Project Manager Management

Experience Summary

Currently in KPMG's Advisory Services Federal practice in the Washington,

D.C. office. Graduated with a BBA degree in Computer Information Systems.

PMP Certified with over eight years of IT experience, including 7 years of

Federal IT consulting service with extensive experience in leading as a

certified SAP consultant, system software requirement management, design

review, development, and testing. Experienced with SAP's ASAP life-cycle

management methodology. Summary experience includes:

Project & Acquisition Requirements & Test Script Development

Management Configuration

Process/Data Modeling Management Test Execution - unit,

Requirements Development - System Design & integration & user

Functional & Technical Development acceptance

Test Planning PMP Process Management

SAP Business Processes

Work experience

KPMG LLP (01/05 to present)

Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD),

Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) 1/05 to 3/09 and 9/09 to

Present

Managing system life-cycle management activities of the Capital Asset

Management System - Military Equipment (CAMS-ME) system, required by

Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards 23. The success of

this congressional-managed program satisfies one of the Departments key

priorities for business transformation and audit compliance.

Responsibilities include:

. Managed the budget, billing, and expenses for a large engagement of 40

employees and 6 million dollars a year.

. Key author in several documents (e.g., Acquisition Strategy, Acquisition

Program Baseline (APB), Test Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), and Systems

Engineering Plan (SEP)) supporting multiple Acquisition Milestone

decisions.

. Supporting the configuration management process by analyzing the Program

and the Component's proposed system changes and advising the client on

design options. Also as test scripts fail configuration changes are

identified, documented, and provided to the Configuration Control Board

(CCB) for review.

. Managed the requirements writing, gathering, organization, and

documentation. This involved collaboration with the SPAWAR System Center

developers to narrow the scope, writing testable requirements, creating

change requests, briefing management on the status, and documenting each

requirement for the release.

. Led the construction and maintenance of the Detailed Test Plan. Produced

and included the test scripts, checklist, and schedule, which are all

separate appendices from the main document.

. Defined entrance and exit criteria for each test event. Reported the

results of each test event and go forward testing strategies to the

government lead (General Schedule 15) and project sponsor (Senior

Executive Service).

. Managed each of the CAMS-ME test events including Unit, Integration and

User Acceptance Testing. This involved creating agendas for test members

to execute scenarios/scripts, ensuring compliance with exit and entrance

criteria, and managing each day of testing (holding kick-offs, ensuring

testers have the resources and system access they need, training testers

on scripts and testing tools, monitoring progress made by testers,

tracking testing results, and holding daily wrap-up meetings).

. Managed quarter close process. Leading the effort to provide the OSD

Comptroller quarterly financial reporting data for military equipment.

Supporting the Components though ongoing financial adjustments decision-

process and entering updating CAMS-ME.

Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

3/09 to 9/09

Managing the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) effort for the

EProcurement module (Procure-to-Pay) for DLA's EBS financial system.

Responsibilities include:

. Project Manager for a team tasked to ensure the EProcurement

implementation is compliant with all federal laws and regulations on

financial reporting.

. Managed the effort to trace all 3386 requirements for DLA's EProcurement

SAP module to their functional process area, internal controls,

associated risks, and test results.

. Managed the effort to validate the testing of requirements linked to

internal controls.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (10/02 to 1/05)

Department of Defense, Defense Travel System 10/02 to 1/05

Provided clients with analytical and technical support by conducting

system tests to identify and correct deficiencies within the software

saving detrimental system downtime. During testing used several tools

like Test Director to complete scripts. Managed the correction of

application issues or deficiencies determining viable solutions and

system workarounds. Performed project management duties and led an

implementation team of one or two employees per site to set up the

official travel system for the Department of Defense ultimately

resulting in a promotion to Senior Analyst. Worked directly with the

client providing training on the new travel system and solving any

change management issues. Managed and delegated the process of

importing customer information into the database for sites as large as

8,000 people. Produced weekly status reports to track the progress of

each site and keep management aware of any oncoming issues or risks.

Education, Professional Affiliations, Certifications, and Honors

. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Computer Information

Systems from James Madison University

. SAP Consultant Certification

. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Security Clearance

. Secret - Defense Security Service, Department of Defense

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