Carl Reed, Pmp, Sa Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, California Area

Project ManagementPerformed as a senior rapid transformational project manager to turn around a troubled key federal mandated project by rapidly assessing current project management processes, then applying company standard tools and techniques as needed- Took over complete leadership to bring the project back into full health- Delivered process flows for transitioning large employer groups to small group insurance products- Delivered User Acceptance Test (UAT) plan for newly implemented IT functions- Performed decision analysis regarding manual vs automation- Delivered comprehensive business case models and budget tracking reports and toolsConsulted for Planview (a Project and Portfolio Management system) pilot and rollout project

Sacramento, California Area

Assessed and implemented new methodologies to establish a more mature PMO enabling executive visibility to the portfolio of work for the purposes of efficiently managing towards key strategic initiatives

Mather, Ca

Managed critical IT projects as needed following internal PM standards built around a highly customized MS Project Server environment. Projects managed include the centralization of medical imaging for all Northern California hospitals, implementing BMC Enterprise Monitoring, VMware upgrade proof of concept testing, and Active Directory server upgrade across the enterprise.- Performed Vendor Management including finalization of statements of work, validation of contract terms and fulfillment- Performed Go Live planning and support for a centralized imaging system; implemented trouble ticket tracking using data extracted from IT Service Management System into excel showing trending. First line support for imaging workstations

Fair Oaks, Ca

BVM Enterprises Corporation, founded by Carl and Angela Reed to promote and educate industry professionals from the beginner to executive on the most current and relevant Project Management concepts.Provided value to our customers so that they could provide value to theirs. Our company’s theme, “Be Value Minded”, was intertwined in the education that we offered. Integrity, approachability and staying current with industry changes was of utmost importance to our company.

Sacramento, California Area

Managed a PMO operations team to ensure quality through auditing, training, reporting and support. Prior positions included managing project managers and business analysts.- Implemented PMO auditing, training, support, and metric reporting for 6 different PM groups, running 300 simultaneous projects spread across 55 PMs- Partnered with executives to lead the design and implementation of improved processes to monitor outsourced vendor work order funding and invoicing resulting in reduced delays in project staffing, execution and improved invoice payment- Established and implemented weekly dashboard portfolio status and quality reports, including vendor contractual SLA and OLA monitoring to PPMO Officer, VP, and business sponsors allowing focused business process improvements to increase project throughput by 20%- Directed 18 project managers to deliver on time and within budget large, complex, cross-functional projects making up 50% of the enterprise portfolio- Identified and implemented new procedures after conducting project portfolio financial reviews gaining back 25% capital labor opportunity resulting in improved forecasts for optimal operations

Sacramento, California Area

Managed diverse teams across the world to create an automation infrastructure needed to validate and ensure top quality embedded real time software products developed for Intel flash memory devices- Procured and implemented Clear Case SCM for the Flash software division spanning global international groups resulting in greater efficiency from minimization of rework due to previous inability to maintain and manage multiple release branches- Maintained and improved Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes

Sacramento, California Area

IT Program Manager Consultant• Ensured compliance with SOX testing and reporting by establishing and implementing efficient tools, process and procedures for Intel IT SOX Program Management- Improved project efficiency and cohesiveness, allowing individuals to independently track statistics, thus continually improving performance by creating customized advanced Excel toolsIT Testing Consultant for Sarbanes Oxley compliance- Performed SOX infrastructure control testing on internal business critical applications allowing for remediation of all findings prior to external SOX auditing- Created an advanced, new automated SOX work paper generation process using existing tools

Engineering Manager/Project Manager- Created 3 year $3M master project plan to deliver core automated lending service application utilizing a 15 member project team- Created and implemented a formal process to organize multiple demands of software development resources across multiple departments- Managed direct reports and EDS consultants to develop and implement Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with multiple vendor host systems for the transmission of loan applications• Managed the customer service for delivering secure networking solutions (frame relay circuits, IPsec VPN Tunneling and Secure Socket Layer communications) to customers- Restructured a 6-year multi-million dollar contract with a subcontractor by successfully turning around a formerly difficult relationship and negotiating positive solutions for continued service- Improved sales goals by quickly resolving customer concerns as a technical expert on pre-sales and post sales calls

Pico Rivera, Ca