Ranch /project manager Resume
SummaryMotivated and team-oriented Project Manager with up to 200 associates and contractors in the Project’s Development, Design and strategic objectives constraints. A results-oriented professional with over 10 years’ experience with MS Project Management in PMBOK, Project Management Office (PMO), methodologies and Risk Management techniques. Creative and versatile problem solving skills used to minimize risk and project corrective actions to maintain a Quality and continuous improvement methodology within the project’s lifecycle. Accomplished improved team lead dynamics within Engineering groups through effectively communicating Time Management (TM) evaluations within a large corporate Matrix functionality environment. Outstanding ability to thrive under pressure and prioritizing critical path, resource constraint work projects, exceeds customer’s expectations, and finishes according to scope, time constraints and under-budget. Utilizing analytical skills for evaluating situations into relevant and actionable problem solving using Project Tracking, Earned Value Management (EVM), WBS, Budget analysis, and Cash Flow forecasting. Comprehensive experience conducting research, post analysis surveys, ability to quickly tie information to practical and concrete implications for the Company’s objectives and improve our business applications and performance.
Skills – PC software
- Microsoft Project, WBS Chart Pro, Pert Chart Expert
- Office Professional 7, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Outlook
- Lotus SmartSuite; Word Pro, 1-2-3, Freelance Graphics, Approach, Organizer & Lotus Notes
- Corel WordPerfect Suite; WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations & Envoy
- Sun Office Suite, Eudora, Visio, Ariba, McAfee, Niku, Niku Workbench
- Blackberry, Quicken, Quickbooks, Peachtree, Internet Explorer
EducationConfidential School
Master of Project Management,
Graduate Certificate in Project Management (PMI)
Project & Program Management PMI GPA 4.0
MBA Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Science of Business Administration
Certificate Dean’s Honor list GPA 3.9
Experience
Confidential (2007-present)
Ranch /Project Manager La Farge, WI
- Certified Angus Beef Project - breeding program
- Natural Organic corn and fodder cultivation
- Horse trainer and livestock handler
- Hardware maintainer, fencing, panels, transporter
- Purchasing Agent, logistics coordinator
- Waste disbursement, heavy machine operator, tractor cultivator/planter/harvester
Confidential (10/12/2009 – 11/20/2009)
Sr Project Support Coordinator/Project Manager So SF, CA
- Activities include Operating as a Project Management Consultant to the Sr Manager and their Admin and 6 trainers in rolling out the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Setting up a new Project Management Platform in the Clinical Training office for the HERFamily brand usage of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of existing portfolio projects
- Tracking and monitoring changes to the National Service Meetings and archiving their deliverables for the Training team within Livelink
- Surveying the HER Family team to update their Time Management functionality within a Project Platform for Tarceva, Xeloda, Herceptin, for rolling out of Project Portfolio Management methodology within the Marketing training division in BioOncology at Genentech, SoSF
- Training of Admins to accommodate the Project application FastTrack Schedule for supporting these new PPM directives from their Sr Training Manager, Mandy Breckbill
- Direct support of the Sr Manager’s strategic decisions regarding the Effective Management changes to the new PMI directives for the HERFamily Clinical Trainers and Risk Management accessments
- The creation of new documentation processes for the HERFamily group migrating from shared folders to Livelink.
- The weekly PM deliverables of documentation, archiving and tracking NSM workshops, module updates, SAM, Product team, Newsletter, core class, advanced training, BioOncology Slides, Maintenance Background Assessments, Modules, Articulates, the history of NSCLC slides, Competitive product information Binder and Claims Handlers, the Alimta Backgrounder Update including the Annotated Alimta PL , Tarceva marketplace, Competitive landscape updates, EVEO, ASCO poster book, and support for Mandy’s AD Hoc assignments
Confidential (9/27/2007 – 1/22/2008)
Project Manager San Jose, CA
- Activities include coordinating, Mapping and the delivery of 60 behind scheduled projects, and communicating with Senior Management and Production to bringing them on schedule
- Created reporting project status utilizing a dashboard, allocating and tracking resources across these multiple projects, defining project governance policies and managed the financial concerns to eliminate all overtime and over budget timesheet reports
- Supported CEO and Director of Operations of International Strategic Project Management
- Initiation of PMI Processes with the Aerospace and Defense Microwave Technology contractors
- Capsulation of entire Production Phases with resource delegation, tracking budgets, monitoring Milestones, adjusting slippages, updating Process Improvements and retraining Executive Staff
- Created Budget Management, cost forecasting, budget reconciliation and program planning
Confidential (10/30/2006 – 6/23/2007)
Sr. Executive Assistant (2007)/Project Coordinator (2006) Palo Alto /San Jose/Foster City, CA
- Support CIO, CFO, CMO and CEO on Strategic Project Management assignments
- Corresponded with client sites at Cisco and Vendors to achieve minimal slippage and scope creep in their $50 Million projects.
