Project Manager

Career Objective: Apply ten plus years in project management to a PM or

administrative position.

Professional Expertise

HEALTH COMES FIRST Atlanta, GA, 2005-present

Program Manager/Health Economist: Research, develop and promote a variety

of health environmental health measurements projects or concepts considered

at the Feasibility and Analysis stage of the SDLC.

. Research alternative health measurement systems and approaches

including "balanced scorecard" developments at the macro and micro-

economic levels.

. Presented work (July 2013) in Brighton, England at the European

Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment.

. Poster presented (July 2012) two articles at the European

Conference on Health Economics in Zurich, Switzerland. Posters

include a systems approach to Food, Energy and Health.

. Provided administrative support to CDC at Racial and Ethnic

Approaches to Community Health Conference via subcontract with

GEARS (May/June 2012).

. Provided guest lecture at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public

Health for Global Sustainability and Health Seminar (Nov 2011).

. Co-led workshop discussion in Sustainability and Health at Society

for Values in Higher Education -Elmhurst (summer 2011).

. Presented Behavioral Health work via competitive review at SVHE-

Elmhurst (summer 2011).

. Presented Health Economics work via competitive review at SVHE-

Portland (summer 2010).

. Posted work at US Department of Commerce website - USMS/NIST/forums

section (2009).

. Proposed HIASys tool to extend CDC expertise in Health Impact

Assessments (2005 fwd).

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, Atlanta, GA, July 2013-September 2013 (contract

position)

Project Manager: Provided project management expertise for this national

provider of Home Health and Hospice Care services.

. Provided project management expertise in the transition from ICD-9

to ICD-10 coding and associated billing processes as required by

the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services.

. Developed and managed Statement of Work, MSProject Schedule,

Project Plan, Risks, Action Items, Terminology and Jeopardies in

ICD-10 Code Conversion Project.

. Worked indirectly with outside vendor DeVero to isolate scope and

determine Level of Effort.

. Facilitated new version upgrade discussions surrounding course and

reporting requests and request fulfillment in Gentiva's Learning

Management System (LMS).

. Developed new process templates to facilitate the request

fulfillment within the LMS system.

. Recalibrated LMS requests and year-end maintenance activities.

ELEMENTAL IMPACT, Atlanta, GA, April 2011 - August 2012 (contract position)

Ei Program Director and ZWZ Program Director: Provided not-for-profit

environmental program project management expertise across a variety of

Elemental Impact's program areas. Includes website work.

. Worked with Elemental Impact leadership to successfully incubate

and sell the Zero Waste Zones Program to the National Restaurant

Association.

. Provided detailed budget analysis and proposal development work

associated with national expansion with the National Restaurant

Association.

. Represented Elemental Impact on a variety of task forces in Atlanta

and Georgia including the Atlanta Power to Change and Georgia Food

Policy Council.

. Recruited and tracked new participants in the Foodservice Industry

both in Atlanta and nationally to the Zero Waste Zones Program.

. Directed project meetings including ZWZ, GREASE and the Sustainable

Food Court Initiative Pilots at the Atlanta Airport Georgia Dome.

. Sought to partner with CDC on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) for

Fulton County.

. Assisted with content development for new website launch and social

media development.

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS/ATT, Atlanta, GA, 2006-2007 (contract

position)

Senior Project Manager/Prime Integrator: Provided SDLC project management

expertise for various IT projects in the DSL/broadband space including some

XML website work. (HCF! in hiatus).

. Managed smaller concurrent projects throughout Software Development

Life Cycle process.

. Included SDLC projects and SWAT team analysis / recovery of

enmeshed database.

. Included high-profile ATT web-based logo change project and other

web-based components.

. Worked within a PMO environment. Contracted with vendor/Convergys;

wrote SOW.

. Prepared/presented project status reports to project team and IT

executives.

. Managed core team of 5 plus people including some management of

offshore resources.

BRON CLEVELAND ASSOCIATES, Atlanta, GA, 2004-2005

Program Manager/Senior Planner: Managed environmental/environmental health

projects as Team Lead.

. Included pre-planning work in Health Impact Assessments with CDC

for the Atlanta Beltline.

. Included managing an $875,000 Environmental Protection Agency

stream rehabilitation project to benefit the City of Atlanta at

Candler Park Brook. Restored recreational health.

. Focused on environmental health and walkability concerns for the

built environment.

. Managed GIS McDonough park inventory with written oral reporting to

City Council Mayor.

