OBJECTIVE

• An energetic organized Project Coordinator / Scheduler, detail oriented and extremely self - motivated individual, Innovative goal-driven strategic thinker seeking challenging work experience and projects within Business Environment. Subject Matter Expert (MS Project 2007, 2010 & 2013)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: (SME) Subject Matter Expert - Waterfall Methodology (PMI); Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); SAP Methodology (ASAP); AGILE Methodology.

Software Skills: Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Project 2007 & 2010, MS SharePoint, MS Access, MS Visio, MS InfoPath, MS Groove, MS Access,, Mind genius, MS Project 2010, Visio 2010.

Affiliations: PMI - Member.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential | Houston, TX

Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Updated project plan estimates, dates, resources, and milestones with information from PM and other project team members
• Performed weekly update of the key project artifacts (project schedule/timeline, status report)
• Assisted in maintenance of change management log, issues list, and risk list
• Assisted in regular evaluation of workflow and data flow processes and in making improvements
• Coordinated the gathering of pertinent project documentation, including pre-implementation and post-implementation audit documents and application support transition
• Coordinated the fulfillment of pre-implementation and post-implementation recommendations from internal and external audit teams to ensure project compliance
• Reviewed project time sheets (internal and contractor) to identify and remedy discrepancies
• Reviewed project expenses against project budget to identify and remedy any non-approved charges
• Updated/maintained Team Calendar on Project Workspaces
• Facilitated Root Cause and Problem Statement sessions
• Monitored, controlled and tracked Project schedule to ensure that team members are updating tasks for each Sprint
• Coordinated and ran Project Meetings (bi-weekly ), reports in Project Manager's absence - engage team members, follow up on blockers, note action items
• Captured, communicated and followed up on meeting Action Items / reviewed overdue actions or issues and contacted team members for updates.
• Assisted with on-boarding of new team members / grant requests for hardware and system access for existing team members and contractors. This included requests for hardware, security badges.
• Partnered with PM and other project team members to ensure standard processes (Solution Life Cycle) are followed
• Responded to general inquiries and requests for information related to the PMO and projects.
• Scheduled, prepared for / facilitated meetings and events as required. This involved coordination of larger meetings, reserving rooms / venues, resources, refreshments, etc.

Confidential | Houston, TX

Project Planner /Scheduler

Responsibilities:

• Created and implemented project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for medium to large sized projects of moderate complexity.
• Created & maintained Integrated Master Schedule.
• Maintained Program / Project Schedule with 4500 line Items.
• Prepared statements of work for project engagements and monitored performance to ensure that project commitments meet contractual specifications.
• Determined need for and impacted of changes in scope of project and makes recommendation based on determinations.
• Gained concurrence, approval, and consensus from stakeholders regarding the various project aspects, adjusts accordingly.
• Identified appropriate resources and staffs projects.
• Organized project team members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives.
• Acted as the point of contact with client project management.
• Managed costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables.
• Ensured schedule and budget are met.
• Identified need for changes and revises within established guidelines/policies as appropriate.
• Performed ongoing review of project status; identified project risks.
• Developed, recommended and implemented risk mitigation solutions as approved and as appropriate.
• Interfaced with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects such as but not limited to, technical requirements, business requirements and schedule.
• Determined when additional resources are needed and implements same.

Confidential | Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Defined and managed WBS guidelines, standards and templates
• Built dependencies and integration between the program activities
• Provided scheduling support to team project managers to build PM detailed task plans
• Managed milestone and activity plan and maintain linkages to PM detailed task plan
• Managed the resource pools and administer resource assignments and activities
• Analyzed resource leveling and coordinate with activity owners to resolve resource overload and conflicts
• Defined and monitored closely the program critical path
• Understood, integrated and managed dependencies and linkages with initiatives external to the program
• Assisted project leaders and team leads in the creation, monitoring and changing of project plans, resource plans and milestones, ensuring adherence to approved standards
• Reported out master plan schedule impacts and shifts
• Prepared and conducted regular cadence with PM to review the status of master project plan and identify corrective actions
• Established guidelines for time reporting and generated exception reports
• Managed and reported financial allocation and status of project activities and milestones
• Uploaded Projects Schedule from MS Project to SharePoint and PWA. (Project Web Access).
• Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in MS Project.
• Managed administrative, technical, and resource management aspects of a project including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving
• Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.
• Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.
• Served as quality manager and oversees quality assurance on all deliverables.
• Prepared and presented status on project schedule, project costs, project deliverables, project risks, and risk containment strategies.