Project Manager Management
Resume:
Bonita “Bo” LaRue
**** ******** *** *, *** ***, Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 512-***-**** – Email: b *******@*****.***
Professional Summary
I have always subscribed to the philosophy of “Doing the Right Thing.” Accountability is key and I am of the belief
that it is my responsibility to represent my employer with professionalism and to fulfill my duties efficiently while
looking for innovative ways to improve and develop the projects I am involved with. I have 25 years of diversified
work experience with strong work ethics.
Core Qualifications
SME in Disaster Recovery with State of Texas – Worked in Disaster Recovery following Hurricanes Rita, Ike, and
Dolly. Skilled in operational and strategic business planning; managing large contracts; establishing clear and concise
project plans; managing change; forecasting; identifying trends; managing controls and mitigating risks; analyzing
data; reporting; training stakeholders; working with cross-sectional teams; providing IT support; assisting with the
planning, debugging and implementation of internally developed software systems; public speaking; and skilled in
building quality teams and maintaining professional relationships.
Education
City University of Seattle, MS – Project Management Attending: 3.80 (out of 4.0)
Concordia University, BA - Healthcare Management, May 2009 Academic: 3.67 (out of 4.0)
Concordia, AA – Behavioral Science, Nov 2007 Academic: 3.63 (out of 4.0)
Experience
Aerotek Staffing
Project: Making Home Affordable Program / FHA and VA Mortgage Loans
11000 NE 33rd Place, Suite #220, Bellevue, Washington 98004
Recruiter: Chris Reynolds
Job Title: Bank Auditor, Professional
- Bank auditor to ensure quality control on FHA/VA underwriting decisions.
- Audit files for eligibility and financial compliance.
- Develop matrixes used for auditing.
- Ability to a nalyze unde rw r i ting decisions to determine program compliance.
- Conduct audits, identify program procedures, determine findings and actions, and prepare report.
D isaster Recovery, a division of the Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affai rs
P rojects: Hurr icanes Rita, Ike & Dolly
221 East 11th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2401
Director: Sara Newsom
Job Title: Senior Performance Specialist V, Professional, Exempt
- M anage $259M i n federally funded grant contracts
- Act as p oint-of-contact between cross-functional teams.
- DR and Davis-Bacon Subject Matter Expert
- A pply change and planning decisions to arrive at optimal solutions.
- M anage projects from planning to contract inception and completion.
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Bonita “Bo” LaRue
1520 Eastlake Ave E, Apt 229, Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 512-***-**** – Email: b *******@*****.***
- R esearch and implement innovative processes to support program deliverables.
- Monitor housing contract system and manage questions and problems as they occur.
- E nsure p roject control systems w i thin the scope of the project were in place and integrate
p roject data for decision makers.
- Monitor w eekly, monthly, and q ua rterly construction and financial reports against
benchmarks
- Compile and a nalyze data for program reporting.
- I dentify t rends and recommended solutions to facilitate processes needed to maximize production
and minimize r isks.
- Support Strategic Planning
- Monitor internal and external production to identify and overcome delays in pipeline.
- Develop and implement t raining for stakeholders using analytical and methodological processes and
concepts on project requirements, forms, reporting, and processes which encompassed federal, state,
and local laws.
- Demonstrated a bility to recognize need to improve i nternal and external processes.
- Conduct compliance t raining on: a) standard and best practices, b) business planning, c) cost
benefit analysis, and d) r isk factors and accountability issues.
- Use of federal and state p rocurement r ules and regulations - Review RFQs and RFPs, small
purchases, and lease contracts as well as subcontracts to ensure compliance and identify potential
r isks.
- R econcile b udgets, process expenditure requests and change orders.
- Underwriting for State and Federally funded programs.
- Coordinate and support process improvements.
- I mprove project management processes.
- M aintain lasting professional relationships.
- I dentify potential r isks and initiate audits.
Texas Dept. of P rotective & Regulatory Services, a division of Health and H uman Services
8305 Cross Park Drive, Austin, Texas 78754
Job Title: Contract Specialist
- Review contract proposals, budgets, and score program applications for public health providers.
- Scoring bid applications and reviewing proposals for program compliance.
- Reconcile budgets, process expenditure requests and change orders.
Texas Veterans Land Board, a division of the Texas General Land Office
1700 North Congress Ave, Austin, Texas 78701-1495
Director: Lesley Griggs
Job Title: Program Specialist
- Loss M i tigation – Accounting
- A nalyze contracts, files, various reports, and expenditure requests for compliance.
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Bonita “Bo” LaRue
1520 Eastlake Ave E, Apt 229, Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 512-***-**** – Email: b *******@*****.***
- A udit contracts, contractor processes, and expenditure requests to ensure compliance.
- Participate in forfeited land sale auctions.
- Conduct r esearch and implement innovative processes to support program deliverables.
- Compile and a nalyze data for program reporting.
- Advise of and implement i ncreased r evenue changes.
- Conduct Skip t racing with 98% accuracy.
- Conduct investigations of criminal acts on State owned property using investigative practices and
techniques.
- U nderwriting for State funded program.
Other Expe rience
Other experience not listed herein includes bookkeeping, healthcare, administrative, and semi-
conductor experience.
T echnical / Memberships
- Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook; Contract System, MS Project Manager,
SharePoint, Oracle, AS400, PeopleSoft, Peachtree, QuickBooks; computer savvy
- P roject Management Institute (PMI) – Puget Sound
- Linked-In
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