SUMMARY:

Project / Program Manager with 10+ years of experience in using project management disciplines Agile and Waterfall methodology. Success in crisis management using political, operational, economic and technical knowledge. Skills in assessing needs, determining requirements, diagnosing risks, and understanding earned value management relating to schedule and costs. Passionate about transparency and consensus. Expertise in designing visual representations to aid in understanding and adding value.

SKILLS & CORE COMPETENCIES:

Architect, Communication Skills, Microsoft Project, Communicate Status, Writing, Consistency, CAMSS, Project Management, Management Experience, Leadership, Proficient, Professional Manner, Project, Plans, Staffing, Technical, PMP, Certification, Budget, Project Management, Cost Reduction, Project Plan, Pmi, Reporting, Technical Project, Quality Standards, Project Development, Potential Risks, Ms Office, Infrastructure Project, Cost Effective, Agile Methodologies, Waterfall, Negotiation, Hardware, Fashion, Compliance, Analytical, AgileScrum, Agile, PMI, Technical, Technical Skills, Product, Software Development, Project Management, Product Management, Information Technology, Facilitation Skills, Vendors, Staffing, Analytical, Collaborate, Leadership, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Strategic Thinking, Leadership Skills, Communication Skills, Master, Project, Scrum Master, Project Manage, Technical Skills, Negotiation, Software Development, Change Management, Training, Problem Solving Skills, Written Communications, Decision Making, Judgment, Cloud, Hardware, Stakeholders

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Leawood, Kansas

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical project program management, and electronics systems engineering solutions to information technology and aviation related companies.
• Acts as expert technical customer support service resource to programming staff in the program development, testing, and implementation process
• Applied Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) discipline for Program Management Process Groups including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and close out. Applied Primavera software P3.
• Applied Microsoft Azure Office 365 Cloud Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, as an Excel Super User
• Implemented cloud infrastructure with Microsoft Office 365 Azure and Google Maps
• Gained skills with Content Management Systems (SharePoint), Learning Management Systems (Schoology) and Microsoft Project Schedule, Office Suite, SharePoint, Visio, and Agile Certified Practioner.
• Enhanced knowledge of Industry Leaders, and Tracking Industry Trends, Participating in Industry Discussion

Confidential, Leawood, Kansas

IT Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensured full corporate governance and on - time and budget compliant delivery of Private Cloud Implementation Services, and Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) projects, boosting accuracy, security, and efficiency across all IT resources.
• Eliminated bottlenecks resulting from manual setups of Cloud Pre-Sales provisioning, as well as, reducing capital expenditures, enhancing staffing efficiency, and facilitated increased business agility through implementation of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS integrated cloud environment.
• Provided Worldwide International customer support service of client projects.
• Used Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Tool Suite.

Confidential, Fort Worth, Texas

Operational Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developing and launching a single-server automated requirements collection program, the Needs Assessment Program (NAP) Microsoft Excel based that allowed all personnel to enter requirements.
• Reduced schedule and funds on over 3,000 projects annually to meet Congressional deadlines.
• Developed and implemented a more cost-efficient single-server automated system for collaborative national operations work plan project execution, the Project Execution Strategy System (PRESS) Microsoft Excel based .
• Applied Microsoft project to measure project baselines to communicate status to division management included as part of the role of Government Technical Interpreter (GTI) coordinating Task Order Projects with the National Implementation Support Contactor (NISC) Task Order Manager (TOM) and writing and providing performance evaluations of contractor employees assigned to the operations program management position.
• Provided operational oversight and interact with airport air traffic stakeholders and leadership.
• The contactor project team delivered solutions to systems integration projects balancing the technical discipline of cost, scope, and schedule.

Confidential, Kansas City, Missouri

Regional Associate Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Applied Project Management discipline for Program Management Process Groups including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and close out, utilizing MS Project Schedule/Primavera.
• Confidential and Confidential collaboration on the new low risk digital ASR-9 airport surveillance radar requirement was completed within a 30-month schedule.
• Development and Implementation of the a highly complex Radar Siting System (RSS) Tool, hosted by a Linux based Computer capable of siting radars on a desktop PC for potential radar sites.
• Replaced the original costly method with hosted GIS software using digital identification of cultural environments, resulting in $100,000 in savings per site and accelerating the schedule by six months.
• Initiated Engineering change proposals to install a Facility Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) & Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS),