role for project ownership from sales turnover through definition specification to project delivery acceptance.
• Plan, direct and coordinate domestic and international ERP projects to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget according to PMBOK standards and guidelines. Ensure that project activities were aligned with project goals and objectives, and were completed within prescribed timeframes and budgets through a willingness to confront the issues and compromise when required to achieve outcomes and overcome obstacles.
• Work with project stakeholders to analyze existing business practices and render a clear understanding of the project requirements, guiding in the creation of detailed budgets, plans, schedule, project deliverables and milestones. Develop the necessary metrics to track progress of project against budget and milestones.
• Established a professional relationship with key influences within the client's organization. The ability to grasp the client's perspective and adaptation of the behavior of all team members forged alliances with clients that yielded excellent sales references and personal recommendations.
• Manage resource planning, allocation and coordinating activities with team members and management to ensure accountability of the critical path tasks.
• Facilitating communications upward and across project, executive staff and project stakeholders through weekly and monthly reports to status the overall progress, goals and issues including identifiable risks and mitigation plans, project deliverables, variances and the justifications for variances and recommendations for said changes.

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Served as senior project manager developing internal process and workflows to improve reporting and manage R D labor and expenses.

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• Served as senior project manager delivering Oracle based ERP applications for major domestic and international colleges and universities. Responsible for leading a team of client and vendor consultants in execution of the project. Client-facing management role, including board level contact, responsible for project ownership from pre-sales through definition specification to project delivery acceptance.
• Planned, directed and coordinated domestic and international ERP projects to ensure projects were completed on time and on budget according to PMBOK standards and guidelines. Ensured that project activities were aligned with project goals and objectives, and were completed within prescribed timeframes and budgets through a willingness to confront the issues and compromise when required to achieve outcomes and overcome obstacles.
• Worked with project stakeholders to analyze existing business practices and render a clear understanding of the project requirements, guiding in the creation of detailed budgets, plans, schedule, project deliverables and milestones. Developed the necessary metrics to track progress of project against budget and milestones.
• Successfully established a professional relationship with key influences within the client's organization. The ability to grasp the client's perspective and adaptation of the behavior of all team members forged alliances with clients that yielded excellent sales references and personal recommendations.
• Managed resource planning, allocation and coordinating activities with team members and management to ensure accountability of the critical path tasks. Distributed workload, juggled resources, eliminated redundant activities, and ensured each team member had clear priorities and focus to achieve the desired results.
• Facilitating communications upward and across project, executive staff and project stakeholders through weekly and monthly reports to status the overall progress, goals and issues including identifiable risks and mitigation plans, project deliverables, variances and the justifications for variances and recommendations for said changes.

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Developed Organizational Readiness Assessment and ERP Implementation project as contract Project Director.

Planned and coordinated ERP project according to PMBOK standards and guidelines. Ensured that project activities were aligned with project goals and objectives.

Worked with project stakeholders to analyze existing business practices and render a clear understanding of the project requirements, guiding in the creation of detailed budgets, plans, schedule, project deliverables and milestones. Developed the necessary metrics to track progress of project against budget and milestones.

Successfully established a professional relationship with key influences within the client's organization.

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Served as recovery project manager on at-risk and troubled ERP and CIS implementations, which required entry into a hostile environment and working with client, team members and 3rd party consultants to assess the state of the project, develop and implemented a recovery plan. Assumed lead of projects and provided required research, analysis, planning, change management, and staff/client management to return the errant projects to profitability while managing program deliverables as well as home office and client expectations.

Implemented start-up and operations of divisional Professional Services office, requiring direct engagement in all HR activities for recruiting new employees. Activities in this role included: justification, budgeting, and requisitioning of FTE positions interviewing, evaluation and selection of candidates development of a ramp-up and training plan for new hires.

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Served as Project Administrator and Financial Analyst for 180 million EPC contract for the construction of a 100-megawatt power station: and as Contract Administrator and Financial Analyst for 485 million fixed-price contract for the construction of a 385-megawatt power station. Both projects completed without contract violations or challenges as well as consistently passing fiduciary audits by internal and external auditors including South Carolina State Regulator's auditors .

Managed 3rd part contractor for Nuclear Power operations during refueling outages.

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Served as lead Manufacturing Engineer in development and roll-out of high volume consumer products lines. Responsible for new product roll-out as well as decommissioning and decommissioning production lines from source vendor to contract vendor. Provided guidance and solutions to immediate production and quality issues arising on the assembly line, ensured manufacturing standards are in compliance.

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Served as lead Manufacturing Engineer in development and roll-out of high volume consumer products lines. Responsible for new product roll-out as well as providing guidance and solutions to immediate production and quality issues arising on the assembly line, ensured manufacturing standards complied with UL and CSA requirements.