Senior Program Manager with over **+ years of experience, specializing in turning around complex projects and establishing robust project management policies. Proven track record in enhancing project delivery rates from 10% to 75%, managing project portfolios of over 30 simultaneous projects and values of +$50MM. Expertise & skills in supplier and contract management, change management, and cross-functional team leadership. Adept at driving customer engagement and stakeholder management to deliver projects with often ambiguous starting scopes and aggressive timelines. Understands the complexity of matrix organizations, virtual teams, and fluctuating priorities. Experience in NPI from roadmap planning through GTM deliverables.

Work Experience

Senior Program Manager

Noble Plastics Lafayette, LA

Jan 2021 – Mar 2024

Established project management practices to successfully manage customer automation projects.

Implemented project tracking tools and dashboards for monitoring.

Wrote business plans & ConOps documents for SaaS projects in development.

Created process and procedure workflows to support engineering & manufacturing departments. Coached engineering personnel on business and team synergy best practices.

Successfully delivered 18 customer mold build projects along with 6 customer robot integration projects.

PMO Program Manager

Stupp Corp Baton Rouge, LA

Oct 2019 – Oct 2020

Steered planning and implementation of $20MM capital projects to update and maintain the infrastructure of two pipe mills and supporting facilities.

Mentored (6) Engineering Project Managers with varying degrees of expertise to create project plans, schedules, manager deliverables, and support goals.

Worked with EPMO director to reshape required PMO processes so that they were adaptable to engineering methodologies.

Developed and launched project closing checklist and audited projects with key stakeholders to ensure all planned deliverables were complete and maintenance action items were identified.

Sr. Program Manager

PreSonus Audio Electronics Baton Rouge, LA

Oct 2012 – Oct 2019

Directed portfolio management of 60 NPI audio projects that consisted of engineering electronic & mechanical structures; agile software development (imbedded firmware, applications, networking, and complex DSP),

certification testing, as well as quality assurance and packaging & marketing deliverables.

Reduced on time delivery from 15% in 2013 to 70% in 2018 by establishing use of project management tools MS Project & Jira, incorporating risk management protocols, and enhancing communication with Asian manufacturing base.

Designed and launched project dashboard for C-Staff that captured critical path data, reported key milestones, identified deliverables at risk, and celebrated project wins.

Launch PMO structure by implanted the early stages of formal project submittals and following guidelines for building business cases, establishing goals and managing stakeholders.

Environmental Compliance Program Manager

PreSonus Audio Electronics Baton Rouge, LA

Oct 2005 – Jun 2012

Orchestrated the establishment of Avid’s Environmental Policy which set the tone for both the company’s social and regulatory stance.

Introduced Environmental Quality Management into Quarterly Quality Contract Management Score Card reviews.

Eliminated 95% of enclosed product documentation reducing Avid's environmental footprint.

Achieved ISO 14001 certification for Avid's Engineering and Manufacturing headquarters.

Directed RoHS conversion of 20 audio product families which involved updated of over 400 product BOMs, 2000 engineering drawings & documents (specifications, certifications, and RoHS compliance)

Core Skills

Project Portfolio Management Stakeholder Engagement Business Strategy Risk Management & Mitigation Forecasting & Budgeting Contract Negotiation & Management Agile & Waterfall Protocols Cross-function & Virtual Teams PMO & Project Quality Management C-Level Support & Strategic Reporting Customer Engagement Integration of Corporate Goals Regulatory Compliance Process Workflow Development Product Roadmaps NPI Development & GTM Releases SDLC & PLM Scope & Requirements Deconstruction Change Management & Corrective Action Plans Financial KPIs & Reporting Supply Chain Oversight Process Development & Correction Manufacturing Processes & Cycles Research & Technical Writing

Technical Acumen

Microsoft 365 MS Project, Primavera, Jira, Smartsheet SharePoint & Confluence SAP, NetSuite, MS Dynamics, IQMS Salesforce

Hub Spot Excel, Google Sheets, OpenOffice, Power BI, Domo, Tableau

Education & Certifications

San Fransico State University Jan 2004

Bachelor of Arts

Project Management Institute

PMP # 2020417 Apr 2017 – Mar 2026

PMI –ACP # 2315217 Feb 2019 – Feb 2025

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