Project Manager Management

Professional Experience

AKM Consulting, Sacramento, CA January 2010 - Present

Project Manager (Consultant - Month to Month)

. Responsible for PMO support and managing tech services and cost

avoidance projects for state Medicaid agency

. Manage project scope, schedule, and appropriate resource allocation

throughout project lifecycle - adapting to any changes that occur

during the project and ensuring project team assigned to the project is

focused and committed

. Generate and maintain project documentation including project plans,

status reports, work breakdown structure's, budgets, staffing profiles,

risk and issue logs and meeting minutes using Microsoft Office suite

and Microsoft Project

. Monitor and control risks and issues throughout project lifecycle to

mitigate risks and ensure issues are escalated and addressed promptly

for resolution

. Create communication plans to enhance effective relationships with

project team and stakeholders and manage appropriate storage and

distribution of project information

. Establish and maintain regular meetings with project team and

stakeholders to provide status updates, translate project requirements,

address issues and ensure project deliverables are met

. Collaborate with PMO to ensure all projects are delivered in compliance

with best practices, participate in training sessions, and maintain

awareness of client, regulatory and business climate that may affect

PMO responsibilities within the organization

AXA Equitable, New York, NY August 2007 - November 2009

Project Manager (Consultant)

. Managed a portfolio of Software Development projects for the IT Life

Product and Marketing group throughout full SDLC Lifecycle from

initiation to deployment and close out

. Communicated project requirements between project sponsors,

stakeholders and project team to develop and manage project plans and

budgets in preparation for the governance approval process and

throughout project lifecycle

. Created documentation for all project metrics and related SDLC/CMMI

artifacts including all project, configuration management and WBS/work

plans, as well as issue and risk logs, scope change requests, staffing

profiles and project status updates using Microsoft Project, Excel, HP

PPM and AXA proprietary database tools

. Responsible for project teams of up to 30 on and off-shore resources

while implementing proper resource capacity planning and resource

allocation for each project

. Organized and lead project team and stakeholder meetings to review

project status and milestones, track deliverables, address issues, and

mitigate project scope creep

. Developed communication plans to establish escalation points, timely

reporting and meeting schedules and maintenance of repository for

project information

. Performed risk analysis and created risk management plans for each

project to provide accurate updates to stakeholders, mitigate issues

and ensure successful project delivery

Illinois Jacquet Foundation - Georgeson, New York, NY September 2006 -

August 2007

Project Manager (Consultant)

. Managed numerous IT and business/marketing projects including small

scale COTS implementations for the board of directors of the Illinois

Jacquet Foundation and Georgeson Shareholder Client Services proxy call

center

. Interfaced with senior management, project sponsors and project team to

gather and communicate technical and business requirements throughout

project lifecycle

. Developed work breakdown structure, budgets and project schedules to

track and manage resource allocation, project feasibility and major

milestones

. Lead meetings with senior management, client services staff, clients

and internal groups to escalate issues, monitor quality control and

timeliness of deliverables and manage scope creep

. Revised process documents to identify efficiencies and train client

services staff to implement new procedures

. Generated status reports to measure progress and ensure project

schedules are maintained

Met Life, New York, NY August 2005 - August 2006

Project/Program Manager (Consultant)

. Managed the Desktop Lifecycle Management (DLM) group's firm-wide

Redeployment program and related projects to oversee the recovery,

storage and redeployment of desktop hardware and software

. Responsible for managing each project through full lifecycle and

completing projects on time and within budgets

. Created project plans, budgets and associated documents to coincide

with business requirements

. Interfaced and coordinated meetings with PMO, senior management,

internal groups and vendors to gather business and technical

requirements, assign resources to tasks, present project analysis,

escalate and resolve issues and maintain project scope

. Analyzed existing process' to identify inefficiencies and create new

process documentation

Goldman Sachs - Morgan Stanley, New York, NY November 2004 - June 2005

Project Manager (Consultant)

. Provided project support for PMO in Investment Banking Division and

Human Capital Management group to effectively administer the Managing

Director selection process and related projects

. Liaised between project managers, support staff, internal groups, and

clients to coordinate meetings, and ensure deliverables were met

. Created, analyzed and edited process documents, PowerPoint

presentations and status reports to present analysis and ensure quality

control

. Responsible for drafting and editing proprietary communications for web

and firm-wide email distribution

Thomson Financial, New York, NY July 1999 - June 2004

Project Manager

. Managed an array of software and hardware implementation projects for

the IT Client Services group including: Software upgrades and

migrations, training sessions, installations and relocations of

workstations, servers routers and data feed circuits

. Interfaced with clients, outside vendors, network engineering, sales

and other internal groups to communicate technical and business

requirements, coordinate meetings, resolve issues, maintain project

scope, and ensure market data solutions met all client specifications

. Served as primary contact for client services support throughout full

project lifecycle to manage the customer relationship from the time the

sales team closed a sale until the implementation was complete,

products were successfully tested and client was fully in production

. Lead daily staff white-board meetings to review project status updates,

monitor progress and address open issues

. Developed lessons learned from client feedback and project analysis to

enhance process documents and provide suggestions for database and

product improvements to MIS and sales teams

. Tracked project budgets, daily activity and maintained customer

information using client services database and ad hoc reports

Pseudo Programs, Pseudo.com, New York, NY December 1998 - June 2000

Project Coordinator, Web Producer (Consultant)

. Responsible for managing manifold web and video production projects for

online multi-channel video programming network

. Oversaw taping and online broadcast of entertainment news television

shows from start to finish, supervising (8) member production staff to

ensure each show had a unique market appeal and satisfied all project

sponsor and network requirements

. Redefined production procedures to incorporate growing customer demands

and production requirements

. Worked collaboratively with executive producers, marketing team,

programmers, and production staff to design and implement new ideas for

web content including live chat sessions, online surveys, contests,

offsite location shoots, awards shows and ad campaigns

. Established effective relationships and communications systems with

stakeholders to coordinate weekly and ad hoc meetings, evaluate

production project plans, ensure project deliverables were met on time,

escalate and resolve issues

Etec Systems, Genentech, San Francisco, Hayward, CA October 1996 -

October 1998

Project Support Specialist (Consultant)

. Provided project and administrative support for senior VP of the

Technology Development group and Litigation Resource Center

. Coordinated and attended recurring executive board and engineering

staff meetings to assist with presentations and record meeting minutes

. Maintained filing systems and inspected documents for quality control

in litigation resource center

Education and Training

B.A. Fordham University, Bronx N.Y. Major: Communications

HP PPM for Project Managers, Project Management for

Professionals,

Project Management Fundamentals, MS Project 2003

Core Competencies

Project/Program Management, Leadership and Team Building,

Organizational Change

Quality Assurance and Control, Systems Development Lifecycle, FTE

Resource Management

Technical Skills

HP PPM, MS Office Suite, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, MS Visio

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