SUMMARY

• Experienced Sr. Project Manager wif demonstrated implementation and project management abilities.
• Highly organized, methodical and skilled at driving daily milestones across high - performance teams.
• Proficient Sr. Project Manager delivering encouragement and feedback to halp team members be successful.
• Energetic and forward-thinking professional wif great situational awareness.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Visionary Leadership
• Strategic Planning and Execution
• Complex Problem Solving
• Key Relationship Builder
• Workday Implementation
• Agile Teams
• Scrum Master and PO/ PM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Project Manager/ Program Manager

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the Workday, ERP/HCM system implementation (5 projects total) across all phases of execution; 70+ project team members, including Human Capital Management and Financial systems- $7m project.
• Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
• Closely collaborated wif project members to identify and quickly address issues and risks.

Founder and CEO

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Minority / woman owned and certified business enterprise providing IT and Engineering staffing solutions to businesses nationally.
• Formulated the company's vision, goals, and objectives; hired and trained new employees.
• Participated in all aspects of business development from market research to sales execution.
• Built and maintained professional relationships wif clients; attended various startup and business events throughout the US.

IT Portfolio Lead

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and managed the integration of the development teams into the Corporate IT department by developing processes and overseeing the portfolio, which included delivery of Intellectual Property broadly adopted.
• Ensured execution of the Edge/ Institute development program aligned wif organizational audit requirements and use of internal/ external software.
• Matured and revised strategies to reflect business priorities and technology changes.
• Collaborated wif organization leadership to determine yearly initiatives.

Channel Development Consultant/Performance Manager

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing all project and program demand/ pipeline.
• Provide visibility into all demand to classify, evaluate and appropriately prioritize work to allocate resources to the highest value opportunities.
• Ensured strategic alignment by capturing data such as proposed benefits, architectural approach and ROI.
• Assisted CTO wif identifying impacts to existing pipeline to obtain prioritization decisions where necessary, provided expertise for exploring potential technical solutions and assist in maintaining existing technology commitments, dis includes interfacing wif Enterprise Technology Solutions (ETS) and Enterprise Business Partners.
• Conducted vendor selection for Tier 1 halpdesk by working wif Vice President to determine business needs, selecting top vendors, facilitating on-site visits, and successfully negotiating a contract.

Infrastructure Project Manager

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of infrastructure projects for the Home Loans and Insurance division, dis included consolidation and closure of data centers.
• Managed cross functional, geographically dispersed, virtual project teams including multi-vendor offshore resources.
• Successfully manage up to five multi-million-dollar projects concurrently utilizing the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) methodology.
• Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.

IT Program Manager/ Release Manager

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Managed projects and development for the soft launch of Sprint's 4G / WiMAX initiative in the Boston, Washington and Chicago markets.
• Implemented the ability to sell, provision and service WiMAX devices and access WiMAX service.
• Completed satisfactory testing of Amdocs OSS including zero bill and final burn-in support to enable advanced and automated service assurance & delivery capabilities for WiMAX, Backhaul and Core Networks.
• Supported the Commercial Launch products such as Location Based Services and Media Streaming.

Client Service Manager

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Developed cost TEMPeffective solutions and communicated estimates to customers based on the agreed-to architectural approach, including the stacking and decommissioning of servers and internet routing design.
• Analyzed and guided IT stability initiatives such as stabilizing the Confidential website thru management of an eCommerce SWAT team.
• Improved website availability from 77% in January 2007 to 95% in April 2007.
• Managed Class A Audits for Mission Critical applications, dis included validation of network connectivity, monitoring traffic, capacity, software versions, memory, CPU utilization and SAN.

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Roles performed from 1995 to 2005