Project Management

Objective: Project Planner/Scheduler/Coordinator/EVM Specialist position where my skills and

experience will combine to increase overall project effectiveness and

capability.

Security Clearance - Top Secret (Inactive)

Focused professional with demonstrated background in planning, scheduling,

earned value analysis, data analysis, data gathering, multitasking, and a

drive to accomplish goals and objectives.

V Lead Planner on NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Project, Central

Instrument Data Processor (CIDP) sub-project, for Southwest Research

Institute (SwRI); performed cost, schedule, and complete EV analysis and

reporting

V Reported earned value on MMS Instrument Suite (IS) Integration and Test

(ISI&T) project, and IS Master (ISMstr) project

V Used available software tools to analyze/report earned value; Scheduling

tool - Microsoft Project & Primavera (P6), Budget/Cost/Earned Value tool

- Cobra, enhanced earned value tool - wInsight

V Acts as a liaison in defining program logic/relationships between the

master project schedule and subsidiary schedules. Resolve schedule

issues and conflicts

V Coordinate the products created by the schedulers, ensuring consistency,

uniformity, and quality of products. Adjust products as required and

coordinate those adjustments with the schedulers

V Support the program reviews as required, including the major Program

reviews. Develop charts and other products as required using Powerpoint,

Milestones Pro, Microsoft Excel

V Technical knowledge and experience in designing, developing, and

integrating project and program schedules / Integrated Master Schedule

(IMS) on federal government programs

V Provides analysis and metrics to identify potential problems and

assessment of critical path

V Performed duties relating to planning, scheduling, and cost control

monitoring of divisional projects

V Conducted proposal support, WBS development, schedule development,

detailed estimation, budget allocation and maintenance to cost accounts,

spend plan definition, schedule and cost analysis

V Studies variances, critical path identification, earned value assessment,

and work around implementation

V Completes continual schedule and cost maintenance, monitors and reports

on cost and schedule performance and associated variances, and estimate

to complete/estimate at completion analysis

V Monitored spend plan maintenance for routine management and customer

review, identifies degree of conformance to baseline plans, schedules and

budgets, interprets current results

V Identifies deviations or unfavorable trends for corrective action,

projects long range effects, assists in developing and presenting

alternate plans and schedules as required

V Implemented techniques to ensure accomplishment of divisional and project

objectives; prepared reports on all phases of assignments as required;

prepared monthly Cost Performance Reports (CPR)

V Motivated self-starter; expert in the use of program planning to identify

and exploit opportunities

V Multi-talented; ability to manage multiple projects/tasks achieving

company goals in each one

V Rebuilt the entire Ground Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) based upon

inputs from the special Ground Schedule Tiger Team enlisted to evaluate

NOAA facility non-availability schedule impacts and to propose

alternative options for maintaining a December 2016 JPSS-1 launch date

V This massive schedule development effort included: planning and running

special twice-weekly Ground Integration Working Group (GIWG) schedule

meetings to establish and distribute new schedule guidelines and

facilitate inputs to the schedule; creating a new schedule template for

NEE and external participants to populate the NOAA portion of the J-1

Mission Master IMS and to communicate their inputs to the Ground IMS;

reworking the Flight Vehicle Test Suite (FVTS) schedule inputs;

participating in planning meetings to create the new Mission Operations

Support Team (MOST) schedule; participating in Mission Synchronization

Working Group (MSWG) meetings to coordinate hand-off needs and review

Giver/ Receivers; revising and developing the Giver/Receiver portion of

the Ground IMS; working with the PIM to identify Ground Schedule Risks

for input to the Flight Project's revised Joint Confidence Level (JCL)

effort; and meeting with the PIM and program scheduling team to discuss

incorporating the Ground IMS into the JPSS Master IMS

V Intensified and accelerated schedule redevelopment effort is a major

input to support the overall plan to reach Step-2 of the JPSS-1 MPDR and

is a critical element to meeting the review's main success criteria of

closing the JPSS-1 schedule to a December 2016 launch date

Core Competencies

Project Management Communication Planning

Project Planning Facilitation

Data Analysis Results Delivery

Data Gathering Financial Analysis

Scheduling Information Security

Earned Value Management Meteorology

Earned Value Analysis Change Management

Operations Management Transportation/Logistics

Decision Making Risk Management

wInsight Administrator Earned Value Administrator

COBRA Administrator Stakeholder Alignment

Employment History

ASRC/ARTS; 2012 - Current; Scheduler/Planner

Southwest Research Institute ; 2008 - 2012; Project Planner

Dish Network; 2008; Field Services Manager

Casino Queen; 2007 - 2008; Security

United States Air Force; 1984 - 2007; Logistics, Meteorology, Superintendent,

First Sergeant

Professional Classes Completed

Humphreys & Associates - Earned Value Management Systems

New Horizons - Microsoft Project 2010 Level 1

Deltek University Cobra 5 - Advanced

Primavera (P6) 106R-Resource Management Module - Advanced

Humphreys & Associates - Advanced Earned Value Management Techniques

New Horizons - Microsoft Project 2010 Level 2

Primavera (P6) 102-Project Management Module - Basic

Formal Education

Master of Business Administration Degree - 2010

Major: Business

University of the Incarnate Word - San Antonio, TX

Bachelor of Science Degree - 2007

Major: Management

Park University - Kansas City, MO

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Associate Degree - 2001

Major: Meteorology

Community College of the Air Force

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