Project Specialist

SHERI LLOYD

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Results oriented Project Management professional with 10+ years of progressive experience partnering with internal/external customers in a demanding electrical power market, understanding their new product introductions, sustaining engineering and technology objectives. Expertise in utilizing standardized project methodologies through the entire electrical project development life cycle. Executing on-time delivery of project initiatives, dedicated to resolutions of complex issues, critical thinker, and strong quantitative skills. Improving software/hardware best practices while embracing a mission-focused, customer-first approach.

Professional Skills:

Consumer Project Management

Electrical Engineering Development

Strategic Planning

Roadmap Creation

Stakeholder Collaboration

Electrical Change Management

Performance Metrics Development

Project Scope & Risk Management

Data Analytics

Customer Engagement

Technology Integration

Regulatory Compliance

Software Development Lifecycle

Global Supply Chain Forecasting

Portfolio Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ChargePoint Campbell, CA (Remote) March 2022 – November 2022

Engineering Project Specialist – System Engineering (Contractor via Employnet)

Led the hardware and software configuration management processes for EV Charging Stations. Generated engineering change order process (ECOs/MCOs/Deviations), build of material (BOM) development and configuration change management initiatives.

Managed portfolio of Sustaining Engineering and New Product Introduction (NPI) project charters worth $20M, partnering with senior leadership to determine prioritization, budget, prototype development and cross-functional dependencies for the Engineering and Supply Chain Management teams.

Drove organizational growth 15% by executing large-scale technology transformations, presenting impacts to the customer journey, launching engineering requirements, gathering, designing, engineering change order migration, hyper-care support, managing external supplier partnerships and internal stakeholders.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, finance, operations, and external vendors to develop, deliver and launch Engineering development builds.

Defined change management framework to increase EV Vehicle Station sustaining adoption initiatives by 20% through effective stakeholder analysis and impact assessments by designing strategies to manage risks, issues, and dependencies with business and technical stakeholders.

Streamlined business process by chartering change management which supported engineering development, supplier requirements, and procurement functions.

Meta Menlo Park, CA (Remote) March 2020 – March 2022

Engineering Project Specialist – Facebook Reality Labs (Contractor via US Tech Solutions)

Orchestrated the AR/VR (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality) prototype engineering project activities, successfully launching NPI (New Product Introduction) projects.

Executed the delivery of the AR/VR technologies by managing Engineering R&D teams to launch Facebook’s first RayBan Smart Sunglasses and Oculus Gaming Headsets by developing BOM structure requirements, gathering design system objectives, engineering cutovers to Operations for go-live launch, and operational readiness.

Prioritized solutions by managing local and overseas development builds, coordinated the material procurement (PO) and second source supplier negotiation activities. Ensuring the vendors and suppliers were paid on time for the local and overseas development builds.

Designed a prototype device distribution template, increasing the device distributions by 35% worldwide.

Presented build progress to the Contract Manufacturer (CM), led Clear to Builds (CTB) based on engineering build plans and ensured on-time delivery of vendor components and finished goods.

PayPal and VMware San Francisco Bay Area April 2019 – November 2019

Change Management Lead – Finance and IT Teams (Contractor via Insight Global and US Tech Solutions)

Directed the Finance/IT project teams, delivering best practices on Adoption, Change Management and Project Transformation.

Provided change management design strategies, consisting of impact analysis, internal mass communications, training plans, stakeholder engagement timelines and deliverables.

Partnered with key project stakeholders and project management to determine the impact of the platform changes which

directly aided in a successful adoption roll-out.

Mastered strong relationships with the business transformation and Finance/IT counterparts and promoted an internal social networking tool increasing usage by 20%.

FireEye Milpitas, CA March 2015 – March 2018

Project Manager - Project Management Office (PMO)

NetSuite System Administrator of a world-wide timesheet tracking system (OpenAir/NetSuite) related to company’s R&D tax credit.

Piloted time tracking tool end-user and process documentation. Wrote and facilitated virtual employee/contractor system tool training and granted OpenAir/SSO access for Engineering, Product Management and Manufacturing business partners.

Vigorously drove down timesheet cycle times by 80%, surpassing historical goals and improved the R&D tax calculation and finance audit process.

Streamlined OpenAir system administration process, triaged, and resolved the end-user and system tool issues, improving the user experience by 40%.

Received monetary spot award recognition for successfully delivering the annual tax credit applications on-time, resulting in the highest return on investment (ROI) in the company history.

Amazon/Lab126 Sunnyvale, CA July 2011 – March 2014

Engineering Project Specialist – Kindle & Amazon Fire Program Management Office (PMO)

Executed system launch readiness schedules for Kindle products, build plans and device program management.

Develop hardware solutions for New Product Introduction (NPI) engineering prototype device builds. Providing system life cycle support and implementation of development concepts.

Key developer of the first Kindle build readiness process templates, which were implemented across the Kindle organization.

Chaired cross functional meetings with Engineering, Operations, and overseas contract manufacturers (CMs) to ensure build matrix changes were implemented and prototype build deadlines were met.

Core contributor to launching the first internal online Kindle device tracking system, streamlining device distribution and device security worldwide.

Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA August 2010 – February 2011

Engineering Project Specialist – iMac Engineering, Wireless Communications (Contractor via ProUnlimited)

Shepherded the key deliverables, iMac project schedules and resource requirements based on planning methodologies, project scope, tasks, and deadlines.

Initiated and modified the Bill of Materials (BOM’s); part release process oversight, routed Engineering Change Orders (ECOs/MCOs/Deviations) and completed vendor item ties in Agile. Dispersed the prototype devices to the cross-functional teams and the re-distribution of device configurations when the needs of the Engineering teams changed.

Administered the purchase orders (PO) process for material, system builds, facilitated material development, agency artwork and new product release process.

Supported product dashboards, budget analysis, customs documentation, and cross-functional allocation process.

EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Art (B.A.) Social Work California State University Chico, California

Associates of Arts (A.A) Liberal Studies College of San Mateo San Mateo, California

Technical Skills - Windows, Oracle EBS, UNIX, Apple, OpenAir Administrator, JIRA, Confluence, Google Drive, Google Sheets, OneDrive, BOX, Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel (Certified, May 2011), PowerPoint 2007 (Certified, April 2011), MS - Project, MS - Access (Certificate Complete: June 2011), Workday, Agile, Arena, SharePoint, SAP/Ariba, Coupa, Slack, BlueJeans, Zoom, Microsoft Teams video conferencing.

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