CAREER SUMMARY

• Executive Business Transformation Leader leveraging 20+ years of experience spanning business process improvement, strategic planning and execution, and end-to-end project management, leading top-performing teams through complex problem-solving to drive organizational optimization.

• Performed as Project Manager leading a multi-phased $1.2M AR Collection Tool

(GetPaid) implementation project integrating a SaaS solution with Oracle 12c and utilizing Collections, Disputes, and Credit Management modules to successfully streamline and replace manual processes.

• Drove the strategic direction for operational initiatives for teams providing support to 35+ business applications, including Lawson ERP, Kronos Time and Attendance, Microsoft SharePoint, the corporate website, and over 200+ student-based applications, improving quality and transparency and opening communication between staff and corporate office and parents to administration.

• Provided guidance and documented business processes while overseeing the change management components throughout the organizational ERP upgrade process.

• Responsible for directing upwards of 40 Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Application Developers, Infrastructure Analysts, and Project Consultants

(virtual, off-shore, and on-premises) in various professional services engagements. PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

TK ELEVATOR – ATLANTA, GA

Consultant, Portfolio Manager 2021 – Current

• Serve as a Consultant leveraging expertise to provide strategic direction and guidance in portfolio and project management, utilizing flexibility and adaptability to deliver the highest tactical performance.

• Leads project management and ensures that project performance is executed to scope, oversees risk management, facilitates meetings, tracks issues and mitigates, and maintains ongoing open lines of communication.

• Performed as Project Manager leading a multi-phased $1.2M AR Collection Tool (GetPaid) implementation project integrating a SaaS solution with Oracle 12c and utilizing Collections, Disputes, and Credit Management modules to successfully streamline and replace manual processes.

• Responsible for overseeing the M&A project, including onboarding a new branch location, directing the technology integration, HR onboarding and offboarding device management, HR and payroll integration, training, and the physical location move.

• Oversaw the scope definition for a .NET optimization project that included coordination with an offshore vendor, supporting Phase 1 of the project, including assessing 19 legacy .NET applications from the 2008 Windows platform to the Azure cloud.

• Trained, developed, and mentored junior Project Managers, established project cadence for SAP SuccessFactors HCM implementation, and aided the project team with QA testing of the Performance and Goals module.

• Owned the IT demand management and collaborated with business units with requests, establishing business cases and executive summaries of the business needs, driving the project from inception to completion or assignment to a project manager.

• Maintain influence on planning, cost analysis, and forecasting of budgets based on each project, continuously monitoring performance to ensure alignment with expectations. ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT – ATLANTA, GA

Director, Enterprise Applications 2016 – 2020

• Promoted upwards through various organizational positions and ultimately became the Director of Enterprise Applications, leading a team of 3 direct reports and upwards of 25 FTEs and Consultants in developing and driving the technology roadmap while ensuring the alignment to HR and Finance business partner needs.

• Centralized tools to allow students to have needed access to learning and loop back information for both teachers and parents. Tameka D. Barber

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Project Program Management

Business Process Improvement

Reporting & Compliance

Data & System Integration

Agile Methodology Transformation

Project Cost Estimation & Management

Certified Scrum Product Owner

SaaS Cloud Computing

Organizational Change Management

Certified Scrum Master

Vendor Contract Management

Strategic Roadmap Development

Complex Problem-Solving

Stakeholder Engagement

Business Growth Strategies

Cross-Functional Influence

Team Empowerment

Strategic Planning & Execution

Data Governance

Innovation Solutions

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Provided project management oversight for various new initiatives and application onboarding and collaborated with business partners to mitigate business process risk and promote compliance.

• Drove the strategic direction for operational initiatives for teams providing support to 35+ business applications, including Lawson ERP, Kronos Time and Attendance, Microsoft SharePoint, the corporate website, and over 200+ student-based applications, improving quality and transparency and opening communication between staff and corporate office and parents to administration.

• Gained extensive tool knowledge and became an SME, leading the implementation of an innovative ERP system that had been unsuccessfully tried 4 – 5 times before assuming the role, executing ERP as a solution and becoming the team director. Assistant Director Reporting and Compliance, Finance Department 2015 – 2016

• Hired into the organization from Contractor to a more leadership role and functioned as subject matter expert (SME), providing project management oversight for Procurement, Payroll, Benefits, and Risk Management departments, continuously ensuring data compliance governance.

• Provided guidance and documented business processes while overseeing the change management components throughout the organizational ERP upgrade process.

• Analyzed all potential technology changes to ensure ongoing alignment with operational goals, objectives, and policies. Senior Program Manager (Contractor), IT Program Management Office 2015

• Performed as a Contractor overseeing the Program Management concerning the ERP upgrade and migration to a cloud-based solution (SaaS).

• Responsible for developing a change management strategy for system users and project team members and creating, approving, and coordinating vendor statement of work (SOW).

WORLDPAY – ATLANTA, GA

Senior Project Manager, Enterprise Program Management Office (ePMO) 2014 – 2015

• Oversaw the migration of Windows micro focus-based eSettlement and Billing applications to IBM AIX infrastructure, incorporating concurrent migration from JSO Scheduler to CA Scheduler tool. ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT – ATLANTA, GA

Senior Program Manager, IT Program Management Office 2011 – 2014

• Directed the implementation of a $2.5M Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) solution that integrated data from Lawson ERP and Infinite Campus SIS utilizing EAI architecture and TSA/PSA/ODS model.

• Integral in leading the seamless migration of 8K users to Exchange 2010, Office 2010/2011, and Lync 2010, enhancing end-user satisfaction with availability, quality, and ease of communication. LIAISON TECHNOLOGIES, INC – ALPHARETTA, GA

Manager, Professional Services 2009 – 2011

• Responsible for directing upwards of 40 Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Application Developers, Infrastructure Analysts, and Project Consultants (virtual, off-shore, and on-premises) in various professional services engagements.

• Developed a 5-year roadmap focused on establishing a formal Program Management office based on PMBOK guidelines, building a baseline for departmental standards and employee performance evaluations. Program Manager 2007 – 2009

• Led upwards of 20 Virtual Application Developers and offshore Data Integration Developers in SaaS electronic purchase order/invoice projects, leveraging agile software development methodology. ADDITIONAL NOTABLE EXPERIENCE:

Cooper Industries – Project Lead

UPS Supply Chain Solutions – e-Commerce Technology Manager, Production Support Lead, Senior EDI Analyst IBM Sterling Commerce – Consultant

EDUCATION CERTIFICATION

University of Georgia – Master of Social Work

Walden University – Master of Leadership and Project Management Howard University – Bachelor of Science, Psychology Prosci Change Management Certified – Prosci, Inc. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified – Riverwood Associations IT Infrastructure Library

(ITIL) Foundations Certified v3 – Riverwood Associations Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CPO) – Scrum Alliance

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