Project Manager

CRISTINA VASILESCU, MBA, PMP

Home Phone 561-***-****

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Executive Summary

Seasoned project management professional with broad range of experience in

business and technical related fields and comprehensive skills in managing business

applications development and process improvement. Highly flexible and comfortable

wearing multiple hats and juggling both, project management and analyst roles.

Extroverted individual with a real go-getter attitude, passion about work quality, and

continuous focus on not only doing the projects right, but also doing the right projects

for the company. Work well with compressed deadlines while managing through

conflict and issue resolution.

Education

2009 AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY – Masters Graduate “Summa

Cum Laude” in Business Administration with Project Management

Concentration Hoffman Estates, IL

2005 – 2007 AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor Degree “Summa Cum Laude” in Business/ Project

Management Hoffman Estates, IL

2002 – 2005 PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Boca Raton, FL

AA Degree in Business Administration – Marketing Major

Certifications

2009 Pursuing Six Sigma Black Belt certification

2006 – Present Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) Boca Raton, FL

2006 – Present Certified in Business Process Analysis and Design Boca Raton, FL

Core Competencies

Project Management Project Scope/Charter Design

Project/Strategic Planning Cost/Benefit Analysis

Business Case Development Cost Control

Risk Management Scheduling

Main Project Related Accomplishments

Manage a range of 15 to 20 projects every year, while 3 to 5 projects are often

overlapping

Successfully complete projects on schedule and within/under the budget while

staying aligned with constantly changing company strategic visions

Have an outstanding record of project completion with minimal rework and lack of

defect functionality

Delivered over 30 enhancements affecting two main software applications that

sustain sales and contract administration processes on half the originally planned

schedule (6 months versus 1 year) and 50% under the original budget. By

successfully completing that project, sales and contract administration processes

recorded noticeable efficiency improvements by cutting contract data loading time

from 3 hours to 0.5 hour and agreement preparation process from 6 hours to 1 hour;

those enhancements have therefore increased the department overall productivity by

30% over the next 6 months following project completion

During the past 10 months, out of 13 projects, managed 5 projects sponsored by the

CFO and two Executive Vice Presidents. Considering current tight market conditions

and timing of the essence, each of those projects were performed with a budget

under 20 K and greatly benefited the company bottom line by bringing immediate

savings ranging from 500 K to 3.5 Million with potential of reaching 6.5 Million in

savings for the next 6 months.

Work Experience

2007-Present CROSS COUNTRY STAFFING Boca Raton, FL

Business Project Manager - PMO, PMP

Possess a broad understanding of the company’s business and the way the projects

support the overall strategy and fit into the dynamics of the business system

Actively participate in strategic planning before preparing project business cases and

cost/benefit analyses

Work in a synergistic partnership with Senior Executives and IT department to:

regularly perform project and process oversight

recommend, hold, reprioritize, or reject projects based on their alignment with

company’s current strategy, thereby contributing increased shareholder value

to the company

initiate and track project portfolio

implement Project Management methodologies and best practices

manage all aspects of project lifecycle including analysis, planning, execution,

change control, and completion

perform risk and opportunity management

perform project cross-functional impact analysis to ensure all system/process

dependencies are included in the project scope

provide project management expertise and coach other business project

managers

Determine metrics of success and post-project assessment timeframes

Coordinate project implementation to ensure efficient training is conducted for

affected functional business areas and proper deployment steps are followed

Prepare post-project assessments and lessons-learned documents

2005-2007 CROSS COUNTRY STAFFING Boca Raton, FL

IS Project Manager/Analyst, PMP

Responsible with project planning, project Work Breakdown Structure, project

baselines updates and project scope control

Analyze, recommend, design, and implement a variety of functional/technical

solutions that support the company strategies

Communicate with all project stakeholders to identify project requests, current

operating procedures

Provide project management services to assist business stakeholders

(executive sponsors, project sponsors, subject matter experts) in defining,

prioritizing, organizing, and leading a project team responsible for delivering

information technology solutions

Provide implementation services, including system/solution documentation

and training, and formulation of training/implementation plans

Work closely throughout the project with business stakeholders, software

developers, and user experience architects to translate business

requirements into optimized solutions based on the practical needs of the

user

Maintain current working knowledge of research, theories, methodologies,

and best practices in project management and system design.

2004-2005 CROSS COUNTRY STAFFING Boca Raton, FL

Client Relations Manager

Researched market conditions and generate/negotiate contracts and

addenda for the client healthcare facilities

Coordinated internal market strategy for recruitment and account

management presentations

Assessed changes in business demand and analyzed strategic ways for

account management and contract administration; provided business

expertise and supporting documentation for account and contract

management related projects

Managed Hospital Bonus Audit, Contract Administration System - Contact

Module, and Assignment Contract Module Projects

2002-2004 CROSS COUNTRY STAFFING Boca Raton, FL

Client Services Coordinator

Maintained reports for bonuses about to expire and monitored timeline of

bonuses by traveler job posting

Interacted closely with the software developers regarding any bonus related

system glitches and managed projects for improving the company’s bonus

modules

Provided business expertise and worked as part of the new Contract

Administration System project team as subject matter expert, made

recommendations for the project deliverables and training manual and

performed testing on the new system.

2000-2002 CROSS COUNTRY/TRAV CORPS Boca Raton, FL

Marketing Assistant

Managed contract processing and changes for all assigned accounts

Analyzed software applications issues relevant to the job and recommended

solutions to IS project managers for related process weaknesses

Provided business expertise and worked as a project team member on the

development and testing the assignment contract automatic update and

tracking program

1999 – Relocated to United States from Romania

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