Project Manager Senior

Chenise Kean

Atlanta, GA ***** - ***********@*****.***-404-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

As a project manager, my goal is to deliver successful projects on time and within budget, while ensuring client satisfaction and team collaboration. I have a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects from initiation to completion. With strong organizational and communication skills, I can effectively coordinate resources, mitigate risks, and foster stakeholder relationships. By leveraging my expertise in project management methodologies and tools, I can drive process improvements and deliver outstanding results. My commitment to quality and continuous improvement allows me to consistently exceed project goals and deliver exceptional value to clients.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Project Manager – Operations

2021 to 2024

DELTA AIRLINES, ATLANTA GA

I delivered strong investment representation- project performance through combining analytical processes, market trends, and resource skills while minimizing risk and focusing on ROI. I created processes to present the company's portfolio of projects to stakeholders (reports, quarterly roadshows, lunch and learn sessions).

• Led meetings including Intake, Project Status, Portfolio Review, and Dependency meetings.

• Lead medium-large projects and/or support med-large initiatives for science teams.

• Managed project scope, schedule, quality, resources, risk, issues, and dependencies

• Provided quality PMO services to operations IT teams while ensuring compliance with processes.

• Regularly monitored project performance and communicated impediments that affected project health.

• Identified and escalated project risks and impediments and defined mitigation actions for the same

• Facilitated meetings and working sessions for improved transparency and issue resolution.

• Partnered with Business Unit leadership to determine strategic business priorities, budget & resource constraints. Senior Project Manager – Risk and Security

2019 to 2021

GRAPHIC PACKAGING, SANDY SPRINGS GA

I managed d the implementations and migrations of security projects involving limited resources. Led remediation of cybersecurity breaches to recover the organization's assets and enhance security controls which resulted in over $500K benefit to the company.

• Led IAM initiatives-provisioning and de-provisioning of identities, securing authentication of identities, and authorization to access resources or perform certain actions.

• Created and executed project plans according to scope.

• Led teams of consultants and clients to successful systems and applications, migrations, and implementations.

• Collaborated with multiple consumer packaging locations/staff to build relationships, client knowledge, and credibility.

• Conducted readiness assessments, and results evaluations, and presented reports to stakeholders.

• Managed system vulnerability testing and documented results and remediation/risk strategies.

• Proactively managed risk and remediation

• Created and managed employee eLearning courses, and collaborated with HR to launch within LMS (Success Factors)

• Coordinated and managed a multi-skilled project team, including offshore.

• I liaised with stakeholders - communication plans, schedules, and project life cycles.

• Managed contracts and requirements between GPI, NTT Data, Zscaler, Splunk, Adaptive

• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other project resources.

• Delegated project tasks and responsibilities to appropriate team members

• Communicated and resolved project and team issues.

• Identified project dependencies and critical paths.

• Planned and scheduled project timelines.

• Maintained accurate and up-to-date status reports.

• Proactively manage changes to project scope and timeline. Information Security Project Manager

2015 to 2019

TURNER - Atlanta, Georgia

Led multiple information security projects and tactical activities for project teams including Counter Threat Unit and Vulnerability Management. Scheduled required video production activities and served as project manager/primary point of contact for all production needs.

• Managed major enterprise security projects focused on protecting organizational assets and content, and consumer and employee data.

• Led IAM initiatives-provisioning and de-provisioning of identities, securing authentication of identities, and authorization to access resources or perform certain actions.

• Managed Cyber Security Awareness Programs via hacker events, coffee chats, contests, elearning, training sessions, digital content

• Managed system vulnerability testing and documented results and remediation/risk strategies.

• Created and managed employee eLearning courses, and collaborated with HR to launch within LMS (Success Factors)

• Managed project performance and team performance assessments

• Managed video production and logistics

• Managed project resources

• Managed project communication plans, stakeholders, schedules, and project life cycles Executive Assistant to Chief Information Security Officer 2004 to 2015

TURNER - Atlanta, Georgia

Led a variety of key project management and client-related functions. Collaborated across departments to plan, acquire, monitor, and control the distribution and tracking of company-issued devices. Documented requirements and policies to improve and communicate information regarding security assessment initiatives and compliance.

• Assisted security management with providing direction and guidance necessary to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations within approved operations and capital budgets for the department.

• Coordinated project activities within the Information Security Office, Security Operations Center (plan project schedules, technical training, and special events, logistics, and IAM initiatives)

• Prepared meeting agendas recorded and monitored all action items to completion and presented timely status reports.

• Led IAM initiatives-provisioning and de-provisioning of identities, securing authentication of identities, and authorization to access resources or perform certain actions.

• Gathered and submitted expenses, researched and updated, project artifacts, and meeting minutes.

• Coordinated employee and vendor requests and requirements for new-hire technology and onboarding.

• Coordinated day-to-day department operations.

• Coordinated high-level calendar scheduling appointments and executive travel arrangements.

• Gathered and consolidated reports and documentation for presentations to stakeholders. SKILLS

Leadership, Communication, Project Management, Negotiations, Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Time Management, Problem Solver, Collaboration, Teamwork, Critical Thinking, Reporting, Research, Policy, Learning Management System Administrator, Concur, JIRA, Agility (Version 1), SharePoint EDUCATION/TRAINING

● Business Administration (Georgia Perimeter College) Spring 2009

● Project Management Professional Certification Candidate (PMP) In Progress

● Aligning the Organization Through Portfolio Management (PMI) August 2023

● Project Leadership (PMI) May 2023

● Scrum Master Essentials – September 2023

AFFILIATIONS/VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

● ATLytiCS (2020 - Present)

https://atlytics.org/projects/

● The Project Management Institute, Atlanta GA (2019-Present)

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