Project Manager Management
Resume:
SHARON ARCHIBALD, PMP
Vienna, VA ***** . 703-***-**** . *****************@*****.***
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Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 10 years of
experience managing projects to deliver quality products to ensure
successful implementation of corporate goals and objectives. Experienced
in applying formal project management standards (PMBOK) and methodologies
to deliver win-win solutions in Healthcare, Financial services and non-
profit industries. Areas of expertise include:
. Tracking & Control . Change Management
. Scheduling & Budgeting . Evaluation & Improved Implementation
. Requirements & Data Analysis . Conflict Resolution
. Risk Management . SDLC - Software Development Lifecycle
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sunrise Senior Living, McLean, VA March
2012 - Present
Sunrise Senior Living provides senior living communities, assisted living
facilities, and senior care services. The company serves nearly 30,000
residents in communities in the United States, Canada and the United
Kingdom.
Project Manager
Responsible for planning, managing and implementing projects using the full
software development lifecycle.
. Lead the planning, execution and implementation of projects with
members from cross-functional teams
. Create, execute and revise project plans as needed
. Provide oversight, direction, control and support to project and
project team
. Collaborate with project team to identify tasks/WBS/backlog, level of
effort, risks, dependencies and constraints
. Identify the need for and gathered resources as needed
. Collaborate with project team to monitor and mitigate risk
. Handle the resolution of conflicts (requirements, schedule and people)
. Primary point of contact (for project team, management, clients,
stakeholders and other departments)
. Coordinate the creation, review, signing and storage of all project
documentation
. Conduct regular status meetings with project team
. Communicate regularly to stakeholders, management and customers
regarding project activities
. Manage ongoing support activities including upgrades as needed after
initial project implementation
. Created process flow and templates to support a repeatable project
management process
Projects include a Learning Management system which facilitates and tracks
the training of team members, a Home Care system which tracks patient home
care, a web application which allows user to create budgets and multiple
projects initiatives for Data Warehouse reporting.
UNITY III Vienna, VA Aug 2011 -
Feb 2012
A privately held company providing project management services.
Sunrise Senior Living Project Manager (Aug
2011 - Feb 2012)
Responsible for planning, managing and implementing projects using the full
software development lifecycle.
. Lead the planning, execution and implementation of projects with
members from cross-functional teams
. Provided oversight, direction, control and support to project and
project team
. Collaborated with project team to identify tasks/WBS/backlog, level of
effort, risks, dependencies and constraints
. Created, executed and revised project plans as needed
. Identified the need for and gathered resources as needed
. Collaborated with project team to monitor and mitigate risk
. Handled the resolution of conflicts (requirements, schedule and
people)
. Primary point of contact (for project team, management, clients,
stakeholders and other departments)
. Coordinated the creation, review, signing and storage of all project
documentation
. Conducted regular status meetings with project team
. Communicated regularly to stakeholders, management and customers
regarding project activities
Projects include a Learning Management system which facilitates and tracks
the training of team members, a Home Care system which tracks patient home
care, and multiple projects initiatives for Data Warehouse reporting.
UNITY III Vienna, VA
A privately held real estate investment company focusing on providing
funding for commercial income producing acquisitions and the purchase and
resell of below market single-family properties.
Director (Aug 2010 - Aug 2011)
Responsible for the strategic, financial, administrative and day-to-day
operations of a real estate investment company. This includes providing
consulting services for a commercial hedge fund and the identification,
analysis and acquisition of below market properties.
. Gather and analyze financial information for funding requests
(commercial properties valued between 2MM - 30MM) to determine
viability and risk in funding
. Field incoming requests from prospective clients to understand their
needs and goals
. Submit request to hedge fund for further analysis and funding
. Provide ongoing status updates to client and to hedge fund analyst
. Analyze properties to determine if they could provide an acceptable
ROI
. Determine strategic approach of company by leveraging industry
expertise
. Submit proposal to purchase and purchase if approved
. Market to sell and close as appropriate
. Market for prospective clients & properties
NRECA, Arlington, VA Apr 1999 -
May 2010
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is the national
service organization for more than 900 not-for-profit rural electric
cooperatives and public power districts providing retail electric service
to more than 42 million consumers in 47 states.
Project Manager (02/2007 - 5/2010)
Responsible for planning, managing and implementing projects using the full
software development lifecycle.
. Lead the planning, execution and implementation of projects with cross-
functional project teams
. Instrumental in creating PMO standards, procedures and metrics
. Provided oversight, direction, control and support to project and
project team
. Collaborated with project team to identify tasks/WBS/backlog, level of
effort, risks, dependencies and constraints
. Created, executed and revised project plans as needed
. Identified the need for and gathered resources as needed
. Collaborated with project team to monitor and mitigate risk
. Handled the resolution of conflicts (requirements, schedule and
people)
. Facilitated daily scrum meetings
. Managed & monitored day-to-day aspects of project to ensure completion
& adherence to requirements/goals
. Primary point of contact (for project team, management, clients,
stakeholders and other departments)
. Coordinated the creation, review, signing and storage of all project
documentation
. Facilitated the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
. Coordinated and in some cases facilitated the Requirements Review
sessions
. Identified and tracked critical path and critical milestones
throughout the project
. Coached project team including contractors as needed
. Conducted regular status meetings with project team
. Communicated regularly to stakeholders, management and customers
regarding project activities and status via meetings or dashboard
reporting
. Conducted "lessons learned" and other close out activities
. Implemented change management process for all requested changes
. Solicited vendors, collaborated on vendor contract and managed vendors
. Identified, tracked, analyzed and facilitated resolution of
operational issues (data and system)
Projects included initiatives to improve the presentation, selection and
implementation of yearly health benefits and to increase the efficiency of
benefit document creation and publication. Key projects - Benefit Plan
Rating, Summary Plan Description, MOSS 2007 and ActiveDocs upgrades. Used
both Waterfall and the Agile methodologies for development.
