Project Management

JAMES J. ISSERTELL JR.

**** ****** ******, ***** **** Lake, UT 84054 **************@*****.*** 801-***-****

Senior Project Controls Management Professional

Project Planning Financial Controls Technology Delivery Performance Analysis Project Closure

Accomplished professional with over 18 years of comprehensive project management experience in project controls, earned-value reporting/management, cost controls, scheduling, estimating, cash flow analysis, trend analysis and forecasting, resource management, change controls, and performance metrics reporting. Possess a strong background in project development, creating work breakdown (WBS) structures, schedule development and management, multiple software environments, meeting client and business partner reporting requirements, and document controls.

Ideal Candidate for the

Administrative Project Manager Position

Project Management expert in Aerospace/Defense/Communications and IT Solutions expert

• 18 years experience in project, product, and technology management

• Implemented full life cycle enterprise packaged solutions: Primavera P6 (used on $800M Centennial Corridor Project) and Bid to Win. Managed Civil Construction Projects and a program of $1.4 Billion.

Key influencer in building positive customer partnerships

• Regional Liaison for the North Region of California Department of Transportation working with customers to design customized screen layouts based on unique permissions to mange, estimate, and report EVMS Status on all District and North Region Civil Construction and Planning projects.

• Implemented enterprise solutions at Entergy and Parsons: Primavera P6 and Bid to Win; met with customers, designed spec requirements, interpreted and communicated specs with engineers and programmers, coordinated project through integration and test, migrated data

Experienced manager

• Managed the Central Region of California Project Controls Division

• Directed and supervised all administrative staff, cost engineers, estimating staff, project schedulers, and coordination with Accounting

Areas of Technical Expertise

• Program/Project Lifecycle Management • Performance Metrics (KPI’s) Analysis

• Resource Management/Workload Analysis • Project Scheduling & Impact Analysis

• Project Planning/Forecasting • Project Planning/Forecasting

• Earn Value Analysis & Management • Team Training & Mentoring

• Project Accounting & Activity Cost Analysis • Budgeting & Cost Engineering

• Primavera P3/P6 Scheduling & Administration • Inventory/Materials Management

• MS Project Scheduling & Administration

• SAP/MRP Experience • Consultant/Contract Management

• Change Control Management

• Primavera Contract Manager and Expedition Experience

Career Progression

L-3 Communications Inc., Aerospace and Defense Systems – Salt Lake City, UT 1/2013 – 06/2016

Senior Program Controls Analyst – Program Scheduling and Cost

• Responsible for providing project cost controls and scheduling for program projects.

• Coordinate project planning, during preliminary design reviews, critical design reviews, system requirements and functional reviews.

• SAP creation of accounts and SAP tracking of WBS, performance, contract management, material requirements, procurement coordination, weekly status meetings, monthly contract reports, DoD acquisition reports, sustainment logistics data collection for material data analysis, to identify part number procurement/requisitions, creation of purchase documents, entry of material requirements into the SAP system for manufacturing ordering, and present data in written or verbal communications to team members, and in planning meetings.

L-3 Highlights

• U-2 Dragon Fly Sustainment contract assisted in the collection of data required to support integrating and planning contract modifications to successfully deliver the materials, MS Project schedules for weekly, monthly and quarterly deliveries.

• Special Projects to streamline processes to improve scheduling and meet current DCMA Industry Standards and Practices.

• Distant Eye Sustainment and Spares programs -responsible for the planning from Initiation of contracts through project closure for 14 programs worth $132 Million in value.

• Classified Riptide Sustainment Programs -handled all scheduling, purchase requisitions, material tracking, progress reporting for 8 programs from the planning stages of the contracts through project closure valued over $58 Million.

• Coordinated with Project Managers, Engineers, Software Design, System Engineering, Purchasing, Accounting, DoD Customers, and Operations to facilitate planning, procurement of materials, schedule creation to plan, manage, baseline, integrate, track, develop, modify, and maintain schedules in MS Project to properly report status of performance and progress of programs.

