Project Manager Management

LAURIE L. RICHTMEYER, PMP

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Proven experience in the financial management arena. Strong analytical

skills and budget forecasting experience for complex and demanding programs

and projects. Ability to utilize vision and creativity to solve problems

and re-engineer business processes to gain efficiencies. Excellent ability

to interpret client requirements and scope projects. Accustomed to working

under pressure with proven leadership abilities and troubleshooting skills.

Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills. Excellent time

management skills; able to effectively multi-task and synthesize complex

information on numerous levels. Proven ability to effectively present

financial reports to upper management containing accurate historical

budget/schedule metrics, trusted forecasts/rebaselines and sound

recommendations for corrective actions. Excellent working rapport with

clients and co-workers. Dependable, ethical. Maintain a government secret

clearance.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

August 2007 to Present General Dynamics Information Technology

Annandale, Virginia

Financial Systems Supervisor/Principal

Financial Analyst

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers superior IT

services and solutions to military, government, and commercial customers

within the United States and around the world. General Dynamics IT is one

of four business units within General Dynamics' Information Systems &

Technology group. General Dynamics Information Technology is a provider of

mission-focused IT services to defense, intelligence and civilian agencies

and commercial customers.

As Financial Systems Supervisor/Principal Financial Analyst, responsible

for leading a team of budget and financial analysts within the Navy's

Military Sealift Command (MSC) IT Policy and Planning Division to execute a

$175 million annual IT budget and analyze financial data for IT portfolio

management, capital investment planning, budget forecasting and reporting

out to the Department of the Navy (DoN), and the United States

Transportation Command (USTC). Also responsible for identifying areas where

efficiencies can be gained and making recommendations to management for

business process improvements; lead implementation of business process

changes to gain efficiencies.

August 2006 to August 2007 General Dynamics Information Technology

Annandale, Virginia

Senior Budget/Financial Analyst

As Senior Budget/Financial Analyst, responsible for executing a $175

million annual IT budget and analyzing financial data to determine contract

burn rates, for IT portfolio management, capital investment planning, and

budget forecasting. Also responsible for implementing business process

improvements.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND BUDGET PLANNING. Strong knowledge of Accounting

principles and financial management concepts and theories and the ability

to apply them to theoretical and actual financial problems. Analyzed cost

data at the project and program level to identify potential cost overruns

and inefficiencies. Performed complex financial analyses at the project

level and synthesized information for capital investment planning and out

years budget forecasting, enabling the client better control in the two

major aspects of a project life cycle: the Planning phase (propose

initiatives, clarify objectives, and prioritize/select investments) and the

Controlling phase (track performance, review portfolio and adjust course).

IT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE. Helped to implement IT portfolio

management for quantification of IT efforts, enabling measurement and

objective evaluation of investment scenarios and spending on the

development of new capabilities in terms of potential ROI. Reduced

investment overlaps. Provided oversight of various portfolios' budgets for

risk management, strategic alignment of IT investments, demand and

investment management, along with standardization of investment procedure,

rules and plans.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. Strong leadership and

project management experience. Provided advisory assistance for

establishing standardized processes for IT procurements, asset tracking,

cost reporting, information storage, capital planning, budget management,

forecasting and reporting. Responsible for the execution of MSC's IT

Budget in the amount of $175 million. My team prepared and maintained all

required documents for transactions related to the commitment, obligation,

and expenditure of capital and expense funding.

DYNAMIC COMMUNICATOR. Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Skilled communicator, with a passion for public speaking and writing. Able

to incorporate inputs from various team members. Interacted with corporate

clients and customers on a daily basis. Functioned as consultant/liaison

between Military Sealift Command (MSC) program managers, contracting

agencies, and budgeting offices. Generated a variety of financial reports

and analyses. Prepared MSC's annual Information Technology budget

submission to the Navy and to the United States Transportation Command.

Presented financial status reports and portfolio health checks to senior

management. Conducted formal quarterly budget reviews for CIO and other

senior management. Acted as a consultant in aligning IT investments to

MSC's IT strategic plan and war-fighter mission.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Standardized budget planning and execution. The US Navy's Military Sealift

Command had no documented IT budget planning or execution SOPs. Organized

team that identified and structured all necessary budgeting procedures

into standardized, repeatable format. Created template adopted as the

procurement process SOP across the IT Policy and Planning Division for

acquisition of $175M in IT assets.