Manager (2/2002 - 01/2007)
Managed a Data Warehouse team of four, an Employee Benefit Website team of
seven and a team of up to 19 contractors. Directed the teams with a focus
on providing quality application development and maintenance to facilitate
successful implementation of corporate goals and objectives. Provided
project management support for projects as needed.
. Lead the planning, execution and implementation of projects with cross-
functional project teams
. Provided oversight, direction, control and support to project and
project team
. Collaborated with project team to identify project tasks/WBS, level of
effort, risks, dependencies and constraints
. Created, executed and revised project plans as needed
. Identified the need for and gathered resources as needed
. Collaborated with project team to monitor and mitigate risk
. Handled the resolution of conflicts (requirements, schedule and
people)
. Managed & monitored day-to-day aspects of project to ensure completion
& adherence to requirements/goals
. Primary point of contact (for project team, management, clients,
stakeholders and other departments)
. Coordinated the creation, review, signing and storage of all project
documentation
. Facilitated the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
. Coordinated and in some cases facilitated the Requirements Review
sessions
. Conducted regular status meetings with project team
. Communicated regularly to stakeholders, management and customers on
project status via meetings and reports
. Conducted "lessons learned" and other close out activities
. Captured, documented and facilitated evaluation and implementation of
requested changes
. Provided day-to-day guidance on projects/deliverables, operational and
personal issues
. Partnered with business sponsors and management to identify, plan,
outline and prioritize deliverables for the year
. Collaborated with team to identify system upgrades and maintenance
needed annually (software and hardware)
. Integrated software & hardware upgrades into the overall deliverables
schedule for the year
. Resourced and tracked project and task level initiatives
. Monitored resource utilization and made adjustments where needed to
prevent under and over utilization
. Managed, tracked and executed team budgets
. Solicited, collaborated on vendor contracts and managed vendors
. Recruited, managed and terminated employees and contractors as needed
. Evaluated employees and provided feedback regularly
Projects included two Sharepoint pilot projects (which lead to the
enterprise wide deployment of Sharepoint), the Conference Center Audio
Visual Equipment upgrade, a Broadcast Fax and Email system (COTS) selection
and implementation and a Contact Management system (COTS) selection and
implementation.
Senior Systems Integrator (04/1999 - 1/2002)
Performed all phases of project life cycle which included analysis, design,
development, testing and implementation.
. Collaborated with team to create database designs
. Used Erwin to document Logical and Physical database designs
. Created and tested ETL scripts to load data files into warehouse
. Worked with the team to gather high level requirements from the
business for data warehouse reporting
. Analyzed existing documentation to determine elements needed for data
warehouse reporting
. Documented proposed data elements including metadata and received
customer agreement and signoff
. Created and tested data warehouse reports using Brio and SQL;
validated report data against source data files
. Created and executed ETL scripts to load data monthly; resolved issues
as needed
. Collaborated with team to create design of implementation needed for
NEB (NRECA Employee Benefits Website)
. Prepared process flow diagrams as needed
. Identified task and level of effort for assigned modules and provided
information to project manager
. Coded and unit tested modules as needed to support NEB (NRECA Employee
Benefits Website)
. Used SQL to validate the data and the process
. Worked with team to integrate coded modules into testing environment
. Supported testing team and environment as needed during SAT and UAT
. Implemented approved changes into production (database and code
changes)
. Reviewed requirements documents, participated in requirements review
sessions and performed gap analysis as needed
. Identified, tracked, resolved and/or facilitated resolution and
implemented of production fixes
. Systems supported included the Data Warehouse which used Informatica
with SQL Server and Brio for reporting and the Employee Benefits
Website (NEB), which used VB6 and SQL Server
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
VIRTUALOGIC, Bethesda, MD Senior Consultant
Aug 1996 - Apr 1999
Small IT services and integration company, founded in 1993 with revenues of
12MM and about 100 employees. Clients included Fortune 1000 companies,
primarily in financial services, banking and insurance.
DATAFOCUS INC., Fairfax, VA Senior Consultant (Programmer)
Apr 1993 - Aug 1996
Privately held software development services company, established in 1988
with annual revenue up to 20 MM and staff of about 49.
I-NET, INC., Rockville, MD Programmer/Analyst
May 1989 - Apr 1993
Government services organization providing services in communications and
information systems with revenues of $23MM and about 450 employees.
VANGUARD TECHNOLOGIES, Fairfax, VA Programmer Aug
1988 - May 1989
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, Alexandria, VA Jr Programmer-Programmer/Analyst
Jan 1987 - Aug 1988
Small software solutions company.
SOFTWARE
Microsoft Project 2007, SQL Server 2005, Snag-IT, Microsoft Office 2007,
MS-Visio, MS SharePoint 2003 & 2007, ActiveDocs, HTML, Visual Basic, MS Visual
Source Safe, Informatica, Brio, ERWin, VB Script, HTML, MS Access,
PowerBuilder, dBase
EDUCATION & TRAINING
> B.A., Computer Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
> PMP Certification, 10/2004
> Certified Scrum Master, 5/2009
> Basic Six Sigma and Business Process Classes, 4/2014
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