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Bannockburn, Illinois, Us

OCM senior consultant primarily responsible for executing strategic communications and the development of the stakeholder engagement plan. This was a short-term role, where the requirement was to enter the final phase of a multi-year/multi-phase enterprise level business transformation (SAP S/4 HANA) and assist with critical internal and external customer communications through Go-Live.

Raritan, New Jersey, Us

OCM senior consultant assisting with the development and execution of a change management strategy for the delivery of an Warehouse Management System implementation across Janssen's highest volume distribution centers. Responsibilities include working with the Project team and Stakeholders to execute change enablement, training, and communication strategies to ensure end-user adoption. This is a multi-million dollar project and successful implementation will allow the company to transform the warehouse management ecosystem and distribution center operations, while modernizing the digital supply chain.

Sterling, Il, Us

OCM senior consultant assisting with the development of an OCM strategy for the delivery of an Infor M3 ERP implementation. Responsibilities include executing alignment with all departments across the organization, change enablement, and strategic communication strategies. Key partnership is with the business excellence team to ensure organizational change management is integrated well on the project. Significant focus is on training development and delivery to ensure adoption. This is a multi-million dollar project and successful implementation will allow the company to pursue and integrate with future acquisitions.

Chicago, Il, Us

OCM lead responsible for developing and executing alignment, change enablement, and strategic communication strategies in support of an enterprise wide implementation of a new HR system for contractor management. Partnered with the business to ensure organizational change management was integrated and adopted by applying a structured change management approach and PROSCI methodology for the people side of change. This change impacted more than 5600 end-users and spanned more than 20 different groups including: OpCos, IT, and HR and their related services.

London, Gb

Develop and manage overall program scope, project plans, communications, and budget for telephony and call center IT implementations. Work with VMO/PMO to implement Agile methodologies to projects to improve call center efficiency and increase sales performance productivity. Collaborate with change management lead to deliver Prosci solutions to create communications, presentations, and activities that enhance business engagement and produce change advocates.

Manage overall program scope and schedule, project plans, and budget. Responsible for business development of professional development activities aimed at improving training, stakeholder engagement, and business acumen. Key Accomplishments• Project coordination resulting in the improvement of team's monthly status reports, project plans, and communications. • Used ADDIE model to create and implement customized instructional training tools, information session materials, user guides, including demos and solutions that improved leadership and stakeholder awareness and adoption • Served as a board member responsible for providing regular status updates to Board of Directors that ensured effective dissemination of project information resulting in alignment of business objectives• Implemented a succession planning strategy resulting in critical positions and potential successors identified and development plans defined

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for working with the cross-functional global supply chain team to manage an on-time worldwide $185 million Oracle IT implementation. Entered the project to replace an underperforming PM at the end of Smoke Testing. Under extreme time constraints, in a high-pressure environment, united the team to get the D2D track back on schedule delivering a functional product. Acted as a liaison to end users, executive management, and technical teams. Led daily worldwide communications with 25-30 member teams to improve the development and cohesion of IT related responsibilities and activities. Key Accomplishments• Contributor to leadership team that participated in scope review sessions and triaged implementation defects in War Room that increased production capacity, post Go-Live• Drove project plan, business requirements, and governance that ensured quality management and the timely execution of tasks to meet go-live deadlines• Tracked metrics to measure performance of project and created weekly reports to present to project management organization (PMO) team, including recommendations for risk mitigation• Coordinated resources and assigned tasks for UAT sessions and user training • Scheduled and facilitated daily and weekly status meetings with a global cross functional team of 25-30 participants to review requirements, lessons learned, and timelines

HOUSTON TRAINING SCHOOLS, Houston TXChange Management Consultant and Trainer• Successfully collaborated with CEO and Sales Team Director to build a strategic plan of current state vs. target state gap analysis• Created architecture of target state that prioritized business objectives, goals, and metrics/KPIs • Mastermind the scope of organizational change management plan to deliver training to sales staff for profitability improvement• Produced training development and executed the delivery of a customized solution to team leads that led to increased customer conversionsHOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Houston TXTraining Specialist Consultant • Collaborated with Departmental Chair to mitigate risks and factors impacting current state of organizational change management and stakeholder engagement• Identified and designed a program that increased employee engagement, performance, and productivity • Developed and executed a customized Leadership Development programSHADOW CREEK REALTY, Pearland TX Training Specialist Consultant• Led and facilitated group sessions resulting in : sales improvement, communication improvement, and customer retentionDARRING LAW FIRM, Texas City, TXChange Management Consultant• Led Organizational Change Management team that produced a culture change• Coached leaders and their teams to become change agents through a better understanding of company culture, effective communication, and collaboration• Implemented problem-solving techniques that promoted conflict resolution and increased accountability during change initiative and deployment• Managed client expectations by : communicating status reports, managing risks, facilitating status meetings, and driving decision making when required

Tempe, Az, Us

Houston Chapter of the National Speaker's Association for Professional SpeakersServed as a board member and officer for NSA Houston

Houston, Tx, Us

Manage operational teams (IT and Engineering) to define current state, scope, and deployment plans for software implementations. Coordinate teams on objectives and manage progress to ensure project milestones are executed on time, on budget, and with the desired result. Collaborate and co-develop the SDLC for customized IT solutions. Responsible for the project management of: standardizing processes, creating databases, mitigating risk, and organizing inventory. Oversee quality assurance and quality control. Key Accomplishments• Successfully implemented and led the project phases of various software and hardware solutions, including: Initiation, documenting business requirements, planning, developing functional specs, IT build, managing scope changes and UAT, and system rollout• Supervised and regularly reviewed requirements with IT team to assess and address defects and needed design and scope changes for current and future releases• Gathered lessons learned to establish strategies that optimized processes and tools for project efficacy• Worked with executive team, stakeholders, and IT team to establish and gain consensus on project goals, objectives, and deliverables• Developed training documentation for software solutions

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry

Certification, Coaching