SUMMARY:

• Organized, motivated and goal - oriented IT Project Manager with 11 years of experience working with the Confidential, managing small to large IT projects with budgets in excess of 15 million dollars.
• Works well under pressure and excels with change and complexity in dynamic environments.
• Extraordinary ability to cultivate people skills and motivate peers and subordinates to develop trust and communication among project's stakeholder to achieve success.Project Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• MS Office 2010, 2013, 2016
• 365 SharePoint 2010, 2013
• 2016 Top Team Team Foundation Server Azure HL7 LO INC SNOMED ICD 8, 9
• 10 Nintex InfoPath MS Project JIRA/Agile MS SQL Analyzer ASP.Net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Project Manager

• Led a Confidential center level technical support team consisting of 16 experienced and highly skilled Information Technology and Security Specialists focused on supporting four divisions over 50 Confidential and approximately 3,000 personnel
• Provided oversight on the statement of work with team to ensure clear understanding of requirements
• Lead security team of 6 in the research, development, implementation and standardization of Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A) processes for Confidential and Confidential in integrating this knowledge into appropriate guidance and processes that support customers’ security needs
• Supports the SA&A by advising the ISSO, system owners, and project teams in the design and documentation of IT systems in order to meet information security requirements
• Collaborated with Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and OCISO in the development of guidelines for the MOSS-I and MOSS-E for Confidential SharePoint site collections
• Appointed leads for respective contract support activities and delegated responsibility and authority to accomplish tasks.
• Performed weekly reviews with leads to ensure tasks were accomplished on time and in accordance with requirements
• Performed daily standups with team members to ensure burn down progress
• Developed, implemented and managed Confidential IT project portfolio of 3 software development projects and 593 SharePoint sites
• Coordinated and monitored the execution of the EPLC process for all 273 Center level project(s) and managed the creation and submission of all project/governance artifacts
• Lead team in the development, implementation of 93 Standard Operating Procedures guidelines and best practices for all Confidential and country office software development initiatives and SharePoint site collection creation, operation, maintenance and management activities
• Participated in the evolution, identification, development, and implementation of appropriate informatics data standards
• Supported the Confidential and Security providing subject matter expertise, counsel, and technical support
• Advised, provided consultative services and presented to Confidential senior management on Information Technology and Informatics related topics
• Hosted international delegates and locally employed staff from multiple countries to identify IT needs and provided guidance, assistance and individual technical training

Project Lead

Confidential

• Provided essential communication among senior management, customers and team members
• Provided guidance and recommendations to manage project risks; offered sustainable recommendations and strategies to mitigate identified risks with the result was all risks were mitigated successfully.
• Coordinated planning activities, meetings and standups; developed agendas and documented meeting outcomes and action items for over 40 stakeholders
• Tracked and reported on progress of the project deliverables and assignment of all stakeholders. Ensured all project timelines were met
• Opened lines of communication between Confidential and over 50 Confidential to address critical security issues
• Developed and prepared innovative strategies to answer research queries

Project Coordinator

Confidential

• Managed contract tasks of $10 Million which included the purchase IT equipment, installation of the network and associated infrastructure to support the CDC
• Created and maintained project management tools for Technical Assistance project tracking, issues lists, and feedback which provided us the ability to complete the project ahead of schedule
• Assisted over 50 health departments in developing project activity plans in accordance with priorities and complexity of their laboratory settings
• Maintained online SQL reporting database (for CDC sponsors and presented periodic reports to CDC Project Managers
• Implemented the process of gathering and reporting project status, issues, risks and mitigation plans for the Technical Assistance Team
• Led team in documenting requirements from over 75 domain SMEs to prepare recommendations for resources required to complete Electronic Laboratory Reporting projects
• Served as point of contact for state and local public health laboratories and health departments for Technical Assistance with implementing Electronic Laboratory Reporting

Project Lead

Confidential

• Provided analytical and informatics support to the enterprise content manager to identify and manage project requirements for 5 separate projects
• Coordinated EPLC/SDLC activities for 12 projects conducting stage gates and managing documentation
• Performed duties as SCRUM Master to manage functional teams implementing processes and procedures for the Analysis Team
• Created and managed product backlog documentation for 22 projects managed with SCRUM framework

Project Manager

Confidential

• Managed 10 related projects as Program Manager in order to achieving organizational objectives set forth by the Statement of Work
• Maintained continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives, and made recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the strategic, business result
• Defined and initiated projects, and assigned team members appropriately
• Managed costs, schedules, and performance of 15 projects; all of which were accepted by the stakeholders
• Provided guidance and recommendations to manage project risks; offered sustainable recommendations and strategies to mitigate identified risks. The result was there were no surprises for the customer
• Coordinated planning activities and meetings; develop agendas and document meeting outcomes and action items
• Worked closely with Quality Assurance Team to establish and implement a total of 22 new processes, procedures, guidelines and best practices for the Confidential team of 56 team members

Project Lead

Confidential

• Performed as a lead for the Confidential application for the Confidential
• Established and maintained communication channels between the Centers for Disease Control officials and the State and Public Health Labs for all 54 states and territories.
• Responsible for creating virtual blue prints, functional, technical, and data architecture specifications and requirements documentation for how 6 individual projects
• Led team in the developed of test plans, test scripts utilizing SQL for automation of system stress testing
• Interacted with project teams, architects, business groups, and various levels of management to perform essential functions