• Assisted with the preparation of SOW documents, Engineering Project Change Requests, and Purchase Orders for the implementation and execution of contracts, budgets, cost control, and Earn Value Management of assigned programs utilizing the ERP, MRP, MS Project, and SAP Production tools.

• Track and Report the Business Unit Sales Forecasting, Profit and Loss Forecasting for Monthly and Quarterly reports and issue analysis.

Brinderson, LP, Engineers and Constructors – Bakersfield, CA 1/2012 – 8/2012

Project Controls Area Manager

• Partnered with Chevron, Oxy, Aera Energy, and Vendors to manage all project control needs of clients.

Brinderson Highlights

• Developed and implemented Estimating database for projects to plan and schedule resources and workload of projects.

• Established forecasting templates to better plan future workloads for future fiscal year planning of the client.

• Coordinate and assist all Program Managers in establishing the appropriate project control systems, staffing requirements, and projected sales revenue of program.

• Managed the Central Region of California Project Controls Division.

• Directed and supervised all administrative staff, cost engineers, estimating staff, project schedulers, and coordination with Accounting.

• Developed and implemented Estimating database for projects to plan and schedule resources and workload of projects.

• Established forecasting templates to better plan future workloads for future fiscal year planning of the client.

• Standardized estimating in the Central Region of Operations to Corporate Reporting standards.

• Improved coordination of all individual sites with Team Meetings and planning coordination to improve utilization of resources in-between sites and balanced workload to reduce staff fluctuations.

PARSONS Corporation – Auburn/Bakersfield, CA 5/2008 – 12/2011

Program/Project Controls Manager/Scheduling Manager

• Implemented resource forecasting, cash flow analysis, coordinated financial reporting of project costs and program costs.

• Coordinated development of the Annual Financial Plan required by FHWA and Caltrans.

• Coordinated and performed scheduling, project planning, earn value reporting.

• Managed and directed all program cost tracking through Contracts Manager, Schedules, and Earn Value Management.

• Invoice Management and Funding Allocations, Resource Management, and Contract Management.

• Performed weekly and monthly progress reviews, Executive Management Presentations, and Corporate Reviews.

Parsons Highlights

• Developed and implemented earn value reporting through innovative graphics, dashboards, and capturing the project schedule, budget, estimate at completion, with clear concise visual communication style.

• Implemented and established Primavera P6 scheduling of all 16 Highway Projects:

• Centennial Corridor Project estimated at over $800 million

• Westside Parkway $262 million currently under construction

• WSP Mohawk Interchange Project $132 Million, and many others.

• Program Financial and Business Valuations, Budget Management, Cash-Flow Models and Management, Operating and working capital, status of EAC, ETC, and EVMS projections vs. Planned forecast.

• Managed program project controls for the Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) planning, scheduling, and cost analysis of 16 Highway Projects within a Program Budget of $1.4 Billion Dollars.

• COMPLETE PROJECT LISTING:

• SR178/FAIRFAX RD • MOHAWK STREET • WESTSIDE PARKWAY

• SR 99/7TH STANDARD • 7TH STANDARD WIDENING • 24TH ST IMPROVEMENTS• CENTENNIAL CORRIDOR

• SR 58 GAP CLOSURE • OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS • SR 99/HOSKING AVE. INTERCHANGE • HAGEMAN FLYOVER

• SR 178/MORNING DR • SR 178 WIDENING • ROSEDALE HWY WIDENING • WEST BELTWAY

• Link to Complete Project Listing: http://www.bakersfieldfreeways.us/

• Link to Recommendations: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=77500599&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile

Entergy Corporation, Technology Delivery – Little Rock, AR 4/2007 – 5/2008

Project Controller/Senior Systems Analyst – Primavera Database Administrator

• Managed IT Technology Delivery Project Portfolio, resource allocation plans, resource forecasting, process reviews of the project life cycle and documentation control.

• Performed complex analysis of reports and data, and prepared subsequent analysis for IT Management.

• Successfully, implemented and maintained monthly updates of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Dashboard.

Entergy Highlights

• Managed project controls of the Little Rock Storm center project to house the Corporate Technology Delivery and Data warehousing.

