Project Manager Management

WAYNE GULLEY SR.

**** *** *** *********** **********, CA 92395 • 760-***-**** • ************@***.***

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Professional Summary

An experienced PMP project manager (PMI certification# 178815) who has lead major and cross functional project initiatives in the energy utility industry. With 14 years of project management experience and 6 years of benchmarking, skilled at best practices identification and adoption. Experienced at improving business processes, managing I.T. systems, environmental compliance and strategic change initiatives within a unionized work environment.

Synopsis of Work History

May 2012 - Present Project Manager/ Author & Publisher WAG Publishing Victorville, CA

I am the founder of an independent publishing company and a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).

Created an independent POD publishing company and successfully partnered with clients to produce POD paper and E-books

Mentored new authors to ensure their titles were well written, edited, copy write protected, and published for sale online at Amazon.com & Barnes And Noble. Implemented all turn key processes for accounting, reporting (royalties and taxes) for all clients and the business.

Manages all SEO, website maintenance, administration and content for the business. Apr 2004 - Apr 2012 Electrical Infrastructure Project Manager Company: Southern California Edison (SCE)

Responsible for the project management for business process improvement, safety, environmental, electrical and civil construction and cross functional projects to include: Partnered successfully with SCE's Technical Planning, Civil Engineering and PMO groups to develop an integrated database that synchs data with all departments. The result was improved synergies and quality of information exchanged between 3 departments that affected 34 work locations and over 100 users.

Managed the SCE Bark beetle project - an environmental, safety and regulatory compliance initiative mandated by the State of California. Successfully removed over 7,000 dead, dying or diseased trees

(fire fire hazardous trees) from 2008 to 2010 and we successfully recovered $16.8 million dollars (100% of our targeted expenditures).

I lead a team to implement t a Quality Management System that identified all protocols, process, procedures for 3 departments (Meter Shop, Engineering and Compliance) that impacted more than 200 union employees. This resulted in improved standardization for documentation systems that supported testing, training, and re-certification for technicians in these departments. Successfully managed a pilot in Hunting Beach, CA that improved the meter order process (meter installation) which reduced cycle time for account set up to initial billing by 20% by utilizing technology and the lowest cost field resource work group. https://www.visualcv.com/wayne-gulley

Key Accomplishments

As a Publisher, I authored and illustrated 3 paper books, 3 E-books, illustrated 2 other books, and published those books along with titles from 7 author/clients. I created and manage my company’s website. I implemented 3 in store marketing campaigns with Barnes And Nobles where sales benefited schools and community service organizations. As a Project Manager, I managed the decommission of my department's primary workplace database and the implementation of it's replacement. This IT implementation provided added increased functionality and more robust capabilities to 3 departments to perform our core work. I managed the SCE Bark beetle Project which is audited by the California Public Utilities Commission. In 2010 we recovered $16.8 Million dollars (100% of our expended costs). As a Program Manager, I expanded the TA&TI program to allow for 15% more participants by streamlining the program's eligibility requirements. I also expanded the qualifications to include Auto Demand Response. This is a SCADA type system that allowed for commercial customers to qualify for the TA&TI program. As a Project Analyst, I provided key analytical support to SCE for its AMI project business case and CPUC mandated General Rate Cases from 2003 to 2008. I supported the SCE AMI business case which saved $60M in annual O&M costs through the implementation of installing SMART meters within the SCE service territory. Education

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Demand Response Program Manager (Interim Assignment 1 year) Company: Southern California Edison (SCE)

Managed SCE’s Technical Assistance & Technology Incentive Program (TA&TI) and supervised its Operations/Support Team (3 Analysts). I was responsible for: The evaluation and performance of 16 third party professional energy auditing engineering companies who performed energy audits for SCE's commercial and industrial customers in the entire 50,000 square mile territory.

I resolved internal and external operational disputes, and identified and implemented process improvements within the program so that new participants gained entry into the program and increased program enrollment by 15%

I streamlined business processes to allow for new technology (Auto Demand Response) that allowed for customers with a reduced load profile to participate and managed a program budget in excess of 27 million dollars.

Jun 1997 - Apr 2004 Analyst - Project/Program

Company: Southern California Edison (SCE)

I supported the SCE AMI business case that replaced legacy meters with SMART meters within the entire SCE metering system. This automation reduced costs and improved accuracy for meter reading.

Developed queries, pulled raw data, formatted data into meaningful information and rendered such information to become reports and inputs into information presentations (such as Power Point Presentations).

Performed research, data mining, as well as formatting such information into either Excel, or into Access for the development of relational databases. Developed technical reports and business cases, and I performed financial modeling including cost benefits analysis for prospective department projects. Apr 2003 - Sep 2007 M.B.A

University of La Verne

Concentration in Management & Leadership

Feb 2004 - Feb 2006 Project Management Certificate UCI Extension University of Irvine

Project Management Certificate Program

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