Project Manager

SR. PROGRAM MANAGER

Achievement-focused leader with highly developed skills in management,

supervision, quality and IT. Proven commitment to team building,

demonstrated by ability to lead and motivate staff. Progressive management

experience in aerospace, automotive, financial services, insurance,

healthcare, pharmaceutical, consumer products, commercial building products

and machine tool industries.

Leadership Project Management Best Team Building Business

Practices Objects

Project Management Scalable Process Mentoring Microsoft

Office Orientation Office

Program Management Continuous Improvement Training Microsoft

Project

Business Strategy Quality Assurance Staff Microsoft

Development Development Visio

Business Process Integrated Product Teams Entrepreneursh Microsoft

Re-engineering ip Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UMT Consulting Group, New York, NY 5/2010 - 8/2010

MS-Project Management Consultant - Contract Position

Worked with client company's Global and Business Process Owners in the

design and documentation of processes, requirements and deployment for

pilot and roll-out to 11 business within the Company.

Planned and facilitated client Blueprint workshops for MS-Portfolio Server

and Idea Management process design.

Facilitated and fully documented new and existing processes into flow and

swim-lane diagrams and RASCI documents.

Facilitated best practice workshops for "Should Be" and "To Be" processes

for Portfolio and Idea management.

Organized and facilitated best practice business requirements gathering

sessions and fully documented each requirement and the Gaps.

Sallie Mae, Inc., Fishers, IN 5/2009 - 5/2010

Senior IT Project Manager - Contract Position

Planned, guided and managed installation of the new IT infrastructure for

the U. S. Dept of Education Student Servicing platform. Managed all

planning and management aspects of the project activities using Microsoft

Project Standard 2007.

Management of new IT infrastructure implementation and application

development SDLC in coordination with Business PM activities

Organized and controlled the Risk and Issues management process for this

major Government Contract program.

In charge of all over-site and reporting to executive management on all

aspects of the IT infrastructure and application development SDLC progress

using MS-Office and Business Objects querying Clarity, Service Desk and

Quality Center.

Worked with all application development project managers to deliver there

programs according to the established requirements and time-line.

Job Search 1/2009 - 5/2009

CDW / Berbee, Inc., Carmel, IN 3/2008 - 1/2009

Senior Enterprise Project Management Consultant

Installed, configured, trained and mentored client companies in Project

Server 2007 and Project Management for North American provider of advanced

technology consulting services.

Assessed the organization, PMO and Project Management staff for maturity as

related to PMI best practices.

Assessed organizational needs of regional hospital account. Delivered

custom configuration of Project Server 2007 within four weeks. Enhanced

PMO capabilities eliminating need to hire additional staff.

Led successful hospital conversion from Project Server 2003 to Project

Server 2007 within six week. Provided full staff timekeeping features

which eliminated need for second system.

Designed series of ten sales packages utilized by over 3,000 sales

personnel. Generated significant nationwide customer interest for unique

lower cost phased implementation approach.

Increased utilization of Project Server 2007 and reports by all executives

and project team members by authoring and presenting thorough project

management best practices methodology.

Led project team in assessment and delivery of Project Server 2007 at major

dental insurance company. Modified and enhanced multiple reports and

provided new resource management options which identified workloads and led

to realignment of assignments.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Indianapolis, IN 12/2004 - 3/2008

Project Management Advisor

Mentored and trained business and IT project managers in best practices.

Managed weekly PMO processes, keeping all project plans up to date.

Managed all program and project status reporting.

Mentored business and IT project managers while developing project plans

and metrics which were instrumental in managing replacement of statewide

legacy systems.

Automated complex and intensive time consuming manual reporting processes

within Project and Office. Saved five-man hours/week for PMO staff.

Developed project management processes and authored PMO procedures based

upon PMI methodologies which were used company-wide to standardize tool

usage and PM processes.

Managed existing MS-Project Server implementation, upgrades and

administration, including feature improvement and error correction.

Achieved 98% operational capacity.

Anthem / WellPoint, Indianapolis, IN 10/2004 - 12/2004

Contract Lead Project Manager, IT - UID Conversion

Managed multi-functional IT team to provide environment for new unique

identification system (non-Social Security number based) for four U.S.

regions. Managed teams including server, database, quality and application

algorithm.

