Management Quality Assurance

Profile for Charlene Pesquiera

Accomplished and results orientated in Government with a Master’s in Business Administration and a concentration in Technology. With 18-years experience in providing effective solutions that will achieve the best results in business and increase productivity.

Managerial Skills

Fifteen years of employee management; Training and Staff Development

Experienced in Business Planning & Budget Development

Strategic Marketing; Knowledge in Assessing Economic Developments

Scoping Expert in Contract Negotiations; Excellent in Project Management Methodologies

Delivery Skills and Scheduling Methods; Change Management; Conflict Resolution

Expertise in Vendor Management; Procurement; Account Management; Audits

Career Achievements

Managed/mitigated contracts for IT, Engineering, Utility, Procurement, Construction (EPC) projects of one billion

Responsible for contract management oversight of over forty eight million quarterly

PMO on time delivery of projects for a twenty six million dollar budget

Created Operational Procedures for three thousand vendors; Implemented processes for contracts/procurement

Awarded three million in Federal grants; secured a donated office building to sustain Public Health Programs

Established relations with State, Federal and local entities.

Technical Skills

Maximo • Oracle • Peregrine • Geographic Information System (GIS) • Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Systems Applications and Products (SAP) • Sentry • All MS Office Applications • CAS • SharePoint

Education

M.B.A., Masters in Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Tucson, AZ.1999

B.A., Pre-Law, Criminal Justice, Liberal Arts, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. 1995

Professional Experience

Director of IT Contracts & Projects, National Institute of Contract Management, NIoCM

Tucson, AZ, 5/2008 to 8/2012

Managed high level contracts and projects with expert knowledge of MSA, SLA, SOW, NDA, RFP, RFI and RFQ.

Assessed and developed various project processes and policy to improve efficiency, productivity and cost

control.

Managed budgets and a cost savings trend analysis, KPI’s, P&L and audits.

Contract knowledge of Commercial, Exports-Imports, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Demand Side

Management, Prime and Sub Contracts and Government Contracts.

Professional Experience (Continued)

Adjunct Professor, ITT

Tucson, AZ 6/2006 to 6/2010

Instructed upper division college courses for the Criminal Justice Program.

Computer Forensics, Contract Law Police Report Writing, and Government.

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Probation & Parole, Corrections, Interrogations & Interviewing.

Contracts & Project, Consultant

Tucson, AZ 6/2004 to 6/2006

Provided contract management for Santa Rita Inc. Juvenile Private Detention and the Arizona State Prison.

Contracts and project management for American Lung Association and A Place to Call Home-Adoption Agency.

IT Project management for and Television WB Hispanic Heritage the University of Arizona Integrative Medicine.

Associate Director, Luz Social Services Inc. /AJC

San Manuel, AZ 9/2001- 5/2004

Provided program management for grant writing, IT support, budget operations, and public relations.

Managed contractual compliance, evaluation and research of projects.

Implemented strategies for community development for special events and major donor gifts.

Executive Director, C.A.C.T.U.S Co-op. Constructive Academics Together Under Supervision

Tucson, AZ 3/1997 – 9/2001

Provided management services for Federal Pretrial services academic program.

Managed grants, projects, budgets, contracts and program development.

Implemented quarterly reports and compliance oversight.

Director of Court-Ordered Program, Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona

Tucson, AZ 11/1995-3/1997

Managed a community service program for the Pima County Juvenile Court Center.

Provided IT support for the diversion program software system.

Prepared billing and managed State and Federal contracts.

Manager, New Beginnings Correctional Facility

Tucson, AZ 6/1994 – 11/1995

Facilitated curriculum courses for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Managed and prepared contracts for program renewals.

Complied and implemented quality assurance standards for audits.

Memberships

• National Association of Professional Women • National Contract Management Association

• International Computer Negotiations

Certifications & Courses

• Software Issues, Contracts & Negotiations-ICN 2010 & 2011 • Total Vendor Management -ICN–2010

• PMO Workshop-PMLG 2010 & 2011

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