Managing IT infrastructure and application projects for a global automotive corporation.

Provided PMO governance and oversight as part of enterprise-wide SAP Program PMO• Developed and implemented governance processes• Oversaw contract performance of multiple vendors• Provided contract fulfillment oversight and reporting• Reviewed statements of work• Administered and oversaw program stage gate reviews• Established onboarding processes and performed resource management and reporting

Managed enterprise IT projects for a public utility company.• Developed project plans, status reports, executive sponsor presentations, SOWs• Identified and tracked issues/risks• Planned and conducted go live implementations• Managed project schedule, budget, and vendor resources• Implemented project governance; manage in accordance with corporate standard SDLC and IT processes• Conducted contract management of multiple vendors.• Used Agile approach to implementing infrastructure projects.

Provided PMO consulting services for client engagements• Conducted project and process reviews to ensure projects meet performance and quality metrics• Performed process improvement, implementation, and training for project management and SDLC processes• Performed oversight and project governance of project portfolios• Provided consulting services for major program management and agile deployment• Ensured projects meet SOX compliance requirements

Provided strategic direction, management oversight, and leadership of PMO operations and governance• Monitored and analyzed project issues and risks to help project managers, ensuring that 90% projects met their budget and schedule performance metrics and delivered successfully• Conducted Project Health Reviews that identified and analyzed root causes and potential risks / issues, and developed recommendations for mitigation, resulting in successful delivery• Led cross functional team to streamline project delivery processes, reducing project deliverables by 40% and enabling more efficient project delivery• Developed and implemented project and portfolio management processes and templates for new SAP PPM tool, resulting in standardized, efficient portfolio management processes• Provided project management processes and best practices training, consulting, guidance, and mentoring, and shared lessons learned with project managers, improving the IT organization's project management capability and skillset

Performed project planning and overall SAP Program reporting. Planned and executed deployments / cutovers of SAP releases.• Completed complex deployments of three SAP releases, on schedule, including a two month deployment that was performed on a 24x7 schedule involving over 3000 tasks and 200 resources, resulting in a smooth transition and no unplanned downtime for the business• Developed innovative processes / tools / improvements, enabling efficient execution and critical path tracking for 24x7 schedule• Developed and tracked project plans using earned value metrics ensuring accurate and timely performance reporting

Led client consulting engagements in project management and SDLC methodology development• Established and implemented governance and status reporting for enterprise Business Process Integration PMO, starting an enterprise process transformation• Developed and implemented enterprise-wide standard project management processes, templates, and tools• Developed SDLC methodology for software package implementation based on best practices

Developed and implemented project management tools, governance, standard project processes, templates, methodology, metrics, policies for new enterprise IT PMO as part of IT Transformation• Enabled rollout of centralized project management system, resulting in standardized project reporting and tracking• Conducted project audits, identifying risks and providing risk mitigation resolutions

Led client consulting engagements in IT strategy development, architecture planning, and system integration services• Developed and implemented global consulting methodology, resulting in a more efficient, standardized approach to planning and executing consulting engagements