SUMMARY

• Versatile and dynamic project management professional wif over 13 years’ experience managing end to end projects in a variety of industries including IT, finance, energy, healthcare, insurance, etc.
• Extensive experience working in a structured Project Management Office (PMO), wif both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Excellent ability at creating and maintaining project artefacts including project status reports, project plans, communication plans, risk management plans, change management plans, RAID logs, human resource/staffing plans, and stakeholder management plans etc.
• Accomplished professional wif excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, negotiation and organisational skills, wif teh ability to positively influence others wifin teh organization.
• Expert knowledge of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management tools such as MS Project, CA Clarity, Oracle Project Management (Primavera P6), and Clarizen.
• Expert ability to manage projects in Microsoft, Lotus, and Google Drive environments.
• Comfortable working remotely wif extensive experience in Cisco Applications, Citrix Applications, WebEx, Skype for Business and other remote and work flow management applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SOFTWARE: Advanced Skills in MS Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), MS Project, SharePoint, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft Publisher, CorelDraw, Primavera P6, CA Clarity, Clarizen, Google Drive, Lotus Notes, and SolidWorks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of teh development and implementation of assigned projects, and provides a single point of contact for project related activities.
• Works closely wif project teams in both local and remote locations to provide leadership and guidance on project activities and tasks.
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports and ensures timely distribution of project materials to teh Steering Committee and Executive Management Team.
• Conducts project/release meetings and responsible for performing project analysis and tracking.
• Chair several team meetings wif teh functional areas to discuss project issues and risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Works closely wif other Functional Managers (HR, Payroll, Finance, Grants, Supply Chain Management, and Organizational Change Management) to determine teh overall release strategy, roadmap and deployment plans.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed and directed all facets of teh enterprise wide BPO project to ensure timely and qualitative delivery of project deliverables.
• Collaborated and worked TEMPeffectively wif project sponsors, business leads, business units and users to identify and determine project scope.
• Developed and implemented a project management architecture/processes/tools to guide teh work of teh BPO team and ensure dat all project objectives are met.
• Worked wif offshore BPO partners to determine project timelines, budgets and resourcing needs to facilitate a successful project implementation.
• Facilitated project meetings to track action items, risks and issues and following through to ensure prompt resolution and escalation when/if necessary.

Confidential, Hammond, IN

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directly responsible for creating and managing project plans, project schedules, project budget, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), as well as performing risks and issues identification and developing mitigation plans for various capital and TAR projects wifin teh organization.
• Driving teh Operating System Migration Project of over 8000 contractor and employee computers from Windows XP to Windows 7 Professional, wif attendant upgrades to numerous productivity applications for compatibility wif teh new Operating System.
• Managing teh revamp project of over 3000 operating procedures and training documents for teh 12 operating units wifin teh refinery.
• Managing teh site - wide transition project from Virtual Training Assistant (VTA) to teh Global Learning Management System (GLMS) to better define training requirements and more efficiently capture, record and measure KPIs.
• Installing a robust project management process wifin teh Learning and Development department so dat projects are delivered on time and wifin budget.
• Serving as liaison wif 3rd party vendors and internal providers; consistently engaging them to provide more accountability and transparency wif their deliverables.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided Enterprise Program and Project Coordination and support for teh PMO.
• Facilitated program and project planning sessions to develop project charters, define requirements, identify scope, develop project schedules, conduct earned value analysis, and identify blockers and showstoppers for multiple projects wifin teh PMO.
• Installed a new change management process for teh PMO dat saved teh organisation over $1M wifin 6 months.
• Performed Project Financial Analysis, Cost Variance Analysis, Schedule Performance Analysis and other such evaluations to ensure teh PMO is consistently in line wif teh organisation’s overall business strategies and objectives.
• Collaborated wif third party vendors, external suppliers and internal providers to ensure fast and accurate delivery of project deliverables.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Participated in a number of high level meetings and forums aimed at transforming teh organisation from operations focused to projects driven.
• Prepared and maintained all project artefacts including core project team and steering committee meeting minutes, business justification documents, presentations, RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues and Dependencies) logs, project charters etc.
• Maintained and managed project plans and schedules using Primavera P6.
• Supervised and managed a 10-person team of Project Coordinators to ensure adequate reporting of project performance metrics to internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinated teh testing activities for system changes and preparing testing documentation strategies.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated project team meetings, ensured timely distribution of meeting agendas and minutes, and actively followed up on action items assigned to team members.
• Coordinated and conducted teh systems and applications testing and developed testing strategies.
• Created a milestone tracking and reporting tool to ensure dat items on teh critical path are adequately analysed and strategically managed.
• Conducted Risks and Issues identification, ranking, assessment and analysis to ensure dat a proper mitigation plan is developed and built into teh project plan.
• Created, administered and maintained teh project team SharePoint site so dat all project artefacts are easily accessible to guarantee an informed and accurate decision making process.

Confidential

Senior Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Created, evaluated, and tracked project performance metrics and management reporting tools for easy identification of teh TEMPeffectiveness of projects and programs and their impact on teh overall business strategy.
• Redesigned teh team room to ensure easy accessibility to project information for both local and international team members.
• Prepared strategic and business plan communications for presentations to teh Board of Directors, and other project team members.

Confidential

Project Officer

Responsibilities:

• Served as teh Ad-Hoc Project Manager for teh IT and Power Infrastructure deployment Project for teh Obasanjo Presidential Library Project in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
• Developed teh Project Plans and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for teh installation of VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) for clients such as GE Oil and Gas, Mart Energy Resources, African Petroleum, FirstBank, Oando, and Lagos State Teaching Hospitals Complex etc.
• Designed teh training curriculum, on-boarding program, and performance measurement tool for new project team members which was used to train over 100 new employees in 3 years.