CAREER SUMMARY

Experienced Project Management Professional with over 16+ years proven track record of delivering complex projects within scope, budget, and schedule. Successfully operates and communicates at both a strategic and a hands-on level. Enhances engagement by delivering strategic management and leadership support, ensuring teams are maintained and developed. Creates process improvements and procedures for team success while prioritizing, influencing, and driving results. Builds and fosters effective relationships with team members, leadership, stakeholders, and clients. Exhibits strong leadership, analytical, interpersonal, organizational, presentation and communication skills, superb ability to interface cross-functionally with all levels of employees and leadership and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure project success. Adept in Agile/Waterfall and PMI methodologies and processes, with experience in various technologies and domains, including Cloud computing and software development.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Project Management / ICAgile Certified Professional Owner - Global Integration Solutions LLC, 3/19 – Present

Spearheads IT analysis, design, development, integration, and implementation.

Strategically plans and meets with key stakeholders with Telecom Global Implementation Network Management experience.

Applies principals and methods of project management as specified with the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

Creates Integrated Master Schedules from SOW’s and requirement documents.

Defines Scope/Work Breakdown Structure/Defining Milestones/Resource loading.

Delivers EVM Resource hours, critical path analysis, schedule reviews and baseline.

Tracks milestones, status, progress, reports and manages weekly timely deliverables.

Directs enterprise technology portfolio system as well as manages admin rights to Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheets, SharePoint Server Dashboard and Portfolio Analysis.

Provides HealthCare and Commercial IT Infrastructure/Software Development.

Delivers requirements through traceability metrics documentation and presentation.

Provides Integrated Departmental Communication within Project/Programs.

Project Engineer/Portfolio Management/Schedule Management NOAA - Peraton/STC 1/20 – 6/23

Collaborated and analyzed content with team to update website, including new content and images.

Identified and tracked new and old Satellites for migration and retirement.

Created database of Physical Year Funded products (Satellites) for status and state of process.

Created monthly PPM and OSGS PPM/PSR reports, databases for all Program Portfolio Products in Smartsheets and used JIRA and Confluence for Project Increments review.

Collaborated with team member’s coordination for current and new Product Funding/Algorithm Legacy Migration timeline and Satellite review process.

Set up product Backlog and Epics breakdown into User Stories, Sprint Backlog/Sprints, using Agile Methodology while also creating/updating tickets in JIRA for activities/process.

Delivered analysis of schedule risk and resource allocation.

Transformed Division Documentation into meaningful and readable schedules defining dependencies and Milestones to reflect branch timeline (roadmap).

Sr. IT PM 1 /PMO Support/Master Scheduler QSSI /Optum 4/14 – 3/19

ICAgile Certified Professional

Maintained four MACBIS project schedules and One PI Program.

Integrated subcontractor schedules on CMS project server and analyzed subcontractor management plan to address gaps in the Maryland State HealthCare Benefit Exchange Program and technical support.

Conducted requirements and product specification analysis to address remaining Exchange capability needs program schedules, Project Management Plan’s, SOW/Requirement document as well as: Helping on Optum WV and VACCN Projects.

Leveraged Agile/Sprints processes and procedures for creating program iteration project schedules.

Updated Project quality assurance and documentation repository/database for PMO.

Reviewed and modified SOW/Project Contracts for Program Delivery.

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CONTACT

571-***-****

ad0q66@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Bachelors

Marketing

UST

EXPERTISE

Project Management

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Project Development

Project Mapping

Budget & Funding Review

Reporting & Cost Analysis

Portfolio Management

EVMS & IMS

Risk Management

Conflict Resolution

Change Management

Scheduling & Problem-Solving

Dashboards & Databases

Product Tracking

DOD/Government Contracts

Aerospace & Defense Industry

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Milestone Pro Google Sheet

AWS Cloud

Smartsheet

Agile Sprints

JIRA Confluence

PMI Workflow Methodology

SharePoint

DOD/Government Contracts

Aerospace & Defense Industry

Clearance – Public Trust - NOAA

CAREER EXPERIENCE CONT’D

Program Management Global Network Performance Management Group Inc. (Consulting Firm) 11/07 – 4/14

Technical Management/Integrated Master Scheduler/Analyst

Communicated project status to stakeholders through regular status reports, presentations, and meetings.

Collaborated with project teams to ensure schedule was integrated and aligned with project objectives to support work breakdown structure traceability creation and review.

Consulted and Conducted schedule reviews and audits to ensure compliance with project requirements and standards.

Developed and maintained the project schedule baseline, including tracking and reporting on deviations and changes to include monthly PMS, IBR and financial reporting with CAMS and EVM group.

Conducted schedule risk analysis and developed contingency plans to manage schedule risks.

Provided guidance and training to project team members on scheduling best practices and tools.

Prepared BOE for new programs and Training Materials for system/tool training; updating SOP’s, SOW’s and other project management related documents.

Developed, maintained, and updated project schedules through Sync/Upload, and Archive Program/Project Schedules to SharePoint 2010.

Analyzed project data to identify critical paths, calculations, schedule risks, and opportunities for optimization.

Project Manager Team Lead UNISYS/TSA (Contract) 5/06 – 11/07

Managed multiple projects and team concurrently, ensuring adherence to project scope, timeline, and budget.

Utilized Agile methodologies to deliver software projects, ensuring timely and quality deliveries.

Supported cross-functional teams, including development, testing, operations, and business stakeholders.

Collaborated on new RTOP and FRD for new awarded projects with engineers on creating RFC for review by CM/SCCB Board.

Coordinated hardware for customer sites and hosting centers on individual projects.

Identified project risks and develop mitigation plans to minimize project delays and cost overruns.

Provided project status reports to the leadership team and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and visibility.

Participated in the creation of project proposals and RFP responses, contributing to the overall business development strategy.

Project Planner/Solution Lead NASA (Sub-Contractor – DKI Consulting) 2/05 – 4/06

Provided Life Cycle Software Project Development/Planning and Leadership.

Led cross-functional teams in the planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects by building an Integrated Master Project Plan with sub-projects.

Developed project plans, schedules, and budgets using project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall.

Monitored project progress and made necessary adjustments to project plans.

Conducted risk assessments and developed mitigation plans to minimize project risks.

Provided regular project status updates to stakeholders and senior leadership.

Coordinated project resources and tracked resource utilization to ensure efficient resource allocation.

Supported Wind-chill environment to upload and create projects.

Coordinated schedules for software developers; specifying tasks durations/actual/starts/finish dates.

Wrote RFI for new scheduling tool and developed Vision documents for new contracts.

Built schedules with WBS/OBS for Cost Management and identified/analyzed tasks, workflows, and critical paths.

Mapped Project Plans for EVM analysis and created customized status reports from Gantt/Pert chart, resource graphs.

Monitored project progress and made necessary adjustments to project plan in SLCD; by tracking deliverables and reporting critical paths.

Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure effective communication and project success.

Developed project status reports and requirements by entering and building the schedule parameters and provided regular updates to stakeholders.

Identified project tasks and risks; developed mitigation plans to minimize impact on project timelines and budget as well as schedules.

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CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS:

Management

Washington Business School

ICAgile Certified Professional

ASPE Inc

PMP Certification

Training

IT Scrum Master

Certification Training

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Project Planner BearingPoint

07/04 – 12/04

Software Life Circle Project Scheduler

Raytheon (Contract) 12/03 – 05/04

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