Project Management

Shirly Shemesh ******.*******@*****.***

206-***-**** 2214 275th Ct SE, Sammamish, WA 98075

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirlys

Summary

“It’s all about the people.” I believe that in today’s world human skills and efficient interaction between teams are critical for successful project delivery. With more than 10 years of experience working with people in extreme situations, I’m skilled at reading social situations and understanding people’s driving forces while using that as a base to help resolve collaboration challenges in a positive manner.

I have a Master Certificates in Project Management and a PMP certification with a management experience, I initiated projects and managed them from start to end, instructed and prepared presentations to large audiences, and I also took part in the business aspects.

My objective is to translate this experience in today’s agile and demanding software industry, and to grow and educate myself in the software world and its many exciting challenges.

Experience

2016-Today Seattle School District - Partnership Data & Project Coordinator (temporary job) Manage the process, documentation, and data for community partnerships. Collect data on process and community feedback in order to communicate common issues in a bi-weekly organized meeting. Along with facilitating and giving feedback to improve outcomes, initiatives, and policies within their educational data systems. 2015 University Project “Wired Café”: I created a project charter, identified all stakeholders and created a successful stakeholder management strategy. I developed the project management plan, collected requirements, created the WBS and identified the critical path. I created all the baseline plans: scope, time and budget and managed change requests according to a risk register. University Project “New Songs application for mobile phones”: I prepared the estimated cost and calculated its variances and indexes, and controlled costs by making forecasts. University Project “Product development on mobile phones”: I built a communication plan to address stakeholders’ needs and created a survey for stakeholders for better understanding the scope. University Project “Planning and implementing training for project team members”: I created a hierarchical outlined WBS diagram, built a project schedule and performed integration change control. University Project “Long-term contract with drag Supplies Company”: I created a procurement management plan and created a communication plan for a global project team, which included team members located in different places. University Project “JKL Project Uptown Expressway”: Worked in a project that had a high degree of uncertainty and risk. I managed stakeholder engagement and performed qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. 2010-2012 Kibbutzim College – Adult group mentor/counselor, instructor in the field of parenting and family for parents. Each parent’s consultation group was managed as a project based on given budget time and scope (I was in charge of project initiation, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing). 2003-2012 Shafririm Private School – special education teacher of multi-grade adolescence and lead mathematics coordinator. I led education projects based on a limited budget, planned the projects and preparing the syllabi, and controlled all project resources and life cycle. Founded and managed two learning centers (of 250 students), built the business plan, led the project, developed materials, trained teachers, managed the budget and set working procedures. Based on the success of the first year, I prepared the work plan for expanding to more centers and extending the syllabus with more learning domains. Managed all schools trips, coordinated external contractors, signed service agreements, controlled the budget, managed legal agreements, and dealt with constraints such as security and safety. Managed most school events and parties, held to tight budgets, selected external contractors. 2007 Levinsky College – Assistant Professor – Lectured in the field of special education and parent counseling. I took part in planning the course and checking the students’ work. 2002-2005 Independent - Consultant – Worked with special education children, taught in the community center and high- schools, taught in the Perach mentoring project in the college. 1999-2002 Partner Communications (Orange) – Deputy Director in the financial department – managed 14 employees and conducted instructions in the department. Constructed the instructors’ plans and materials for the training department.

Education

2015-2016 Villanova University (Philadelphia) -

Master Certificates in Project Management

- PMP and PMI Certificate;

- Advanced Strategic Project Management Practices Certificate;

- Mastering Project Management Certificate;

- Essential of Project Management Certificate;

2011-2012 Beit Berl College – MA – Educational Consulting – completed more than half the studies (put it on hold following family relocation to USA).

2007-2010 Kibbutzim College – Faculty Practice - Parenting guidance and instruction of adults groups in the field of parenting and family.

2000-2004 Kibbutzim College - B.Ed - Education and comprehensive instruction specialization in Special Education and teaching certificate.

2016-Today Udacity Online Course “Learn Software Development: The Fundamentals” Other

Proficient in Microsoft Office products (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.)

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