Project Manager Management

CHARLES A. JONES

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Career Highlights

I am a veteran of the IT industry (over 35 years, 25 years as a Project Manager, in the Aerospace industry, supporting engineering organizations), with experience on various enterprise level projects as the project manager, including delivering software applications, infrastructure upgrades and deployments, utilizing Dell servers and Cisco routers and switches.

I am a highly flexible team contributor with demonstrated ability to lead multiple, complex projects, simultaneously, (budgets of over $1M) from inception to implementation to fully operational status with global impact

I am experienced in delivering high impact, persuasive presentations to all levels of the enterprise, from front line users to senior level management, including C-suite leadership and government customer representatives

I lead multi-disciplinary teams consisting of data center support, application engineers, database administrators, and computer security engineers, utilizing the full PMLC/SDLC processes and methodologies

Professional Summary

Member of the Digital Technology Solumina team at Pratt & Whitney supporting Military Engines MRO Business Team as a Systems Analysts

Member of the Solumina MES team at Virgin Orbit as a Systems Analysts

Extensive hands-on experience (over 25 years) with software application, with a focus on MES systems, and infrastructure integration projects, primarily supporting Engineering and Manufacturing.

As a member of the team at iBASEt, I helped to conduct Discovery Workshops to document the customer’s production processes and develop the user stories needed to identify the requirements for MES/MRO (Solumina) applications

As a member of the PMO at Northrop Grumman, I developed strategic plans related to program and project management best practices, application and infrastructure roadmaps, change management, and financial roadmaps, in collaboration with business, service units, and enterprise stakeholders

Developed project documents to address the corporate/customer requirements, utilizing standard projects management techniques including: SOWs, scope documents, project schedules, budget forecasts, risk/issue mitigation plans, and status reports

Utilized standard Project tools

oMS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

oJIRA/Confluence

Experience

October 2023 to the Present

Insight Global -Contractor)

Systems Analysts

Member of the Pratt Whitney MRO Digital Technology Team – Supporting the Solumina Application

oSystem Analysis – Developing and documenting requirements

oWorking with developers to complete new enhancements and Break/Fix upgrades

oSupporting Military Engines Business Team to define new enhancements

oSupport defining system integrations between Solumina, and SAP

August 2022 to April 2023

Virgin Orbit

Long Beach CA

Systems Analysts

Member of the Enterprise Application Team – Supporting the Solumina Application

oProviding user support

oSupporting application upgrade – iSeries Version 070

oSupporting enhancements to the current version iSeries 030

Support system integrations between Solumina, Team Center, and Oracle ERP

January 2022 to August 2022

Arobotic Equipment Inc.

Orange, CA

Project Manager

Manage multiple robot installation / after-sales projects for distribution and manufacturing facilities

Stood up a small demonstration project in the office warehouse

Developed training material

September 2020 to May 2021

Brandastic

Costa Mesa, CA

Project Manager

Manage multiple web development project developed using Mangento,, Shopify, and WordPress

Maintained customer relations via status meetings and reports

Utilized Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet in managing projects

Helped to develop new project management process

March 2018 to August 2019

iBASEt (Contract)

Foothill Ranch, CA

Project Manager

Project Manager on 6 Solumina MES implementations and sustainment projects

Supported on-site workshops at customer locations collecting requirements and developing user stories

Developed project documentation to support project planning

Nov 2015 to Apr 2016

Pipeline Software

Santa Ana, CA

Project Manager

Project Manager on several Pipeline Maxavera Integration projects supporting the Nuclear and Fossil power industries

Worked with both internal and external management teams to provide timely communications and project status reporting

Jan 2015 to Sep 2015

Flatirons Solutions

Irvine, CA

Project Manager / Business Analyst

Project Manager on several Deltek ERP and Costpoint integration projects

Provided recommendations as to new staffing levels

Apr, 2013 to Apr 2014

City National Bank

Los Angeles, CA

Project Manager

Responsible for the upgrade 4000 systems from Windows XP to Windows 7

Oct. 1995 to Nov. 2012

Northrop Grumman

Redondo Beach CA

IT Manager / Project Manager

Provided IT project management/application development support to the NGAS Aerospace Engineering - Systems Integration, Test and Evaluation Directorate.

Database Management Systems Oracle10g including data replication and

Oracle 10g Real Application Cluster

Provide a system engineering perspective in order to see the “big picture” and direct efforts appropriately on prioritized tasks

Responsible for the development and maintenance of a homegrown MES application to support multiple space programs

Apr. 1984 to Oct.1995

Hughes Aircraft - HITC

El Segundo, CA

Project Engineer

Provided IT project management/application development support to the Hughes Aircraft Systems Integration, Test Organization.

Manage a software team of up to 10 software engineers (3 shift support)

Managed Budgets of up to $1.5M Utilizing an earned value management process

Supported proposal activities for Project Program Office

Education

University of Southern California (1992)

oMasters of Science Systems Management

California State University Dominguez Hills (1984)

oBachelor of Science, Computer Science

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