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Dayton, Ohio, United States

Dayton, Ohio Area

-Established an Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) reporting directly to the CEO-Developed, implemented, and trained Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Project Managers and organizational leaders-Established and facilitated Portfolio Management processes focused on choosing, prioritizing, and balancing the full project portfolio-Institutionalized the business case and financial forecasting processes in collaboration with Finance-Created and facilitated a resource management process to ensure organizational focus-Automated all ePMO processes and executive dashboards through Smartsheet©, allowing a company-wide rollout with minimal licenses and less than $2000 annual cost

Dayton, Ohio Area

-Established the Project Management Office (PMO) to provide quality client implementation services through stellar Project Management and Business Analysis -Created and improved processes for Project Managers and Business Analysts; instituted a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) library for foundational activities-Developed a collaborative hiring process that included a candidate led audition to improve the quality of hires-Redefined roles and objectives for team members with a strong focus on Key Performance Objectives-Rolled out a 360-degree feedback process for the team-Led the development of a Base Use Case Library to improve end to end requirement traceability, estimation activities, requirements gathering, development and testing.-Facilitated the improvement of resource management processes company-wide

Dayton, Ohio Area

-Established a business driven Enterprise Project Office (EPO) focused on delivering strategic $50M project portfolio.-Improved EPO and Business relationships through strategic alignment and strong relationships-Facilitated a business case and governance model--leading a VP oversight team in choosing, supporting and balancing the enterprise project portfolio-Reduced EPO process and deliverables by 50% while maintaining key requirements for reporting and decision making.-Managed a high performing team of up to 75 Business Liaisons, Project Managers and Business Analysts.-Developed organization wide portfolio and project processes, focusing on quality execution and continuous improvement-Designed internal Project Manager training, mentoring and certification process for all employees to broaden the reach of the Enterprise Project Office.-Led the design and development of a sophisticated project management toolset within SharePoint that included, business case, status reports, and a resource capacity and demand tool.

Dayton, Ohio

Managed up to 12 Project Managers and Business Analysts. Responsible for staffing, performance management and successful delivery of projects.

Miamisburg, Ohio

-Established, implemented and controlled project, program and portfolio processes within the overall Global Technology Organization -Led successful PMLC and SDLC creation and commitment through facilitated collaboration -Reduced technical rough order estimation time from four weeks to one day -Produced real-time relevant metrics for strategic decision making-Liaised with multiple business customers to document product requirements and translated them into successful technology implementation projects-Participated as a key member of the requirement tool (Blueprint©) implementation steering committee

Miamisburg, Oh

-Directed a team of 10 Project and Program Managers within the Lexis Advance Technology Operations group. Responsibilities included successful execution and release of multi-million dollar program, executive leadership communications and escalations, staffing and performance management.-Developed and drove adoption of project management processes related to product development

Miamisburg, Oh

-Facilitated the implementation and adoption of the Enterprise Program Management Office; Responsible for tool and process definition, adoption, governance and training-Drove the creation of Program Management processes and the Portfolio Management tool roll-out (HP PPM©), adoption, and training for engineers and executive management

Miamisburg, Oh

-Created and managed the RETS Project Management office, responsibilities included staffing, team development and performance management of international and geographically dispersed team members.

Miamisburg, Oh

-Managed a team of six Enterprise Architects in the US and the UK; Responsible for the overall architecture of LexisNexis Infrastructure world-wide-Led the creation and held ongoing leadership of the domain wide Change Office; facilitated processes that supported IT infrastructure at more than 20 LexisNexis locations.

Miamisburg, Oh

Led various IT projects for LexisNexis including -The migration from NT4 to Microsoft Active Directory facilitating global adoption/training and the successful migration of more than 9,000 clients and 800 servers across more than 20 locations in (2003-2005) -The Microsoft Exchange 2003 project for North America, moving more than 8,000 mailboxes to the new Exchange environment. (2005-2006) -Customer Service and Voice Services migration from CallWise call tracking technology to Genesys, reproducing ~200 standardized reports and introducing the technology to five distinct groups in Customer Service. (2005-2006)

Miamisburg, Ohio

Provided remote technical support for home based users.

Masters, Montessori Education

Bachelors, Education