Student Mentor Project Manager

Barry B. Herbert, Jr., PMP®

Hanover, MD ***** T: 410-***-**** *************@*****.***

Seeking a management position with leadership responsibilities including problem solving, planning, advising, presentation, development, program management, reporting, project management, managing budgets, and other business-related analysis to achieve the corporate goals.

Job Skills:

An experienced team leader with the ability to initiate/manage cross-functional teams and multi-disciplinary projects, and to deliver cost reduction using dedicated

Analytical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills and strong management experience.

Strategic Planning, execution, developing and implementing projects and programs.

Excellence communication skills

Project management skills:

oInfluencing, leading, negotiating and delegating

oConflict resolution

Other Skills:

Creative thinking and organizational skills

Effective listening skills

Decision making and negotiating skills

Determination and diplomacy skills

Professional Experience

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company 2020 - present

Sr. Project Manager, (Program Manager, Technical Services)

Project Manager in the Technical Services Department with primary function of managing several Electric Distribution Programs. Duties included but were not limited to the following:

Project Development and planning including budget, forecasting, and design for all Programs.

Scope development, proposal review, and contractor selection.

Project execution including Quality Assurance oversight, Safety evaluation, Construction Management, Budget and Design Changes, project acceptance and closeout.

Provided Customer Service support to include Utility coordination meetings, Agency Inspector, and Quality Control support. Customer outreach planning, Emergency responder coordination, and elected official communication planning.

Internal Communication Plan Include, Forecasting reporting, project execution status, Vice President Report, Exelon FR Report. Monthly Gas Planning, major projects, Workload, and various Capital expenditure reports.

Lead Project Team (Program Manager) of Engineers, Planners, Schedulers, Designers, Cost analyst, Field Personnel.

Selected Achievements

Program Manager for the removal of 693 Oil based breakers.

Program Manager for the installation of 750 remote radios.

Program Manager for the installation new system wide fault indicators.

Program Manager for system wide VBM conversions.

Managed the Program to replace aging infrastructure.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company 2019 - 2020

Manger, Project Management Office (PMO), Technical Services

Manager in the Technical Services Department standing up the new Project Management Office (PMO). General duties including budgeting, responsible for developing process and procedures, governance, and oversite for programs for a $ 500 M portfolio. Duties included but were not limited to the following:

Project Development and planning including budget, forecasting, and design.

Define Scope development, proposal review, and contractor selection.

Develop Project execution including Quality Assurance oversight, Safety evaluation, Construction Management, Budget and Design Changes, project acceptance and closeout.

Provided Customer Service support to include Utility coordination meetings, Agency Inspector and Quality Control support. Customer outreach planning. Emergency responder coordination and elected official communication planning.

Developed Internal Communication Plan Include, Forecasting reporting, project execution status, Vice President Report, Exelon Senior Executive Team Report. Monthly Gas Planning, major projects, Workload, and various Capital expenditure reports. Earned Value, Procurement, Asset Management, Risk and QA Management.

Selected Achievements

Developed Processes and procedures for the new organization.

Developed and hired competent personnel.

Developed and chaired the Change Control Board.

Provided Change Management for new Processes Procedures and Departments.

Standardized reports and matrixes.

Developed a projects lessons learned database.

Worked in team to implement new project Management tool.

Member of the New Software (uPPM) internal Rollout team.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company 2016 - 2019

Senior Project Manager, Technical Services

Senior Project Manager in the Technical Services Department working primarily on Public Facility Relocation Projects (FR) with a strong support of Gas Relocation related Projects. General duties including budgeting, responsible for programming Projects throughout the project life cycle project. All projects are developed with the coordination with various, City, County, State, and Federal Agencies as well as other Utility organizations both internal and external. Duties included but were not limited to the following:

Project Development and planning including budget, forecasting, and design.

Scope development, proposal review, and contractor selection.

Project execution including Quality Assurance oversight, Safety evaluation, Construction Management, Budget and Design Changes, project acceptance and closeout.

Provided Customer Service support to include Utility coordination meetings, Agency Inspector and Quality Control support. Customer outreach planning. Emergency responder coordination and elected official communication planning.

Internal Communication Plan Include, Forecasting reporting, project execution status, Vice President Report, Exelon FR Report. Monthly Gas Planning, major projects, Workload, and various Capital expenditure reports.

Selected Achievements

Developed or enhanced Processes and procedures to increase the Gas Relocation Program’s executed budget from $3M to $4M annually to $17M in 2018.

BGE Project Manager for the BP (Baltimore and Patapsco) Tunnel Project

Facility Relocation Team Lead

WPT Beta Test Team

BGE Negotiation Team Member for Baltimore City billable agreement and State Highway Facility Relocation processes and procedures.

BGE representative for EU Facility Relocation Group Member. Team Lead for Buy America initiative and group member for Project Initiation and Closeout processes and Procedures.