. Developed business plan associated with proposed company merger.

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Atlanta, GA, 2001-2004 (includes some

contract work)

Project Manager and Maintenance Release Manager: Provided SDLC project

management expertise as second to team lead and as team lead on mid and

large sized IT software development projects.

. Managed SDLC programs in the wholesale ordering area. Operated in

a PMO environment.

. Managed SDLC project as second to lead of $30M project with team

size up to 50 people.

. Managed SDLC project as team lead of $2.5M project with team size

of about 8 people.

. Developed project management documents including Project Charter,

Project Plan, Work Schedule, Issues, Risks, Action Items and

Minutes. Tracked Capacity/Budget.

. Provided weekly project updates to Director and/or Status Reports

to Executives.

. Worked with mentor on Lessons Learned.

. Recommended process improvements for tracking metrics (PMAP).

AVENIR SOLUTIONS AKA HEALTH COMES FIRST Atlanta, GA, 1998-2001

Project Manager: Provided project management in environmental and

environmental health projects.

. Wrote and secured half a million dollars in $875,000 EPA/EPD

project to benefit City of Atlanta and restore Candler Park Brook

recreational health.

. Served as Team Lead for three health-based GIS Small Business

Innovative Research Grant proposals to the Clinton USDA. Grants

emphasized cancer prevention.

. Coordinated budget development for team of 4-5 during SBIR

feasibility/ analysis phases.

. Led neighborhood-wide survey to develop Candler Park community plan

with analysis in Economic Development, Quality of Life

Walkability and Environmental concerns.

EARLEY CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA, 1999-2000

Director of Sales and Marketing: Provided marketing assistance to

behavioral health software company.

. Marketed precursor to electronic medical record to hospitals and

behavioral health facilities.

. Worked through SBIR funding provided by the National Institutes of

Health.

. Recommended web-based platform migration.

LAW COMPANIES, INC., Atlanta, GA, 1995-1998

Project Manager and Various Positions: Provided environmental and IT

project management expertise for national provider of engineering and

environmental services with UK affiliate.

. Facilitated monthly strategy sessions with experts from Anheuser-

Busch, Colgate-Palmolive, DuPont, Procter & Gamble and Kodak in

development of IT methodology in Health, Environment and Safety.

Primer published in 1997 by GEMI.

. Launched intranet CEO Initiative to help develop a "balanced

scorecard" via SDLC.

. Restructured finance group associated with enterprise-wide

financial software program.

. Led various process improvement projects.

ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURES, INC., Boston, MA, 1993-1994

Intern: Served as Intern for regional provider of strategic environmental

management and consulting.

. Researched and developed strategic and business plans.

. Secured financing / minority ownership for Boston-based

environmental firm from Citizens Energy Corporation (started by Joe

Kennedy in the 1970s).

. Led information-based marketing campaign involving survey to top

600 New England business leaders.

MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL (merged agency), Boston, MA, 1988-1992

Information Manager and related Program Associate and Administrative

Assistant positions: Provided administrative and IT expertise to state

agency providing funding to cultural groups.

. Developed business process and reporting improvements for cultural

agency sustaining merger, funding cuts and five changes in

director.

. Merged three information systems: decentralized, centralized and

Education via SDLC.

. Managed two programmer-analysts and supervised three IT assistants.

Education

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Management, Boston, MA, 1992-1994

. Masters in Business Administration (MBA) graduated with 3.44 GPA.

. Boston University MBA On-line Network: VP and charter member.

. Coursework includes Public Sector Finance and Clinton Health Plan

analysis.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH, 1981-1986

. Bachelor of Arts in English Modified (American Studies tract), 3.6

GPA magna cum laude.

. Coursework includes upper level Economics.

Professional Certifications, Recognition and Boards

* Project Management Professional (PMP) certified December 2002 to December

2018.

* PMI Member Atlanta Chapter.

* Provided recognition for project management contribution to Release 13.2

at BellSouth.

* Provided recognition for project management contribution to Release 14.0

at BellSouth.

* Provided recognition for achievement in bringing 271 relief (long

distance) to BellSouth.

* Steering Committee Member, Stream Rehabilitation Project 2001 to 2004.

* Peavine Watershed Alliance Board Member 1999, 2000, 2001.

* Candler Park Neighborhood Organization VP/Environment 1999, 2000.

* Lullwater Fork Steering Committee 1998/1999.

* Volunteer at Church of the Epiphany in Decatur 2011 to present.

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