Project Management

MARCIA PORCHIA PMP, APMC

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Memphis TN 38103

612-***-**** (mobile)

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OBJECTIVE

Obtain a project management support, coordinator or administrative position

assisting with project coordination, meeting facilitation and

schedule/budget management activities.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Project Management Office Leadership/Program & Project Management

. Experience creating a Project Management Office from the ground up.

Specific responsibilities included: portfolio management, staffing, best

practices, governance, budgeting and strategic planning.

. Led an international Project Management Office for a financial services

company with portfolio oversight in 4 countries (United States, Japan,

Brazil and Europe).

. Experience leading the annual budget planning process outlining a set of

prioritized projects and funding required for the year.

. Project Specifications: Average duration 6-12 months, avg. team size of

10-25 individuals, budgets ranged from $100,000 - $4 million dollars.

Staff Management

. Experience managing a team of up to 15 individuals with some team members

co-located in other countries and domestic locations.

. Demonstrated experience in creating and implementing the new hire on-

boarding process for project management professionals, Business Analysts

and other technology roles

Best Practices, Certifications & Industry Experience

. Completed Advanced Project Management Certification offered by the

International Institute of Learning (APMC)

. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

. Attended Business, Cultural & Language Training to integrate into

the Tokyo Japan Division

. Attended various Project Management courses sponsored by PMI & ESI

International

. Six Sigma Green Belt Training

. Best practices: PMBOK, SDLC, IT Audit, IT Sox Compliance, Quality

Assurance

. Industry experience: Manufacturing, Financial Services, Food & Beverage,

Retail and Transportation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Clarity, Sharepoint 2003, Microsoft Project 2007, Microsoft Office Suite

(Powerpoint, Visio, Word, Excel) Oracle Designer & Developer 2000, Oracle

Reports, Oracle Databases, PL/SQL, PVCS, COBOL II, DB2, PeopleSoft

WORK EXPERIENCE

First Horizon, Memphis TN

Part-Time Contract Project Manager Jun 2010 -

Sep 2010

Responsible for supporting the Enterprise Data Warehouse project. Specific

responsibilities included: Maintaining issues, actions and decision support

documents; administering sharepoint, administering Clarity and maintaining

financials as needed.

Interface Inc., Memphis TN Nov

2007 - May 2010

Director Project Management Office

Responsible for creating an IT Project Management Office from the ground up

in support of the Interface America's Business Units. Key responsibilities

include: staffing a team of Project Managers and Business Analysts (8

direct reports currently), establishing relationships with senior leaders

within each business unit, creating a framework of project management best

practices and tools, implementing a project dashboard process, portfolio

management, input into the IT strategic planning process, staff management

and creation of a project prioritization process. Current portfolio

metrics: 15 active projects, average project team size is 10 team members,

portfolio budget is roughly $4 million dollars.

ING Financial Services

Mar 2007 - Nov 2007

Project Management Director

Responsible for leading the Project Management Office for the Advisors

Network Division. Specific responsibilities included: led a portfolio of

strategic projects, established project management best practices, managed

a staff of Project Managers and Business Analysts, managed program level

initiatives when needed, partnered with the CIO to manage

interdependencies with IT to build out the architecture roadmap. Portfolio

metrics included: up to 10 active programs/projects, average team size up

to 15 team members, portfolio budget ranged from $100,000 - $2 million

dollars.

Hartford Life

Jun 2000 - May 2006

Program Manager - International IT PMO Shared Services - Simsbury CT

Led the International IT PMO Shared Services in support of the

International Business Plan. Specific responsibilities included: Led the

project planning & prioritization process, managed the operating planning

process for annual budget cycles, managed and staffing the project

portfolio, distributed monthly executive level communications and IT

Metrics and acted as a project management consultant to the foreign

subsidiaries.

Program Manager - International Division - Tokyo, Japan

Primary responsibility was to partner with the CIO of International to

identify, prioritize and execute IT projects. Additional responsibilities

included: partnered with the Senior Management Team to translate strategic

objectives into projects, established relationships with customers to

measure satisfaction of services delivered, implemented project management

best practices and provided process consulting support to other departments

and managed a team of foreign national staff and implemented a new hire on-

boarding process.

Senior Project Manager

Managed complex projects on schedule, according to business objectives and

within budget. Project budgets ranged from $250,000 - $4 million with team

sizes of 25+ individuals. Primary responsibilities included: Facilitated

JAD sessions to define the scope and requirements of projects, defined

resource requirements, developed and executed project plans, communicated

status reports to Senior Management and escalated issues/risks that may

impact scope, schedule, resources or budget and facilitated lessons learned

sessions.

Oracle Corporation

Jan 1998 - Jun 2000

Principal Consultant

Managed client relationships and provided oversight for on site project

implementations. Responsibilities included: created staffing plans

outlining the Oracle resources and skill-sets required to support client

projects, managed client relationships and managed project issues, actively

managed projects as needed, partnered with client leadership to prioritize

projects and change requests.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Mar 1995 - Mar 1997

Information Technology Auditor

Managed audits for various internal projects to ensure compliance with

corporate development and legal standards. Conducted technical training for

the Internal Audit Department.

Target Corporation

Jun 1993 - Feb 1995

Programmer

Graduated from the Associate Programmer Training program. Developed and

tested programs in support of the Distribution Department.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Business Administration, December 1992, Computer

Information Systems, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Preparing to apply for graduate school towards the end of 2010

REFERENCES - Available upon

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