Eliminated contract and service lapses caused by inadequate planning and

tracking. IT service contracts too frequently lapsed through gaps in

process oversight, resulting in service delays. Organized and led planning

and consensus building. Developed a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)

based on effective budget planning and execution. Ensured that all IT

service contracts were awarded with ample lead time. Eliminated $51K in

unnecessary reinstatement fees, and ended problems with service lapses and

unauthorized expenditures.

Integrated separate ledgers into a unified, authoritative budget control

and spending status report. Separate divisions maintained separate budget

spreadsheets. Lack of uniformity made management of Directorate budgeting

and spending as a whole all but impossible. Played key role in creating

scalable, authoritative budget and spending data source. Eliminated

perceived need to acquire commercially available software.

Enabled cost managers to accurately assign expenses among 150

communications services users. $18M in satellite communications costs were

not being accurately expensed to individual users, resulting in incorrect

cost data and significant over- or under-budgeting per user. Coordinated

initiative among accounting, IT and operational managers to reclassify and

allocate communications costs as overhead. Made possible reduction of 150

lines of accounting to one purchase order line. Reduced invoicing

management time requirement by 87%. Cut margin of error for cost

allocation from 100% in some cases to never more than 7% in any case.

Key project manager for Capital Assets Accounting effort to ensure FAR

compliance for Navy Audit. Served as a project manager to improve IT

capital asset tracking and depreciation in compliance with federal

accounting regulations. Led planning team from Budgeting, Acquisition,

Contracting, and IT Policy and Planning. Defined project goals,

alternatives, constraints, risks and costs. Created detailed SOPs and

processes for setting up revised lines of accounting, structure for IT

services contracts, contractor reporting requirements, and asset

management. Enabled Military Sealift Command to correct an identified

deficiency in the accounting for capital assets in preparation for the

Naval Audit in fiscal year 2011.

Implemented out-year requirements tracking tool to facilitate accurate

budget planning. The US Navy's Military Sealift Command had no cohesive

process for gathering, organizing, tracking, and reporting out-year IT

budget requirements. Developed and implemented a tool that captures and

organizes raw data which allows for analysis and reporting for multi

purposes. Enables Military Sealift Command to submit accurate IT planning

budgets to Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

Assisted in Implementation of IT Portfolio Management. Helped to

implement IT portfolio management for quantification of IT efforts,

enabling measurement and objective evaluation of investment scenarios and

spending on the development of new capabilities in terms of potential ROI

and strategic alignment. Reduced investment overlaps. Provided oversight

of various portfolios' budgets for risk management, strategic alignment of

IT investments, demand and investment management.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1986 -1991: Accounting Manager, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville, SC

1991 -1993: Assistant Controller, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

1995 -1998: Mathematics/Physics Teacher, Oakland Catholic High School

1998 -2006: Mathematics Teacher, Woodland Hills High School, Pittsburgh,

PA

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Word 2003 & 2007

Microsoft Excel 2003 & 2007

Microsoft Outlook 2003 & 2007

Microsoft Sharepoint

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft Project 2003 & 2007

Microsoft Access

Remedy

Oracle Financials

EDUCATION:

1978 to 1984 Clemson University, Clemson SC

B.S. Accounting

1993 to 1995 Carlow University, Pittsburgh PA

B.S. Mathematics

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CERTIFICATIONS:

Project Management Institute, Project Management Professional (PMP)

certification, 06/2009

Defense Acquisition University, Acquisition 101 Certificate, 09/2008

George Washington School of Business, Fundamentals of Managing IT Projects

Certificate, 3/2009

Defense Acquisition University, Fundamentals of Earned Value Management

Certificate, 03/2010

AWARDS:

November 2010 Distinguished Performance Award - General Dynamics - IT

November 2009 Distinguished Performance Award - General Dynamics - IT

November 2008 Distinguished Team Performance Award - General Dynamics - IT

October 2007 Exceptional Performance Award - General Dynamics - IT

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