Fatou Saho, MSc, PMP, PSM ad3nqd@r.postjobfree.com 913-***-****

IT Project Manager Plano, TX, US

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a challenging career opportunity that will complement and leverage my extensive IT Project Management skills and experience.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

●Certified, resourceful, and strategic Project Management Professional specializing in leading cross-functional teams and driving complex enterprise & corporate IT projects across various industries.

●Remarkable track-record of analyzing and delivering several corporate IT projects, while managing end-to-end facets of project management including initiative, design, implementation, and completion in compliance with financial & delivery goals.

●Detail oriented; proven success identifying risks & issues and addressing areas of improvement by conducting quantitative & qualitative analysis on project portfolio.

●Technically minded individual; well-versed in end-to-end project management tools / software. Robust industry knowledge and expertise; adept at creating test conditions, test cases, and test scenarios, including fit gap analysis.

●Profound communication skills; demonstrated background establishing cross-functional collaboration and fostering productive relations with key stakeholders at all levels. Visionary, innovative, and creative thinker, able to generate new ideas and initiate change.

Accomplishments:

●Instilled Agile principles & practices and achieved highest quality deliveries by implementing knowledge of Systems

●Development Lifecycle (waterfall & agile) and modifying development approach. Initiated and delivered new project resulting in enhancing reporting & tracking processes for IT and top management. (American Electric Power)

●Generated and integrated automation tools for the PMO and streamlined Project Management efforts across diversified industries. (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services)

●Employed project management methodologies and led risk & change management, contract & procurement management, software development life cycle, and systems analysis & design.

Areas of Expertise:

●IT Project Management

●Agile / Scrum Master

●Software Development Lifecycle

●Risk & Change Management

●Financial Analysis & Reports

●Project Management Methodologies

●Continuous Process Improvement

●Project Tools & Technologies

●Systems Design & Analysis

●Cost & Schedule Control

●Vendor Management

●Strategic Planning & Execution

●Stakeholder Relations

●Team Training & Leadership

Problem Solving & Troubleshooting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

American Electric Power - Columbus, OH Feb. ‘16 to Aug. ‘23

Project Manager / Scrum Master

Leveraged expertise to track project status and ensure compliance with approved budgets. Generated and managed detailed budgets as well as prepared and reported financial documents to facilitate enterprise-wide program and corporate projects across multiple business units. Oversaw and addressed issues, risks, and change control for multiple projects to assure timely and efficient deliveries. Managed financial control / reports for projects through EPM Report Analysis, as well as executed project risk evaluations to aid project manager and project team. Interacted with stakeholders to communicate project concerns and strategize project tasks aligned with AEP and project delivery guidelines & methodologies. Collaborated with product owner, business analyst, architects, and UI designers to plan and prepare product backlog to facilitate Scrum teams and avoid downtime / ambiguity.

●Pioneered and championed new corporate project resulting in reporting & tracking enhancements for several business units across IT and top management.

●Cultured Agile principles and promoted adoption of Agile practices.

●Achieved highest quality and targeted delivery goals by employing knowledge of Systems Development Lifecycle (waterfall & agile) and modifying development approach.

●Organized and led agile ceremonies including, Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Grooming, and Sprint & Release planning.

●Aided product owner in successful achievement of maximum project return on investment and project objectives.

●Enabled project visibility and timely project adjustments by generating velocity projections and providing project forecasts.

●Generated corporate project plans through Microsoft Project Professional, Project Server, and MS Excel

●Forecasted and addressed project / team budget (ETC, EAC, etc.) and process change requests.

●Maintained and updated project workspace (MAP) and SharePoint/ShareNow site.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services - Columbus, OH Jan. ‘14 to Jan. ‘16

IT Project Manager

Supervised and led multiple enterprise projects simultaneously along with planning project schedule, evaluating issue / risk log, managing resources, and monitoring project performance to ensure on-time and under-budget deliveries. Steered end-to-end facets of Software Development Lifecycle including initiation, requirements, design, and development & deployment to complete customer project deliveries according to Ohio MITS contractual requirements. Modified and updated project scope, schedule, and costs by using appropriate verification techniques. Collaborated with capacity / portfolio manager to generate templates and strategize processes to facilitate Project Management Office (PMO). Interacted with multiple Project Delivery Domain Leads / PMs to collect status updates and develop metrics / status reports.

●Excelled as Project Analyst; streamlined and aided Project Management efforts of healthcare managed care, financial, eligibility, letter expansion, BIAR, adjustments, claims, and integrated eligibility.

●Protected Release Gates and ensured customer satisfaction by representing the team at Release Planning Meetings.

●Analyzed and documented project / resource data using excel by developing excel sheets and automating manual efforts through excel VBA, VLOOKUP, and macros.

●Automated consolidation of data from disparate sources through Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic.

●Successfully produced and integrated automation tools with KPIs for the PMO.

*Additional Professional Experience Available Upon Request

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

●JIRA, Agile, WBS, Primavera 6 (P6), Kanban methodology

●MS Project, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS SharePoint, MS PowerPoint, MS Word Tools & MS Access

●Writing Oracle, DB2 & MySQL Databases

●JavaScript, PL / SQL, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#, PHP, Java, HTML, & Fireworks Development Tools

●MS Windows, UNIX, & Linux Operating Systems; LAN / WAN Infrastructures

●TCP / IP Protocols; Network & Information Security Architectures

●Information Security, Network Security

●Systems Analysis & Design, Object Oriented Analysis, UML, Use Cases, Dataflow Diagrams, System Flowcharts

●PPM, Project Server, Business Objects, ServiceNow

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Information Systems Management; Minor in Project Management

Graduate Certificate in Project Management

Keller Graduate School of Management – Kansas City, Missouri

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems; Minor in Business

DeVry University – Kansas City, Missouri

Achieved Top Rank in the AITP National Web Design & National Database Competitions

Licenses & Certifications:

•Professional Scrum Master (PSM ) Certification / Professional Scrum Master (PSM ) Training @ Cardinal Solutions

•Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification / Member, Project Management Institute

oProject Management Institute (PMI), 2011 - Present

•Certificate in Information Technology Applications

oManagement Development Institute – Kanifing, The Gambia

•Practical Data Processing and Practical Spreadsheet Certifications

oCity & Guilds of London Institute – London, England

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