Project Manager Management

Richard Banks

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St. George, KS 66535

Cell: 913-***-**** *******@*****.*** Home: 913-***-****

Accomplished Project Manager with Master’s Degree and over 10 years successful experience in program and project

management. Strong leader with proven experience motivating teams to exceed goals and provide exceptional

customer oriented results. Expertise in Web based software development projects. Former military officer.

POWTEC LLC, Kansas City, MO 2009 – Present

Project Manager, Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture

● Project Manager / Team Lead delivering high quality Web based solutions. Providing project leadership to technical

application development teams supporting Agile test driven development. Primary on-site point of contact with the

customer in support of an enterprise application development organization.

● Recently achieved an Option Year contract award based on project team performance and successfully delivering on

project goals and objectives.

Sprint, Overland Park, KS 1999 – 2009

Project/Program Manager, Enterprise Project Management Office

● Successfully delivered key projects on schedule with a combined portfolio of over $20 Million in project

costs, within budget and meeting all stakeholders’ expectations. Provided leadership for matrix project teams in

documenting requirements, identifying impacted systems, coordinating development, obtaining executive

approvals, conducting risk assessments and ensuring project end to end readiness for launch.

● Successful Program Manager for the Enterprise support of a Unified Billing Platform implementation - coordinating

the activities of 30+ projects, reporting to and conducting executive forums on status, program achievements and

ensuring project coordination.

● Served as Group Manager for the 15 employee Project Implementation team during a 6 month transition.

● Recognized with an Extraordinary Achievement, an Annual Excellence, a program Excellence and four

Quarterly Excellence awards for leadership and effective management.

Army Staff College, Leavenworth, KS 1996 – 1999

Operations Officer/Staff Group Instructor, Combined Arms and Services Staff School

● Responsible for the daily administration and Information Systems management for a 600-student officer

course, to include a 100+ classroom network, wireline and wireless asset management and a student computer lab.

● Managed six direct reports overseeing all support activities of the school to include HR support,

administration, help desk activities, executive reporting and logistical support.

● Documented during annual performance evaluation as the best senior manager on staff from a group of 75.

● Performed as a small group instructor delivering a comprehensive curriculum focused on Problem Solving,

Communication skills, and Decision-Making for groups of Junior officers.

● Recognized as a leader (top 10%) in delivering quality training from a group of 45 trainers.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance, Inc., 2010

Agile Project Management Boot Camp, Global Knowledge Training LLC, 2008

Project Management Professional (PMP ®) Certification, Project Management Institute, 2006

Graduate Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University, 2003

MA, Computer Resources and Information Systems, Webster University, Kansas City, MO, 1999

BS, Business Administration, Cameron State University, Lawton OK, 1977

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