Facilitated program meetings to inform customer and stakeholders, developed

metrics and produced reports which resulted in shared knowledge of current

status of projects and facilitated changes to improve performance.

Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN 11/2003 - 10/2004

Contract GBIP PMO Release & Support Project Management

Managed General Business Improvement Program (GBIP) wide PMO release and

support project plans and reporting.

Facilitated weekly executive GBIP management project plan and metric

reporting meetings. Automated multiple PM processes and saved more than ten

man hours/week.

Mentored and managed project managers in defining, tracking and publishing

updated project plans and metrics. Produced standardized weekly executive

reports which analyzed progress of each project in program in simplified

set of charts and reports. Met target dates three consecutive quarterly

implementations.

Job Search / Attempted to Start New Business 6/2003 - 11/2003

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN 1/1991 - 6/2003

Business Unit Quality, ERP, BPI, Test Department Supervisor and IT Project

Manager

Managed on site business unit project teams for enterprise-wide integration

of SAP software and ErP implementation of process changes. Reported

directly to business unit president.

Reported to Major Business unit Quality Director where I worked with the

entire business unit to improve processes and test new Business Processes

as they were being implemented.

Managed projects to track and improve customer satisfaction, reduce

customer quality issues and report status.

Directed process improvement initiatives that resulted in more than $2.5M

in annual savings by performing audits of business processes which

eliminated non-conformity and trained personnel in new processes.

Rolled out new process to embed the businesses strategic initiatives to all

employees incentive goals.

Managed a team of 8 Engineers and Technicians in the Engine Test Department

to upgrade and maintain test cells.

Program Manager, USAF Programs - T56 Turbo-Propeller Engine Product Line /

Indianapolis, IN

Managed $140M product line which represented in excess of 15% of sites

gross revenue. Led nine direct reports with staff of 45, including project

managers, customer support, engineering, administrative and order

maintenance personnel. Product line provided USAF with spare parts and

engineering design services.

Managed with full profit and loss responsibility, $10M USAF funded

Component Improvement Program (CIP) and BU funded Commercial Engineering

Programs (CEP). First product produced by this effort resulted in

additional $2.5M in gross revenue first year.

Led Business Development & Product Support teams on domestic, European and

Far-East trips resulting in $25M in additional CIP work and more than $150M

in spare parts orders.

Deputy Technical Director, Department of Energy, PEM Automotive Fuel Cell

Development Program, Los Alamos, NM

Managed approximately 50 on-site personnel from multiple technical

disciplines and five participating industrial team organizations in all

facets of development program at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Achieved completion of functioning laboratory prototype unit in 2.5 years.

Led embedded control development team on fuel cell system and seven man-

year embedded real-time operating system development project completed on

time in 2.5 years.

Directed development of follow-on business proposals to DoE for Phase II

and Phase III of Fuel Cell Hybrid Automotive Power Plant program, which was

awarded $150M in additional revenue.

Timark Microsystems, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 1981 - 1991

Co-Founder - Entrepreneurial Product Development & Engineering Development

Company

Entrepreneur turned an original $500 business investment into an electronic

and electro-mechanical controls development and contract manufacturing

company into annual sales of >$2M.

Performed all sales and marketing activities, including initial

requirements gathering, proposal/contract development and negotiations.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MBA, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1998

BS, Computer Science, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute,

IN

PMP, Certified Project Management Professional, Project Management

Institute, 2001

MCTS, Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist - Managing Programs using

Project Server 2007

Process Improvement Leadership Certificate, Process Management Institute,

2001

EFQM Self Assessment Certificate, European Foundation for Quality

Management, 2001

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Founding Director/President, MS-Project User Group - Central Indiana

Chapter (MPUG-CIC)

Appointed by Secretary of Sate to serve on Control Systems Proposal

Evaluation Committee of

Corporation for Science & Technology for State of Indiana, 1984 - 1988

Appointed and elected to various Christian church leadership positions

including

Financial Secretary, Deacon, Elder and Vice Chairman of Board of Directors

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