- Integrated new PMBOK Methodology with new policy initiatives for process improvements through MS Project platform integration for Sr. Vice President as the primary planning and forecasting tool of the Safety and Technical Sciences current 66 Research and Development compounds
- Monitored, controlled HR allocated resources, and permissions to charge to active projects to control and keep spending within budget allocations per project
- Mapped the Process of three Divisions in Operations and their interdependencies with Finance, Testing, Planning, Stockholders meetings and Buy in Contracts
- Used MS Project to manage 66 compounds in Research and Development from initiation phase, validation, control number assignment, Entry into Animals and Entry into Humans phases. This captured the tasks, milestones, bottlenecks, critical paths and produced views for strategic planning to assess viability for Global Portfolio Management Team Meetings at Roche Pharmaceuticals.
Confidential (6/13/2005 – 8/31/2005)
Project Coordinator Santa Clara, CA
- Supported Program Director with PMBOK Methodology in a PMO environment from the phases of Initiation, Planning, Implementation, Closing and Post Mortem Analysis of their N Ca Projects to achieve continuous improvement performance throughout their new management restructuring projects and were the primary MS Project editor and owner of the Master Project File
- Budget Management, forecasting, reconciliation and planning
- Monitored and tracked Purchase Requisition Orders and cleared the receivable items for payment through Accounts Payable for all payment clearances to vendors within 30 days of PR orders
- Managed and monitored the Software component phases of numerous integration projects
- Monitored, controlled Contractor allocated resources, and access permissions to charge to active projects to control and keep spending within budget allocations per project
- Minimized Project slippage by less than 23% through real-time tracked and recording actuals
- Supported Global Marketing strategy meetings for Product mix implementation
- Supported N CA Program Managers by tracking their 13 Project Managers 490+ N CA IT projects to achieve improved performance through new management restructuring
- Supported Sr. Project Manager with MOB and Hospital IT projects and objectives to open facilities on time for September 2005 public opening
Confidential (1999 – 4/23/2005)
Office Manager (1999-2001)/Project Manager/Sr. Executive Assistant (2001-2005) Sunnyvale, CA
- Supported two VPs, four Directors, department Managers, and 200 engineers with their IT strategic projects and objectives in the Flash Memory Division
- Generated financial statements for budget tracking and managed 600K inventory
- Monitored payroll Accounting procedures and compliance
- Facilitated vendor proposals, reports and monitored Approval lists bids of pending PR orders
- Interviewed candidates and made recommendations for new hire positions for VPs
- Conducted executive staff training meetings, catering and support training Toshiba Managers
- Prepared international travel arrangements, visas, meetings, hotel and transportation
- Reconciled international expense reports for Flash Memory Division
- Monitored virus prevention and cleanup of infected PC environments
- Tracked patents and application filings with Legal department and law firms to bring seven-year-old records current using MS Project to monitor, track, document, and rollup the milestones durations for Legal, Patents, Sr Vice President and President’s Executive Staff Meetings
Confidential (1999 – 2000)
Project Manager (1999-2000)/Executive Project Marketing Assistant (2000) Santa Clara, CA
- Supported VPs, Directors and Marketing Managers with strategic projects and objectives
- Managed, tracked, approved and projected accruals of $500ML budget over a five-year period of development. Resulting in MS Project became the primary Master Project File for all the Building Projects of 7 Apps Labs Outstanding Urgent Compliance Issues
- Managed commit approvals of $500K requisitions
- Budget Management, forecasting, reconciliation and planning
- Auditor of FY1999 Accounts Receivable corporate accounts for 6 billion sales