Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Finance Analyst
Resume:
Curtis D. Barton
Mountain House, CA *****
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Objective
Accomplished IT Project Coordinator-Manager with extensive hands-on technical and analysis experience, directing cross functional, remotely-based, and matrixed project teams. Seeking a permanent Deployment / Implementation Project Manager, Project Finance Analyst, or Project Coordinator/Administrator position (on-site or remote).
Core Competencies
Project Management
Waterfall methodology, Agile methodology, Six Sigma (DMAIC), Lean Mastery (Kaizen), Deployment/Implementation Project Manager-Project Coordinator, Document management, Scanning document management, Website creation and management, Data communications transmission setup management.
Finances
Gathering and assessing monthly forecasts for individual accounting units, applying actuals, paying vendor invoices, providing reporting to senior management.
Licenses / Certificates
Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Mastery, Agile Methodology
Software
CA-Clarity (Project Finance) Planview (Online Project Tracking), Stamp (Online Project Financials), MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Project, MS Sharepoint, MS Visio, Project Insight (Hosted Online Project Tracking and Financials)
Experience
Sep 2011 – Mar 2013 and Jun 2013 – Jun 2015
The Gap – via All Star Consulting contract, San Francisco, CA
Project Planning / Project Financial Analyst
Complete Project Life Cycle Financial Management
* Assist in Project Funding process
* Resource Forecasting via Web Based Time Tracking System
* Initiate Purchase Orders/ based on Forecast
* Forecast to Actual Variance explanations
* Assist in Executive Forecast Summary preparation
High level of communication with Project Managers for assigned projects
* Ensure that PM’s are aware of budget and financial trends
* Ensure that PM’s understand and staffing issues (time cards, approvals, resources, etc…)
* Understand high level risks and issues that may drive additional project cost, resource or date impact.
Resource Management Administration
* Ongoing communication with centralized resource management
* Leveling Resource Allocation across Projects and Operating Plans
Mar 2013 – June 2013
Wells Fargo – via Advantis Global contract, San Francisco, CA
Technical Project Coordinator
* Organizes and host project meetings and produces associated meeting minutes.
* Manages to completion action items, focuses on bringing issues to resolution, escalating as necessary to meet timeline.
* Consults with business partners to clarify and define project requirements and business case, including development of a statement of work.
* Develops and revises project plans and budgets, works with users to understand complex problems.
* Creates and delivers presentations to mid-senior level management on project goals and plans, including progress reports.
* Manage a group of projects associated with a specific business function
* Performs project risk analysis
Mar 2010 – Aug 2011
Wells Fargo – via Experis-Manpower contract, San Francisco, CA
Project Coordinator for Fraud Management, Correspondent Banking Setup, and PMO Project Teams
* MS Sharepoint experience project site setup and administration for project artifacts repository, project collaboration, PTO tracking, project manager contact information and organizational charts
* Provide financial monthly tracking, invoice reconciliation, monthly forecasting, inputting forecasting data, tracking detail financial data for accounting for both projects where the effort was $4 million annually for each project.
* Track project activities and coordinating team communications to ensure project goals are accomplished within time frame and budget constraints for teams supporting Fraud Management and Correspondent Banking setup, and the Program Management Office
* Provide meeting agenda and minutes, tracking issues, actions items, and risks
* Provide administration support for a team of 20+ nationally located project managers
* Provide Sharepoint project site setup and administration for project artifacts repository and project collaboration
* Provide administration support for PMO project manager (pm project status tracking, open change request tracking, current project portfolio tracking, project pmo compliance tracking)
* Provide for the on-boarding of PMO Project Managers
Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
Farmers Insurance, Fremont, CA
Agent in training for Fire & Casualty and Health & Life Insurance
* Training to be a Reserve Agent with Farmers
Jan 2000 – Oct 2008
Anacomp, San Francisco, CA area based
Deployment/Implementation remote Project Manager-Project Coordinator for a document services company (microfiche, cd-dvd, scanning, scan-to-web, internet document hosting, data mining) migrating in-house clients and/or processing center clients to the internet hosted platform.
* MS Sharepoint experience – 3 years – project site tracking setup, archive project artifacts
* MS Project experience – 9 years – create, update, maintain project plans, create management reporting for each project.
* Migrated over 75+ clients over a span of 9 years
* Brought in approximately $5 million in revenue over the 9 years
* Strengthen business relationships with customers by driving superior customer satisfaction
* Managed virtual teams (including offshore) and resources in a matrix environment
* Managed cross functional teams of 5-10 people for implementation
* Coordinated setup of the media transmitting infrastructure to receive the clients documents
* Coordinated setup of the clients web-facing site for access, look and feel, and search capabilities
* Provides status reporting on budget, timeline, activities, risks and issues
* Collects and analyzes project metrics
* Maintains electronic repository of all project artifacts
* Able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and manage multiple simultaneous tasks, projects and teams
* High attention to detail; highly organized; strong communication skills, both verbal and written
* Strong sense of ownership with ability to take control of difficult situations
* Primary point of contact for customer and/or partner representatives during implementation, communicate and coordinate project dependencies, set and manage expectations
* Track project activities and coordinating team communications to ensure project goals are accomplished within time frame and budget constraints
* Migrated and merged document data processing centers into super centers
* Closed down local satellite centers
* Worked with Fortune 1000 companies, state and local governments, nationwide data processors, healthcare providers, financial firms, banks, and insurance companies.
Jan 1999 – Dec 1999
Anacomp, San Francisco, CA area based
Systems Support Specialist providing support for the Western US document data processing centers.
* Involved setting up networking, installing pc and imaging equipment software, training, etc.
* Regional support for clients for CD product
Nov 1989 – Dec 1998
Anacomp, Bloomington, MN and San Francisco, CA area based
Systems Analyst migrating in-house clients to either Anacomp’s film-imaging recorders or to one of their document data processing centers.
* Conversion of client setups to the new platform
* Training of clients to the new platform
* Setup-training on online mainframe distribution system
Education
Lakeland Community College, Computer Science
University of Houston, Computer Information Systems
Foothill College, Business Computer Information Systems & Applications
CA. State University, San Marcos, Certificate Six Sigma Greenbelt & Lean Mastery, June 2009
Agile Learning Labs, Certificate Agile Project Management, August 2009
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