Jia Zhou

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Position Desired:

To seek opportunities with Finance, Project Management, Planning, Scheduling, Marketing,

Language Translation or Training related position

Skills:

Computer: Proficient in Project Management Primavera P6, wInsight, SAP, EVMS, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Pivot Table, MS Project

Language: Fluent in English, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese) and Spanish

Leadership: AEA Membership Chair at Bell Helicopter;

Former president of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Public Relations Student Society of America chapter

Interpersonal: Great team player and business presentation skill

Experience:

July 2011- February 2013. Cost Schedule Analyst, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

• Assisted in the roll-out and administration of functionally-specific initiatives

• Integrated all program activities including program management, engineering,

manufacturing, assembly and test through incorporation into the master plan

• Developed, updated and maintained finance and schedule performance metrics in

Primavera P6 and other financial management tools

• Performed financial analysis and research-related activities for the development of

proposals in accordance with Government specification

• Analyzed cost variances, prepared and submitted Estimated At Completion Comparison,

Variance Analysis Report through Primavera P6, SAP, wInsight, Excel for

internal groups and external customers on monthly basis to support

Integrated Master Schedule Contract Deliverables Requirements List and

Contract Performance Report deliveries and was praised by Finance manager

for on time CPR delivery

• Coordinated the collection and accumulation of finance and scheduling data from

functional departments, researched, analyzed and reconciled cost and schedule

performance through Primavera P6, SAP, Premier, and Pivot Table to do

cost validation and implement risk mitigation

• Developed resource loaded schedule in Primavera P6 and assisted control account

managers to forecast projects’ completion and implement performance process

• Worked closely with engineers from different areas (Propulsion, Affordability,

Manufacturing, Logistics, and Flight Test) to do cost and schedule update

on weekly basis; analyzed financial data and provided schedule performance

metrics to engineers and upper management every month via Primavera P6, SAP,

Premier and Excel to ensure progress of performance have been taken

• Prepared and supported control account managers for Program Review or EV Review

by collecting and analyzing finance data and schedule metrics, preparing estimated

at completion explanations via technical management system- Primavera P6,

SAP and Premier, and engineers acknowledged the data are helpful

• Utilized Excel, SAP, Primavera P6 and worked as a team to support reconciliation of

legacy data to new version of financial management system and make sure that is

incorporated with cost and schedule

• Organized meetings to prepare Baseline Change Request with engineers and Integrated

Program Schedulers, submitted BCRs, made sure down stream control account

managers notice about the changes and reduced the impacts to a minimum level

• Created different layouts in Primavera P6 and made status sheet in Excel to fit on the

need of various projects and got positive feedback from engineers

• Monitored and analyzed Manpower on monthly basis via Primavera P6, SAP and Excel

to make sure staffing is manageable for different projects

• Ran critical path in Primavera P6 to identify the major drivers for engineers and planned

execution of their effort

June - December 2010. Sales consultant (part - time), Macy’s Inc.

• Provided opinions and solutions for customers to achieve daily sales goal

• Worked as a team with co-workers and exceeded sales goals during the pre-selling

and sales driving events

January - May 2009. Public relations intern, Texas Health Resources

• Composed press release and provided health tips for all hospitals under Texas

Health Resources

• Maintained media placement log, tracking all proactive and reactive stories resulting

from pitches from the PR team to retain hospitals’ reputation and establish trust between

Texas Health Hospitals and communities

• Teamed on the editing of Texas Health Resources’ 2008 Report to the Community and

communities recognized Texas Health Resources contributions

May 2008 - May 2009. President Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA):

The University of Texas at Arlington chapter

• Arranged a real dining etiquette lesson and organized Public relations leaders to keynote at chapter meetings (Laura Hoosier, former president of Fort Worth PRSA and

Reace Alvarenga Smith, president of Dallas PRSA) for chapter members with budget involvement, and members acclaimed that lessons were very helpful for them to prepare to get into the real professional working environment

• Set up chapter members to partner with Dallas/Fort Worth communication Professionals

for DFW PR Pro-AM event, and some members got an internship during the event

• Organized two successful public relations tours at Concussion High Impact

Communications and DFW International Airport and was praised by chapter advisor and UTA Communication department

• Doubled membership during a nine-month period

• Recruited and established PRSSA chapter leadership team

Education:

August 2004 – August 2009, University of Texas at Arlington

Bachelor of Arts, Communication (Public Relations) and Bachelor of Arts, Spanish

August 2012 – February 2013, Southern Methodist University (Not completed)

Master of Science, Systems Engineering

Organizations:

Project Management Institute

American Helicopter Society

Defense and Aerospace Connections

Government Cost Compliance

Textron Connections

Golden Key International Honor Society

Honors/Awards:

The National Dean’s List

2008 – 2009 Outstanding Student Leader of UTA

2008 – 2009 Outstanding Organization of UTA Communication Department

Activities:

2013 Participate in Project Management Institute Fort Worth chapter events

2013 Engage Fort Worth PM Toastmasters events

2013 – 2013 Cooperated and Organized Bell Helicopter AEA Lunar New Year Event

2012 – 2013 Engaged in Business Talent and Organization Development at Bell Helicopter

2010 – 2011 Completed Project Management Certificate Program, Fundamentals of Earned

Value Management, Project Management in Primavera P6, EVMS for

Management and Advanced Project Management in Primavera P6

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