Project Manager

RONALD L. ANDERSON, PMP, MBA, MPM, SSGB, JONAH

*** ***** ***** ? Peachtree City, GA 30269

678-***-**** ? ************@*******.***

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PMO SENIOR LEVEL MANAGER

. Senior level leader with a proven track record of transforming

organizations into high performing, results oriented teams capable of

delivering sustainable business value.

. Strong leader who has removed bottlenecks to maximize existing resources

to deliver stalled and/or troubled projects within the existing corporate

structure and without recommending drastic process/policy changes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FIRST SOLAR, LLC Perrysburg, OH ? 2008 - Present

Manager, MIS Portfolio Management

Responsible for providing project portfolio management (PPM) oversight for

all MIS projects using Planview EPM/PPM software to show total project cost

(internal labor/external spend) and 3 year financial benefit to CIO, CFO

and Senior VP's. Maintain project pipeline to enable senior management to

determine status of all projects in the portfolio. Secure agreement on

deadlines, resource commitment and deliverables using KPI metrics. Actively

initiate and continue project review meetings, assertively motivate project

participants to execute projects to agreed levels of quality, deliverables

and duration. Coach and mentor all project managers.

Major Contributions:

. Project Portfolio Management System: Incorporated Enterprise & Project

Portfolio Management via Planview into the ITIL/ITSM v3 framework

methodology. This resulted in a 25% improvement in solutions delivery and

a 10% cost reduction opportunities of expense budget.

. Project Governance: Established Portfolio Management process that

delivered over 50% more projects from previous year.

. Organizational Project Maturity: Project Managed the MIS implementation

of the Theory of Constraints Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)

process and methodology using the Concerto Execution Management Software

by Realization.

. Project Delivery: SAP ERP 6.0 PMO Manager (2 full lifecycle projects -

Phase 1 & 2). Responsible for providing overall PMO and resource

management to the project teams (functional and technical) to deliver the

integrated solution defined in the project scope and plan.

THE MTC FIRM, Peachtree City, GA ? 2007 - 2008

Owner/Independent Consultant

Project consultant responsible for delivering full life cycle IT projects

by applying program/project management best practices and methodologies for

client IT PMO's. Technology includes e-commerce, web development, ERP,

Manufacturing Systems and Business Intelligence/Reporting implementations.

Major Contributions:

. Project Governance: Created and implemented a Release Management Strategy

for a clients B2C e-commerce website which totaled $26 million in sales

in 2007. http://www.interfaceflor.com/

. Project Delivery: Served an instrumental role in transitioning a new e-

commerce website (with Web 2.0 technology) to production which helped a

clients business improve their operating income by 60% from the previous

year.

. Organizational Project Maturity: Conducted Project Management Training to

several clients to prepare candidates for PMI PMP Certification Exam.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL, Americus/Atlanta, GA ? 2005 - 2007

Director of Project Management, Information Services

This was a dual role position (managing actual projects and leading the

PMO) Reporting directly to the CIO. Managing a team of 10 Project Managers

and Project Support Staff. Responsible for organizing project methodology,

developing project tool kit (i.e. policies, procedures, guidelines,

templates, reporting mechanisms) and continually expanding the selection of

training, tools and processes to guide successful project implementation.

Also, played a significant role in strategic alignment of portfolio of

priorities through proper project selection processes across the

organization.

Major Contributions:

. Project Delivery: Managed a cross-functional team and external vendor

Kintera to design and deploy an online Fundraising Campaign called

"Friends asking Friends" to respond to Hurricane Katrina/Rita disaster in

the Gulf Coast region. This application generated over $125K in online

donations in the first three (3) months after launch.

. Project Delivery: Project Manager to deliver a new automated optical

character recognition (OCR) turn-key system capable of handling donation

cards and personal checks which were scanned and electronically deposited

into the bank. Knowledge of Check 21 procedures, ACH payment and

transaction processing were critical to this project. Project also

included vendor selection between WAUSAU and Fairfax Imaging. Reduced

labor cost by 50%.

. Project Delivery: Led a global technical team to design and implement an

International IP / VPN WAN (changed from slow and expensive frame relay

circuits to high speed IP / VPN circuits while lowering month to month

costs on circuits $15K a year savings). International VoIP network

included locations in Costa Rica, Thailand and Singapore

THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY, Cincinnati, OH ? 2000 - 2005

Project Management Global Competency Leader, P&G PMO

Provided leadership in building and maintaining project management

capability within the P&G IT organization's 2400 global employees. Project

Management liaison within P&G's PMO with outsourcing vendors HP and IBM to

ensure project management processes and procedures compliance.

Major Contributions:

. Project Delivery: Served as an internal project management consultant to

a cross-functional team assigned to deliver one of the first online

marketing campaigns for P&G (www.homemadesimple.com ). This site created

brand awareness to several $1 Billion Brands in the Fabric and Home Care

Global Business Unit.

. Project Delivery: Integration Project Manager for the SAP R/3 ERP

implementation in the new Iams manufacturing facility in Pilar,

Argentina. Delivered system on time which allowed the plant to produce

for the entire Latin American region. This generated enough revenue in

the first 6 month to push the Iams Brand into the P&G $1 Billion Brand

Club.

Career Note: Worked as Plant Electrical Engineer for Corning Inc. in

Greenville, OH (1991-1998) and IT Project Manager for ManorCare, Inc. in

Toledo OH (1999-2000) plus Project Controls Engineer for Advanced Control

Solutions in Toledo OH (1998-1999). Details available upon request.

PUBLICATIONS & PODCASTS

Mark Perry & Ron Anderson, "The PMO Podcast - Don't Assume Project Managers

are Good PMO Team Players", (2007) Episode #118

http://www.thepmopodcast.com/mp3/The_PMO_Podcast_118_PMO_Team_Players.mp3

Project Management Institute (PMI), "The Standard for Portfolio

Management", First Edition (2006). Recognized as Significant Contributor.

Project Management Institute (PMI), "The Standard for Program Management",

First Edition (2006). Recognized as Significant Contributor.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

MBA, Global Management

University of Phoenix, Phoenix AZ

Masters of Project Management

Bachelors of Applied Science, Manufacturing Technology

ITT Technical Institute, Indianapolis & Fort Wayne IN

ITIL v3 Foundation Certification

APM Group, UK

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Project Management Institute, Newton Square PA

JONAH Certification - Theory of Constraints Process Improvement

The Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute, New Haven CT

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

(ASQ) American Society for Quality, Milwaukee, WI

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