Ruth Mariel Orozco

**** ***** **** **. ***. *** Las Vegas, NV 89103 Mobile: 954-***-**** E-mail: ac99iu@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE: Over 15 years of experience. I have managed projects in the areas of software, mobile applications, web development and platform implementations. I am a dynamic individual that adapts easily to fast-paced working environments. I’m detail oriented and can work remote or on-site.

SKILLS:

Project Management

Agile & Scrum Methodologies

Bilingual – English and Spanish

Web & Mobile Applications

Client Liaison

Staff/Resources Management

Platform Implementation

IT Projects

Negotiation and Closing

SOFTWARE: ServiceNow, Smartsheet, BaseCamp, MS Project, MS Visio Pro, Microsoft Share Point, JIRA, MailChimp, SalesForce, Podio, Sugar CRM, Creative Manager Pro (now known as Workamajig), Complete MS Office Suite

EDUCATION: B.S. Information Technology, University of Phoenix - Plantation, FL., May 2004.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Boyd Gaming Corp. – Via APEX Systems – Las Vegas, NV March 2019 – July 2019

Project Manager – Contract position working IT corporate projects.

Managed the development of the Boyd Gaming B-Connected Loyalty mobile app with vendor Aristocrat.

Managed the implementation of new Enterprise Booking Engine for all 20 Boyd Gaming Hotel properties with vendor Travel Tripper.

Assigned to manage the assessment of the entire Boyd Network for recommendation to Cloud migration.

Assigned to manage assessment of on-site Web Hosting for recommendation to Cloud Hosting Migration.

Created Project Charters and other PMO artifacts in accordance with Boyd PMO process.

Directed the day to day activities based on the project plan.

Coordinated and lead weekly meetings.

Maintained all documentation related to agendas, notes, change management, decisions and issues.

MYS Project Management – Las Vegas, NV May 2018 – Dec 2018

Project Manager – Remote position working with clients in a Project Manager Consultant capacity in a variety of projects.

Assigned to manage and delivered 4 projects for Motiv – based in Austin, TX - for the implementation of Oracle Sales Cloud and Incentive Compensation using Agile methodology.

Assigned to manage and delivered 1 project for Sumnu – based in Las Vegas, NV - for the development and project plan implementation of the Department of Transportation State of Nevada sponsored trainings using Waterfall methodology. Created Project Timelines in SmartSheet, Tasks creation and Resource Management in Base Camp.

Modification of project plans based on new functional or technical requirements.

Directed the day to day activities based on the project plan.

Coordinated and lead weekly meetings.

Maintained all documentation related to agendas, notes, change management, decisions and issues.

CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT – Via Eastridge Workforce Solutions - Las Vegas, NV Nov 2016 – May 2017

Project Manager - Contract for the implementation of ORACLE Human Capital Management, with a value of $7MM.

Managed the relationship between the ORACLE implementer (Grant Thornton) and Caesars Entertainment.

Directed the day to day activities based on the project plan (Agile methodology).

Coordination of Caesars Entertainment business resources (SME’s).

Refined/modified the project functional and technical scope based of discovery of new requirements with various Caesars departments.

Coordination of vendor technical resources for the necessary legacy system data conversions and external vendor integrations to Oracle HCM.

Maintained tracking system to report on weekly status against milestones and deliverables.

Lead weekly meetings with entire team for project updates and issues.

Coordinated resolution of issues, challenges, decisions, and identification of fixes.

Documented all required changes and key decisions that affected the project.

Assisted coordinating user pilots and user acceptance testing.

Coordinated with Change Management team for items that impacted the 64K+ employees at Go-Live.

Other modules implemented - Goals & Performance, Workforce Compensation, Talent & Succession and Taleo.

DELL SOFTWARE GROUP (DSG) – Via APN Software Services, Inc. – REMOTE July 2016 – Sept. 2016

Project Manager - Contract for the transition of the Corporate Marketing Department from DSG to SonicWALL & IAM.

Brought in to support the DSG Marketing department to transition to 2 new entities: SonicWALL and IAM.

Responsible for the discovery and requirements gathering of the tools, services and tasks the marketing department personnel needed to execute to transition to the new entities.

Identified and set-up other projects related to the transition that needed to be executed by other departments.

Served as liaison with the external consulting firm in charge of the transition (PwC)

Track the progress of the items in the Functional Work Plan.

Prepared the project weekly reports.

JS PRODUCTS, INC. – Las Vegas, NV June 2015 – June 2016

Project Manager – Project lead role in the newly created Web Department at this company.

Initially brought in to help with the Digital Project Management of the re-design and development of KobaltTools.com.

Produce realistic project plans with both creative and technical specs, including timetables with clearly flagged milestones.

Produce wireframes and workflows in Visio.

Manage and deliver multiple work streams for various types of digital projects within the different product lines (e.g. web-site development, mobile apps, email marketing campaigns, etc.) to agreed scope, timings and quality.

Work with internal teams to help define project scope and resource requirements.

Assist in the development of legal documentation attached to each project.

Hub of communication for all projects - in regular contact with internal and external partners engaged in delivering the work product.

Set up projects in JIRA to give full visibility and facilitate collaboration.

Work with client’s third-party agencies to jointly scope, manage and deliver campaigns.

Main liaison for the development of the Lowe’s Kobalt brand website.

Travel - For client presentations and follow-ups.

GES – Via Robert Half Technology –– Las Vegas, NV June 2014 - March 2015

Associate Product Manager – Contract position as Associate Product Manager for GES Portables Ordering Platform; ExpressoPro.

Brought in to fix a troubled digital product, called ExpressoPro. Corrections were done throughout the product including the API, code and user interface errors.

