Project Manager

Taquita K. Haygood

*** ****** *****, **** ******, MD (443)***-****--*******.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• Enthusiastic and motivated; sincerely enjoy developing, maintaining and learning from project

to project.

• Resourceful and innovative; proven talent to adapt quickly to challenges.

• Highly organized, directed, and detail-oriented; able to juggle multiple responsibilities

simultaneously and maintain calm in fast-paced environment

EDUCATION

American InterContinental University

March 2007 - Masters of Business Administration -Project Management

Hoffman Estates, IL

University of Maryland-UC

May 2005 - Bachelor of Science-Business Administration

Adelphi, MD

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Northrop Grumman Technical Services

Support to the Department of Homeland Security

November 2007 – May 2008, Program Management Assistant, Fairfax, VA

• Oversaw and coordinated the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison

between project management and planning, project team, and line management.

• Reviewed status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepared status reports.

• Assessed project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and

client-satisfaction goals and objectives.

• Monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers,

line managers, and clients.

• Tracked and maintained the hiring, termination and security clearances of 300 employees in the

states of Vermont and California (government service centers). Created excel spreadsheets to

track the issues and sent the results weekly to the onsite managers.

• Provide overall logistics / program coordination for the entire program in a PMO setting

• Facilitate PMO meetings or other meetings with the client, as requested.

• Follow up on action items and report on outstanding items

• Maintain PMO Calendar and the Staff Calendar.

MCR – Federal

Support to the Federal Aviation Administration

April 2007 - October 2007, Project Coordinator, Washington DC

• Provided accurate time card administration for twenty federal employees.

• Publishing and maintaining firm’s monthly and weekly calendar for the sector manager

• Organizing programs, events, meetings or conferences that are sponsored by the president by

arranging facilities, issuing information or invitations.

• Arranged complex and detailed travel plans and itineraries, compiles documents for travel

related meetings for the Sector Manager and project lead of Air Traffic Organization – Terminal.

• Recorded meeting minutes in weekly team meetings and status meetings.

• Designed and implemented several Excel spreadsheets to record government employee time

and attendance data and uploaded on government Sharepoint system.

• Coordinated the procurement of services and supplies while monitoring services, supplies, and

equipment usage.

• Full responsibility for Time & Attendance of every employee and updated time keeping system

with new information.

• Lead responsibility for all client related communications, issues etc.

• Personnel – reviews, associate orientations, training, staff meetings, and networking.

• Provided training for new employees on administrative operations to support managers.

• Managed the travel budget of the senior managers of the program operation.

• Troubleshooted electronic timecard errors by using effective problem solving.

• Directed the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of software for 5-workstation system for

financial use.

• Coordinated the on-site training classes for the federal and contract employees of the Terminal

sector.

Science Application International Corporation- Head Quarters and SAIC-Frederick

January 2006 to April 2007:

Support to the SAIC - NYSERDA project in New York

Project Control Analyst, McLean, VA

• Provided support of financial tracking efforts for several contracts while also providing varied

Division/Operations level support and Lead Project Controller support.

• Prepared earned value management reports and familiarity with bid and proposals.

• Maintained the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of 100 T&M and FFP contracts

financial progress and performance with contract budgets over $1.0M total.

• Interfaced with Division Manager, Project Managers, Senior Technical personnel, and other

functional support organizations such as Contracts and Finance.

• Prepared bi-weekly program cost analysis report and cost estimates for projections for program

manager, division manager, and task leaders. Monitored funding and ceiling modifications.

• Developed and prepare quarterly/monthly Estimates at Completion (EACs) for finance and

contracts using excel spreadsheets while using earned value management tools.

• Created charge numbers according to qualifications and monitor charge numbers, opening and

closing as required.

• Participated in contract, team meetings, off-sites, quarterly contracts reviews, as required.

• Assisted with planning and other monthly management reporting.

• Attended training session to be well educated in performing the project control duties.

