Ashley M. Bell, Pmp, Ssgb, Safe Agilist Email & Phone Number

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Chesapeake, Virginia, United States

Client: Stratford University, Alexandria, Virginia Role: Director/Program ManagerManaged a globally dispersed team, established goals and monitored performance to ensure individual and project success; established milestones and objectives for the overall program; coordinated and integrated activities, managed and led resources, managed risks and issues, took corrective measurements and updated executive leadership/stakeholders; planned, implemented and facilitated activities that supported the ability to achieve and maintain accreditation; developed and oversaw the implementation of the assigned project/program; conducted gap analysis to identify and remediate according to regulations/standards.Achievements:Led a process re-design project resulting in 20% increase within 7 monthsLed and facilitated a business process review and presented policy concerns and potential solutions to executive board and board of trusteesLed accreditation project spanning 6 locations (5 domestic, 1 international) Developed standardized processes resulting in increased performance across 9 locationsClient: Sentara, Virginia Beach, VirginiaRole: Project Manager Managed the quality assurance process and activities of two major projects, an EPIC implementation/on-boarding and a system-wide update; partnered with the cross-functional teams and external vendors to ensure successful delivery of objectives; worked closely with technical teams to validate system configurations for data exchanges (ADT) with down-stream systems; assisted in scheduling and facilitating testing sessions and was responsible for updating and maintaining test documentation; provided status reports and led check-in meetings.Achievements:Identified a streamlined approach to the testing process using the existing ticketing system/Dashboard.Successfully migration to Epic and successful implementation of PR.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Planned, organized and led a team of full-time 4 employees to achieve departmental goals and metrics; provided ongoing leadership, training, and support; managed 5 off-site part-time employees; provided career development and career path coaching to over 400 adult learners annually; forecasted and managed departmental budget, including FTE salaries and events; monitored work performance and prepared annual and project based performance reviews.Achievements:Led departmental improvement initiatives resulting in a 25% increase in performance, 175% increase in student engagement, and 89% placement rate (exceeded campus and organization-wide goals by 4%). Conducted organizational diagnosis of campus, including data collection, analysis and feedback, and provided executive leadership recommendations to increase employee satisfaction .

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Project Assistant:Assisted on mobile program development projects, including planning, implementation and onboarding; assisted in onboarding a network of over 230 operational franchisees to the business management system; coordinated between clients and development team to ensure product met the business requirements; managed internal and external stakeholder engagement; onboarded new businesses to software platform.Recruiter:Facilitated full lifecycle recruiting; created a systematic approach to the recruiting and hiring process; collaborated with department heads and C-Suite leadership to project future hiring needs and identify skill gaps for development initiatives; developed job descriptions that adequately depicted positions within the company.Achievements:Successfully led an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) implementation project; including providing user training.Created and delivered system training to 2,000 clients, consisting of business owners/executive leaders.Created recruiting, hiring and onboarding SOPs.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Collaborated with department heads to ensure departments were running in accordance to the strategic plan; partnered with executive leadership and University Administration to develop campus level processes and procedures that were later adopted system-wide; facilitated all aspects of the recruiting, hiring, and on-boarding process for the campus; processed payroll; ensured the campus maintained compliant HR practices; facilitated employee training; kept employee reviews up to date; trained hired HR Coordinators; served as a member of the leadership team.Achievements:Assisted in the development of a standardized compensation plan implemented at 13 locations. Developed and implemented SOPs for recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new employees across 13 locations.Created and implemented a new-employee orientation program.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Assisted the President and campus in all functional areas; led and assisted in campus based and university wide projects; participated in and assisted with the campus budgeting process; and assisted in managing the daily operations of the campus.Achievements:Successfully assisted with the start-up of the campus.Led initial and re-accreditation project resulting in a 0 finding visit with SACSCOC.Led initial and re-accreditation projects for programmatic accreditors.While at South I developed an online learner orientation program to assist campus students transitioning into online classes.

Newport News, Virginia

Assisted commercial sales agents with day to day administrative tasks; created and updated a new marketing material used in our mailers, packages, and print ads; maintained property and client files.Achievements:Created marketing materials used in print ads.Re-designed property packages.

Master Of Professional Studies, Organization Development And Change Management

Completed April 2018 The MPS in Organization Development provided a concentrated focus on how to effectively manage and lead change.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication (Bs)

Activities and Societies: Alpha PhiCommunication major with a focus in Organizational/Change Communication.