SUMMARY:

• IT Project Management experience of 30 years, representing externally outsourced Vendor fixed price contracts to internal PM consultant, with proven Enterprise Information Technology acumen, delivering complex IT solutions across external Clients and Internal IT organizations. I manage project budgets that vary from $100K to $3 million, durations from 3 months to 2 years, manage scope from simple internal to complex Enterprise wide solutions. My experiences require that I interact with Executive Sponsors and Steering Committees reporting timely concise status, issue escalations, risk mitigation for quality, schedule or budget tradeoff decision making. I utilize IT industry best practices in PM methodology that deliver Scope Management, Financial tracking, Schedule Development, Quality targets within an ITIL framework. My body of work represents the experience I have acquired as an IT Senior Project Manager, representing wide breadth and deep depth, across a diverse portfolio of Clients and Application/Infrastructure Projects.
• High caliber Written, Oral Communication and Presentation skills to Steering Committee(s), Senior Executives and IT / Business Stakeholders
• Leadership of diverse resources within highly matrixed IT and Business environment, mixing Fulltime employees, Contractors, Offshore teams and virtual remote teams in delivering high levels of collaboration.
• Well versed in working with organizational entities from Functional Managers, IT Business Partners to 3rd Party Vendors in a multi vendor environment.
• Facilitation skills that bring together competing, conflicting priorities that resolve Project interests.
• Strategic planner, critical thinker, cross functional integrator (end to end), problem solver (creative out of the box). Flexible and dynamic adapting to situations and cultures. Rapid ramp up understanding of any situation.
• Effective relationship management for utilization of resources to Project objectives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools: Project Management (PMP), ITIL Foundations (2005) MS Project, Visio, Excel, Share point and Power point (20 years) Enterprise PMM Methodology, Time Tracking and Project Budget/Finance systems. (20 years) Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) experience (20 years) Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience (30 years)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Responsibilities:

• Presentation of Project Status to weekly Access Controls and Permissions (ACP) Management meetings and monthly ACP Steering Committee
• Experienced with enterprise Project Management Methodology process, Change point and PPM Clarity, MS Project Schedule, Monthly Project Workbook, Share point Project database (Dashboard),CommitmentGate, Production Gate andBudget Committee approval, Change Control Board presentationof Project Change Requests, Weekly Change Advisory Board (CAB) for Change approvals and Deploymentplan approvals.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included reporting weekly status, manage risks and issues, facilitate meetings with the Business Managers within ITIL Framework

Confidential, Portland, OR

Responsibilities:

• Develop sales pursuit scope, budget and duration. Staffing of project, manage workload, task assignments, prioritizations, end user testing and multi vendor interactions with IBM and HP. Report weekly status of schedule progression, budget consumption, risks, issues and escalations.
• Facilitated the Enterprise documentation all Service desk functions and ITIL processes to work in new multi - vendor environment.

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed the integration of various Global teams that include Unix Server Ops/Wintel Server Ops, firewall, networking, monitoring tools, backup and restore tools, OS patching and vulnerability scanning.
• Project oversight included budget, schedule and scope approval by the Symantec steering committee, responsible for Client facing relationship, contractual requirements for support agreements, schedule management, project change controls and risk management.

Confidential, Greenville, SC

Responsibilities:

• Execute using HP Project Management methodology, subject to Project Health Checks Audits to ensure that formal Project Management and PMO account standards are followed.
• Client facing role providing weekly project status, process the impact of change controls and provide corrective action plans.
• Managed remote teams in various US geographic locations and Clients in remote locations Boston, MA region.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Manager of PMs, Applications Developers, Production Support Operations Manager ensuring the 60 plus applications under are properly maintained, small to medium functionality enhancements, Incidents resolved, Change Management followed and Responsible for virtual teams in Global Sourcing locations of Brazil, Argentina, China and India.
• Migrated the operational support to ITIL framework for the North America HR Applications.
• Leader of direct employee project teams, responsible for employee development, performance reviews, salary administration,, growth and workforce management.

Confidential, Troy, MI

Responsibilities:

• Scope: Ongoing maintenance, small to medium application enhancements for the Confidential Enrollment Services, Employer Benefits and Philanthropic Management Systems Applications projects.
• Applied the use of CMMi Level 3 capable process approach combined with formal Project Management techniques to deliver software product enhancements in these areas.
• Responsibilities: Program Manager/ Supervisor of teams consisted of local based subject matter experts supplemented with virtual teams across EDS.
• Responsible for team of 3 Project Managers and 15 direct employees. Project delivery and HR functions for direct employees including Salary administration, performance reviews, Financial P&L, contract delivery.
• Staffing duties to redeploy resources to other assignments to ensure the financial viability of this business and keep the supply of capable resources available to other project initiatives within EDS.

Confidential, Troy, MI

Responsibilities:

• Scope: Implement a version of the Confidential Tariff and Trade system for spin off Confidential Corporation.
• Responsibility: Project Manager / Application Technical Lead role performing requirements gathering, analysis, design, construction, testing, and integration with Confidential Purchasing, Logistics and Financial applications.

Confidential, Warren, MI

Responsibilities:

• Supervisor of Project Leaders and Application developers. Onboard/Offboard employees, Salary administration, annual performance reviews and financial targets.
• The GMTOPS divestiture of Confidential data project was used as one of four projects in assisting the Requisition to Supplier Payment group achieve its CMMi Level 2

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Project Leader/ Application Technical Lead performing requirements gathering, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation on these and other projects including the AALA (American Automotive Labeling Act) module.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Project Management Coordinator, supporting the Earned Value implementation for the C4 Technology Program, Cadillac Parts Readiness system, Cadillac/Buick engineering Flint consolidation project.
• Applied Project Management on projects outside of IT, Engineering and Office Consolidation/Construction.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Systems Engineer/Analyst for ASI Retail Distribution Inventory Module responsible for system interfaces for the entire enterprise from Purchasing, Financial GL, AP and AR, manufacturing bill of materials, order processing and inventory management and diverse view of a Confidential ’s corporate data enterprise.

Confidential, Windsor Essex

Responsibilities:

• Member of Windsor Essex Board of Directors, oversight of family selection, Retail operations, social profitability, building and site selection, adherence to Habitat Canada governance
• Administrator for Windsor Essex online ads site, ads posting, product photography and specifications, link from HFHWE Website, statistical analysis of views and product hits, correspondence emails to inquiries, respond to “wanted ads”, post needs for volunteers and sponsor programs.
• Work in restore on weekends, assist in truck pickups, participate in House builds and e-Scrap day.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Volunteer at Confidential Unit, working with mentally ill Confidential ts in Recreational Therapy activities: Gymnasium, song, group activities, (Ice Cream socials, Christmas Party, BBQs ), various games and interactive events, one on one relationship building and various administrative duties as assigned.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Head Coach of House League hockey team, responsible for coaching games, game preparation, parent/player correspondence, adhere to safety and fair play guidelines.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Employee Volunteer Program, participate in various Corporate sponsored charitable giving events: the greening of Detroit tree planting, Pontiac High School restoration and Adopt a Highway 2 mile stretch on Interstate 75 cleaning up road debris