Project Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
Greg Poston
abl794@r.postjobfree.com
Project Mgr, Master Scheduler, Project Analyst, Consultant, Financial Analyst
Profile:
A results-driven Project Analyst / Project Manager, providing focused support and
leadership to maintain the highest quality standards and produce contract deliverables that
ensure customer satisfaction.
Creating order out of chaos is my specialty... a strong champion for positive change.
Technically superior in all aspects of project management and support including:
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SPI / CPI analysis Quality assurance / control
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Earned Value analysis Vendor contract negotiations
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Master scheduling Create corrective action plans
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MSProject 2003/2007 (expert level) Integration of off-shore resources
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Resource allocation Team building / technical support
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Identify critical path tasks Preventative maintenance programs
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Scope / change control Innovative problem resolution
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Risk mitigation Schedule recovery
• Cost control / containment
• Continuous process improvement
Consistently meet organizational goals and customer objectives through optimum
efficiency and a demonstrated ability to rally a cross-functional team behind a path to
success
Create a positive work environment; treat all teammates with respect, and maintaining high
staff satisfaction / retention.
EXPERIENCE
Norhtrop_Grumman; San Diego, CA [12/08 – 4/2010]
Master Scheduler/EVMS consultant
Providing a variety of these skills to several independent projects to increase their
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market share and management of their projects
Including Master Scheduling, Proposal preparations, EV implementation/tracking,
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Cost Account Mgmt training, implement and improve monthly reporting structures
to upper management and to external customers
Developed strategies to PASS DCMA-audits and govt cost-schedule reviews
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Created Staffing profiles, performed cross-functional resource planning, and
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resource strategies to complete multiple programs
Honeywell; Phoenix, AZ [4/96 - 11/08]
Project Manager
Recognized as the company’s hired-gun… called in to restore hardware and
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software projects to within budget and schedule guidelines
Developed standardized tools and methodologies to capture program Earned Value
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(EV), SPI, CPI and schedule reporting for projects as large as $90M/yr
Effectively used Six Sigma tools to implement process improvements to address
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customer issues… resulted in a savings of $1.6M per year
Deploy program plan with communication strategy, risk mgmt strategy, scope
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change strategy, and the resource allocation strategy
Provide customer communications, financial analysis, milestone tracking, and
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monthly reviews of the projects
Responsible for the cross-functional coordination of Engineering, Planning, Quality,
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Configuration and Operations resources… ~700 team members/month
Master Scheduler
Developed complete resource-loaded Master Schedules with milestones
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Developed milestone tracking processes to maintain 95% success rate
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Provide clear and concise communication of the schedule, budgets, project
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deliverables, task assignments and variances to the project team
US Electricar; Redlands, CA [2/94 - 9/95]
Quality Manager
Provided Quality Management support for 25 persons at US Electricar
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Designed and implemented all quality guidelines and procedures per contract and
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current FMVSS requirements for electric vehicles
Northrop-Grumman; Los Angeles, CA [10/83 - 10/93]
Quality Engineer
Able to interpret and cross-reference customer inspection criteria and apply these
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parameters to hardware and software products
Provide QA and final test support for both hardware and software
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Provide Material Review support for the disposition of nonconforming material;
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identify root cause and corrective actions
Also performed Configuration Management duties associated with hardware and
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software changes
Department Supervisor
Established statistical process control (SPC) data and trend analysis for the
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department heads that led to a 25% increase in monthly production
Also developed and implemented a cross-training program that greatly increased
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job knowledge, productivity, and morale… and was adopted across the division
US Air Force [10/79 - 10/83]
Noncommissioned Officer
Established a mentor-training program that rapidly made the new recruits into
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contributing members to the squadron
Provided daily direction to flightline repair teams to meet military aircraft sortie rates
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EDUCATION
Project Management Professional (PMP); certified since 2005
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AA - majors Business/Computer Info Systems; El Camino college, Los Angeles, CA
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BS - major Project Mgmt; Grantham Univ (est. complete by Sept2010)
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Supplemental course studies:
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Six Sigma, Lean, and Kaizen Accurate Project Estimating
process improvement training Inspiration Engineering:
ISO9001 Leadership
SEI software compliance Defining, Estimating, Scheduling
Cost Account mgmt Projects
Project Mgmt and Budgeting Delivering Visibility, Control and
Personnel and Time mgmt Management to Projects
MS-Project and MS-Office Recovering Troubled Projects
Managing Complex Projects Delivering Project Truth to Decision
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