ALWIN THOMAS

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C: 617-***-****; ac0cyx@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS

• PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), PMI Professional Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

• 8+ years objective-driven project management in healthcare, real estate, banking, and IT software development delivering customer-centric solutions to meet client expectations and strategic objectives.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Consultant, Equitous Technology Solutions, Georgetown, MA Feb 2017 – Present Information Technology company providing IT solutions and support Consult with management on specific IT projects to improve practices and delivery. Key Contributions:

• Manage 365 deployments and data migrations to SaaS private cloud computing.

• Implement change management best practices in compliance with SDLC standards to enhance customer experience.

• Manage cross-functional teams and process engineering, network requirements and gap analysis to optimize project schedules, resource leveling, task lists and documentation. Project Manager, Kennedy Group, Olathe, KS Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 Custom Home Community Development

Provided alternative building design and construction solutions to improve workflows and accountability reducing schedule time, labor, and overhead cost. Key Contributions:

• Researched, documented and gained approval for Structured Insulation Panel building systems to improve construction efficiency and reduce resources waste by 65%.

• Developed construction schedule and punch list, and organized estimates, inspections, and approvals.

• Created a central information management and tracking system reducing document retrieval time

Project Manager, Planon Corporation, Braintree, MA Sept 2015 – Sept 2016 Integrated Workplace Management and Computer-aided Facility Management company Managed fixed and non-fixed priced projects for new deployment and upgrades of multi-tier enterprise SaaS software products supporting real estate life-cycle and disposition, facility services, and workplace management.

Key Contributions:

• Conducted project transitions from sales to implementation including reviewing the statement of work, project risk, stakeholder identification, budgets, schedules, quantitative and qualitative metrics for project success.

• Documented project requirements and secured approvals, managing clients expectations and priorities.

• Developed project charters and management plans including resourcing, oversight assessment, risk identification, deliverables and project schedules.

• Managed client deployments, installations, data analysis and migrations to ensure client’s business continuity, and strategic alignment with the project.

• Served as liaison and primary project contact, streamlined communications and risk escalation to senior management, updates, status reports, while fostering goodwill, and ensuring project success.

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• Coordinated with Project Management Office (PMO) to manage multi-disciplined project teams of software architects, business analysts, technical lead, consultants, and software developers using PMI best practices.

• Monitored User Acceptance Testing and issue logs. Managed issue resolution, schedules, budgets and resource variances against project baselines.

• Contributed to weekly Scrum meetings on product development, issue identification and resolution, tracking, user stories, and team development and effectiveness.

• Developed and implemented change management protocols to resolve road block issues.

Project Consultant, Equitous Technology Solutions, Georgetown, MA Oct 2013 – Sept 2015 Information Technology company providing IT solutions and cloud support Advised senior management on project management processes and practices. Consulted on special projects providing risk identification, analysis and mitigation steps. Key Contributions:

• Introduced new processes to assess and mitigate risk and to analyze and rank stakeholder influence; resulting in improved risk monitoring, enhanced project controls, and reinforced stakeholder involvement.

• Lead brainstorming sessions with senior management to review, assess and implement new project management procedures to improve future project outcomes.

• Provided insight into potential project obstacles and their impact on project scope, schedule and cost.

Project Coordinator, D2D Venture, Kansas City, MO Aug 2011 – Oct 2013 Marketing and consulting company providing branding expertise and project services Project Manager and Business Analyst for clients in the medical, marketing and IT industries. Key Contributions:

• Report Application Development Project: Drove replacement of manual data reporting application with an automated technology solution resulting in reduced labor cost, data collection time, analysis and reporting by 70%.

• Health and Wellness Product Design Project: Created the project team and project management plans for health and wellness products. Created and test-marketed multi- phased health-themed prototypes. Validated and presented final deliverables to the executive the team.

Project Manager, Lisante, Oslo, Norway Mar 2009 – Aug 2011 Health and wellness company

Project Manager and Business Analyst for several key initiatives. Key Contributions:

• Product Design Project: Drove design and development of personal care product line. Used enterprise factors, cost-benefit analysis, and information techniques to refine product line. Developed, managed and aligned change management with the product strategic objectives.

• Product Packaging Project: Controlled and managed design dependencies. Improved design resulted in 80% reduction in package failure during transportation and storage. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA SKILLS

Microsoft Project, Visio, CMS, Microsoft Office, Outlook, MS SharePoint

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