SUMMARY:

• Senior Project Manager offering a proven success record leading all phases of diverse technology projects.
• Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion - dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business, and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.
• Expert in multiple project management methodologies.
• Known for ability to produce high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

SKILLS SUMMARY:

Project Management

Project Cost Management

Project Planning

Project Cost Estimation

Waterfall and Agile Methodologies

Project Plan Development

PMI-PMBOK

Project Risk Analysis and Assessment

Project Change Management

Project Scope Management

Statement of Work (SOW)

Business Process Analysis

Vendor/Procurement Management

Requirements Analysis

Systems/Process Engineering

Testing/QA/Rollout/Support

Client Presentations

Legacy Data Conversion

Infrastructure/Software/Web Development

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Visio

SQL Server

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manages multiple web implementation projects concurrently.
• Leads development teams to develop content for varied web/social media platforms including web marketing funnels.
• Facilitates group sessions with stakeholders and web interface team to develop documentation that clearly communicates the intended user experience and represents the business strategy and objectives.
• Leads SEO team in using web analytic tools to ensure the highest rankings on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).
• Manage procurement of web/cloud service implementations with third parties

Confidential

Project Manager/Owner

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple concurrent system implementation projects throughout the entire project life cycle.
• Utilized both phased/waterfall/SDLC as well as iterative/Agile methodologies.
• Provided post-implementation support. Used an array of project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, and Trello.
• Projects included a both infrastructure and software development, as well as blended projects.

Object Systems Group

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led multiple concurrent projects within a high-profile enterprise-wide program.
• Worked with geographically and organizationally distributed groups of stakeholders to communicate expectations, gather information, and coordinate changes in infrastructure, systems, and processes.
• Performed standard project management duties, according to both Phased and Iterative or Agile Methodologies and other program requests.
• Managed procurement of all hardware and COTS software.

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all project management activities in a matrixed project environment utilizing SDLC/Waterfall methodology.
• Facilitate project team through the definition of scope, requirements, and design.
• Authored required project documentation, including scope document, design document, and implementation document.
• Managed the WBS process and translated WBS into an MS-Project project schedule, detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
• Kept project schedule updated throughout the project life cycle, and managed change control process to reflect changes in requirements, deliverables, dates, or budget.
• Identified and documented project risks and issues and tracked these throughout the project life cycle.
• Coordinated customer testing, with the assistance of Test Analysts on larger projects.
• Managed the escalation of project issues and communicated project status to all levels of management on both customer and I/S side.

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led 7 projects (up to 4 concurrently) within a high-profile enterprise-wide program to improve processes and reduce organizational IT risk.
• Worked with geographically and organizationally distributed groups of stakeholders to communicate expectations, gather information, and coordinate changes in infrastructure or processes.
• Performed standard project management duties, according to Confidential ’s SDM (Waterfall) & IT Solutions Delivery Methodology and other program requests. Worked extensively with vendors to procure network hardware.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed & deployed storage server infrastructure for a complex casino management system in based Las Vegas.
• Performed business process and flow analysis adhering to Gaming Commission guidelines & regulations.
• Facilitated the integrated advanced CRM solution into CMS with custom middleware.
• Led team in the standardization of Active Directory across multiple casino properties creating additional user objects and organizational units.
• Led team in solution design for database replication, management, and maintenance.
• Provided performance analysis & tuning and storage capacity projections.
• Created specifications for hardware requirements with growth needs and future convergence in mind.
• Created maintenance plan for software and infrastructure updates/upgrades.

Confidential

Owner/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created a remote management & support network for globally distributed clients.
• Built strategic partnerships with other product/service providers within the genetics industry.