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Project Management Specialist Resume Profile

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NJ

Summary of Qualifications

  • Overall career objective has been, portfolio, program and project management creating and development as well as other things that are associated with overall PMO work such as risk analysis, change management, financial analysis, process guidance efficiency improvements.
  • Strong experience in project management tracking and techniques including portfolio, resource, program and project performance analysis using the latest PMI software such as HP Clarity PPM, MS Project and Primavera as well as expert experience in MS Excel.
  • Extensive experience with SDLC, project financials such as cost benefit analysis, return on investment analysis, as well as P L analysis in the financial, aerospace, manufacturing, defense, media and transportation industries.
  • Looking for a long term position in Portfolio, Program or Project Management that leverages my strengths to grow within a company.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Sr. Associate Portfolio Project Program Management

  • Skills Utilized: SQL, PMO Guidance, Asset Tracking, MS Excel , Fulcrum CATS
  • Worked on the Verizon CAT's Project Intended to allow Verizon Wireless to track Cellular Assets and interface the data to PeopleSoft for Financial Analysis.
  • Worked with the interface errors to correct any issues with data flowing between the systems and to make sure there are no errors sitting between the two systems. Worked with external contractor Fulcrum to remediate these issues via SW Releases.

Confidential

Technology Project Manager PMO

  • Skills Utilized: ROI, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Financial Programmatic Analysis, PMO Guidance, Clarity PPM
  • Created the 2013 Resource Forecasting Tool based off of data from 2010-2012 for Solutions Consultants, Architects, Technical Design Consultants and Project Managers who are all part of the Implementation Team delivering the product to our customer.
  • Developed the Weekly PMO Status Tool. This is an automated form for Project Managers and Implementation team to submit status and other key programmatic metrics for Senior Management to track and quantify via MS SharePoint.
  • Managed the implementation of 6 New Environment's Product Development/SAAS that followed typical SDLC Methodology.
  • Developed a Release Management process, to prioritize and financially quantify the various additions to each software release.
  • Initiated the start of a PMO Organization by formalizing process such as Implementation Project Plans and Tracking Methods as well as creating associated KPI's based off the weekly metrics collected by the PMO Status Tool.

Confidential

Regional PMO US/Canada

  • Skills Utilized: Portfolio and Project Analysis, ROI, Cost/Benefit Analysis, SharePoint, Financial Programmatic Analysis, PMO Guidance, SDLC, Agile Methodologies
  • PMO Liaison to five of eight Business Relationship Managers in assisting them with programmatic guidance, analysis and forecasting so as to provide accurate information to the Business, IT Finance and Senior Management.
  • Performed PMO activities such as tollgates, project reviews, project closures, ad-hoc reporting, actual vs. forecast analysis as well as overall financial and progress checks in the US and Canada Region including RTB and CTB Projects and Proposals.
  • Create Custom Reports by extracting, analyzing and organizing data from Global Project Management Tool HP PPM tool to provide Resource, Budget, Work Plan analysis forecasting to allow Senior Management to make strategic decisions.
  • Provide support as a Deputy Program Manager on the Global Windows 7 Program tasked to maintain and update Project Staffing, SharePoint and Financials as well as provide HP PPM support for this project. 40million
  • Developed Resource Utilization Capacity Report / Dashboard that was used globally across all regions to predict and forecast resource assignments/make adjustments by Senior Management Global IT CFO CIO .
  • Developed Active Project and Proposals report for Senior Management Global IT CFO CIO to have a dashboard view of the Global Portfolio in order to make portfolio level decisions on IT group goals to align with business objectives.
  • Marsh IT Interim Project Manager on the RMB BASYS Implementation Project managing finances, metrics and analysis while reporting to the overall Program Manager. 35million
  • Assist Program Managers and Business Relationship Managers with resource allocation analysis so as to maximize efficiency and decrease bench time of all of available resources as well as ad-hoc reporting on contracts, progress and financials.
  • PMO Liaison to Global IT CFO to improve Global Project Management Tool HP PPM / Mercury as well as to serve as the point of contact for IT Finance on various project financial issues and reporting requirements.
  • Perform Program Reviews as per the Marsh Process Framework via Tollgate process in order to provide an independent check of project health and adherence to the Marsh Process Framework as well as SDLC.
  • Ensure Compliance on project Financials, Work Plans, Staffing Plans and Budgets with the Marsh Process Framework as well reconciliation with IT Finance to ensure accurate reporting of Return on Investment and Cost Benefit Analysis by IT Finance.
  • Attend Internal Governance Meetings to monitor proposal activities as well as mentor PM's on proposal submission processes.

