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Profile

A 20-year Program/Project Manager who effectively managed over $25 million in applications, data warehousing development, and infrastructure projects, in both commercial and government organizations. Highly skilled in leading cross-functional business and technology teams, liaising with contractors and external agencies, and ensuring on-time completion of project milestones.

• Transformational Leadership • Establish Process Improvements

• Establish Strategic Business Relationships • Project Management Mentoring and Coaching

• Requirements Management • Change and Release Management

• Project Scheduling • Agile Coach

Experience

RLO Enterprises/Elevation Book Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, GA August 2016 – Present

Practicing Partner/Executive Project Manager (Virtual 100%)

Design and Implement strategic business projects and initiatives returning 10% growth the first year. Coordinate with senior leadership to identify strategic process improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives.

Lead and manage project managers working on complex book and digital publishing projects, managing large and diverse teams (internal and external).

Project Manage the development and implementation of A Choice to Yield movie delivering under budget.

Manage the writing team to create and edit script for a feature film.

Project Manage set development and set safety standards for set directives and set imagery.

Project Manage film process including budget and contracts for movie development.

Assist the sales and marketing team to market production film to the American Film Market.

United Healthcare Group, Optum Inc. Atlanta, GA June 2014 – August 2016

Senior Agile Project Manager (Office 60% / Virtual 40%)

Performed project management processes and implemented PMO standards and processes; in office and virtual environments. Reducing operations cost by 25%.

Manage teams comprised of offshore and onshore resources, deploying applications under budget and redirecting funds for future business development projects.

Manage using PlanView focusing on Cost, Schedule, Quality, and maintaining financial and enterprise standards in a .NET environment.

Manage effective modifications and enhancements to Medicare Real Time, eFR, and Claims Administrator for Optum 0360 product line. Saving 50% of the budget by reducing the need for Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products.

Perform daily standups, sprint planning, release planning, and identify change mechanisms to enhance team performance.

Implement project using Agile and Optum Systematic Agile Methodology (OSAM). Employing Rally tools for team and resource management to include assets and reporting for Quality and delivery. Manage all aspects of stories and features for each IP cycle.

Anthem Inc. Atlanta, GA March 2009 - June 2014

Sr. Technical Project Manager (Virtual 100%)

Managed multiple technical projects using enterprise wide processes and established PMO standards.

Led functional teams, offshore resources, external resources, and vendors to produce multiple products for federal mandates, using PMBOK methods, Planview technical tools, and MS Project.

Supported business objectives and partnered with NASCO, FISERV, and other vendors supporting the business. Created a partnership and reduced vendor charges. Reducing cost to market.

Applied project management LEAN processes to multiple system migration projects up to 2 million dollars budgets. (QCare, WGS, Call Center Telephony, MMIS, Edwards).

Contract Consultant Senior Project Manager 1997-2009

inComm, LLC, Atlanta GA - International Manager

Advised, led, developed, and managed, product development employing AGILE techniques to implement multiple products for customers in the UK, Japan, Korea, Puerto Rico, and Australia. Created product solution proposals to support sales team.

First National Credit Card Center (formerly InfiBank Inc.)

Project Manager Consultant for 30 million-dollar Credit Card Portfolio Migration from FDR to TBS. Developed technical support operations for all business units. Led the implementation of customer service - call center operation.

Cola Enterprises Atlanta, GA

Project Managed multiple efforts with budgets of $200K to $1.5 million. Led application integration across the enterprise. Coordinated cross functional teams while implementing best practices.

ACS State Healthcare, LLC Atlanta, Georgia (FTE)

Program Manager - mentored 6 junior project managers and 34 development personnel to achieve goals and milestones. Developed detail program plans; coordinated projects and delivered profit/loss milestones and deliverables. Provided cost modeling and drove proposal construction and presentation.

Sr. Project Manager Capital One, Richmond, VA

Project Manager Consultant for internal Capital One projects. Partnered, led, and coordinated full system development life cycle; including activities from offshore support/resources. Created effective communication ports with functional areas. Established TQM processes and procedures achieving CMM level 3. Facilitated management, process action, and special project group. Developed processes and procedures for ITIL implementation. Employed Six Sigma methodology (SIPOC) for process development.

United States Marine Corps 1977-1997

IT Training /Skills/Knowledge

Environments/Platforms Software Tools/ Languages

UNIX/LINUX Environment Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Client/Server Environment Visio, MS Project Planview .NET Operational Data Store (ODS) SPSS SQL HTML

MicroSoft Server Visual Source Safe

First Data Resources Total Systems MVS Mainframe JIRA NIKU (Clarity) Rally

Knowledge

Extraction Transformation Load (ETL) Tools N-Tier development Radio Frequency AIT

Data Modeling- Data Store Development Credit Card/ (POS) Processing

Bar Code/Smart Card Development Software Development Life Cycle

Capability Maturity Model (CMM) IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) AGILE

Professional Training / Seminar / Association

Project Manager Professional (PMP PMI) Associate Member Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

Certified Scrum Master Relational Database Design

Petroleum Quality Assurance Petroleum Engineering

Rational Object Oriented Project Management Management in Logistics

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Maintenance Management

Emergency Management Services Planning Seminar Xerox Sales & Marketing

Adjunct Professor of Project Management

Keller School of Management, DeVry University, Spring 2006 – 2015

Education

MSA Information Resource Management, Central Michigan University 2000

BS Political Science/Management, Regents College 1999

Marine Corps Command & Staff College 1988

Military Leadership Academies 1979/1989/1991

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