Project Manager

Sarah E.Lewis

Project Manager

Key Skills and Knowledge:

Project Management

Budget Management

Resource Allocation

Team Building

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Project Plans

Communications Strategies

Project Scope / Management

Implementations

Tracking/Status

Change Control Management

Risk Management

Data Integration

Communication Plan

Document Control

Vendor Management

Software Development Life Cycle

PMUWS

Agile

ITIL process

Communication Skills

Oral and Presentation

Facilitation

Written

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MS Project

Visio

SharePoint

Outlook

Software

Microsoft Windows (all versions)

Microsoft Office Suite

JIRA

Confluence

Professional Certifications

A+ Certification

Education

B.S. Marketing Management

Jones College

Montgomery College

PMP (in progress)

Northern Virginia College

Professional Training

Time Management

Conflict Resolution

Team Building & Leadership

Strategic Development

Technology professional with trusted leadership skills and strong experience transforming valued business solutions. Proven ability managing complex IT projects including web development via the software development life cycle and Agile (hybrid methodology) from ideation to delivery. Ability to cultivate strong partner alliances with business sponsors, technical project groups, third party vendors and development teams to ensure communication success.

Professional Experience:

Project Manager (Consultant via TEKsystems) 2/2014 - Present

Wells Fargo 04/2016 – 04/2017

Responsible for leveraging existing system of record or single data sources across the organizational ensuring consistency in reporting on all levels for efficiently and consistently to the stakeholder and directs.

Develop risk mitigation plan, change control and coordinated appropriate mitigation strategies for all technical issues around project deadlines and status updates.

Conduct preliminary change impact assessment and propose recommendation strategy and rollout plan with timeline.

Catholic Charities 07/2015 – 01/2016

Managed system upgrades with 1120+ end users, 50M clients, cross functional/virtual teams, vendors and stakeholders.

Reported and communicated organizations effectiveness by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.

Developed Project Plan (scope) identified deliverables, resources, strategies and test plans.

Administered, troubleshoots and support Citrix and RDP environments on an enterprise infrastructure.

Developed reports, tracked issues, and provided input project implementation plans of twelve sites.

MedStar 01/2015 – 06/2015

●Simultaneously lead several complex projects with multiple deliverables, team members and core team requiring ongoing prioritization and relationship management.

●Implemented innovative cloud based infrastructure system using web services and applications.

●Technical support of application integration issues, project scope and system development requirements.

●Developed and tracked project plans, schedules and team resources.

●Primary duties include project initiation, planning, execution, oversight and deployment.

●Developed resource forecasts and teamwork assignments to efficiently and effectively achieve desired business outcomes.

Gannett Digital 02/2014 – 12/2014

●Performed ongoing review of project status; identifying risks, documented program progress including implementation, timelines, and open issues.

●Liaison between Business users, IT and Application developers.

●Gathered business and functional requirements from business users and coordinate with information technology department.

●Performed detailed analysis of inbound and outbound interface data feeds.

●Responsible for SDLC lifecycle of the project and provide status updates as required by senior management.

●Responsible for daily standup/sprint, processes, backlogs, stories, risk, issues and resource allocation using Agile methodology.

CareFirst BCB Project Manager 10/2011 - 12/2013

●Managing project development from end to end all, stakeholders’ expectations throughout the SDLC lifecycle of the project and provides status updates as required with senior management.

●Prepared cost estimates, resources allocation and monitor the progress of the project in clarity and make adjustments to budget and schedule as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project deliverables and milestones using Agile methodology.

●Conducted project post-implementation analysis and creating a recommendations report in order to identify successful project elements.

●Facilitated communication between all key IT groups and the stakeholders via participation in meetings and the creation of status reporting mechanisms (weekly, monthly, and quarterly).

Danya International, Inc. Senior Project Coordinator 09/2009 - 09/2011

●Provided project support to Head Start monitoring and support contract.

●Tracked all deliverables against National Master Schedule, reported status on a regularly scheduled basis, and maintained project plans.

●Managed subcontractor expenditures and provided quarterly reports.

●Researched and analyzed all regulatory data for deliverables.

●Developed and managed open finding reports, weekly project review meetings to ensure tasks defined in project plan were on schedule and milestones were met.

●Provided 30, 45 and 120-day outlooks keeping management informed of issues and potential schedule risks.

●Maintained document libraries in SharePoint.

Fairfax County Public Schools Project Coordinator 01/1999 - 08/2009

●Managed complex projects involving Special Education (IEP), Reading Recovery, No Child Left Behind, ESOL and other “Special Interest” projects.

●Developed project plans, resource schedules, timelines, assessment guidelines, pertinent legal documents and scheduled delivery dates.

●Applied relevant policies and regulations pertaining to project profiles and assessments.

●Managed project teams of up to 15 people from various departments that were responsible for improving testing protocols.

●Utilized project and educational management skills to evaluate and tailor programs fitting individual child and parent needs; while developing and fostering collaborative relationships among parents, children and educators to meet educational goals.

●Analyzed assessment scores to develop, analyze and drive new strategies for overall performance improvement in various subject areas.

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