Delcenia Wright
Technical Project Manager
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www.linkedin.com/in/delcenia-wright-5b13737 • Hampton, VA Summary
Dynamic and experienced Project Management Professional (PMP) certified leader with expertise in technical, financial and other large-scale business projects, in both federal and public sectors. Skilled communicator with exceptional organizational skills, dedicated to creating systematic and innovative solutions to meet complex business needs of both internal and external stakeholders. Mission-oriented and flexible with proven history of successfully managing projects, people and data with integrity. Education
Master of Business Administration
DeVry University, Downers Grove, IL
2005
Master of Science in Business
Organizational Management and
Information Technology
University of Laverne, Elmendorf
Airforce Base, AK
2001
Bachelor of Science in Industrial
Engineering
Magna Cum Laude Honors
North Carolina A&T State University,
Greensboro, NC
1996
Professional Training
Engineer Officer Basic Course
U.S. Army, Fort Leonard Wood, MO
1997
Certifications
Project Management Professional
The Project Management Institute
2021
Project Management Certificate
DeVry University
2004
Technical Proficiencies
• Microsoft VISIO
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint
• JIRA, GitLab
Career Experience
Networking Tech + Support, Hampton, VA 10/2022 – 6/2023 Project Manager (City of Hampton, Contract Position) Led a vendor selection project for a major software implementation, resulting in reduction in costs and improved operational efficiency. Conducted thorough vendor evaluations, including cost analysis, product demonstrations, and reference checks, to ensure the selection of the most suitable vendor. Facilitated regular project status meetings, providing updates to stakeholders, and addressing any concerns or issues raised.
Alutiiq LLC, Hampton, VA 2/2022 – 9/2022
IT Project Manager (NASA, Contract Position)
Serve as IT Project Manager for Science and Analytical organization. Provide support in project document and presentation creation in the SDLC for a digital form’s transformation project.
Huntington Ingalls, Newport News, VA 12/2019 – 2/2022 Program Cost Control Analyst III
Perform analyses and prepare reports, ensuring satisfaction of guidelines related to contract negotiations and government cost control. Set up cost control system; monitor and control costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system. Perform schedule risk assessments to identify and mitigate program cost and scheduling risks.
● Utilized Earned Value Management to integrate the schedule, costs and scope to measure monthly project performance in various customer reports. Liberty Tax Services Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA 3/2015 – 8/2019 Project Manager
Created and defined project plan for Canadian Systems. Facilitated all operational checkpoint activities throughout project life cycles. Assessed and resolved all high priority project risks as encountered.
● Performed software development each tax season, incorporating all Canadian Tax filing requirements and executing in multiple languages. Hamilton Consulting Solutions Corporation, Chesapeake, VA 11/2014 – 1/2015 Technical Editor (Contract Position)
Edited test and evaluation plans for highly complex programs related to warfare disciplines (i.e. ships and command and control systems) for the Commander Operational Test and Evaluation. Reviewed a variety of other test-related documents, Page 2 3
i.e. letters of observation and letters of instruction, in support of test and evaluation final reports. Developed company prospective employee database using MS Access.
● Edited test and evaluation plans for highly complex programs related to warfare disciplines with accuracy, facilitating project success. Medical Action Industries, Toano, VA 4/2013 – 10/2014 Business Process Analyst
Served as lead verification and validation analyst for NAV 2009 software changes. Provided guidance on required Food and Drug Administration (FDA) software requirements as related to company software use. Developed test scripts and scenarios for software verification and user acceptance testing.
● Performed consistently accurate verification and validation of software changes in Microsoft Dynamics, facilitating continued operational success. General Dynamics, Suffolk, VA 5/2012 – 9/2012
Project Engineer
Served at Joint Staff Hampton Roads as Project Engineer for the Joint Staff J7 Joint Coalition Warfighter (JWC) Joint Training, Information Systems Management division. Transferred Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) Community of Interest SharePoint Sites from Army Knowledge Online (AKO) to Intel link. Collaborated with Site Content Managers to mitigate risks in file transfer.
● Performed consistently accurate verification and validation of software changes in Microsoft Dynamics, facilitating continued operational success. ABBTECH Staffing for Lockheed Martin at Joint Staff, Norfolk, VA 3/2012 – 5/2012 Project Manager
Served at Joint Staff Hampton Roads as Project Manager for the Joint Staff (JS) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), System Engineering department. Assisted in the creation of Project Plans using Microsoft Project for Hardware Technology Refresh and Joint Development Center projects. Submitted and tracked Privileged User Access and Joint Staff Information Network User requests to Joint Staff support.
● Developed SharePoint Project Site for Systems Engineering Project Management Information, significantly increasing operational efficiency and data organization.
CACI, Norfolk, VA 5/2011 – 12/2011
Business System Analyst III
Created documents for design, development and training, including business requirement and rule documents, process flow diagrams, business process models, use cases and user manual and system requirement specifications. Analyzed requirements received from SME’s and worked as business point of contact for IT teams. Managed communication and tracking of requirement changes. Decomposed, refined, tracked and documented requirements using various textual techniques, including Storyboards, Software Design Documents, Software Requirements Specifications. Served as trainer for Mine Warfare Program Office, PMS 495. Created training material for PMS 495 community on newly developed Integrated Data Environment (IDE).
● Created documents to significantly increase the operational efficiency of work efforts. Additional Experience
● Knowledge Management Operational Analyst (Systems Analyst), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Norfolk, VA
● Infrastructure Project Manager, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
● Sr. Business Organizational Analyst/Project Manager I, Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, NC
● Computer Programming Instructor, South Piedmont Community College, Polkton, NC
● Senior Business Analyst, Computer Net Resource Group (Wachovia Corporation), Charlotte, NC
● Systems Engineer, Department E47, Northrop Grumman, Newport News, VA Page 3 3
● Project Officer (Project Manager), U.S. Army, Fort Richardson, AK
● Part-Time Adjunct Teaching Faculty – Business and Statistics, Thomas Nelson Community College, Williamsburg, VA
● Part-Time Adjunct Teaching Faculty – Project Management, Project Estimating and Budgeting, Small Business Management, Cost Analysis, Business and Society, Senior Seminar, Introduction to Business, Business Policy, Descriptive Statistics and Organizational Behavior, Strayer University, Newport News, VA
● Part-Time Adjunct Teaching Faculty – Principles of Business, Professional Communication, Operations Management Principles, and Information Technology Literacy, Colorado Technical University Online
● Part-Time Adjunct Teaching Faculty – Computer Information Technology, Shaw University, Kannapolis, NC