Led a team of Product Owners, Project Managers, and Program Managers to support the IT and our business partners in meeting our corporate objectives.Aligned the Product teams with Business partners to ensure product strategy is incorporated into our IT projects.Implemented a prioritization process within the company to guarantee that the IT department is focused on the highest priority initiatives for the company.

Lead a team of Managers and Project Managers to ensure business objectives are met along with managing the prioritization and work effort for the data and reporting teams.Proposed and implemented a centralized Project Management Office, which moved all projects managers within the organization into one team.Implemented standards in status reporting, roadmaps, and communications.

Led managers and team to implement corporate initiatives and coordinate the support and maintenance activities for the Revenue Accounting team.Completed the integration effort to merge American Airlines Revenue Accounting system into the US Airways system guaranteeing the top four integration efforts were completed on time.Directed the team in delivering business value, based on company priorities, ensuring corporate initiatives and all industry mandates were met on or ahead of the deadline.Led the Revenue Accounting business team through the process of changing from a ‘Project-based’ funding model into a more streamlined and responsive ‘Product-based’ funding model, aligning with the new Corporate strategy for annual budgeting.

Led a team of 15 direct reports in program management, merger activities, and process support for the IT organization.Established the direction for portfolio, program, and project management for an IT organization of 800+ employees to meet the needs of the business organizations.Hired, managed, coached, and allocated a team of Program Managers to the most complex and strategic corporate initiatives to ensure the company objectives were met for every initiative.Created and staffed a Project Support Organization (PSO) to provide training and tools for 80+ IT project managers to ensure all projects and programs were managed to the same standards.Sponsored the evaluation, selection, and implementation of a new Project and Portfolio Management tool (Planview) to help the organization reach a higher level of project and resource management maturity.Spearheaded merger alignment for the IT organization ensuring the IT department was organized for the merger effort, so the merger efforts were completed quickly and business teams were able to promote the ‘one company’ vision to our customers.

Managed multiple large, cross-departmental programs, which averaged 80 team members with 20 executive sponsors across multiple divisions, and required regular reporting to the President, CFO, and CIO.Managed a portfolio of the largest revenue generating programs in company history – In 2011, these programs generated $100 million in revenue for the company.Received the company’s most prestigious award, the Chairman’s Award, in recognition of exceptional leadership and extraordinary value creation.

Program manager responsible for successful completion of a major Merger & Acquisition initiative on time and under budget.Led the Order-to-Cash process flow which included four projects (B2B, Order Management, Logistics, and Sales Support) supporting one of five integration streams that was imperative to the successful implementation of the merger efforts.Delivered training new project managers and business teams on Project Server and the Project Methodology / Governance process ensuring all business and IT teams understood the new company standards for delivering projects.

Responsible for implementation of technology projects for the Flight Operations and Maintenance and Engineering Divisions of America West Airlines. Maintain an excellent track record of delivering projects on time and within budget, despite constantly adapting to changing priorities and work environments. Frequently act as Business Analyst in gathering and defining business and system requirements. Prepare detailed design specifications and write and test program logic in addition to creating/updating project documentation and preparing programs/systems for implementation. Aided in creating a new Project Management Office (PMO) by building workflows and templates for PMO Methodology. Lead Project Managers in building documentation to pass 2004 Sarbanes-Oxley PMO Methodology Audit.