PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Washington, DC

PROJECT MANAGAMENT

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage progress reports, budget data, proposals, requirements documentation, work breakdown structure, and presentations.
• Assist with planning course of projects, including milestones, resources, budget, and lessons learned.
• Pulled together everything that is detailed into the project plan application for the project/initiative; deliverables; delivery date; challenges/problem areas; estimated cost.
• Assist with artifact and document creation.
• Performs in - depth analysis of OIT program initiatives to identify anomalies in benchmarks and strategies and evaluations of data that will include reports distributed to key stakeholders and management for development of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Plan, coordinate, and execute project planning and scheduling activities with PMs, VA PMs, and other project stakeholders.
• Collaborates with customers to gather information, define complex work problems, and designs a system and procedures to resolve problems. Investigate data discrepancies and making adjustments accordingly.
• Provided on-site program management support expertise in data gathering and status reporting.
• Documents key decisions and actions assigned and tracks tasks using automated systems such as SharePoint and ensure timely and accurate follow through of actions.
• Ensure Project Management Office complies with PMI standards. Assess compliance of development process and procedures with accepted methodology and communicate to responsible managers and staff.
• Track project milestones, critical path, benchmarks, resource loaded project schedules, and manage deliverables in schedules using Primavera 6, MS Project, and other planning tools while adhering to SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall methodology for development of the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Maintain file servers and network access with MS Project Server 2010 and Primavera 6.
• Perform special analysis, and health checks for schedules established with Primavera 6, SteelRay, and MS Project.
• Develop and manage financial, OMB, and metric reporting tools. Develop earned value reports as required. Input OMB 300 data in the VA’s repository and Dashboard as directed.
• Managed and reported multiple projects using MS Project to support the Director and Senior Cabinet status meetings and captured real time status for Initiative/Project, POC, Deliverables, Due Dates, and Readiness.
• Established dependencies, predecessors, and successors of actions and start the MS Project timelines during the data gathering sessions.
• Worked on creating a dashboard to display project details and reports. As a reporting dashboard is created, the project plans were linked from the dashboard portrayal based on the captured details from the Project Managers.
• Managed direct reports that include Developers, Testers, and Business Analysts to assists in leading technical collaboration outside of project team, with company lines of service, client IT, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members and client stakeholders Influence and lead staff in a matrix management environment.
• Attended integrated project team (IPT), Risk Analysis, Scrum, Requirements, Change Management, Testing, and Documentation meetings to gain a complete understanding of the project to advise of scheduling conflict.

IT SUPPORT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and maintained website for organization.
• Provided comprehensive IT customer help desk support by assisting users with various hardware, software, and system issues.
• Trained users on various software.
• Hardware & Software Installation & Troubleshooting.
• Used Active Directory to establish user and computer profiles.

OFFICE MANAGEMENT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervised clerical staff and provided guidance on policies and procedures relating to administrative task requirements to division clerical staff.
• Coordinated events/meetings with both internal and external groups, VIPs, including members of Congress and Senate.
• Maintained and processed human resource activities including but not limited to processing expense reports, invoices, payroll, IRS forms, and timesheets.
• Developed and implemented file backup and record management of extensive file system.
• Planned and coordinated domestic and international travel, as well as coordinated logistics and background information for various meetings while on travel and securing of Passports for submission to the State Department.
• Developevent strategies that included mission, format, budget preparation, speaker logistics, RSVPs, and invitations; logistics for on and off site events; preparation of handout materials, nametags, signage, and gifts; project management of event to include time line, tracking of milestones, and lessons learned.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft SharePoint
• MS Project/Project Server
• Microsoft Visio
• Primavera
• Oracle Progress Reporter
• Desktop Publishing
• VA PMAS
• VA ProPath
• QuickBooks Pro
• Adobe PageMaker
• Adobe Acrobat 9-Pro
• Lotus Notes Travel Manager
• Desktop Publishing
• Cobra• IBM Rational Tools