Project Manager Management

Profile

Project Manager with ** years of business management experience in both the public and private sector; responsible for the deployment of diverse product, incorporating industry best practices (e.g., Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK]) and PMP Certified. Result oriented, experienced in matrix organization

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified through Project Management Institute (PMI)

Work Experience

Project Manager, Budget Blinds, Encino, CA Apr 2013 – Present

Manage various IT and software development projects for Budget Blinds

Collaborate with team leads to establish requirement, timeline and budget schedule

Manage project using Agile methodology, including chairing daily stand-up meeting, sprints, etc

Manage project activities via MS Project and weekly report to senior executives

Program Management, Sallyport Global Holding, Afghanistan Sep 2012 – Mar 2013

Develop draw-down strategies to US Forces-Afghanistan leadership to synchronize the withdraw of contractors from Afghanistan with US/NATO forces

Quickly Resolve roadblocks which may impact base closure time line

Monitor key aspects of the redeployment of contractors and the curtailment/expansion of services

Oversee 5 team members (GS-12 DOD Civilians) on contract and retrograde process

Develop, schedule and formulate work plans amongst personnel to ensure coordination of efforts

Achieved reduction of contractor footprint by 40% and contract spending by $3.8M within 6 months

Senior Project Manager, Raytheon Company, Andover, MA Mar 2004 – Sep 2012

Responsible and accountable for a $54M sustainment contract to ensure that objectives is accomplished on time and within budget

Lead projects software and hardware development, deployment and product operations in state and overseas; accomplish project within scope and within budget; serve as primary contact with internal and external customers

Facilitate meeting with internal team leads to define objects and scope; establish project plan and cost schedule; monitor performance against goals established

Incorporate industry standard Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK] into corporate Program Management process, create and implement business process improvements

Build credibility, establish rapport, and communicate with cross-functional leads and at multiple levels, including those external to the organization (clients and vendors)

Maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives, and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent through proper change management process

Utilize key performance metrics to make data based decision making; communicates trends and action plans to all levels of management

Maintain and manage changes to project scope, schedule and costs

Establish project startup: including project charter, integrated project plan, resource and contingency plan; trace project requirements to the appropriate business functionality

Assess risks and probability of occurrence; develop and execute mitigation plans while managing any project scope change to ensure project success

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Pingtel Corporation, Woburn, MA Dec 2000 – Dec 2003

Managed overall release processes to ensure on-time testing and deployment of core products for release

Developed automated test scripts to verify interfaces and interoperability

Software Test Engineer, CSC Systems, Cambridge, MA Sept 1999-Dec. 2000

Identified defects against planned software releases by performing regression tests; verified fixes

Education

Master of Business Administration, 2006 Boston University School of Management

Concentration: Entrepreneurship

BS in Computer Systems Engineering, 1999 Boston University College of Engineering

Key Skills

Project Management: Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK], Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Scrum and Agile methodologies

Project Management Tools: MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word, SAP, IDPS

Earned Value Management: Raytheon EVMS Certified, Control Account Management

Work Eligibility

Citizenship: United States Citizen

Travel: Active US passport. Willing to travel domestically and internationally

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