Support to the SAIC-Frederick - National Institutes of Health

Patient Care Coordinator, Bethesda, MD

• Supported and interacting with doctors, nurses, managers, and patients.

• Acted as primary liaison among the hospital, the patient and family, referring physician, outside

agencies, staff from other hospitals and the general public by providing information and advice

regarding hospital services.

• Technical consultant to physicians and residents on medical/surgical services.

• Established and maintain adequate records relating to patient care services.

• Established and maintain effective working relationships with professional and

non-professional.

• Coordinated the development of individual patient care plans for residents in a skilled research

facility; conducts patient care, plans meetings with representatives from various disciplines in the

facility.

• Participated in discussions pertaining to assessment of patients' needs and problems and derives

a group consensus concerning the short and long-term care and rehabilitation goals, and the

anticipated time required for achieving these goals; meets with nursing personnel to select

patients for review and gather data to be presented at meetings.

• Consistently meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment, with attention to detail and

accuracy.

• Prepared and proofread documents and data for accuracy and completeness.

Manpower Incorporated

Support to the Covance Corporation – Enbrel Project

December 2004 – January 2006, Insurance Analyst, Gaithersburg, MD

• Broad-based qualifications in administrative, clerical and business support functions.

Organized efficient and precise with strong planning, communication and liaison skills.

• Researched all avenues and analyzed patient insurance information with patient's insurance

company to obtain approval of medication use for medical treatment of patient diagnosis.

• Relayed information to the doctor(s) and patient, regarding information report for medication

approval or denial.

• Tackled projects that improved efficiency and exceeded performance criteria while training

other new staff members.

• Worked well in team work environment and independently to complete deadlines.

• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

• Utilized spreadsheet and database software programs for accurate data entry.

Kelly Services

March 2000 - February 2004, Administrative Assistant/ Accounting Assistant, Towson, MD

• Coordinated multiple office functions that focus on computerized scheduling, electronic billing,

reimbursements, collections, accounts receivable/payable, patient records, data management, and

payment plans.

• Accounts Receivable: Direct invoicing or turn work order into an invoice, Patient’s deposits

posting, reconcile credit cards payments and monitoring overdue accounts. Reconcile account

receivable aging periodically.

• Served as primary point of contact with and liaison between patients, administrative staff,

physicians, and co-workers to facilitate proper lines of communication and expedite problem

resolution.

• Scheduled and attended promotional healthcare events for patient knowledge.

• Performed accurate data entry of patient demographic information for billing purposes, doctor

inquiry and office use into different types of database system software.

• Maintained stock of office supplies which included ordering, tracking, and distributing office

supplies.

• Educated patients, providing explanations of test results and therapeutic treatment plans;

participate in weekly meetings to evaluate patient cases and determine the need referrals.

• Performed ad hoc duties as assigned.

Short-term Contracts

Department of Navy - Sea Warrior, Intergrated Master Scheduler, Manassas, VA

Contract with Tracen Technologies - October 2008

• Manage a complex integrated master schedule on a fast-paced, high intensity major defense

program.

• Coordinated with Engineers, Program Managers and other project team members to manage the

intergrated master shedule.

• Created program slides by using Powerpoint to produce earned value management graphs for

program managers.

• Calculated the schedule performance index of the integrated master schedule and seperate

schedules for the project teams.

• Industrial background includesa experience in all aspects of Engineering and

Manufacturing/Production environments.

Technical Skills

MS Word, MS Power-point, MS Excel, MS Project (RUP and SDLC format), MS Outlook, MS

Access, Outlook Calendar, Citrix, Lotus Notes, Internet research, Publisher, Castle, Cru-X,

SAP, IFSM, Sharepoint, Vista

Certifications and Associations

Certified Associate of Project Management (PMI)

Certification to be completed

University of Maryland - UC

Certificate- Management Foundations - August 2004

Project Management Institute Member

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