JOHN POWERS, PMP

**** ******** **** ** ** ● Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763

205-***-**** ● ac8j0p@r.postjobfree.com

PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Accomplished, self-directed Corporate Program and Project Management Professional with an extensive record of professional success in leading comprehensive programs and initiatives. Applies a solid grasp on the Fortune 500 climate in order to drive program advancements and improve internal protocols and processes. Excels at interdisciplinary collaboration, business analysis, staff training, presentations, data analysis, and effectively aligning organizational objectives with community needs for overall program success. Dynamic Leader with strong people skills and a reputation for staying ahead of the curve by applying industry best practices in a collaborative spirit to deliver successful solutions and innovation in support of the bottom line. Results-driven trainer with 12 years of successful leadership in the development and implementation of curriculum and software training in challenging corporate classroom and online environments.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Program & Project Management ● Data Mining Requests ● Process Implementation ● HR Sourcing● ACCESS Database

Contract Deliverables Implementation ● Report Preparation ● Technical Assessments ● Quality ERP

Status Preparation ● Training & Development ● Budget Oversight Policy & Procedures ● Microsoft Office Suite

Visio Professional Designer for IT Diagrams and Process Engineering

EDUCATION

University of Alabama,Birmingham Master of Arts in Education, Concentration in Economics & Political Science, GPA: 3.5 (1996)

University of Alabama, Birmingham Bachelor of Science in Education, Concentration in Economics & Political Science (1993)

Project Management Institute Project Management Professional – PMP Certification (2004-2009, 2016 to Present)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

huntsville city schools-Huntsville, AL July 2018 to Present (Moved to Huntsville, AL and tool this job which was from a previous career to take care of elderly parents who are now placed. Moving back to birmingham or atlanta to resume my corporate career)

teacher

●Teacher of World Geography

●Teacher of US Government and Economics

●Member of student intervention team

●Member of Technology Team

Southern Company-Birmingham, AL December 2017 – July 2018 (Moved to Huntsville, AL to take care of parents)

Project Manager SCS- Contractor

●Successfully managed large-scale power generation projects for dry fly ash, bottom ash and wastewater management

●Conducted cost estimating from feasibility costing through control estimates

●Developed ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) and cost baselines for each project

●Managed stakeholders, including E&CS engineers and project managers

●Presented risk assessments to stakeholders, showing the technical, financial and back office impact of plant generation projects

●Worked with technical leads, project sponsors and lines of business to manage project deliverables within scope, budget and schedule

●Developed, implemented and managed detailed project plans guiding the delivery dates and in-scope deliverables throughout the project life cycle

●Managed on-site vendors through MSA’s, scopes of work, supply chain ordering for equipment and invoicing, tied back to budget actuals

●Managed EAC (Estimate at Completion) for project budgeting

●Worked in a matrix environment, with IT team to manage deliverables within schedule

BBVA Compass BANK, Birmingham, AL March 2017 – September 2017 (Contract Expired)

Project Manager - Contractor

●Successfully managed large-scale software development and delivery products

●Utilized Agile framework for project life cycle management

●Experience with Jira workflow application

●Managed stakeholder engagement for software implementations requiring multiple bank department approvals

●Presented risk assessments to stakeholders, showing the technical, financial and back office impact of software development initiatives

●Worked with development team, technical leads, product owners and lines of business to manage project deliverables within scope, budget and schedule

●Developed, implemented and managed detailed project plans guiding the delivery dates and in-scope deliverables throughout the project life cycle

●Coordinated resources within technical teams to implement Agile Sprint objectives

●Managed the deployment of software initiatives through testing phases

●Documented business requirements and use cases for new software initiatives

●Worked with procurement to obtain development resources within quarterly planning budget

●Managed capital expenditure and operational expenditure requirements within quarterly planning budget

●Assisted Agile Scrum Masters with grooming of backlogs related to sprint planning

●Utilized business analysis to produce software initiative impact presentations for diverse audiences

JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, Birmingham, AL November 2015 to March 2017

Implementation / Project Manager

●Successfully managed the implementation of new client software for the banking industry

●Utilized PMP methodology to effectively manage scope, quality, resources, time and budget for software projects