Member, Technical Services Safety Council.

Member, BGE Diversity Council and Supporter Diversity Subcommittee.

Focus Forward Presenter and Subject Matter Expert (Contracting, Billing, Project Management).

Instructor for the Gas 101 Course: Topic Gas Special Requirements.

Highschool and College Student Mentor for Project Management Profession.

Harvin Consulting, LLC 2012 - 2016

President & Chief Operating Officer

Management consulting firm that works with public, private, and Non-Profit organization with support in various administrative Management, and Project Manager projects from a senior level perspective. Including budgets, process, procedures, and other projects as needed. Projects included but were not limited to the following:

Operational review and analysis for a national non-profit organization.

Provided proposal review for capital projects for a state association.

Provided Quality Assurance oversight for a major construction project for a federal agency.

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

2007 – 2012

Supervisory Project Manager

Facility Management Branch: Lead Project Manager/ Program Manager for all facility projects having an estimated value of $ 255 million. I monitored and made recommendations to the Chief of Facilities concerning the development, programming, planning, and execution of facility related projects. I was responsible for a staff of 14 Engineering, construction, administrative, and project management, professionals. I coordinate with external consultant, vendors, and agencies to support projects and programs for design, procurement, development, and execution.

Selected Achievements

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for all contracts awarded by the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE) 2012.

Created the Project Management Office (PMO) which Developed, programmed, and executed $21 Million in major and minor construction, design build, and maintenance projects.

Appointed by the Chief of Facilities as Deputy Chief in his absence where I report and advise the senior executive staff on all facility related issues.

Received the US Army award for the successful development and implementation of project and program management presentation, reporting, execution, development, and documenting process.

Reduced project risk by generating more comprehensive SOWs

Increased project award rate by 65% by better design review, Scope management, program planning, and stakeholder (Customer) negotiation.

2012 Commander’s Award recipient for Civilian service in project and program management for the successful development, procurement, and execution of over $40M in construction and Maintenance & Repair and other facility related projects.

Environmental Engineering & Construction, Inc

2004 – 2007

Contract Project Manager

Project Manager for various projects within the Facility management department which include Operations and Maintenance (O and M), Major Repair and Restoration (MRR) and other programs. I Coordinated and reviewing drawings, developing design specifications and cost estimates writing, reviewing, and analyzing operations and maintenance contract requirements, reviewed contractor bid packages and site safety plans, and developed project Scopes of Work (SOW).

Selected Achievements

Managed from inception to completion of projects include energy, environmental, mechanical, real property facilities maintenance and development, energy conservation, space utilization and construction projects such as a $2.5M Variable Air Volume (VAV) project which is an upgrade to the current mechanical system and a $1.2M Energy Management Upgrade System (EMS) project, $1.3M Facility computer room renovation, and the renovation and facility controlling of three (3) BLS3 laboratories.

Developed several processes that aid the organization in the improvement project execution.

PERI Formwork Systems, inc.

2000 – 2004

North American Director of Marketing

Developed and managed all programs and projects for the marketing of concrete formwork products in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Planned and executed reports, presentations, and marketing analysis, budget, and senior executive advisor on global marketing efforts with strong customer service and stakeholder support.

Selected Achievements

Managed annual Sales Engineers and Design Engineering conferences.

Manages annual presentation and booth at the World of Concrete Tradeshow.

Published article in trade publication.

Created content for company Webpage and ads for print publications.

Developed and implemented a program to track literature distribution and mailing lists

Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. 1992 - 2000

Engineering Technician

Technical support for US sales force, developing and executing marketing and sales strategies and equipment selection for an International Manufacturer of Cooling Towers and Heat exchangers.

Selected Achievements

Developed and implemented various product data sheets, articles brochures, and operations and maintenance manuals.

Developed and managed a program to evaluate projects $100K and higher for award.

Generated technical material for company’s first website.

Program Manager for a $ 1.5Million Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement.

Subject matter expert and customer support specialist

Education / Certifications

MSM, M.B.A. (Management Studies)

Graduate Certificate in Project Management

B.S. in Management ( Marketing)

B.S. Certificate in Management Studies

Contracting Officer’s Representative (US Army Corp of Engineers and US Army Acquisition Activity appointments)

Professional Training & Courses

Project Management Professional Certification # 3142297 (PMP®)

Fiscal Law (Government)

Contract Negotiations & Contract Law (Government)

Contract Procurement( Government)

Ethics

Project Quality Assurance & Project Management ( US Army Corp of Engineers)

Professional Knowledge and skills

Managing Change

Forecasting

Emotional Intelligence

Problem Solving and Decision Making

Building a Successful Team

Strategy Execution

Results Driven

Internal and external Relationships Building

Developing Others .

Organizational management Skills

Learning and Applying Professional Expertise

Technical Acumen

Business Acumen

Basic Computer Skills

Mathematical Reasoning

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