Project Manager Quality Assurance

LEOPOLD A. WHITEMAN, JR., PMP, CSM, ITIL V* Foundation

*** *********** ***** 609-***-**** (H) / 609-***-**** (C)

Robbinsville, New Jersey 08691 ********@*********.***

PROJECT MANAGER PROFILE

. Senior Project Leader with Project Management Professional Certification

and 6 Sigma Green Belt Training

. Credentials include ITIL Foundation V3 IT Service Management and AGILE

Scrum Master Certifications

. Utilized 6 Sigma Quality Assurance and Process Mapping Methodologies

to identify areas for improvement

. Led Business, Engineering, Production, and Information Technology

projects in Commercial and Aerospace industries

. Managed Project Budgets, Schedules, Scope, and Resources. Provided Status

Reports to all management levels

. Generated Proposals, Program Plans, Plant Appropriations Requests for

Technical and Capital Investment Projects

. Interfaced directly with Project Stakeholders, Commercial Customers,

Department of Defense, and NASA Officials

PROJECT LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

. Updated Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Quality Assurance (QA) checklists

and project schedules, resulting in 50% improvement in projects passing

their QA reviews the first time through their Project Life Cycle (PLC)

phases.

. Technical Leader: Led L-3 Communications' corporate Lead Free/RoHS Team.

Developed and implemented corporate Lead Free/RoHS Guidelines for

applying Lead Free Soldering technologies in aerospace applications.

. Facilitated PM Solutions Management services to Lockheed Martin corporate

Environmental Health and Safety.

. Lead Project Engineer: Managed the American Competitiveness Institute's $

1,500,000 REPTILE Power Electronics Project; identified $ 73,000,000 in

savings over 10-year US Navy power systems program's life cycle.

. Program Leader: Established the American Competitiveness Institute's Lead

Free Soldering Center of Excellence Program, with revenue over $ 300,000

providing technical, training, and consulting services to clients in 1

year.

. Deputy Transition Project Manager: Supported Lockheed Martin Space

Systems' facility closure and production relocation program. Prepared

schedules, documentation, budgets of $ 10,000,000 in labor and capital

expenses.

. Team Leader: Organized Lockheed Martin / GE Aerospace Integrated Product

Teams eliminating Ozone Depleting Chemistry use; compliant to the Clean

Air Act and Montreal Protocol; saving $ 500,000 of hazardous material

usage.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ATTRIBUTES

. Performed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) development and Earned Value

(EV) performance analysis

. Created Systems Integration Test (SIT) Plans and User Acceptance Test

(UAT) Plans for Aerospace applications

. Utilized Project Management packages - Microsoft Project, PlanView,

I/CSCS - compliant to ANSI/EIA-748-A

. Applied SharePoint for document depository, workflow approval, and

configuration management processes

. Familiar with Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and Capability

Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

. Prepared project dashboard status reports with Microsoft Access,

Microsoft Excel, and SAP Business Objects

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield; Newark, New Jersey September, 2010 -

August, 2012

Enterprise Project Manager - Contract Position: Supporting the Enterprise

Project Management Office (EPMO); was responsible for developing and

implementing quality systems, standards, and audits across all projects and

programs.

. Automated the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (HBCBS) Current Phase

Report, which led to an 80% reduction of project scheduling errors within

the corporation. Automation reduced report preparation from 20 hours to

20 seconds.

. Established the Quality Assurance Standard Operating Procedures and Swim

Lane Process Maps using Microsoft Visio. Processes implemented across all

HBCBS divisions, Horizon Health Care Innovations and Horizon NJ Health.

. Created and implemented a Microsoft Access database to track Quality

Assurance Review results for all projects. Served as a Project Management

coach / mentor to Project Managers across all HBCBS divisions.

. Assisted in creating training program for inbound HBCBS Project Managers

and a Lessons Learned database.

. Utilized IBM BlueWorks Live to generate process map; integrating the

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with the Project Life Cycle (PLC),

identifying areas of duplication and opportunities for improvement.

. Introduced and implemented the AGILE project management methodologies to

HBCBS EPMO culture.

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L-3 Communications-East; Camden, New Jersey June, 2008 - June 2010

Senior Member, Engineering Staff: Provided project management and technical

support to Components and Materials Engineering (CME) within the Quality

Assurance function.

. Created budget projections for 2009 CME activities, totaling over

$4,000,000.

. Developed and maintained Environmental Test Facility operations schedule

for all production qualification programs.

. Generated Basis of Estimates for CME function, supporting Engineering and

Production programs.

. Prepared Parts, Materials, and Process (PMP) documentation for various

communications production programs.

PM Solutions; Glen Mills, Pennsylvania October, 2007 - April, 2008

Senior Consultant / Project Manager: Provided project management and

technical support to the New Jersey Department of Transportation's

Optimized Review Process Improvement Program initiative.

. Created Quality Management, Contract Administration, and Constructability

procedures and guidelines.

. Utilized Microsoft Visio to create Swim Lane Process Map, documenting

implemented processes and procedures.

. Integrated Quality Assurance function into design processes; reducing

costs by 75% through design error elimination.

