LUCY MULLEN, PMP
**** ***** **** ** • Oldsmar, FL 34677 • p56rtg@r.postjobfree.com • 813-***-****
Results-driven Management Professional, with extensive experience in project management, business operations, and strategic planning
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• In-depth knowledge of existing project management methodologies, with the ability to apply them to the strategic benefit of the organization.
• Customer service, team and goal orientation enhanced by a sense of urgency; strong organizational and follow-through skills and an emphasis on details.
• Strong client-centric project leadership, problem solving and strategic planning skills, consistently implementing cost-effective solutions to meet key, business-mandated objectives.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CONSULTANT, PROJECT MANAGER Dec 2009 – Present
• Project Manager evaluating development, hosting and redeployment of process reengineering models used by insurance and financial companies.
GENERAL MANAGER - OWNER 2002 – 2009
MULLEN FURNITURE Clearwater, FL
• Manage all business and operational aspects of small furniture company, including sales, financial management, client/vendor relations, marketing and customer service.
• Develop and implement strategic business plans, schedule new product rollouts, and formulate and execute sales and marketing promotions.
• Plan and implement new store openings/closings and relocation, including lease negotiations, facility planning and product placement; provide training to sales employees.
PROJECT MANAGER – DIRECTOR TECH SUPPORT SERVICES 2001 – 2002
ENPORION Tampa, FL
A B2B marketplace for the utilities industry
• Implementation and design of Web based Helpdesk for B2B, in addition to establishing SLAs, documentation, workflow and procedures for company’s support services.
• Deployment of new server environment and hardware upgrade.
REGIONAL PM/ TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR/VP 1997 - 2001
MARSH, INC. Cleveland, OH
The world’s largest insurance broker and strategic risk advisor.
• Financial, operational and staffing responsibility for all regional technology and projects.
• Project managed integration of technology/facilities for two corporate mergers and acquisitions.
• Migrated regional data center to one location, managed relocation of computing facilities to new premises, including selection of contractors for computer room, network and cabling infrastructure.
• Planned regional migration from Novell to Windows NT; facilitated migration and standardization of all desktop computers.
• Project managed virtual office implementation across region using technology; achieved business goal was to virtually manage human capital achieving strategic competitive advantage.
• Consolidated all technology staff into virtual department; established virtual Helpdesk and processes for supporting region for all IT issues.
• Integrated and deployed technology and training department after regional integration; delivered presentations to large audiences and small about technology goals and plans.
• Directed all corporate initiatives and rollouts to regional offices, including implementation of certificates of insurance software.
• Orchestrated regional rollout of Net*Cert Web-enabled certificate management system, in addition to numerous applications for casualty and property insurance functions.
IT MANAGER 1990 - 1997
JOHNSON & HIGGINS, INC. Cleveland, OH
The fifth-largest insurance brokerage firm in the world.
• Oversaw activities of regional technology staff, provided training in various software applications, and led development and implementation of corporate and local technology plans.
• Held responsibility for 300 remote users as part of virtual office concept, including telecommunication and video conferencing systems.
• Created “Model Office” technology plan subsequently adopted company-wide.
• Served as member of five person Technology Advisory Group for $1 billion Corporation, responsible for advising and influencing corporate technology direction.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE / MATHEMATICS
JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY University Heights, OH
CERTIFICATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE CERTIFIED PMP