Project Management

Profile

Current MBA student with IT project coordination and management experience with a wide range of skills related to team collaboration, planning, critical thinking, and problem solving. Highly adaptable to change and can work independently to juggle multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.

Education

MBA Master’s Business Administration~ Capella University, Minneapolis, MN expected 2016 BBA Business Management and Leadership ~ Capella University, Minneapolis, MN 2013

AAS Associates Applied Science~ Anthem College, Brooklyn Center, MN 2001

Key Skills:

MS Outlook Sharepoint Service Now

MS Project Server Oracle EBS MS Visio

CRM Helpdesk Concur MS Excel

Compass Success Factors MS Project

Experience

Wells Fargo, Minneapolis, MN

Treasury Service Product Team, Project Manager 2015-present

Manage multiple systems and treasury product projects and process improvement initiatives concurrently

Increased overall response time of Product Team by 75% by creating, training, and implementing new processes for incident and inquiry management

Uncovered departmental gaps and improved processes for nationwide billing process and reconciliation

Coordinate incident management meetings, internal and external communications, and reporting

Responsible for month end financial variance reporting, billing, and reconciliation process for Product Team

Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN

IT Project Coordinator 2014- 2015

Coordination of global team of 120+ for $16 million Oracle ERP project. Coordination includes Risk, Action, Issue, and Dependency (RAID) Management, global communications planning, project charter creation, and working with business units to comprise business requirements

Key contributor to Procure-to-Pay track business scenarios planning, critical to the success of

Assisted with multiple projects across the IT group; gathering all project information: schedules, data requests, assignments, tasks, and project meetings

Coordinate meetings for CIO and arrange international travel

Maintain project contractor budgets for 5 Directors, resource management, expense reports, schedules and calendars

Key contributor for creating a comprehensive training guide for Global Oracle Systems ERP

Developed comprehensive training materials for IT collaboration tools and applications assisting in the education and consistency of processes of more than 3,000 employees globally

Uncover inter-departmental gaps, define requirements, create & implement new process flows for increased productivity and global collaboration in relation to vendor management, accounts payable, procurement, and

Developed, implemented, and trained employees on new invoicing process across IT department, immediately providing Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Procurement departments increased efficiency and growth.

Responsible for creation and delivery of all IT global communications

Key Contributor to PMO Lead in creating relevant templates and guides for Project Managers’ status report updates, resource management, global communications, invoicing procedures, contract management, and project charter documents

Everybody Wins, MN, St. Paul, MN 2014-2012

Managing Director/ Program Director

Directly manage 10 metro schools and 25 partner organizations with over 1,000 volunteers and 850 elementary school students that log more than 15,000 volunteer hours annually

Expanded program beyond metro area to make a statewide program, achieving our 5-year goal in less than one year.

Created new partnerships and affiliations with several organizations like Generation Next, Hands On Twin Cities, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, 2 local authors, and First Book International.

Responsible for hiring, training, and conducting performance reviews of new contract staff.

Created risk-management strategies for contract staff and schools

Responsible for grant writing, developing proposals, letters of intent, and finding new funding opportunities.

Developed comprehensive risk management procedures and policies.

Create new funding opportunities by collaborating with MN State Agency to become a partner in Communities Charities Campaign.

Create, conduct, and implement fall training and orientation sessions for 800 volunteers.

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN 2009- 2013

IT Project Coordinator

Spearheaded critical budgeting tool to assist 14 teams across two departments with their budgeting. This has proved a major asset by recording updated resource totals and expiration dates for current and expired resources while streamlining processes, thus saving time, effort, and money for the organization.

Subject Matter Expert and reliable resource for several managers over various departments for eProcurement system

Solves problems and adaptable to handle unique situations when they arise for variety of situations pertaining mainly to requisitions, budgeting, contractors, third party vendors, invoicing, accounting, and legal documents

Maintain accurate expense reports, accounting, and accruals, invoices, and project budgets for 14 cost centers across two major departments.

Work closely with PMO Support to provide 120+ contractors with Project Server support for entering and recalling timesheets

Successfully performed software audit for over 1,200 employees in 30 days to advantageously provide cost savings to the company

Special Achievements

Received accolades in Mpls/St. Paul Business journal publication November 2012 for efforts that led to Capella receiving the Jefferson Award, a national award for corporate philanthropic efforts.

Championed initiative for organization in The Nerdery’s, 2014 Overnight Website Challenge and was responsible for all areas of this effort from Management, Public Relations to directing a team of 10 IT professionals to re-brand, re-vision, and overhaul our previous website

Collaborated with a local author to host several “Meet & Greet” events and distribute more than 1,000 autographed books to socio-economically disadvantaged youth in the Everybody Wins Minnesota reading program.

Community Service

Board Chair, Board of Directors, Everybody Wins Minnesota 2014-present

Volunteer, Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School 2010-present

Co-Chair, Capella’s Volunteer Connection (C3) 2013- 2014

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