SUMMARY:

• Program Manager in software development and IT consulting, experience working with fortune 500 clients and overall 10 years industry experience seeking an opportunity to deliver successful project portfolio delivery
• Team player and experience in running workshops and translate business requirements to into IT actionable roadmap and vise - versa translate IT concepts to Business case for Non-IT stakeholders
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Stage gate process implementation, agile methodology, stakeholder management, vendor management and ongoing commercial management
• Maintained continuous alignment of strategic business objectives across the various team improving transparency and ensuring the business result and strategic intent are met as a part of Scrum
• Story mapping and the definition of business and system requirements, budget, and execution applying Scrum methodology
• Core Competencies: Project Planning and Management, Budget Reconciliation, Project Scheduling and Tracking, Team Management, Executive Reporting and Presentations, Application and Deployment Management, Financial Analysis, Software/Hardware Procurement, Process Management, Resource Management and Allocation, Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Vendor Management, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cost Management, Strategic Initiative planning and implementation

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Agile and Scrum methodology, Acrobat, SPSS, MS Excel (PIVOT tables, V-LOOKUP, Regression analysis,, DCF Modeling, NPV Modeling, IRR Modeling), @Risk, Monte Carlo analysis, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Access, Visio, SharePoint, Documentum, MS Project, Primavera, CMCS, PCMS, CRM, SAP ERP, Oracle ERP, Knowledge of SQL, SAPMM/SD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage strategic initiatives to execute projects for continuous improvement
• Leading Salesforce initiative to develop interface with the current ERP system
• Business process assessment for P2P and deliver assessment

Confidential, Houston, TX

Program Manager - Technology Systems

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing project plan, timeline, deliverables, and requirements for software projects, resource and contract management, vendor management and process enhancements / improvements documentation
• Practiced Scrum methodology with Story mapping, poker planning, and release planning, Including running all scrum meeting daily through retrospections.
• Led current state assessment, delivered strategic recommendations, designed solution and implementation plan for Master Data Management (MDM) future state program, data governance, workflow management with future estimated capital investment more than $8.5M under phased approach
• Performed Stakeholder engagement for gathering business requirements, managed stakeholder expectation, socialized proposed designed solution with steering committee and executive leadership team including CPO/CIO
• Performed cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of new funding for strategic initiatives
• Managed technical team for implementation and rollout of Ariba Cloud applications (Sourcing and Contracts Management): Configuration, adoption,, resources, support, enhancements, and metrics
• Identified current gaps in P2P process and developed recommendations for improvement with SME
• Business partners include IT, strategic sourcing, contracts management group, buyers, legal, engineering and construction, finance, a/p, audit, internal controls, and operations

Confidential, Houston, TX

Program Manager - Strategic Development

Responsibilities:

• Provided PMO level reporting for Program Management, Project Manager, and Project Leads under SAP ERP environment
• Coordinated tracking and reporting of status for projects/programs for application implementations, upgrade or change
• Conducted comparison between cost and time variance compared to baseline, risk, change control processes, and program/project level risks
• Developed, modified, and analyzed financial reports, invoices, and resource allocations
• Facilitation of all scrum meetings. In addition to removing roadblocks by coordinating organizing and grooming, planning, and monitoring, cross application coordination, financial monitoring, and executive communications.
• Liaised between project managers, executives, vendors, and others, as necessary to solicit cooperation and resolve PMO issues/risks
• Reviewed project status and ensured compliance with established processes
• Conducted business requirements gathering and interviews with key stakeholders
• Defined various processes and outline workflows
• Engineering SharePoint Admin - Management/Creation/Process/Standardization
• Provided reporting for internal Strategic Initiatives from start to close out including ROI analysis
• Coordinated tracking and reporting of status for projects/programs,, implementation and post implementation stages
• Developed, modified, and analyzed financial and cost reports, invoices, and resource allocations
• Delivered capability gap analysis engaging Stakeholders and mitigation
• Defined various processes and outline workflows, developed reports for KPI measurement

PMO Analyst, Strategic Initiatives

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing project plan, timeline, deliverables, and requirements for software projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Developed, managed, and maintained tracking process for delivery of program and projects
• Shared standard and best practices amongst Project Managers to ensure more consistent delivery across the program
• Conducted comparison between cost and time variance compared to baseline, risk, change control processes, and program/project level risks
• Created monthly program progress reports and dashboard for reporting KPIs and realized benefits
• Provided program guidance, detailing standard process and procedures
• Developed template project management documents to reduce effort of managing local deployments
• Created and managed database of actual performance to assist in estimating future projects
• Tracked and participated in assurance processes for the program and projects
• Analyzed program budgets were reconciled against forecasts
• Maintained knowledge of alternate stage gate decision process and understanding of underlying project methodologies

Technical Advisor - Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided key support to project team lead
• Developed budget estimates and monitor forecast
• Reconciled budget and schedules
• Responsible for all stakeholder communication
• Partnered with Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) to deliver optimum
• Maintained strong oversight and provided vital direction by organizing and leading project team
• Utilized Project Resource Optimization to track milestones, metrics, budgets, and resources