Project Management Manager
Resume:
KAREN L. FREAL
***** *** ****** ***, *******, Fl 32833
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Objective/Personal Statement:
To obtain a senior position that utilizes my strong leadership and interpersonal skills, project and program management experience, and inherent abilities for identifying process efficiencies in both strategic and tactical environments.
I pride myself on being recognized for the following traits: personal ownership and strong work ethic, no-nonsense approach, and consistent achievement of goals.
Work Experience
10/2015-present
MY FLORIDA REGIONAL Orlando, Florida
Position: Project Manager
Project Manager for data services and application development for the real estate industry. I currently manage a group of project management professionals and am in the process of building a PMO for a small but growing company. Our company offers data services and products for approximately 50000 users in the Central Florida real estate community. Additionally, my department is responsible for change management and implementation of new products and services as well as internal continuous improvement and quality related programs.
11/2007-10/2015
SIEMENS Energy Inc. Orlando, Florida
Position: Project Management/Program Management
Project/program management activities (defining scheduling, budget, risk, change, and opportunity and resource management activities) for Generator Service Engineering. Led lean and continuous improvement activities. Executed program management for various research and development initiatives. Worked in Global Commercial Operations as lead estimator and scheduler for implementation of power plant equipment I.E gas turbine, generator and balance of plant.
Responsibilities
Develop schedules for all assigned projects; generate integrated project schedules, and ensure schedules properly reflect past progress as well as future plan.
Conduct performance measurement activities, which include generation of curves and other metrics. Develop cost/labor estimates for installation/commissioning of OEM equipment at client power plant sites.
Provide executive management with custom reports, as necessary to enhance visibility of project performance/status, which may in turn influence project actions.
Proven expertise in cost control and risk management procedures in all aspects of the project, through engineering, detailed design, procurement and construction up to final turnover.
Demonstrated broad experience in the development and maintenance of accurate project cost forecasts; advise management of potential project exposures/risks and opportunities.
Program management for approximately 3mil USD in Service R&D projects. This includes determining engineering capacity, budget and goals. Work with internal marketing departments on planning strategic and financial aspects during project implementation phases. Manage stakeholders
Create and execute project plans. Perform most financial processes as part of project management including budget controlling, purchase of needed materials and services, and decision making on allocation or re-directing of funding.
Coordinate/schedule engineering effort to meet project milestones and objectives. Analyze/balance resource allocation with customer goals. Monitor engineering progress and identify potential financial and schedule risk factors. Execute risk mitigation as necessary. Prepare reports for executive management.
Facilitated various types of workshops i.e. brainstorming/planning for research and development projects as well as process improvement initiatives.
03/2005-10/2007
CDI BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Orlando, Florida
Position: Project Management Support Contractor Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc.,
Technical tasks include reviewing Product Requirement Specifications and other documentation, writing technical presentations, design packages. Review and mark up field, test and factory specs for redundancies, ambiguities, and errors. Generic project and program management support
12/2002-06/2005
STAFF APPRAISAL SERVICES Orlando. FL
Position: residential appraiser/independent contractor
Appraise residential properties to ascertain market value for mortgage lending purposes.
Highlights and Accomplishments
Written numerous continuous improvement processes resulting in time and cost reductions for internal handoffs and collaboration.
Completed Six Sigma Lean project Sept 2014 for cost reductions on transfer prices of power generation equipment which resulted in 21% cost reduction and a business benefit of 150kusd per unit per year. Further recommendations on reduced scope resulted in final 45% cost reduction overall per unit on expected 3-5 units annually.
Developed internal global SharePoint site for department of 100 people for information, collaboration and training purposes.
Training and Skills Acquired
SAP, SharePoint design and maintenance, CRM, PWA, Primavera, product development and product lifecycle management training, Lean Training, root cause and risk management techniques, Critical Chain Project Management (additional lean),various personal development such as Win-Win Negotiation, Human Performance and various leadership and group dynamics seminars. Mentorship and supervisory experience.
Proficient in MS Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio, social media, Adobe, MindMap. Familiar with MiniTab, Access, Visual Basic
Education
University of Central Florida, MBA (in progress)
University of Central Florida, BSBA
Valencia Community College, AA General Education
Licenses
PMP Certification: 1608113 Expiration: May 19, 2019
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