Manager Project

OBIORA NNEBE, MBA, MSc, MS

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Professional Summary

I’m a skillful Grant and Project manager and I’m highly organized, I pride myself on taking the initiative, exercising judgment and discretion to be efficient in fast-paced multi-tasking environments within the private and government sector. I excel at streamlining and implementing processes and working cross-functionally skills which allow me to maintain positive business relationships and foster and environment of mutual respect, understanding and support with stakeholders. I typically look beyond the “now” and formulate workable strategies for the future.

Core competencies

Statistical data collection and analysis

Grants Management

Strong knowledge of Budgeting

Customer Service

Grant management information system

Process Implementation

Federal, state and county govt. background.

Project documentation

Procedure development

Team work/Collaboration

Public Speaking

Relationship building

Strategic planning

Resource scheduling

Microsoft Office(Word, Excel, Access

Cross-Functional Supervision

Work History

Project Manager, 05/2016 to Current, Hrs worked per week: 40hrs

American Information Network (AINET) Beltsville, MD

Tasked with providing top notch project management over large –scale, top-priority and complex technology and business initiatives. Managed budgets of up to $2M and cross-functional teams of up to 28 developers, programmers, analysts, systems and network administrators, and business development specialists.

Led design and multinational rollout of robust, scalable and secure electronic data interchange (EDI), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and point-of-sale (POS) systems for management clients including government agencies

Plan, organize and manage contract processes. Streamline internal procedures and introduce operational change in the grant making team.

Subject matter expert as it relates to OMB’s Uniform guidance and maintain knowledge of allowable expenses and reimbursement rates for each granting agency in order to ensure compliance with grant covenants/restrictions, following all rules and regulations for each funder.

Managed over 10 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.

Prepared letters, memoranda, release of future claims and miscellaneous forms in support of contract and subcontract closeout activities and interact with other functional departments to coordinate property and security closeout activities..

Assist in creating team presentations and program fact sheets

Led disaster recovery testing team at remote location.

Coordinate special projects and grant communications for clients and others(coordinate fact sheets, calls for proposals, etc)

Train and mentor new Tier 1 & Tier11 technicians

Report on financial status of programs under management(track budget, development of new grants, produce workload and outlook analyses

Performs quality assurance functions.

Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) Agile processes

Associate Project Manager, 10/2010 to 05/2016, Hrs worked per week: 40hrs

VINDS Inc. Silver Spring, MD

Led and Supported a core team of DBA’s, Systems and Network administrators the deployment of multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers for corporate clients both in physical and Cloud environments

Led and guided teams in the development of relational database management systems (RDBMS). This effort resulted in improved consistency, recoverability and easy access to data

Led and managed a team of developers through all phases of the software development life cycle(SDLC) for dozens of customs solutions for the company clients-This delivered industry leading software that saved millions of dollars, shortened processes from weeks to minutes, captured market shares and generated massive annual revenue for the company’s clients.

Led a team to Build and configure 50 Virtual Linux Machines using ESXi and VSphere Client.

Hands on experience providing enterprise support as a LINUX Systems Administrator

Collected, compiled, analyzed and interpreted data to assist a large project team of 15 people

Utilized kick start for systems builds and recovery.

Performed Network configurations & Bash Scripting in LINUX/UNIX environments

Maintained system accounting files, application logs and error log files

Installed and implemented new patches to the Linux operating system software

Possess a working Knowledge of NFS,SSH, SFTP, DHCP and DNS

Hand on experience in Monitoring TCP/IP network environment and experience with HTTP Configured and trouble shoot issues with APACHE, MYSQL, & PHP web servers.

Hands on experience in system Security using ACL and RBAC Performed Virtualization on VMware (Installed and configured Various OS on it)

IT Project Associate, 07/2007 to 12/2010, Hrs worked per week: 40hrs

Tribex Marketing Group Inc Silver Spring, MD

Planned, Scheduled and executed all stages of enterprise software, hardware and systems implementations.

Assessed business implications for each project phase and monitor progress to meet deadlines, standards and cost targets.

Drove impressive improvements across the business as a result of IT implementations.

Equipped Tribex with solutions that accelerated the bidding process on a marketing campaign by 45%, shortened the sales cycle by 50%, increased cash flow by 35% annually.

Excelled at guiding and mentoring technical teams.

Articulated project goals and scope, translated business needs into technical terms, prepared detailed work breakdown structure (WBS) and instilled shared accountability for achieving project milestones.

Participated in LEAN and Six Sigma events and routinely looked for processes to apply LEAN concepts.

Drafted Budget proposals to finalize amount needed for presentation to project heads and grant representatives.

Grant and Contract Administrator, 01/2002 to 03/2006, Hrs worked per week: 40hrs

National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu, Nigeria

Researched and Communicated current and revised grant regulations and requirements to principle investigator and medical research assistants;

Provide authoritative technical advice on all aspects of grants/financial mechanisms. Review periodic regulations, program guidelines, cost principles, and the specific limitations on the Grant Award. Counsel and advise others including federal staff, grantees, and applicants to accomplish the program goals.

Supports the development of timely, accurate grant status reports to auditors.

Reviewed time and efforts reports including the review of annual performance reports and provide feedback to medical research assistants prior to submission to funding agencies..

Monitored progress on grant activities and provide technical assistance to sub-grantees on the grant application and implementation process.

Evaluated request for progress payments, monitor recipients compliance with grants/agreement terms and conditions.

Grant Manager, 02/1998 to 02/2002, Hrs worked per week: 40hrs

Nigeria-German Technical Assistance Commission (GTZ ) Enugu, Nigeria

Managed 80 Discretionary Grants ranging from $100,000.00 to $180,000.00 in the last quarter of a five year grant and also managed 90 grants in the second three years.

Reviewed new, competing and non competing grant applications accurately within timeframes specified for award compliance to the terms and conditions of the award

Conducted on-site technical assistance sessions for new and continuous grant awardees and program managers.

Delivered training for staff development, change management and materials, process and technical controls.

Updated the information in Grants Solutions and forward awards for signature prior to deadlines

Pulled data and conduct analysis of continuous award using excel spreadsheet.

Facilitated completion of grant activities/report

Track and document internal review of grant documents; other duties as assigned.

Reviewed expired discretionary grant awards agreement for compliance prior to closeout

Education and Credential

MBA: Business Administration and Management

University of Maryland Global Campus

Ms: Healthcare Administration,

University of Maryland Global Campus

MSc: Marketing Management/Public Relations

University of Nigeria

BA: Mass Communications

University of Nigeria

Additional Information

Superior written and communications skills; ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals; strong editing skills.

Ability to work in a team environment with flexibility to adapt in completing projects tasks and supporting team deliverables

Ability to produce high quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets

Ability to leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executive and other stakeholders

Business Strategist; Plan and Manage project aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvement, competitive advantage and bottom line gains

Analyze problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions.

Certifications

Project Management Professional certification (PMP – 2021 Candidate)

VMware certification(VCDA)

Certified Linux Systems Administrator

Volunteer Activities

Grant Assistant, Wound Care Center @Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham MD, 2013 -till date.

Coach, Little heroes soccer club of Laurel MD

Coach, WYBL 8-11 years basketball League

Security Clearance

Public Trust (Active) issued Nov.2019

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