Confidential

Project Management Specialist

  • Skills Utilized: Metrics Programmatic Analysis, Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Management, Earned Value Management, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Critical Path Analysis
  • Overall Program Management Organization Process Improvement Program achieved through various methods detailed below. These methods generally integrated Risk Analysis, Six Sigma, CMMI as well as a KPI type metrics into an SDLC/Waterfall based software development organization. Implemented the change management while reporting to the VP of PMO.
  • Created Developed the PMO Scheduling Analysis SOP along with associated Schedule Metrics that will be tracked and monitored across programs with guidance and buy in from the different PM groups using MS Project Primavera Packages.
  • Developed the PMO Risk Analysis SOP along with KPI Metrics to monitor programs across the various EM PM groups.
  • Implemented risk identification, analysis, mitigation strategies, plans, register and Project Risk Assessment Board for qualitative Risk Analysis. Utilized Monte Carlo risk analysis using Deletek Risk for quantitative Risk Analysis.
  • Instituted Six Sigma via Quantifiable Back up Sheets, Automated CAM Status Sheets aimed at improving program management efficiency taking quantitative approach program tracking.
  • Designed and developed a standard Integrated Master Schedule IMS , Integrated Master Plan IMP as well as Work Break Down Structure WBS which was incorporated into the company SOP's for use across all divisions of Telephonic's.
  • Lead the development of training and guidelines for scheduling MS Project Primavera , planning and financial budget integration for proposals program's for Cost Account Managers, Program Manager's and Engineering Managers.
  • Participated fully in the Earned Value Management of all programs by facilitating the creation and management of Charge Numbers, Estimate at Completion and Basis of Estimate as well as reviewing Monthly CPI, SPI, BCWP, BCWS, ACWP and ACWP to implement improvements.
  • Deputy PM in charge of Metrics and Analysis for HCM 17million , UK AWACS 25million , Lockheed Martin 10million , DOD AIMs 15million , IFF Production 60million , Northrop Grumman G/ATOR 22million and USAF NGIFF 35million .
  • Provided S-Curve, schedule float, milestone tracking, critical path analysis, variance analysis, and logic analysis to determine schedule slip, slack time, and variance worked with Program Engineer Management to meet programmatic milestones.
  • Lead program status meetings to assess CAM performance and performed independent Risk Assessment on all projects by maintaining risk register, establishing mitigation plans and determining schedule risk variance.
  • Thoroughly involved with Finance to facilitate proper Earned Value Reporting as per D.o.D acceptable standards for Cost plus Fixed Fee CPFF and industry standards for Firm Fixed Price FFP programs.

Confidential

Reliability Engineer Industrial, Maintainability Process Improvement

  • Skills Utilized: FRACAS, FMEA, Kazien Analysis, LEAN, 5S, Pareto Root Cause Analysis, Fault Tree Diagrams, Thermal Accelerated Life Tests, Primavera
  • ALP 44 Reliability and Availability Project tasked to improve the ALP-44 Locomotives KPI's to 20,000 Miles - Mean Distance between Failure 90 availability to meet NJ Transits ridership requirements Prior MDBF - 5,000 Availability - 65 .
  • Provided an assessment and improvement plan aimed at the Reliability Availability of the ALP-44 Fleet.
  • Worked with NJ Transit Executive Management to help implement 5S and Lean Maintenance initiatives for nation's second largest transit agencies locomotive shop which repairs all NJ Transit and MTA - Metro North Locomotives on site.
  • Partnered with Management and Shop Personnel to implement a Failure Review Board to make identification of issues and improvement of the ALP-44 fleet horizontally known across all departments to increase accountability visibility of issues.
  • Managed all KPI Analysis for NJ Transit Fleet Optimization Project including Visual Performance Tracking, Data Analysis, Forecasting and Trending Metrics MDBF,TOP5,Avaliability,WO's,Shop Time
  • Using Excel, SAS BT-Fracas statistical tools determined the Top 5 recurring failure modes and within the ALP44 Fleet.
  • Lead the reliability improvement of 3 of the Top 5 failure modes, which indicated that the Traction Motor, Head End Power, Pantograph would need design improvements based on improved vendor relations, and condition based maintenance program.
  • Using Lean Six Sigma and 5S techniques generated work-flow diagrams for shop maintenance implement a Cell Based Maintenance methodology to improve repair efficiency turnaround time for the Top 5 Failure's.
  • Extensively used FMEA, ISO Standards, Root Cause Analysis, Preventive Maintenance, Pareto and Fault Tree Analysis to improve the ALP-44 Locomotive Fleet shared results via customer and client SharePoint site.
  • Transitioned the changes and techniques into the process flow of NJ Transit QA to secure a culture change within the group.
  • Implemented an inspection indicator function in the RAMS system, which notified the shop supervisors to perform Preventive Maintenance while a Locomotive is shopped to minimize shopped time per locomotive while maximizing work performed.

Technical Skills

Knowledge and Exposure

  • Statistical : Minitab, SAS, MS Excel Pivot Tables, V-H Lookup Indexing , Maple, Mathematica, BT-Fracas
  • Programming: C , HTML, Visual Basic, SQL, Excel Macros, Excel Formulas
  • Project Management: MS Project 03,07,10 , Primavera P7, MS Visio, Steel Ray v2, HP-PPM v 7.5,8, 9.1, Risky Project, Risk Deltek
  • Corporate Software: MS Office 2007 2010, MS SharePoint , SAP R3, Lotus Notes, Windows, Linux, Deltek COBRA
  • Graphic Design: Adobe CS3 Design Premium Suite, Auto Cad, Solidworks, Pro Engineer, Inventor, CATIA
  • Software Methodologies: SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, PMBOK, PMI Standards

Professional Training

  • General Program Management Training at Thales Aerospace 40hr Course
  • Project Management Financials at Marsh McLennan Companies 2hr Course
  • Quantitative Project Management Skills Building at Telephonics 16hr Course
  • MS Project 2003/2007 Advanced Course at ExecuTrain 8hr Course
  • Fundamentals of Program Management OnSite at Telephonics 40hr Course
  • Project Planning and Controls taught by Guest Lecturer at Telephonics 30hr Course

Internship Experience

Confidential

Program Management Internship

  • Created, managed and analyzed IFE Worldwide Deployment for LAN and Northwest Airlines using Microsoft Project.
  • Worked with Regional Director in charge of IFE Project to optimize project performance and perform risk or financial analysis.
  • Generated project status reports, pivot tables, budget forecasts, analysis related to project P L, as well as trending and modeling.
  • Developed and distributed an Innovation Guidebook for Managers and Mentors working with the V.P. of Sales and Marketing.

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