Management Project

Olivia E. (Penny) Davis

** ****** **. • Hattiesburg, MS • 39402 • 601-***-**** • *********@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviaedavis

November 10, 2014

Greetings,

I am a Certified Project Management Professional with 15 plus years of diversified experience with proven

leadership, integration, continuous improvement, and business management skills in Information Technology

(IT) field.

My key skills include:

• Leadership & Management of Peers

• Project Management

• Lean Six Sigma Certified Black Belt

• IT Asset Management

• IT Planning & Acquisitions

• IT Governance Regulations and Compliance

• IT Financial Management

• Financial Performance Analysis & Reporting

• Indirect Rate Management & Analysis

My resume serves as a brief overview of my qualifications and experience. If your organization has yet to

locate a suitable applicant, I would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you personally so that we may

further discuss how I can assist meeting your organization's needs. In addition, if you have any other

opportunities that you believe I'd be better suited for, please know that I am open to any and all new

opportunities! Your consideration is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Olivia E. (Penny) Davis

Olivia E. (Penny) Davis

31 Refuge Ln. • Hattiesburg, MS • 39402 • 601-***-**** • *********@*****.*** •

http://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviaedavis

A highly accomplished and results-oriented senior IT professional with diversified financial experience

and proven leadership, integration, continuous improvement, and business management skills.

Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills as well as organizational skills.

Summary of Qualifications

Excellent business acumen with background developing and administering budgets

Multi-task oriented, deadline driven individual

Supervised high-end project budgets in excess of $25 million

Extremely capable in fast-paced, chaotic business environments

Process driven and confident in making appropriate and timely decisions

Analytical and dependable

Education and Certifications

University of Southern Mississippi

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor Accounting

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Lean Six Sigma (L6S) Black Belt

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundations v3

Professional Experience

United Space Alliance (USA) 1997 - Current

Project Management Specialist - Technical, Strategic Planning & Integration (2007 – Current)

Manage project teams of Information Technology (IT) and budget professionals across organization and

company to manage $60M of operational budget, and development and administration of company- wide IT

acquisition plans.

• Business manager for Chief Information Officer (CIO) supporting over 7 NASA contracts across three

major NASA centers and five USA sites with budget across 12 funding sources

• Subject matter expert to CIO for IM-wide project governance and sensitive internal matters

• Led business analyst team responsible for budget planning, forecasting and performance reporting

• Integrated company-wide IT acquisition plans, for company and contract-specific requirements

• Delivered NASA Program Planning and Budgeting Exercise (PPBE) and NASA Data Requirement

Documents (DRDs)

• Coordinated with company-level governance organizations for authorizing enterprise initiatives and

facilitating metric/financial reporting

• Supported Space Program Operations Contract (SPOC) Transition and Retirement activities to achieve

budget reductions of 80% over a 4 year period, operating within plan each year

Project Lead III - Technical, Lean Six Sigma (2002 – 2007)

Project lead for the Enterprise Deployment of Lean Six Sigma (L6S) Program, a company initiative to establish

L6S as the company process improvement methodology. Project management tasks included establishing

specific goals and objectives with roles and responsibilities, developing the required infrastructure, training plans

and schedules, and communication plans. Products included company-wide processes, procedures, and tools to

ensure successful deployment of the L6S program.

• Led cross functional team which examined USA’s budgeting/accounting governance processes and

established the USA enterprise process for managing company level initiative portfolio

• Managed Lean Six Sigma Office operations including management of 40 staff personnel

• Developed strong cohesive L6S team to support cross-company customer base

• Established processes and metrics for monitoring L6S training and project performance

• Tracked and reported over 150 L6S projects which resulted in $15M cost savings and productivity

improvements

Project Lead, International Space Station Program (1999 – 2002)

Manager, Systems Engineering Maintenance & Operations (1997 – 1999)

• Developed organizational processes and procedures to measure Space Flight Operations Contract

(SFOC) International Space Station (ISS) Program performance against customer expectations

• Developed, implemented, and managed program control functions, including major project status,

earned value, cost and performance metrics under NASA’s Space Flight Operations Contract (SFOC)

• Managed resource allocation and work flow processes with increasing responsibility to executive level

• Analyzed cost and performance status, including monthly budget variance analysis, process

measurement analysis and identification of corrective actions

• Implemented budget planning activities, work item tracking, and maintenance of project earned value

models

UNISYS Government Systems Group

Project Manager 1986 - 1997

Managed program control functions for budget, project earned value models, and software metrics.

Maintained and analyzed metrics program including data collection processes, and data validation.

• Developed and implemented resource management allocations, project plans, and metrics at executive

level

• Managed customer service for internal and external customers

• Supervised Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) reconfiguration activities for payloads and

communications

• Generated, tested, and integrated telemetry data streams with associated payload models and flight

software in real-time environment

• Authored documentation for SMS reconfiguration flights including critical design reviews and

acceptance test reviews

The Singer Company, Link Flight Simulation Division

Systems Engineer 1984 - 1986

Developed software, including data collection, design, documentation, coding, and unit testing of payload

interface and communication subsystems. Performed real-time integration of developed products in high-risk

environment in support of astronaut simulation training.

Computer Sciences Corporation

Programmer/Analyst 1982 - 1984

Supported the NASA Mission Planning and Analysis Division (MPAD) at JSC for generation and distribution of

flight specific products required for the Shuttle Mission Simulator at JSC and other NASA centers. Performed

software design, coding, testing and documentation.

Professional/Community Memberships

• Project Management Institute (PMI)

• United Space Alliance Leadership Association (USALA)

• Property Owner’s Association (POA) Secretary/Treasurer

Relevant Skills/Awards

• Project Management & Tracking, Budget Development & Management, IT Asset Management, Indirect Rate

Management/Analysis, Continuous Improvement, IT Financial Management, Project Control, Earned Value,

CMMI, Governance Regulations and Compliance, Risk Management

• NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Award, NASA Silver Snoopy Safety Award, and USA Quest Award for

Administrative Excellence

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