. Interfaced directly with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on

programmatic issues and concerns.

The Washington Post; Springfield, Virginia September, 2006 - September,

2007

Manager, Process Engineering: Project Manager responsible for assessing

manufacturing processes and operations, identifying opportunities for

improvement, and coordinating their implementation.

. Identified $1,000,000 of Mail Room Operations waste from equipment

downtime and advertising material quality.

. Facilitated the introduction of 0.75 mil thick plastic into the package

sealing production process, with projected annual material savings

estimated to be $ 250,000. Created material specifications for plastic

sealing materials

. Developed Warehouse Management System / Material Tracking Control

Specification to support distributing Alternate Products from two (2)

production facilities to remote Distribution Centers and Agent Storage

Facilities.

American Competitiveness Institute; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

January, 1999 - June, 2006

Senior Manufacturing Project Engineer: Technical Project Engineer for

leading numerous company initiatives, managing technical programs with

budgets totaling over $ 5,000,000 in resources and sub-contractors.

. Awarded $ 100,000 NASA contract, to upgrade NASA's electronics

manufacturing course. Generated training program for the IPC J-STD-001C

Space Addendum electronics manufacturing industry standard.

. Technical Leader for $ 3,000,000 multi-company multi-functional EMMA

Program, introducing COTS components to high reliability applications,

reducing packaging volume over 80% and manufacturing costs by 57%.

. Led Help Line function. Doubled annual quantity of the EMPF Help Line

Customers served. Supervised rollout of the Electronic Manufacturing

Management Information System (EMMIS) supporting customer service

activities.

Lockheed Martin / GE Aerospace July, 1985 - September, 1998

Missiles & Space Division; Newtown, Pennsylvania May, 1993 - September,

1998

Staff Manufacturing Project Engineer: Led facilities and manufacturing

process improvements programs

. Comptroller of East Windsor Operations Capital Investment Budget totaling

over $2,500,000, annually.

. Led 20,000 sq. ft. facilities rearrangement, installing Class 100,000

clean rooms, minimizing production downtime.

. Supervised modifications to the McCormack & Dodge Strategic Production

and Inventory Operating System (S-PIOS) Manufacturing Resource Planning

(MRP-II) relational database to include material characteristic data.

Aerospace Operations Division; Syracuse, New York July, 1985 - May, 1993

Senior Manufacturing Project Engineer: Developed and implemented

manufacturing process improvements.

. Managed the $ 800,000 Engineering Development Shop Expansion Project;

increasing facility by 10,000 sq. ft.

. Cost Account Manager of the Hybrid Facility's ECP-51 and the Engineering

Development Shop's BSY-2 Seawolf production programs, responsible for

program performance, cost management, and schedules.

. Led the $ 250,000 Industrial Modernization Incentives Program Tunnel Oven

Assembly Development (IMIP - TOAD) Project, creating new electronics

soldering manufacturing processes for radar hybrid assemblies.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Concentration - Manufacturing Systems

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Concentration - Machine Design

COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)

Microsoft Project, Visio, Publisher, SharePoint

Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop

IBM BlueWorks Live

Integrated Cost Schedule Control System (I/CSCS)

Computer Performance Measurement System (CPMS)

PlanView

SAP Business Objects

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE AWARDS

2005 Lead Free Soldering Research and Development Award: Soldertec,

Middlesex, United Kingdom

2004 SOLE Proceedings Paper Award: 2005 International Society of Logistics

Conference; Orlando, Florida

2004 Distinguished Committee Service Award: IPC; Northbrook, Illinois

2002 Lead Free Soldering Research and Development Award: Soldertec,

Middlesex, United Kingdom

1996 General Manager's Award for Outstanding Performance; Lockheed Martin,

East Windsor, New Jersey

1993 General Manager's Award for Outstanding Performance; GE Aerospace,

Syracuse, New York

1992 GE Corporate Gerald L. Phillippe Award; Nominated by GE Aerospace;

for Outstanding Community Service

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Project Management Institute Project Management Professional Certification;

Certificate 22440

EXIN ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management; Certificate

00030778

Scrum Alliance Scrum Master Certification; Certificate 000177276

Villanova University 6 Sigma Green Belt Certification

L-3 Communications Advanced Program Management Certification

Cost Account Management Certification

Defense Acquisition University Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition

Management

Fundamentals of Systems Planning, Research, Development and

Engineering

Fundamentals of Earned Value Management

Systems Engineering Management

Intermediate Systems Acquisition

Dale Carnegie Institute Leadership Training for Managers

General Electric Project Leadership I & II

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Board Member; Friends of Ravens Players at Robbinsville High School;

Robbinsville, New Jersey 2008 - 2012

Hurricane Katrina Volunteer; Episcopal Church South River and Lutheran

Episcopal Services in Mississippi 2007

Board Member; Lawrence High School Instrumental Music Booster Organization;

Lawrence, New Jersey 2002 - 2007

Crop Walk Organizer; Church World Services; Allentown Crop Walk; Allentown,

New Jersey 1993 - 2005

Founder of Saturday Basketball League; Syracuse Model Neighborhood

Association; Syracuse, New York 1992

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