Technical Project Manager
Insightful, ambitious and results driven project manager with notable success directing a broad range complex projects such as corporate software development lifecycle projects, organizational projects and vendor projects. Seasoned in project planning, continuous improvement projects with the ability to coordinate multiple complex projects with professional results. Exceptional abilities in establishing liaison with other business partnership and creating and spearheading effective and profitable technical projects. Master at allocating scarce resources to attain maximum output. A strong leader with ability to train quality individuals; motivate teams to surpass goals and objectives. Hands-on experience leading all stages of project development efforts, including consulting, customer service and the design, architecture, testing, and support required for successful product development. Able to coordinate and direct all phases of project efforts while managing, motivating, and guiding teams.
Areas of Expertise:
Requirements Analysis
Management Experience
Regulatory Compliance
Cost benefits analysis
Policy Planning / Implementation
Procedural Design & Audit
Excellent Communication
Risk Assessment / Impact Analysis
Project Plan
Technical Specifications Development
Budget Management
Team and Project Leadership
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Survivor’s SKS 2011 – Present
Project manager
Recruited for my superior decision making and sound judgement with establishing enterprise-wide program upgrades; overseeing companywide efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems. Design innovation and implementation of processes and procedures. Performed cost benefit analysis on all recommended strategies. Accountable for growth budget of $1.1 million. Collaborate with external auditors to conduct an in-depth compliance audits and penetration testing, presenting results to executive leadership. Administered errors, bandwidth allocation and access for daily new memberships of 25,000 plus. Supervise daily activities of Computer Security and Administration.
Key Achievements:
Reduced spam hits by 85% with server-side security and IP controls.
Spearheaded the development of new site-wide policies and procedures to control rogue members
Hand selected to develop SKS board security policies, process changes and implementation
Designed new server environments through all phases of the project lifecycle in multiple countries
Consulting role in all new software upgrades
Designed and implemented SMF Databases for all servers
Allen Technologies 2004 – 2011
Project Implementation Manager
Lead successful process changes and implementation, collaborative meetings, timeline monitoring and budget requirement accountability. Coordinate and prioritizes project tasks, manages timelines, maintain project plans and communicate status to clients. Provided Project Plan updates and reporting to project sponsors and senior management. Additionally, provided consulting support with external vendors ensuring the project is implemented within contractual obligations and regulatory requirements. Skilled and experienced to think strategically and provide problem solving plans that have positive influence on outcomes. Created development plans, project documentation, and test cases for high-quality results.
Key Achievements:
Managed projects from $750,000 to $1.5 million such as NetSuite integration in 7 facilities.
Oversaw the design and installation of new Satellite based and CATV based MATV plants.
Designed and instituted procedures for quality testing of long Fiber runs using Hamamatsu PMTs
Managed creation of high-profile ERP (cloud) solutions in all Allen technology locations including the training of all new users and migrating all old data to new system.
Chaired upgrade initiatives from Win 95 to Win 7 incrementally for 6000 machines nationwide over product lifecycles
Wrote Agile Methodology for the company that is still in use today
Experience with PM tools such as Workfront, Microsoft Project and Jira
Experience with Unix, Linux and Windows from Win 95 to Win 10
Managed all stakeholder interaction within all projects
Database management within all hospitals built on SQL
Design and implementation of all Windows DVS and Unix/Linus host servers at all facilities
Online content management using Javascript and HTML.
Allen Technologies March 2002 – March 2004
Engineering Technician
Designed, built and maintenance of server based patient education systems
Experience maintaining large network based systems
Experience with the design on all types of CAT 3, CAT 5E/CAT 6 and Fiber Optic networks
Designed, installed and maintained Satellite based and CATV based MATV plants.
Advanced electronics and network troubleshooting skills
Drove new cooling designs for sever rooms and Head-ends
Customer service at all client levels
Content Management of hundreds of video files over multiple systems including Windows and UNIX integrated systems
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
ITT Technical Institute June 2015
Bachelor of Science Project Management with Six Sigma
Cumulative GPA: 3.75/4.0
ITT Technical Institute Nov 2002
Associate of Applied Science Computers and Electronics Engineering Technology
Cumulative GPA: 3.5/4.0
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
PMP in progress
Professional Affiliations/Volunteer Work
Boy Scouts of America – Cub master Pack 99 Feb 2014 – Present
USAF Mar 1991 – June 199