Project Manager Management
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ROBERT D. BANKSTON, MBA, PMP
Deer Park, TX 77536
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Senior Project Management Executive
SUMMARY
Project management professional with over eleven years of combined experience managing teams, providing technical expertise and leadership in program, project, IT, operations, logistics and production management within both IT and financial frameworks. Qualified to support state-of-the-art technologies to improve processes using various project management methodologies.
EXPERIENCE
Program Manager - 2011 - Present
Hewlett Packard, Houston, Texas
Control and direct multi-million dollar projects on a worldwide scale, while cooperatively reengineering processes and driving improvements for a leaner, more productive and cost-effective operating infrastructure with renewed quality focus.
* Coordinate and control world-wide finance transformation projects for various financial modules within the SAP environment.
* Lead project manager for multiple, concurrent global projects while simultaneously achieving milestones and ensuring projects comply with cost and scope specifications.
* Accountable for project administration and implementation for internal and external clients, managing stakeholder expectations, administering product promotions, and ensuring timely project status reporting.
* Produce and present dashboard information on current global programs, future opportunities and stakeholder concerns.
* Instruct, mentor and lead team members within a technical and fastidious project environment.
Senior IT Project Manager - 2007 - 2011
San Jacinto Community College, Pasadena, Texas
Championed project management of infrastructure changes required to support various projects, including coordination between project and production services, development of technical resources to support new application, and coordination of operational readiness requirements.
* Enhanced previous policies, processes, and procedures for all aspects of project management operations through the creation of San Jacinto College's first Project Management Office. The result was an increase in productivity and more efficient resource utilization.
* Collaborated with key stakeholders to determine business requirements and metrics, thus ensuring overall project efficiency and quality.
* Broadened project portfolio success for both Infrastructure and Business Intelligence Units through meticulous management of resources and timelines.
* Governed activities instrumental to the success of a $300 million bond proposal that was critical for the college to meet the ever-growing needs of its students and surrounding communities.
* Directed the enhancement and upgrade of the college's telephony system through the implementation of a multi-million dollar Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network.
Project Manager - 2001 - 2007
AIG-American General Life, Houston, Texas
Developed and implemented guidelines and procedures, resulting in improved efficiency and productivity, while maintaining stakeholder relationships by reporting progress, identifying issues, and allocation of resources.
* Contributed to a successful enterprise-wide SAP implementation through the creation of business requirements and specifications to define project scope, test criteria, change control, and evaluation of key system metrics.
* Administered and developed project testing procedures in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) for product and software implementation.
* Investigated and prepared financial statements for profit centers across multiple business units with corporate assets in excess of $10 billion.
* Improved the standard quarterly reporting model for the company's Mass Marketing business which constituted a corporate risk in excess of $3 billion.
* Managed and implemented various financial projects instrumental to pricing decisions of Term, Whole and Variable Life insurance instruments that helped increase revenue and improve profit and loss (P&L) ratios.
EDUCATION
M.B.A., Finance - 2011
University of Houston, Houston, TX
B.S., Mathematical Science - 2002
University of Houston, Houston, TX
SKILLS
* Program Management, Project Management, Budget Management
* Strategic Planning, Change Management, Conflict Resolution
* Disaster Recovery Design, ERP Architecture, Financial Auditing
* Financial Modeling, Financial/Statistical Reporting, SQL Server/MySQL
* MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio
* MS SharePoint, P&L Management, Performance Standards
* Personnel Management, Procurement Management, Process Reengineering
* VoIP implementations, SAP Implementations, Team Leadership and Mentoring
CERTIFICATIONS
* Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
HONORS
* Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Houston Chapter 2011. In recognition of high scholastic achievement within an AACSB accredited school of business program.
AFFILIATIONS
* Member, Project Management Institute 2012
* Member, Galveston-Clear Lake PMI Chapter 2012
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