Development of documentation of all the features missing to bring the platform to compliance with legal procedures and to match old platform’s functionality.

Main liaison with the product development partner; ExhibitForce.

In charge of the development of over 55k worth of new functionality based on client requirements and other needed.

All development was performed using Agile Methodology with sprints ranging from a week to a month duration.

Accomplished the migration of 90% of existing clients from the old Assembly language platform into ExpressoPro. Among the client’s migrated are TOTO, Verizon, Walgreens, Pfizer, P&G, EPRI, etc.

Developed the product positioning plan for the product including the copy, naming conventions, etc. and supported the development of other marketing materials.

Supported sales personnel in presentations and creation of materials.

Extensive product training for Account Executives and clients both live and online. Also, developed all training guides for administrators and end users.

Intensive daily e-mail and phone communications with internal personnel and clients.

FIRECRACKER MEDIA – Plantation, FL and Las Vegas, NV Aug. 2006 - Jun 2014

Project Manager – I created this company to provide Web design, print, video production and operation management services to accounts acquired since 2006 at Photowalk Productions dissolution and to others I have acquired over time.

Most recent projects:

o2013 -Fanzzi.mobi & JoySync – Served as a Mobile Applications and Web Developer Consultant to develop the 1st Version of the Fanzzi.mobi mobile website aimed to the NFL Football fans in the USA and to develop the 1st Version of this mobile application for iOS and Android aimed to the general market coupon/deals enthusiast in the USA. Both projects included the development of the product identity, scope, staff management for its development and product launch.

o2009- Fulltiltpoker.com – Served as a consultant for the rollout and training of a project management web-based application. The selected product was @Task and aimed to structure a better workflow for the video production and post-production teams in Las Vegas, USA; Vancouver, CA and Dublin, IR.

Acquisition, sales, maintenance and retention of accounts.

Management of projects in the areas of Web development and print design for clients like Lennar Homes, 5Palms, Black Mountain Villas, Recruit Radar, among others.

All development was performed using Agile Methodology with sprints ranging from a week to a month duration.

Development and creation of proposals, presentations, contract negotiation and closing for prospects and clients

Implementation and management of project set-up, deliverables, client brief, workflow and deadline scheduling.

Contract negotiation and management of over 15 freelancers used to develop a variety of projects.

Creation and implementation of Social Media programs in Facebook and Twitter.

NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE (iReferDR) – Via Experis – Las Vegas, NV Jun 2012 – Oct 2012

Project Manager – Contract position as a Project & Product Manager to help develop and sale iReferDR, LLC and the mobile applications created by the entity.

Responsible for the development of the complete project plan for client’s mobile applications development for iOS, Android and the back-end content management platform.

Responsible for the requirement and assets gathering from the clients for the development of applications on iOS and Android.

All development was performed using Agile Methodology with sprints ranging from a week to a month duration.

Coordination with external vendors for the creation creative material and programming of the mobile applications.

Follow up with prospects and make sales presentations.

Closed over $50,000.00 in the first 4 months working this position.

Contract negotiation with Management and C level personnel.

Development of Project Charters, Road Map, Wireframes and workflow.

Developed the iReferDR corporate identity and brand development guidelines.

Development, content creation and programing of the website www.ireferdr.com

Developed the Marketing and New Business plan, which included:

oResearch and selection of the trade shows to be attended and followed their ROI.

oDevelopment of the Booth to be use at trade shows and complete coordination of the trade shows schedule.

oResearch and selection of Trade publications for Advertising, with complete calendar.

oCreation and maintenance of the Facebook, Twitter pages and other social media initiatives.

oCreation and deployment of direct marketing campaigns.

Travel 20% of the time.

DREAM WORLD PARTNERS – Las Vegas, NV August 2011 – March 2012

Business Project Manager – Project management role with 8-year-old Dating Websites Developer.

Solely responsible for the requirement gathering and analysis for development of websites based on company goals and high level overview provided by C level personnel.

Development of Project Plans, Road Map, Wireframes and workflow.

All development was performed using Agile Methodology with sprints ranging from a week to a month duration.

Selection or suggestions as of the programming techniques to be in use on the website, taking into account usability and company goals

Brand development guidelines.

Creative direction provided to the graphic design team for the development of the web property being created.

Creation and implementation of Social Media programs in Facebook and Twitter.

Creation of copy for the web properties.

Management of cross functional teams remotely throughout the development cycle.

oSpecial Project – Opening of a No-Kill/No-Profit shelter. Responsible for the complete set up of the brick and mortar –licenses, 501 (c) (3), general contractors, animal control inspections, public relations, etc. – and the development of the website, that provides users the ability to donate, apply for volunteering, adoptions and foster care.

ACTION ONLINE TECHNOLOGIES – Margate, FL June 2007 – March 2008

Senior Project Manager – Project/Account Management role with this Web design company.

All development was performed using Agile Methodology with sprints ranging from a week to month duration.

Responsible to oversee over 1.5 million dollars a year in projects from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Account.

Management of projects in the areas of Web development using technologies or programming like, CMS v2.1 (Ektron), DNN, HTML, Flash, Java, External data feeds, SEO, etc.

Implemented the use of RAD and JAD methodologies for the management of the entire project development life cycle – set –up project deliverables, time line, client brief, site architecture, workflow, deadline scheduling, quality control, delivery and training.

Implementation of Creative Management Pro web application for project tracking.

Responsible for each project budget and P&L.

Management and supervision of 17 on-site and remote personnel.

Intensive daily e-mail and phone communications with internal personnel and clients.

Business Development for the acquisition of new accounts.

Development and creation of proposals, presentations, contract negotiation and closing for prospects and clients.

Event planning for business development activities such as, Cocktail Parties, Formal Events and Trade Shows.

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