Project Management It Infrastructure

KAMAU WASHINGTON

***************@*****.*** 510-***-****

US Citizen

PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT IT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Detail-oriented, process-driven strategic Project Management Professional with over 19 years of expertise in project/program planning and data analytics. Skilled in providing technical and program management consulting services to clients within the private and public sectors. Proven track record of leading change management while completing complex technical implementation projects with precision and accuracy within stringent time restraints. Adept in delivering quantifiable results that aid in strategizing and decision-making, recognized for being forward-thinking with a strong ability to conceptualize solutions for various issues of high scope and complexity. Keen on identifying existing issues and risks, developing strategies and controls for risk aversion while building and maintaining effective relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to achieve urgent organizational goals.

•Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills. Able to communicate complex technical terms to diverse populations of stakeholders.

•Demonstrated expertise in facilitating risk transparency by escalating concerns and program updates to internal and external partners.

•Experience executing business strategy activities inclusive of project management, process building, research and analysis, and organizational strategy.

•Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint), MS Project, Visio, Tableau, SQL, Python, Jira

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP)

ITIL v3

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Project Management:

•Participated in the development of project plans, operating plans, and supporting budgets: determining scope, methods, and resource requirements and schedules for projects.

•Developed framework and manages the tracking of interdependencies within or across projects.

•Accountable for the coordination of collection and validation of business requirements. Determined the impact of current/existing technologies on the project. Worked on assignments of diverse and complex scope.

•Implements solutions leveraging any of the management consulting capability pillars, including organization design and mission support optimization, process improvement, performance management, strategy development and transformation, change management, IT strategy, and business architecture

Leadership & Management

•Directed the training, administration, personnel accountability, safety, and staff morale.

•Established and implemented short- and long-range organizational goals, objectives, strategic plans, policies, and operating procedures, monitored and evaluates programmatic and operational effectiveness and effects changes required for improvement.

Management Analysis:

• Utilizes various sources of information in completing the project tasks. Based on the assignment, contact the appropriate department to exchange information and obtain facts or clarify information. Findings and documentation are presented to the leadership for review. Monitors priority of actions based on the sensitivity of the subject matter, suspense dates, and other pertinent data.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROGRAM PLANNING LEAD

Maximus Inc. 03/2023-Present

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time Remote, Private Sector

Currently the project control lead within the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) Project Management Office (PMO). This program is managed through the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Primary duties have included:

•Ensuring accuracy of PMO project schedules and performed version control in support leadership in ensuring that the project is delivered to specifications, on time and within budget while working closely with CPUC management and vendor partner work groups to create and maintain work plan documents.

•Create, monitor, and analyze project schedules in accordance with the standard of best project practice.

•Monitor projects’ progress, including identifying critical activities and reviewing forecasts and progress achieved to date. Perform coordination of cross-functional departments to identify project issues, monitor action items, and work with the project manager to ensure resolution.

•Collaborate with senior project managers on various initiatives and projects to track progress and provide support as necessary.

TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

G2IT LLC 09/2023-7/2024

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time Hybrid, Private Sector

Managed a team of 5 VMWare engineers to manage a private cloud training environment for the US Navy. In this role I was able to lead the team to:

•Work with Navy Program Manager to triage customer issues and resolve customer issues in accordance to contract Service Level Agreements

•Led team in migrating private cloud solution to Amazon Web Service solution.

•Lead program support to Navy Program Manager and acting Program Manager in absence of client

LEAD PROGRAM CONTROL ANALYST

Booz Allen Hamilton 05/2017-9/2022

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Built and maintained a program-level IMS which includes major milestones and deliverables. Deploy value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances.

Track schedule deliverable progress, risks, milestones, and dependencies and analyze for the report to leadership

Create and execute scheduling processes according to the program office business strategies and policies

•Lead Project Controls Analyst for the Command-and-Control Processor (C2P)/Common Data Link Management System (CALMS), the Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) program and the Global Command and Control System-Maritime program.

•Actively collect and report program status via weekly coordination with program stakeholders as well as reporting the status of critical portfolio-level milestones.

