EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• My background includes over ten years of broad experience in planning, leading and implementing new business systems and improvements to existing ones.
• I bring broad experience in process and design analysis, business and functional analysis, and project leadership across multiple cross - functional teams located both domestically and internationally.
• My greatest assets are my ability to establish relationships with project teams and clients and my ability to communicate effectively using both written and verbal methods.
• I strive for achievement in team environments and have a natural talent for developing skills and abilities of my teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Business Intelligence Tools: Microsoft Excel Data Analysis

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visio

Development Tools: Visual Studio (2010), Eclipse

Development Languages/Framework: Java

SPECIALTY AREAS

Full Lifecycle Project Management

• Project Estimating and Planning
• Communication Management
• Change Control
• Risk Management

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum frameworks
• Functional Requirements Definitions
• Managing Multi-Location Development

Business Intelligence and Strategy

• Change Management
• Process Improvement / Re-engineering
• Problem Solving and Options Analysis
• Process Modeling
• Statistical Analysis
• Negotiation

People Management

• Facilitation
• Coaching, Training and Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Support client in managing simultaneous software projects.
• Manage four software development teams totaling over 50 employees in three states and two countries.
• Coordinate the efforts of a cross-functional team including Marketing, Product Management, Release Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, Support, Legal, Business Analysis, Development, and Quality Analysis.
• Organize outside vendors to manage delivery schedule, quality, and budget.
• Management of cloud-based and Software as a Service (SaaS) product development.
• Lead using Waterfall and Scrum frameworks.
• Act as ScrumMaster buffering the team from outside impediments, driving scrum process, and coaching team members.
• Coordinate stakeholder demonstrations, facilitate backlog grooming activities, empower commitment of sprint deliverables, and lead team retrospectives.
• Employ agile estimation and planning to design projects, assign resources, and create product scope and project budget.
• Ownership of financial management, project schedule, project budget, resource allocation, risk management, and change management.
• Include use of technology resources such as Microsoft Project, Excel, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio, Top Team, Jira, and open source technologies.
• Define product goals and deliverables that support business strategy in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Communicate with all stakeholders on project milestones, progress and risks.
• Lead product development life cycle, coordinate documentation and training, and hand-off to implementation support team.
• Successfully delivered 3 full software life cycle applications totaling over $3 Million.
• Participated in 4 Enterprise Solution delivery contracts for multiple state DMV modernization efforts totaling over $25 Million in revenue.

Confidential

Graduate Research Intern

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research in Employee Engagement, Perceived Organizational Support, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior.
• Conduct surveys according to proven methodologies in management science and apply techniques in statistical analysis to identify causal relationships between organization and employee behaviors.
• Leadership in building a social media marketing plan targeted at MBA graduates to facilitate graduate networking and positive community perception.

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Project Manager & Operations Director

Responsibilities:

• Guide company operations, information technology, accounting, human resources and business development. Mentor a team of four individuals overseeing an internal budget of $350k.
• Direct project and product management in Information Technology with cross-functional team. Work included implementing networking, hardware, IT security, and software packages designed to meet client requirements utilizing Microsoft Project to manage project lifecycles.
• Lead development and execution of strategic objectives and ensure alignment with mission, vision, and execution of those objectives.
• Act as communication liaison between executives, stakeholders and technical staff.
• Lead proposal development teams.
• Successfully competed subcontract under Department of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration ($750 Thousand.)
• Negotiated additional task orders ($1 Million.)
• Prepared application and gained admission into the Small Business Administration 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business program.

Confidential, Peoria, Arizona

Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Developed procurement team, business management strategy, and project proposals resulting in a $4.5 million award
• Direct oversight of contract management: interpreted requirements, updated policies, and developed relationships with stakeholders to ensure quality control as well as Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), budget, and other compliance metrics.
• Assist in strategic objectives, establishing and measuring progress, and identifying areas for process improvement.
• Acted as point of contact for government client, subcontractors, and major stakeholders and negotiation of task orders and change orders.
• Management of joint venture operations, internal controls, accounting, and human resources using Deltek GCS Premier.
• Prepared annual DCAA (Defense Contracting Audit Agency) indirect cost submissions.
• Maintained contracts, modifications, and cost pools.
• Coordinated project accounting including: payroll, invoicing, and oversight of accounts receivables, accounts payables, and GL maintenance.
• Directed budget management and cost baseline for entire project lifecycle ($24.5 million)
• Organization of project documentation in enterprise server. Act as point of contact for all project related coordination including project plan, contract, and project logs.
• Developed Human Resources Management Plan to maximize the strategic use of human capital for effort.
• Established project employees in 17 states including IT hardware, software, and VoIP telecom systems.

Confidential, Richland, Washington

Technical Writer & Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead proposal development for federal acquisitions utilizing Primavera, MS Visio, and other project management tools such as Microsoft Project and Excel.
• Team player in business development to identify win themes, coordinate with project leads and subject matter experts, and research contract pipeline.
• Assist in strategy development based on pipeline and business intelligence to develop marketing plans and proposal strategy.