• Implemented project plans of a $40 Million Project for rebuilding the Transmission Operations Center for Company’s electrical grid.

• Executive presentations of IT Project/Program Summary Reports, Monthly Management Report, IT SOX Compliance Reports, IT Project and Performance Metrics Report and IT Web Dashboards.

• Coordinated and assisted all IT Project Managers in coordinating implementation and establishment for the level of appropriate project control systems, reporting requirements, staffing requirements, RAM Matrices, and KPI Matrices.

• Coordinated IT Project Planning of IT Technology Corporate Programs in Little Rock Arkansas, Jackson Mississippi, Woodlands Texas, and HQs in New Orleans for IT Project Controls Division of Technology Delivery.

Washington Group International – Independence, MO 6/1/2006 – 9/30/2006

Project Scheduler/Planner

• Development of project schedules, established work breakdown structure, resource load schedules, and established baselines and estimates of modernization projects at the Lake City Ammunitions Plant.

• Tracked and reported project summary & schedules, coordinated with functional departments, project team members, project engineers, & project managers.

• Processed network logic, critical path analysis, schedule and cost indices (CPI, SPI, ACWP vs BCWP, etc…), schedule variances, recovery schedules, monthly reporting, status, and training project team on Project Management scheduling and planning principles.

• Recommend schedule maintenance, reporting formats, procedures enhancements, forecasting project cost, identifying risks, and corrective actions.

• Monitor project activities, milestones, and provide analysis of delays, Scope creep, or impacts to schedule.

• Assist Master scheduler with reports for functional departments to monitor progress and identify variances in project budgets, schedules, scope, materials, vendors, and contracts.

• Trouble-shoot schedule problems in MS Project and provide corrective action to resolve conflicts.

• Maintain changes to schedules and reflect activities and tasks changes in the schedules for accuracy.

California Department of Transportation – Fresno/Eureka/Sacramento, CA 7/1997 – 4/2007

Budgets and Personnel Manager – Central Region Caltrans – Fresno 10/2006 – 4/2007

Property Controller/Associate Caltrans Administrator – Central Region Caltrans – Fresno 7/2004 – 9/2006

Project Scheduler/Project Coordinator – Central Region Caltrans – Fresno 4/2002 – 6/2004

Project Scheduler/NR Liaison/Trainer – NR Caltrans – Eureka, Redding, & Sacramento 12/2000 – 4/2002

Project Scheduler/Project Coordinator – North Region Caltrans – Eureka 2/1999 – 11/2000

Project Scheduler Trainee – North Region Caltrans – Sacramento 11/1998 – 2/1999

Accounting Officer/Accounting Trainee/Accountant 1 – HQRS – Sacramento 7/1997 – 10/1998

PRIOR SERVICE:

STATE OF CALIFORNIA Service continued: 12/1994 – 7/1997

• Accounting Technician - Department of Health Services - Sacramento, CA 2/1997 - 7/1997

• Program Technician - California Department of Justice - Sacramento, CA 7/1995 - 2/1997

• Tax Technician I - California Board of Equalization - Sacramento, CA 4/1995 - 7/1995

• Program Technician Trainee - California Student Aid Commission - Sacramento, CA 12/1994 - 4/1995

Staffing/Payroll Coordinator - Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Sacramento, CA 11/1993 - 1/1999

Business Analyst - Arden Hills Country Club, Carmichael, CA 12/1991 - 12/1993

Medical Specialist - U.S. ARMY Reserve/CANG-NJNG - ARMY – Reserve Service – NJ/CA 6/87 - 11/95

Desert Storm War Veteran – Served Active Duty in Saudi Arabia (December 6, 1990 – June 28, 1991)

• Bachelors of Science in Business Administration-Project Management; Colorado Technical University (July 2010 - February 2013)

• Studied Business Administration; Humboldt State University (2001-2001)

• Studied Construction Mgmt./General Ed; Los Rios Community Colleges (1992-1998)

• Studied Accounting; Monmouth University (1986-1988)

• Studied Accounting; Salem Community College (1984-1986)

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