Christopher Smith, Pmp, Csm Email & Phone Number

Oakland, CA, US

Oakland, CA, US

Austin, TX, US

Hired to bring maturity to the PMO of a startup in Austin, TX. Recently released as a result of budget issues and slow sales pipeline.

Madison, AL, US

• PMO Director for North America, managing a team of between 9 and 11 PMs and a portfolio 200+ projects exceeding $30M in total budget.
• Developed and formalized standardized practices and templates. Pressed to implement a company software product as our primary PM tool, which also provided credibility to the sales team selling our software. This tool.
• Right sized a top-heavy PM team into a pyramid with a clear career path. Brought in new talent and developed them into PM leaders.
• Developed and implemented a new project mgmt. model, project mgmt. services levels, and estimation model. Focused on functionality, scalability, and sustainability.
• Worked with sales and customer success teams to identify and implement a post-project survey and check-in process to affirm project success, user adoption, and obtain materials for marketing and sales to leverage in.
• Managed the assimilation of acquired companies’ projects and processes into Hexagon’s processes.

Madison, AL, US

• Lead project teams of 3-10 resources each across 8-10 implementations annually to successfully deliver to the plan, identifying and managing risks, resolving issues and escalating where appropriate to help drive.
• Industries include oil and gas, defense, energy, mining, transportation, engineering, construction and utilities.
• Developed detailed MS Project plans and administered implementation processes including, contributing to prioritization of project scope, forecasting, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, testing.
• Guided and educated customers via client presentation on the EcoSys software implementation methodology for deploying enterprise packaged software systems. Identifying risks, mitigation strategies and corrective actions.
• Unofficially led the PM team for North America, responding to RFPs, managing standard documents and processes, interviewing prospective PM candidates, training new hires, and representing the PM team in discussion with.

Austin, TX, US

• Vyze is a startup tech company providing a credit, payment, and settlement platform for POS purchasing. As a significant contributor early in its evolution, I have helped grow it into a company that experienced a.
• Led company in transforming to product-driven development. Educated company on product management process.
• Evaluated product management tools available in the market and implemented for the company.
• Determined product priorities based on stakeholder input, market analysis, and business goals.
• Oversaw Agile backlog grooming and sprint activities from product owner side and served ScrumMaster role on all products
• Significant contributor to company strategic planning and execution.

Austin, TX, US

• Managed multiple projects critical to the company’s strategic plan and continued viability of the company, consisting of clients comprising 90% of total company revenue.
• Provided leadership and critical thinking to contribute to identifying and prioritizing company initiatives.
• Significant accomplishment: Led the integration of a top 5 U.S. retailer to our platform, managing both sides and maneuvering through multiple organizational hurdles. A project lasting 22 months, generating $18.2M.

• Provided functional consulting services for the Oracle Lease Management module (and supporting modules).
• Dual role of project manager and implementation consultant for additional configuration phases for lease management software to world’s second largest provider of mailing and shipping products.

Austin, Texas, US

• Project management and functional consulting for custom software implementations and releases. Dual role engagements.
• Turned client in primary engagement into a referenced account for the practice (for a new software product.)
• Sold an additional $550k in billable services mid-engagement for consulting team.
• Requested by name for repeat engagements.

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Held program manager and project manager positions throughout career at Dell, Inc., and Dell Financial Services.
• Exposure to lease finance, software development, manufacturing processes, and order fulfillment processes.
• Identified and implemented opportunities to improve business processes in areas of execution and pricing to drive down costs and reduce execution and delivery time.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management

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