●Effectively managed project team in resource allocation, critical path, project and management budget, and work breakdown structure

●Managed healthcare lending projects. leveraging EMR systems to post collateral to facilities within financial software

●Accessed healthcare providers’ EMR’s on behalf of bank customers utilizing Jack Henry software, in order to post CPT codes by payer class

●Managed four month rolling average of net collectible value per CPT code / per payer, in order to establish collateral base of which lending software tracks funding against healthcare insurance claims, equipment and inventory

●Developed and implemented Software Requirements Traceability Matrices through development iterations, QA testing, validation and user acceptance testing

●Authored Policy and Procedure Documentation for each client, relative to the utilization of proprietary software

●Analyzed clients’ business models and applied software solutions to maximize client operational efficiencies

●Worked closely with software development and quality assurance teams utilizing scrum methodology to implement software enhancements and modifications on behalf of clients

●Authored business analysis documentation relative to lending software for the financial industry

●Developed curriculum and trained classes of financial industry client employees on Jack Henry software, either locally in-person, remotely or at customer designated location

●Provided customer on-site consulting for the purpose of mapping software functionality to the customer’s business practices, finding and implementing efficiency improvement

●Managed implementation of software add-on modules under budget, within scope and on time

●Designed process improvement for internal operational efficiencies and on behalf of clients in a consulting capacity

●Used business analysis to engineer QA and Development process to closely align with and drive efficiencies for software modifications and enhancements

●Implemented contractual Statement of Work deliverables and responsibilities, including SLA’s, pricing, reporting metrics, cost / budget management

●Utilized T-SQL scripting to manipulate MS-SQL data for the purposes of custom reporting, data mining, and testing of software features before deployment to customer release versions

●Mapped development of and implemented software interfaces such as general ledger exports, wire and ACH file formats and debtor queries, to name a few

●Served as liaison between customers and internal QA and Development in the production, management and implementation of business model processes that resulted in software modifications and enhancements.

●Troubleshot software problems during customer implementation phase, reporting back to QA on software bugs and / or enhancements that will increase customer’s ability to maximize employee usage of software and therefore maximize profitability.

HOOVER CITY SCHOOLS, Hoover, AL August 1994 to December 1998; August 2007 to November 2015

Advanced Placement Economics & Political Science Teacher

●Successfully oversaw the teaching and implementation of economics and government curriculum

●Served as the Social Sciences Departmental Representative for the district’s Technology in Education committee

●Authored and executed curriculum for a pilot program featuring blended-online courses

●Utilized ACCESS to teach web-based courses to statewide high school students

●Maximized the use of web-based AP Economics courseware, tutorials, and guided lessons, APLIA

●Appointed to serve as the technology lead for the Social Sciences department with responsibility for overseeing the design and delivery of training on technology in the classroom

BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES, Houston, TX august 1999 to August 2007

Project Manager – Implementation Outsourcing

●Effectively served as the key customer liaison with responsibility for strategic Voice Account Maintenance Implementations on behalf of clients including Sony, Hewlett Packard, Bank of America, Electronic Data Systems, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Motorola

●Spearheaded business development for significant outsourcing clients, and played an integral role in new business

●Produced presentations in complete alignment with RFP needs and sales potential

●Established Project Implementation Methodology in compliance with PMI guidelines for national and multinational deployments of equipment design, implementation, and service contracts

●Produced costing budgets and monitored actual outlays against budgets, which led to meeting profit margin goals

●Authored manuals consisting of customized policies and procedures for Fortune 500 client service agreements

●Encouraged a work environment centered on continual development through coaching of team members

●Adapted a corporate Enterprise Resource Program (ERP) to leverage financial, parts and materials, order-tracking, and budgetary goals for distinct projects

COMPUSA, Dallas, TX January 1999 to August 1999

Corporate Account Technical Trainer (Contractor for Black Box Network Services)

●Contributed to the development of line-of-business curriculum to train employees on customized, UNIX-based Enterprise Resource Program (ERP)

●Trained employees for Williams Communications in various lines-of-business across multiple offices in multiple states

●Adapted training modules of Enterprise Resource Program (ERP) to leverage financial, parts and materials, order-tracking, and budgetary goals for distinct projects and trained employees of Williams Communications in these modules

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