SUMMARY

• 6+ years of experience as a Project Manager successfully delivering programs and/or multiple vendor relation projects on - time and with over 20 million dollar budgets with teams of over 100 participants, utilizing the traditional and a combination of project process methodologies to ensure successful project completion.
• Ensured Quality Control with overseeing project governance documentation with software programs, such as: SharePoint, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Visio; facilitated team weekly meetings and status reporting while utilizing web conferencing and other project software applications for efficiency.
• 6+ years of experience as a Systems Analyst providing technical systems support with applications, systems, databases, and other technical services for the departments of IT, procurement, accounts payable, and for other areas
• 5+ years of experience in web development and system integration; Website design certification
• 5+ years experience in Systems Development Methodologies in support of Systems Development Life Cycle
• 5+ years of experience in software/hardware development and deployment experience
• 5+ years experience HTML and SQL programming, familiarity with web-based training
• Superior skills in Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Dreamweaver, Blackboard and SharePoint

Areas of Expertise

• Adobe Suite
• Blackboard
• SharePoint
• Dreamweaver
• FrontPage
• Microsoft Project
• Crystal Reports
• Visio
• SAP
• SPSS/PASW
• ATLAS/TI
• UNIX/VMS/MVS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows - NT, 98, 2000, XP, and 7

Microsoft Office Suite: (i.e., Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)

Computer languages: SQL, HTML,DCL, JavaScript, JES2/3, and PHP

Hardware: MAC, Confidential, Compaq/HP PCs, workstations, and laptops

Printers and Copiers: HP Laserjet, Lexmark, and Epson Desktop Printers; Xerox Copiers/Printers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, O’Fallon, MO

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager supporting all the phases of Production Support project management initiatives.
• Set agendas, delivered weekly status reports; pushed and executed project task plans insuring project deadlines were met, and processes were implemented.
• Assisted the Governance division on the Project Management Office (PMO) procedure improvements
• Quality Assurance ensuring documentation accuracy with project Charters, task plans, project trackers, gap analysis, project risks, and other project management items.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Graduate Research Assistant, Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Educational Leadership and Policy Division ( Confidential ) in the development, implementation and alignment of plans, processes and guidelines to meet Confidential ’ higher education goals.
• Created and implemented e-learning through Blackboard academic software system.
• Performed Blackboard academic software support, website development utilizing Dreamweaver software and HTML; evaluation of grants, web-site and share drive improvement coordination.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Project Manager/Data Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated assessment training workshops for administrators, faculty and staff to support operational goals.
• Created and implemented e-learning training for alignment with academic software and Microsoft Office applications for inter-departmental efficiency goals.
• Tracked progress for each assigned initiative using SharePoint - submitted weekly status reports to Department Director and other Board representatives.
• Tracked associated project expenses with each of the initiatives and submitted proposals to Department’s Director.
• Utilized SharePoint software to share, track, and to in corporate data warehousing.
• Negotiated contracts/participant in bidding process with district vendors.
• Utilized SQL for creating reports and Visio software to illustrate diagrams of business processes.
• Championed vendor communications through listserv e-mail transfers and through vendor forums.

Confidential - St. Louis, MO

Project Manager/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created and implemented website for department to provide information regarding hardware/software purchase information.
• Installed, upgraded and ghosted University standardized system software for 4,000+ PCs and workstations.
• Ran diagnostics to troubleshoot and restore service or data to PCs and workstations.
• Worked closely with procurement division to ensure strategic vendor contracts were inclusive of: competitive product pricing, high quality goods and services, and dedicated customer service representatives.
• Recommended PC, workstation, and server configurations in order to comply with University computer system specification standards and network compliance.
• Provided training on Microsoft software and Confidential hardware configurations to students, faculty, and staff to meet their work and academic needs.
• Tracked progress for each assigned initiative with Microsoft Project - submitted weekly and bi-weekly status reports to all levels of administration.
• Utilized Microsoft Access to write queries to create reports to identify all IT resources university-wide.