Manager Project

CONNIE JONES, PMP

281-***-**** - abl9ra@r.postjobfree.com

PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGER

Value driven leader with experience turning strategy into results. Twenty year

record of building and leading teams to deliver results for Fortune 500 in

energy, technology, and food services sectors. Strengths:

Strategic Planning & Execution

IT Governance

Capital & Expense P/L

Process & Technology Integration

Quality Assurance, Control, Six Sigma Methods

Continuous Improvement

Client & Team Relationship Management

Vendor Sourcing & Negotiations

Financial Acumen

Consulting Expertise

Proactive Risk Manager

Sarbanes-Oxley

International Expertise

Servant Leadership

Mentoring/Coaching

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, Houston, TX

2008 - 2009

Reduced accounting close cycle 50% by streamlining flow of financial

transactions, reducing accounting re-work, and improving transparency for

international off-shore oil field services company.

. Determined significant problem areas by agreeing key performance

improvements.

. Identified root cause of problems and recommended process and/or

Oracle Financial configuration changes.

SYSCO, Houston, TX

2007 - 2008

Business Transformation Program Office Manager

Developed business case and secured executive approval to create re-

usable portal framework. Implemented two waves of custom developed

functionality developed with WebSphere using Agile methods. Coordinated

with infrastructure teams to size/deploy servers and increase bandwidth.

Responsible for $11M budget; 4 direct reports, 5-25 indirect reports.

. Enhanced employee experience with corporate processes by

eliminating departmental applications.

. Reduced supply chain sourcing cycle time 30 days between OpCos and

Corporate by eliminating massive amounts of e-mail and

spreadsheets.

Extended proprietary methodology for Lessons Learned, Risk Management,

and Change Management to achieve excellence and consistency in project

execution. Change agent of methodology adoption.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 2003 -

2007

Merrill Lynch Commodities, now subsidiary of Bank of America (2006 -2007)

Project Manager

Secured application integrity by reducing production migration errors and

protected continuing operations in event main office unusable. Created

Disaster Recovery Plan ("DRP") to safeguard mission critical trading

applications. Team demonstrated 2-hour recovery capability before start

of hurricane season.

Hewlett-Packard (2003 - 2006)

Program Manager

First year of HP's global Sarbanes-Oxley IT global reporting

responsibility completed ahead of schedule and within budget. Full

responsibility for $10 million budget, 7 direct reports, 30-50 indirect

reports.

. Used innovative approach to application reviews with collaborative

software. Total travel expense: $ 0.

. Reduced initial average review time from 5 weeks to 3 weeks by

implementing standard processes, templates, and continuous

improvement.

CAPGEMINI / ERNST & YOUNG, Houston, TX

1997 - 2002

Senior Manager (1998 - 2002)

Grew revenue by consistently delivering client recognized value that

translated into additional work. Client Relationship Manager for TXU

(Dallas) and Columbia Energy. Responsible for up to $30 million budget.

. Modeled "to-be" front-to-back processes including metadata for

activities, drivers, and triggers for TXU Supply & Trading.

. Performed gap analysis to highlight changes to process, technology,

competencies, and performance levels. Developed cost/benefit

options for achieving transformation.

. Collaborated with commercial stakeholders and IT to define an

Application Architecture Strategy. Utilized facilitated 2 day

workshop attended by executives, stakeholders, and SME's to

accelerate reaching outcome.

. Drove out business requirements from business process models and

assisted client in vendor package selection. Designed conference

room pilots with prepared data for each vendor.

. Served as cross-functional lead to ensure process and data

integration between 5 implementation projects.

Manager (1997 to 1998)

Accelerated adoption of power trading system using focused process design

to substantiate risk controlled trading 2 months earlier than required

allowing company to grow power trading book earlier than expected.

DELOITTE CONSULTING/DRT SYSTEMS, Houston, TX 1995 to

1997

Manager

Led custom development, integration and deployment of multi-commodity,

multi-currency risk management system for 3 locations. Solution enabled

company to identify and report risk exposures for $500 million portfolio.

COASTAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX 1991 to 1995

IT Director (1993 to 1995)

Balanced stakeholder goals to ensure adoption of IT deliverables while

maximizing impact of IT expenditures. Responsible for $10M operating

budget and $25M capital budget; 5 direct reports, 20 to 50 indirect

reports.

. Provided visibility into multiple projects including development of

new trading application.

. Improved trade floor information exchange with new 75-seat trade

floor.

IT Manager (1991 to 1993)

Held broad responsibilities for corporate financial systems. Team

consistently achieved goal of 99.9% availability. Responsible for $3M

operating budget; 4 direct reports; 15 indirect reports.

Other positions held - El Paso Corporation, Project Leader, El Paso, TX

1988-1991; KPMG Peat Marwick, Manager, Senior Consultant, Consultant,

Dallas, TX 1978-1988.

TECHNOLOGY

Applications Development Tools Integration Tools

SAP Oracle Java VB SeeBeyond TIBCO

Financials e-Gate

SunGard suite MS Project C++ MatLab SeeBeyond Websphere MQ

Server e-Way

EDUCATION / ASSOCIATIONS

Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, University of Texas at

Arlington, Arlington, TX

PMI, Houston Chapter; active volunteer at monthly meetings

APLN, Houston Chapter

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