Project Manager Management

I am an accomplished, result-oriented Project Manager with extensive experience overseeing large scale projects that support the business operations. I have over 15 years of experience working with different sized companies like KPMG, IMF, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency and Zercom. I have the expertise in handling and management of clients, analyzing situations and recommending plans, processes and programs for improvement. I have led cross functional technical project teams with over 75+ members and multi-million dollar budgets. I have so much passion for recycling and business development.

DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency Lagos, Nigeria Aug ‘17 – Mar ‘24

I am the leader of all the agency’s Project Management activities from initiation to implementation.

Establish the PMO from scratch, implementing processes based on industry best practice but tailored to NAMA’s culture for governance.

Assemble and coordinate cross-functional project teams.

Supervise project desk officers within the PMO in the creation, management, maintenance, and updating of projects and resource schedules, project change requests.

Ensure risks, issues and dependencies are being recorded, monitored and proactively managed to minimize disruption to successful delivery.

Provide weekly project reporting to Managing Director and senior management, highlighting the milestones, issues, risks and costs.

REMOTE AGILE COACH / PROJECT MANAGER

Dept. of Veteran Affairs Washington DC, USA Jan ‘16 – Aug ‘17

Participated in Enterprise Agile transformation and coordinated Agile adoption for teams across multiple sites in the US.

Conducted daily stand-ups in two-week Iterations, facilitated sprint reviews, retrospectives, and sprint planning

Wrote Agile FAQs, articles and success stories distributed via newsletter and SharePoint site to improve the Agile maturity level.

Coached teams, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Managers and Executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts.

Act as a mentor to Scrum Masters and Product Owners on all levels across the organization on Agile principles, process, practices and tools.

A key member on the development team of the SAFe-based methodology used to implement IT delivery that encompasses the portfolio/program/project levels.

AGILE PROJECT MANAGER

Baltimore City Public Schools Maryland, USA Aug ‘15 – Dec ‘16

I was hired to lead and manage the 5-year program with a budget of $125 million. Served as the programs single point of contact for daily interaction, escalation of issues, and management of steering committees needs and expectations while promoting transparency. I developed lasting relationships with key district and school stakeholders to ensures that all identified tasks and decisions align with the school’s goals and objectives. I also led the BCPS Kids program where kids were encouraged to deliver IT innovations during the summer months.

Developed strategic planning framework for aligning business requirements with IT solutions.

PROFESSONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFILE

PMO OFFICER PROJECT MANAGER PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER

Kaosarat FAWEHINMI

Professional Scrum Master (PSM) 1

LICENSE & CERTIFICATIONS

Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program Recipient, 2015

Nominees for The Women in Technology Awards MEA / Best All Round Tech Executive category, 2014

ACHIEVEMENTS

Efficiently directed and managed the integration process of third party vendors.

Managed/collaborated documents, proposals, requirements, training documents etc using Dynamics CRM and MS SharePoint

Managed up to 5 project teams simultaneously; facilitated weekly project status meetings and participated in program meetings to understand cross functional impacts.

Developed relevant metrics that help the team see how they are progressing and provide management insight regarding the performance of the team.

Provided leadership in the establishment and development of project base line budgets, resource allocation, and schedules in individual and group situations.

Actively contributed to the continuous improvement of project framework and to the successful organizational transition to Agile.

AGILE PROJECT MANAGER

Zercom Systems Lagos, Nigeria Jul ‘13 – Jul ‘15

I was hired to create a methodology and processes that will help collate and manage Zercom’s project portfolio into one database and a single way of project execution.

Responsible for creating, updating and managing budgets to ensure assigned projects attain an acceptable profit margin and returns on investment.

Managed projects having revenue budgets up to $3M that included deliverables such as software development and integration, upgrades.

Documented and standardized web deployment and post deployment procedures, reducing deployment cycle 10%.

Led and developed full scale iteration plans for implementation

Reduced software defect backlog by over 95% across all projects by instituting agile scrum methodology and improving peer review tracking procedures

E&I Engineer / PMO Analyst

ExxonMobil Lagos, Nigeria Aug ‘11 – Jun ‘13

•Acted as SME for management of projects to ensure set goals are met

•Monitored sub-contractors to ensure established guidelines are maintained

•Identified issues and developed mitigation strategies during the Transition Planning workshop for QIPP project

•Prepared the Lessons Learned application and captured worksheet at the FEED stages

•Managed multiple projects using MS Project Server 2010 and MS SharePoint

•Designed training plans and develop a SharePoint curriculum to train staff on SharePoint functionality

IT Project Manager

KPMG Washington, DC US Aug ‘07 – Jul ‘11

Within 2 years, I was promoted twice from Associate to Project Manager.

•Successfully managed several infrastructure projects including migration of over 4000+ users from Windows XP to Vista, migration of over 4000+ users from IBM to HP computers, installation of backbone LAN/WAN networks etc

•Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and cost reductions

•Managed Help Desk operations, with a user base of 5000+ staff.

•Perform SWOT and GAP analysis of business processes; highlighting areas of inefficiencies

EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

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