SENIOR PROGRAM PLANNER

Booz Allen Hamilton 10/2015-05/2017

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Identified and implemented solutions to problems and barriers, deployed stellar communication skills to build strong customer and external relationships. Identified, acquired, and combined relevant business data to inform decision-making to improve and enhance business processes.

•Led efforts to procure a multimillion-dollar Training Enterprise Resource Planning System for FASTC.

•Focused on market research and alternatives analysis development, acquisition planning and vendor selection process.

•Developed and maintained an Integrated Master Schedule to track dependencies across the program to be reported monthly to the FASTC director.

SENIOR IT PROGRAM ANALYST

Booz Allen Hamilton 05/2015-07/2015

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Developed due diligence processes, implemented programs and policies to support small businesses in risk mitigation strategies. Resolved complicated substantive problems affecting agency programs and requirements.

•Supported the International Data Exchange Services (IDES) work stream to support organizational outcomes.

•Developed a dashboard updated weekly to present several key production metrics for IDES release 2.0.

•Led coordination efforts needed to complete Requirements Management and System Design Enterprise Lifecycle (ELC) documentation needed to release IDES 3.0 into production.

LEAD PROGRAM PLANNER

Booz Allen Hamilton 09/2014-04/2015

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Supported the FUSE integrated project management office, responsible for overseeing and managing the Integrated Program Plans and Horizontal Program Plans.

•Scheduled combined key milestones for a $130 million/year program into a single view to track progress and interdependencies across the portfolio.

•Created executive integrated views of the Integrated Program Plan and Horizontal Program Plan to alert senior leadership to schedule risks and issues and facilitate program planning, issue resolution, and development of risk mitigation strategies.

EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT WORKSTREAM LEAD

Booz Allen Hamilton 09/2013-09/2014

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Performed as Earned Value Management workstream lead in support of the IRS AVS project. Effectively tracked project cost and schedule performance for AVS activities.

•The EVM workstream is responsible for delivering monthly Contract Performance Reports (CPR) to the client to give visibility into project variances and provide predictive analysis to help mitigate significant project risks.

•Ensured the accuracy and quality of each CPR prior to client delivery, managed both client and BAH Master Schedules, provided guidance to client schedule team on Agile Project Management best practices, and managed reporting activities for each Sprint throughout the AVS development lifecycle.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Capstone Corporation 05/2013-09/2013

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Served as a Senior Project Manager for the Enterprise Management office of the US Army Information Technology Agency (ITA).

•Provided SME oversight to the Customer Care division of ITA, managed reporting activities for Customer Care's project portfolio, and provided guidance to junior-level government project managers to ensure Enterprise Management governance standard compliance.

•Developed project artifacts, instrumental in coordinating with GS-15 and GS-14 level stakeholders in preparing for monthly briefings to the ITA Director and other key decision makers.

CONSULTANT

Deloitte Consulting 09/2010-04/2013

Hours Per Week: 40 Type of Employment: Full-Time, Private Sector

Operated as a Senior Project Manager to the US Department of State Information Resource Management (IRM) Bureau Project Services Office. Instrumental in leading the IT Service Strategy component of a high-visibility international IT consolidation project.

•Managed a key deliverable, the development of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between stakeholders at each participating international post.

•Actively engaged stakeholders at the executive level of the European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) bureau and IRM domestic stakeholders.

•Oversaw a critical deliverable in kicking off the 60-day Services Strategy pilot for the project while leading the Go-Live effort for Remedy 7.5 Incident Module usage at international posts participating in the 60-day Services Strategy pilot, including the development of Remedy 7.5 Incident Management user templates and profiles to aid in ease of use of designated ITSM solution for overseas staff.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

M.S. Business Analytics

Indiana University

B.S. Computer Information Systems

Tuskegee University

Data Analytics from Indiana University and General Assembly

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Management, Program Management, IT Project Management, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence, Agile Project Management, Quality Assurance, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Leader, SDLC, Business Analysis, Scrum, Business Intelligence, Earned Value Management, IT Service Management, Portfolio Management, ITIL, Business Process Analysis and Design, IT Investment Analysis, IT Asset Management, Data Analytics

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