Project Manager Management

Cynthia Elkins, PMP

*** *. ******** ****** *******, CA 93277

Phone: 559-***-**** Cell: 559-***-**** E-Mail: **********@**.***

Objective: Management, Project Management or Analysis Position

Relevant Experience

Business Analysis Skills:

Expert at working with all levels of the organization to document business requirements and workflow.

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Expert at explaining business requirements and processes to technical staff and vendors, turning business cases

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into system requirements. 15 years of experience in working with system development and implementation

projects for the County of Tulare, specializing in core financial and management systems.

Led project to maintain and upgrade the County’s financial system through two major upgrades and platform

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changes. The budget for each of these projects was over 2 million in hard dollar services and hardware costs.

Managed the projects to transition of the County to a new bank as well as two major changes in chart of

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accounts structures.

17 years of experience in assisting departments in annual budget planning and forecasting for IT needs as well

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as multi-year strategic planning.

Led the project to develop and implement Tulare County’s web-based budget system, in use continuously

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since 2004. Presented all training for system and acted as one of the County’s subject matter experts in budget

preparation for 10+ years.

Project Management Skills:

Developed standard document formats, content requirements and examples for many of the project

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management documents used by Tulare County IT department.

Led the project to implement the first Project/Portfolio Management system implemented by Tulare County

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IT from requirements and process development to implementation.

Instrumental in establishing the IT department’s project management office (PMO) as well as standard project

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management processes for the IT department.

Managed key system development and financial projects, many in excess of 1 year and 1M in cost.

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Organizational/Office Skills:

15 years of experience in managing cross-functional project teams, team development, conflict resolution and

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consensus-building between technical experts.

Led user group that managed the County’s HR/Payroll system, bringing together technical and business

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experts to manage the system for the County.

Frequently called on to mentor junior staff in project management and other design and analysis skills.

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Expert in MS Office suite, Visio and MS Project.

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Excellent organization and time management skills. Exceptional written communications skills.

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Expert in facilitating team meetings for risk analysis, project design and development and status gathering.

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Employment History

12/2007 – 3/2014 IT Department, Tulare County, CA

Project Manager III

9/1996 – 12/2007 Affiliated Computing Services,

User Liaison/Consultant / Project Manager

Tulare County contract, Visalia CA

12/1992 – 9/1996 Systems and Computing Technology,

Lead Programmer Analyst – Financial Systems

Tulare County Contract, Visalia, CA

9/1989 – 12/1992 Systems and Computing Technology,

Programmer Analyst II

Riverside Community College, San Diego Community Colleges

Education and Certifications

BS, Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 9/1981- 12/1986

PMP Certification, License # 463963, Project Management Institute (PMI) 2007, valid through 2017

References Available Upon Request

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