ALYCE REOPELLE

Coppell, TX acg7u1@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin.com/AlyceReopelle Mobile: 469-***-****

ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE MANAGER

15+ years demonstrated successful IT Program, Portfolio, and Project Management Governance leading

organizations to far exceed Senior Executive expectations. Adaptive leader inspires IT to superior

achievement through communications, collaboration, mentoring. A solutions-oriented, organized and

results-driven leader. Key success enablers:

Senior Executive collaboration Successful global implementations

Enterprise wide communications Team building and cohesion

Maximal training effectiveness Leading by example

Project Management Educator

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PORTFOLIO/PROGRAM AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT: Full lifecycle leadership establishing,

managing, leading PMOs delivering across the full product lifecycle, and all business units. PMO

establishment successes:

+ Sold concept, gained approval, staffed, developed and led PMO in Brinks to higher maturity.

o Selected and rolled out Project Management Best Practices, projects - concurrently.

+ Staffed, led and achieved integration across first ever integrated Business Units (BUs) & IT PMO.

o Implemented IT training program spanning PM methodologies, resourcing and

forecasting.

o Established tools and processes enabling and evolving towards the Enterprise-PMO

(EPM).

+ Managed Claims Management Program for Walmart Corporate Office - 5-year Division

strategy:

o Created, implemented customer technology and business process solutions saving

$3.5M per year along with enhanced onboarding of third-party collectors.

o Plan enabled Claims Management enabling leading edge technology for growth and cost

control with an expected savings of over $5 million per year.

PROGRAM DELIVERY: Managed across strategy definition, tactical planning, operations, all stages of

development and rollout of mission critical solutions to end users. Sample Program successes:

+ Implemented auditing process reducing times from 2 weeks to 5 days for successful eWIC

certifications and audits by federal, state and local entities enabling penalty avoidance.

+ Recognized for implementing the Remote Inventory program saving over $5M per year, delivered

in 4 weeks times leaving a defined process for future expansions.

+ Enabled Cost Allocation application solution saving $3.5 million per year while simplifying and

cutting third-party: on-boarding expense $500K per year; project delivery from 9 months to 60

days.

+ EBS Program delivery

o Requested to recover EBS program for delivery. Successful recovery and turned

over to PM to continue release management

TRANSFORMATION:

+ Collaboration with PMO, VMO and QMO on rolling out established project process across IT

division of over 2500 associates achieving SOPs at a division level.

+ Articulated needs, presented cost-benefit, change agent - migrated 1,200 IT staff from single

platform programmers to multi-technology business solution delivery center saving 10% labor.

+ Having established the Integrated PMO, strategic planning, full workforce management targeted

evolution to Global PMO structure.

EXECUTIVE INFLUENCE:

+ Performed market analysis, regulatory review, gained IT and BU Executives concurrence for

business IT services portfolios. Established formal processes and Governance.

+ Led Executives across multiple areas with BUs developing 5 year strategic vision.

ALYCE REOPELLE (cont.)

Coppell, TX acg7u1@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin.com/AlyceReopelle Mobile: 469-***-****

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

BRINKS US, INC., Coppell, Texas August, 2011 to Present

Enterprise Project Management Governance Manager

• Implemented Revenue Management Program saving approximately $6.5 million dollars per year.

• Implemented PM governance practices, processes, artifacts and PMLC across IT division within 4

months.

• Standardization and creation of project management artifacts spanning all PMBOK phases with

40+ supporting artifacts.

• Implemented and facilitation of training program and facilitated training to include but not limited

to: Clarity, MS Project, Open Workbench, MS Project Server, project management practices,

software estimation techniques, and artifact expectations offered both in class-room and via

WebEx and conference call.

• Administrator and support over Project Server, including future enhancements and growth

strategies. MS Project Server was replaced with Clarity PPM on June 30, 2014.

• Defined and reported on key metrics across IT division at project, portfolio and enterprise levels.

• Strategic reporting at all levels.

• Level 5 in Risk Management practices.

• Program Manager on Revenue Management Program with a cost savings of over $6 million per

year.

• Rollout of EPM applications (Clarity), PMLC, artifacts and processes to Latin America

• Planned continued rollout of EPM applications (Clarity), PMLC, artifacts and processes to

remaining global offices.

• Training of all global resources including project management, resources, resource managers and

leadership on EPM applications (Clarity), PMLC, artifacts and processes.

• Top-down Management lead on IT Mentoring Program.

• Responsible for all project audits and stage gate reviews.

• Primary contact for all project, program and portfolio managers for guidance and assistance.

• Clarity Administrator and application owner responsible for data integrity, application

administration, growth plans, reporting, infrastructural requirements, etc.

• Implementation and training on operational development/release management.

• Defined internal labor capitalization reporting and assisted with enterprise policy regarding the

capitalization of internal labor.

WALMART STORES, INC., Bentonville, AR 1995 to

2011

Project Management

• Management of project teams in size from 10 to 70 people including IT resources as well as

contractors.

• Facilitated training on Function Point Estimate Tool shared with finance teams and PMO.

• Responsible for multiple contract negotiations (SOWs) and rewrite of MSAs, MLAs, and MSLA as

necessary; vendor on boarding and scorecards.

• Evaluation, selection, and implementation of third-party solutions; providing direction to technical

staff and third-party contractors and suppliers; and testing, training, and deploying the best

solutions.

ALYCE REOPELLE (cont.)

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Coppell, TX acg7u1@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin.com/AlyceReopelle Mobile: 469-***-****

WALMART STORES, INC., Bentonville, AR 1995 to 2011

Project Management

• Implementation of process to identify, create, and facilitate process design changes by conducting

business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level; focusing on quality

improvement and data management; ensuring data is reliable and valid; developing process

improvements or re-engineering, and recommending elimination; integrating new systems and

processes with existing ones; and partnering with internal and external Customers to ensure

systems provided meet the long-term business strategies.

• Collaboration with PMO, VMO and QMO on best practices and artifact creation. Assisted with

divisional direction, roll-out and training on operational development projects. Assisted with

formation of rapid response process flows and documentation.

• Successful training of IT to support systems and hardware in Marketing Department.

• Development and launch of Walmart Marketing Online which became the primary communication

tool for marketing strategies and Retailtainment.

Specializations

• Transformation of project management and IT resources into a PMO with a plan for maturity.

• Building team cohesion with non-centralized teams.

• Governance and training of project, program and portofolio managers.

Military Service

US Marine Corps – Honorable Discharge

Training and Education

• Currently enrolled in MBA Program specializing in Project Management with a current GPA of 4.0.

• Graduated from American Intercontinental University with a 3.89 GPA.

• Received Accounting I certification from NW Arkansas Vocational Technical School in 1991.

• Multiple training classes through Walmart Training and Development including: High Impact

Presentation by Dale Carnegie, Professional Project Leadership and Project Management

College, Leadership Foundations, Negotiation, Six Sigma, Labor Relations, Legal and Ethics,

Supervisory Training, Women Leaders of Walmart, and Advanced Leadership Development. Full

class listing can be presented upon request.

References

Available upon request.

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