SUMMARY:

• Supporting and thriving cross - functional matrix project/programs
• Establishing Release management infrastructure and executing pre and post deployment process. Establishing post production metric models and analysis
• Successfully managed and maintained an average of 40- 45 schedules
• Well versed in Financial Forecasting, Earned Value, Cost Analysis, Budget reviews, Budget monitoring, and Financial Reporting
• Establishing and maintaining a Program Management Office

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Project 2013, Primavera (P6), Prolog 6.0, PMBOK, PM Best Practices, Earned Value Management, Clarity, Microsoft Office Management skills to support/facilitate multiple Programs/ Projects (SDLC and Agile), using Project Management tools, including MS Project 2013, Primavera 6.0, Rally

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordination of 15+ (external and internal) partner portal enhancement deployment to production four to six releases per year.
• Developing and monitoring the Program 3 - 5 year roadmap and ensuring it is communicated and developed with each partner teams.
• Facilitating cross- program work groups to address specific road map features and bring to production.
• Managing the change management process and conducting daily scrum of scrum activities.
• Identify program and partner level risk/issues and mitigation/contingency plans.
• Defined and executed the management or day-to-day aspects of the release integration of development, testing, deployment, and support of these systems.
• Fostering an environment of partner collaboration to develop and publish deployment, rollback plan and post deployment metrics.
• Executing the deployment plan and supporting processes for successful implementations. Supported non - business hours and weekend deployment activities.
• Developing partner and program schedules and ensuring all member benefits changes are addressed and compliant.
• Additionally, managing two to three of the contributing partner scope, financial health, schedule, sprint process and release cycles.
• Present to program stakeholders and business executives of program direction and execution.
• Assist in providing justification and substantiation of program cost and ROI.
• Assist in the selection, hiring and transition of new team members in to their role.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manages and developed Confidential portal enhancements.
• Responsible for run and maintain activities of the portal, twelve to sixteen releases per year.
• As a Scrum Master transitioned team from a standard SDLC waterfall to agile development implementation cycle.
• Facilitated portal website to support mobile and responsive design formats.
• Facilitated the development and implementation of portal assets into the Confidential portal.
• Expedite Confidential integration with vendor partners in support of the Federal Employee Benefit program.
• Implemented KPI to support program design roadmap and better determine member behavior.
• Working with team to define what improvements will best support KPI data gathered.
• Supported member program engagement of 30% increase in one year of the 4.5M Confidential members.
• Assisted with the Digital eXperience program for Confidential approx.
• Delivered on time, at budget estimate and minimal production defects across program

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed enterprise upgrade mandated by Confidential .
• Implementations are conducted twice a year across four adjudication platform.
• Two - four teams concurrently of the implementation in MD and DC.
• All developed project schedule in Microsoft Project and Clarity: documenting, requirements, business impact, installation, code development, testing and partner to partner testing managed by PM. Approx team resources 30 - 60 throughout the SDLC.
• Provide Weekly report of metrics and project status
• Provide program updates to Stakeholders and upper management.
• Project delivered on time, under budget, with no production defects.

Schedule Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide weekly schedule analysis, status updating, logic & metrics reviews/reconfiguration
• Supporting 3 concurrent IT Projects and SDLC, involving a 12K+ activity schedule, and a 2.5 K+ activity schedule.
• Maintain Project (s) performance metrics and measure

Confidential

Schedule Analyst: Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Schedule Analyst: Schedule Management support for multiple Programs/ Projects, using AMS Real Time Projects, and Primavera 5.0.
• Provide weekly schedule analysis, status updating, logic reviews/ re configuration, Budget development, financial reconciliation, and reporting.
• Supporting 2 concurrent IT/Construction Projects and SDLC, involving a 25K+ activity schedule, and a 9K+ activity schedule.
• Maintain Project (s) performance metrics and measures.
• Coordinate and maintain Process Documentation, for multiple Projects.

Confidential

Project Coordinator: Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily/weekly Schedule analysis, status updating, as well as logic review/ re-configuration, financial reconciliation, and detailed reporting.
• Responsible for Project scheduling, development, and analysis for all Project activity, in Primavera 5.0.
• Successfully managed and maintained an average of 40- 45 schedules.
• Provided Resources loading support, and forecasting.
• Financial Forecasting, Budget reviews, Budget monitoring, and Financial Reporting, for the Program Management Office.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of new construction /renovation Projects, and provided full SDLC lifecycle support, for the University Medical Center System.
• Created and maintained Project Schedules, in MS Project 2000.
• Coordinated and supported Project efforts from inception, including RFP’s, Bid/Award, and Project execution.
• Managed 8 - 10 Projects, in various phases of SDLC development.