SUMMARY:

19+ years served as a collaborative, passionate, enthusiastic, resourceful, reliable, top performer, and hands - on servant leader delivering successful projects on time and within budget and scopeA PMI Certified Project Management Professional and Certified Scrum Master experienced in working in fast-paced environments demanding strong organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills who is trustworthy, ethical, and committed to superior customer service. Confident and poised in interactions with individuals at all levels and detail-oriented and resourceful in consulting and completing both enterprise software and hardware engineering projects

SKILLS:

Proficient in: MS Project, Project Online, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, JIRA, Confluence, QlikView, Smartsheet, Asana, Notion, NetSuite, Wrike, SharePoint, Salesforce, and Google Sheets/Docs; Skilled in SDLC Methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) and Six-Sigma; Strong IT Infrastructure knowledge Hardware/ Software, Servers (Virtual, Physical, Cloud, SaaS, IoT), PC’s, Kiosks, Tablets, POS, and Wireless/Network Equipment

EXPERIENCE:

IT Project Manager (Senior)

Responsibilities:

• Jumped in to make an impact on first assigned projects to recover existing projects and start new ones on the right track
• Provided insight in PMO definitions and processes, became the face of PPM Tool (MS Project Online)
• Responsible for actively supporting and/or leading complex system and infrastructure projects or programs including the planning, management, and implementation of the assigned projects across the County Enterprise (35 Departments)
• Support the teams in achieving priorities, goals, and strategies with key stakeholders.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Professional Services and Consultation for Confidential assisting in and leading projects for software and hardware for IT, General Conference, Training, and Non-Profit to help clients successfully deliver and close projects

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior IT Project and Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage company operations
• Spearheaded portfolio management of all company projects
• Supervised Line Management for Design and Development Teams
• Experienced Senior Project Manager working with a team with a rich history in business consulting and software development that has a history of having provided custom software solutions to a wide range of customers including real estate, insurance, big-box retail, restaurants, and sports entertainment.

Confidential, Atlanta, GASenior Project Manager (Team Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Promoted to Team Lead after only 3 months of service
• Directed software deployments/implementations with budgets of upwards of 1M+ for 2-3 projects simultaneously leading project planning, scope management, resource allocation, and successful criterion-based delivery for external customers in the banking and payment financial organizations
• Spearheaded portfolio management of all US and Latin American projects
• Supervised Line Management and Recruiting Responsibility for all US Project Management Team
• Experienced Senior Project Manager working with data scientists, implementation engineers, and software engineering teams to ensure good quality, on-spec, and on-time delivery of projects. Responsibilities include project definition, planning, scheduling, and execution against committed delivery milestones.
• A proven track record in project management across all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
• Excellent organizational skills, a strong ability to liaise with people at all levels of the organization.
• Strong customer communication and relationship-building skills.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Engineering Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed all manufacturing and software deployment projects (6+) in the Engineering Center with a combination of waterfall, agile, and hybrid deployments
• Controlled multi-million-dollar budgets and resource planning, coordinating and leading cross-functional global culturally diverse teams
• Spearheaded portfolio and team management of projects for all Engineering Center projects
• Managing and coordinating projects within Engineering Center. Efforts included new technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile development, controls manufacturing, product development, and process improvement.
• Managed budget and resource planning, coordinating cross-functionally and globally, leading culturally diverse teams.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Senior Project Manager (PMO Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Directed software deployments/ implementations with budgets of upwards of 5M for external customers in the CPGs and Retailers organizations including global brands
• Trailblazed PMO methodology compliance and adoption for other Senior Project Managers

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Client Services Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed several large-scale global POS and Sales Audit project deployments/ implementations with large teams, upwards to 20-30 global resources, for external mall retailers having upwards of 300-400 store locations

Confidential, Duluth, GA

PMO Director and Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed software and hardware deployments/ implementations for government entities
• Built and managed company PMO methodology and managed compliance and adoption for 6 -7 other senior and junior direct report project managers