Project Manager

Eva Shalit ****@**********.*** 404-***-****

**** ****** ********, ***** ********, GA 30083

Business Analyst

Summary

Many years’ experience with business analysis, SDLC, and project proposals. Documented ability to obtain an accurate understanding of business requirements related to workflows, objectives, and training programs. Maintain focus on critical success factors as well as stakeholder satisfaction. Experienced with implementation of technology projects, business process projects, management of scope and change requests, as well as procurement projects. Known for exceptional communication and presentation skills. Worked successfully with private and public sector clients.

Core Competencies

Identify and document business needs and requirements

Identify and document functional design with users and managers

Document user information workflows, intradepartmental and interdepartmental

Define deliverable to optimize early success and on-going project support

Prepare and present technical materials in an understandable and graphically pleasing format

Lead design improvement sessions

Analyze organizational impact of planned projects

Write detailed but succinct scopes of work

Develop project proposals

Personal Attributes

Highly organized

Self-starter

Noted for having excellent written and verbal communication skills

Able to address effectively a wide range of audiences

Highly skilled with Microsoft Office Suite products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Experienced with Visio, Project, and SharePoint

Career Highlights

While at Intergraph, led workshops to document business workflows at the Savannah River Site Utilities Department. Researched systems requirements, performed risk assessments and made recommendations that saved consortium over $8M. Consortium included SAP.

Also with Intergraph, took over a software development project that was several years behind schedule and over-budget. Developed an approach to bring the parties together and agree on an achievable scope of work that allowed the project to conclude. Helped reduce acrimony between Intergraph and its customer.

At Cobb EMC, guided executive management through a multi-year, multiphase project of defining, documenting, acquiring, and implementing a GIS-based electrical engineering design system.

While at PlanGraphics, led teams of consultants through multiple projects for defining business requirements and acquiring a GIS to replace a traditional manual mapping system. Clients included Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric, San Diego Data Processing Corp, City of Colorado Springs Utilities, Cobb Electric Membership Corp, and the Power Authority of the State of New York.

For Clark County NV (which includes the City of Las Vegas), made a major impact by identifying, documenting, and implementing approaches to updating and maintain land parcel data. Work was done while at PlanGraphics, Inc.

In San Diego County, designed a process to combine address and location data from county records, city records, San Diego Gas & Electric, as well as 911 records. Project identified several types of missing and mismatched entries, and prescribed methods for reconciliation. Work was done at PlanGraphics, Inc.

Experience

Student, Volunteer, and Traveler 1997 - 2014

Worked as a full-time volunteer for my synagogue for several years. Handled all accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, investment portfolio, catering, and event planning. Retreated from the stock market one month prior to tech bubble implosion.

Acquired a paralegal certificate.

As an employee of ALTA Language Services, taught Hebrew language skills to DoD personnel.

Worked for the IRS, examining forms 1040.

Finished college at Center for Distance Learning at Empire State College in NY.

Took care of a family of five who were displaced from their home by Hurricane Katrina.

Completed Georgia State University’s Executive MBA program in 2010.

Joined APMP and participated in its programs.

Traveled in Europe and the Far East.

Intergraph Corporation, Smyrna, Georgia 1993 - 1997

(A global provider of engineering and geospatial software to corporate and government clients)

Project Manager / Consultant, 1995 – 1997 Manager, Application Services, Utilities, 1993 – 1995

Helped formulate sales approaches for major accounts and managed the development of several complex proposals to large public utilities. Proposals included hardware, software, and customization services.

Wrote a proposal and negotiated a time and materials contract with a telephone company in Northern Pennsylvania for support services.

Wrote a proposal and managed a data translation project for an Electric Membership Corporation in Northeast Georgia.

Wrote a proposal for the sale of hardware, software and customization services to a municipally owned electric utility in Florida. Managed the project and administered the contract for hardware and software sales, as well as subcontracting data collection services. Project was completed on time and within budget and was honored by the city in a public meeting.

Managed two groups of application specialists that supported sales teams with complex presentations to current and prospective clients.

Premier Consultants, Inc.

President 1990 – 1993

Full-time assignment for 38 months at Cobb EMC in Atlanta. Also, for a small engineering firm in North Georgia, evaluated incoming RFPs from Georgia Power. Documented legal and administrative issues and provided commercial advice. Drafted technical sections and administrative/legal sections of proposals. For a local county government and a municipally owned electric utility in suburban Atlanta, determined Engineering and Public Works Department needs and ascertained purchasing department requirements. Developed RFPs. Identified and qualified partners and sub-contractors. Conducted pre-bid conferences and designed quality control processes.

PlanGraphics, Inc., Frankfort, Kentucky 1987 - 1990

(Specialized in design and implementation of GIS and spatial information management technologies)

Senior Design Analyst, 1988 – 1990 Design Analyst, 1987 - 1988

Wrote winning proposals for consulting work at several city-owned, and publicly owned utilities.

Managed resulting contracts and projects.

Managed several teams of consultants.

Edited chapter of the first GIS college textbook.

Education

Executive MBA, Georgia State University, 2010

B.A. in Contemporary Legal and Economic Environments, Empire State College, Saratoga Springs (NY), 2010 GPA 3.79

Certificate, Paralegal Studies / Civil Litigation Specialist, National Center for Paralegal Training, Atlanta (GA), an ABA-approved program, 2002

Associate of Applied Science in Civil Engineering Technology, Erie Community College

Publications and Public Speaking

“GIS Insurance: The Accuracy Question,” URISA Conference Proceedings for professionals using GIS and other information technologies, 1990

“Pilot Projects: Necessary for Users, Painful for Providers,” AM/FM Conference Proceedings, 1989

“The Address Dilemma: A Large City Case Study,”AM/FM Conference Proceedings, 1988

Volunteer and Community Activities

Member, 2015 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Evaluation Committee (membership is by invitation only)

Volunteer with various dog rescue organizations

Member, Georgia Chattahoochee Chapter of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals

General Information

Highly skilled in Microsoft® Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Completed a week-long public speaking workshop at Speakeasy Communications in Atlanta, 1989

Avid traveler (Europe, Asia, and Israel)

Bilingual, native fluency in English and Hebrew, currently studying German

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