Project Manager Management

Paula Rolo

Email: abpge0@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** * ***** **

City: Arlington

State: VA

Zip: 22204

Country: USA

Phone: 703-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: 90

Willing to Relocate

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Job History / Details:

Project Manager Resource Advisor/ Senior Process Analyst/ Account Analyst/ Senior Project Analyst Manager

PROFILE

Highly motivated senior analyst experienced in the introduction and support of a wide variety of projects, able to work with, motivate, and mentor diverse professional teams, while leading by example. A proven leader, who quickly and successfully responds to ever-changing environments and situations, consistently achieves goals within critical project deadlines, and is able to leverage an eye for detail, ensuring success and quality.

Focused and motivated, able to work both independently and collaboratively in a variety of settings, conditions, and environments. Driven to both succeed and contribute, diligent, goal-oriented, conscientious, and dedicated to team growth and improved performance.

Delivery through Personal Performance and Leadership

CORE COMPETENCIES

Problem Identification * Strategic and Tactical Planning * Global Delivery * Team Leadership

Project Management * Effective Communication * Training * Mentoring * DOD

Technical Writing * Process Improvements * Negotiations

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

SharePoint Server 2003 and SharePoint Design 2007 * Acquisition Logistics Management System

Government Contracts - Subcontracting, Accounts, and Negotiations

SECURITY CLEARANCE

TOP SECRET Security Clearance

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Information Technology American Intercontinental University Washington, D.C.

Bachelor of Arts, International Relations / Global Policies George Washington University Washington, D.C.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Microsoft Office Suite * HTML * XML * Visual Basic Script * VB * SAP 4.6v * Java Cafe * TV4

QCTS * SharePoint Portal Server * IBM Quick Place / QuickR * Prosight

Livelink * SharePoint Design

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Outstanding Customer Service Award * Merit Award

Exceptional Achievement Award

LANGUAGES

English * Portuguese * French

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RGS Associates Incorporated Arlington, VA 2008 - Present

Senior Process Analyst and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Readiness, Development and Acquisition (DASN RDA), Expeditionary Programs, and Logistics Management (ELM)

Key leader providing functional and management support to the Rear Admirals, Captains, Senior Executives, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy including managing, prioritizing, and distributing all tasks sent to expeditionary programs and logistics management for review and signatures.

* Prepared correspondence, memos, action memos, and summary letters for Captains and Admirals for signature by Office Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) while strategizing and progressing next steps in implementing item unique identification (IUID) into the assessment identification system (AIS) and analyzing the relationships between the current system, other Department of Navy (DON) systems, and Department of Defense (DOD) systems.

* Served as Knowledge Management Specialist providing business management support to the OPPA leadership and analytical teams while configuring IBM QuickPlace as a collaborative work space for Navy and Marine Corps access including documentation and continued training.

Quality Assurance Management Manager

Provided recommendations to senior managers on the implementation of process improvement initiatives for Department of Treasury, FEMA and N6 Department of Navy. Developed lead discovery sessions, planned meetings, training sessions, and facilitated process improvement meetings. Proposed, tailored, and develop quality/process re-engineering improvement efforts, that included training manuals and procedural documentation to provide return-on-investment or operational improvement. Ensured that all items follow the change management process and are entered and tracked through the change management software. Bringing best practices and knowledge in and driving the exploration of new ideas from a wide variety of sources externally and internally.

* Successfully served as Training and Customer Support Manager providing training and technical support for users of the Navy Information Management System (NIMS), a portfolio management system for capital planning and investment control (CPIC).

* Defined scope and objectives of all levels of QA testing; participated in all aspects of testing, including functional, regression, load and system testing. Responsible for the overall success of testing. Manages assigned projects from IT Quality Testing through final User Acceptance Testing.

* Assuresd the appropriate level of quality by the resolution of important defects by working with developers to ensure the software development process has an appropriate level of testing.

Training and Customer Support Manager-OPNAV N611

Provided training and technical support for users of the Portfolio Management System called: Navy Information Management System (NIMS) for Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC). Created three training manuals for administrators, end-users/ support assistance of the NIMS program operation and functions. Maintained Issues and Program database in NIMS by collecting data from PBIS and iRAPS for, PR11 and POM 12.

Knowledge Management Specialist-Office of Program and Process Assessment (OPPA) - Now OPA

Provided business management support to the OPPA leadership and analytical teams as requested. Configured SharePoint Portal 2007 as a collaborate ework space for Navy and Marine Corps access including documentation and continued training. Created graphics and spread sheets for leadership and analytical teams. Documented and maintained the new processes and procedures within the office. Coordinated the creation of 2008 Administration Transition team briefings for the incoming Administration. Recorded all support documentation for incoming staff and the new Secretary of Navy. Organized all pertinent documentation for review, and prepared correspondence associated with revised recommendations on instructions and/or briefs up for signature by the Director of OPPA (OPA). Prepared naval correspondence and documents for SECNAV review. Maintained hard-copy file records of all instructions signed and approved by the Director of OPPA (OPA).

Mold Abatement Incorporated Catlett, VA 2006 - 2008

Account Analyst

Subject matter expert organizing and structuring the office processes and procedures including establishing new processes to record data samples collected by technicians for submission to diagnostic labs. Created and documented contracts, proposals, and financial information for prospective clients while maintaining inventory records as needed.

KPMG LLP Washington DC 2005 - 2006

Project Manager

Successfully led several functional teams in the creation of a program management office (PMO) for the RAS Federal Practice while managing the design and testing of a new resource management application (RMA) to track all internal and external resources proposed for multi-million dollar engagements for the Mid-Atlantic RAS federal practice. Recovered over quarter of million dollars in overpayments to subcontractors.

Bearing Point Incorporated McLean, VA 2000 - 2005

SAP Project Manager Resource Advisor

Managed data software development teams in a matrix environment and served on other teams as a business consultant and technology deployment planner while participating and serving as a member in numerous management and technology enhancement committees.

* Completed proactive interdepartmental coordination over small teams of up to 10 staff, training, documentation, and curriculum generation as well as technology related strategic planning.

* Served as liaison with DOD leaders and strategic partners while coordinating best-of-breed hardware / software solution deployment.

* Brought in several government contracts in the value of 10 million and above to the Federal Practice.

Project Manager

Successfully managed communications functions through SharePoint Server Portal 2007 for USDA procurement rationalization initiative, the Integrated Acquisitions System (IAS), while coordinating negotiations between USDA and multiple vendors to ensure seamless integration of the legacy system with the new system being installed. Generated solutions for Immigration Naturalization Services (INS), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) to integrate security systems and file transfers between agencies.

Distributed Solutions Incorporated Herndon, VA 1997 - 2000

Senior Project Analyst Manager / Quality Assurance Analyst

Effectively maintained and customized enterprise tendering software which generated government contracts on-line for a range of clients while managing and maintaining all client software modification initiatives in order to conform to government procurement contract standards and in accordance to the FAR. Proposed, tailored, and develop quality/process re-engineering improvement efforts, that included training manuals and procedural documentation to provide return-on-investment or operational improvement. Trained users on upgraded software and created traning manules for different user groups as required.

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