Debby Porter Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Project management consultant supporting the IT PMO of an Indianapolis-based global pharaceutical firm. I am currently supporting a variety of IT and Business projects within the PMO of the animal-health division in Greenfield, IN. I am utilizing Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain management methodologies coupled with both ProChain and MS Project Software. This is a dynamic and fast paced environment requiring management of multiple medium to large scale projects simultaneously. Time management, Priority management, Customer engagement and support, and Schedule analysis/managemennt are all required for successful project support/outcome.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Technical Project Manager for the Office of Information Technology. Utilizing SDLC and Agile PM framework to manage a diverse and challenging project portfolio that includes movement of multiple core systems from multiple vendors into a cloud-based data center. Existing systems/tools require substantial code/software enhancements as well. Resources/Headcount are limited, requiring careful resource balancing to ensure all expectations are met. Additionally, this position includes spearheading the development and implementation of a standardized, sustainable, and reproducible suite of tools, processes, and documentation to ensure project management continuity.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Utilized both Waterfall and Agile methods to manage vendor/customer based hardware validation projects for the Electrical/Analog Validation Teams. Transitioned into lab and materials management and control to ensure that the Columbia, SC site was compliant with Intel expectations of a large multi-million dollar lab environment. In addition to traditional PM roles I was also responsible for capital and commodity procurement, inventory management, inventory control, lab cleanliness and safety. Headed effort to add an additional 14,000+ sq. ft. of high-density high-tech hardware lab space and site's first fully secure Inventory Control area. Annually purchased millions of dollars' worth of both Capital and Commodity items. Managed both Capital and Commodity inventory. Project Management, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Warehouse Management, Lab Safety, MS Office, Project, Outlook. Visio. MS SharePoint. Access. SAP based inventory and order management systems.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Franchise owner. Responsible for business plans; budgets; advertising; marketing; personnel management; purchasing; daily/weekly/monthly income reporting; building and equipment maintenance/repair; security; safety; member recruitment; member training; member retention; customer service; Miscellaneous other tasks required to ensure success of the business. Successfully grew the membership, repaired the facility. Budgeting, Planning, Executing to budget and plan. Securing funding. Variety of computer and mechanical skills, Customer service. Inspiring and Encouraging members.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Used primarily Waterfall methodology to manage several IT related projects related to the Health Insurance field. Teams were creating specific custom software to ensure the corporate end users had the insurance coverage levels expected and that the covered employees could process claims without undue difficulty. Usually teams ranged from 5 to 10 software developers, 1-2 software testers, implementation managers responsible for deploying the new software into existing mainframe computers without risking shutting down the ability of members to access their Healthcare information. Expected to fully document all progress utilizing MS Project. Participated at least one Business Continuity exercise and assisted with a multi-year project involving the upgrading of older hardware used to manage US Military insurance (TriCare). Team Building, Team Facilitation, Negotiation, Flexibility, Ability to solve major issues in creative ways, MS Office, Project, Outlook. Visio. MS SharePoint.

Irvine, Ca

Multiple, concurrent projects, usually 6-12 month duration. Mostly one-off projects, requirements that had been overlooked or underfunded during the initial planning phases of major design efforts. Frequent travel both domestic and international. Generally these projects had no resources, no funding, no lab or office space, and poorly defined goals and deliverables. In all cases I had to fully plan, staff, locate, manage, document, report, and deliver with little to no assistance from the Senior Program Managers in my division. Frequently ran large multi-site multi-discipline teams, Product Design Teams, to ensure that all groups, from conceptualization to marketing, were on track and on pace to meet market demand and ensure successful product launches. Solved many issues that would have derailed our schedules or budgets by leveraging the expertise within the teams, and keeping folks goal oriented and on task. Team Building, Team Facilitation, Negotiation, Flexibility, Ability to solve major issues in creative ways, MS Office, Project, Outlook. Visio. MS SharePoint. SAP based inventory and order management systems. Primavera.

Irvine, Ca

Supported small remote site with approximately 125 Engineering employees. Managed a wide variety of site-support projects such as the integration of the original subsidiary company into Intel and onto Intel platforms and programs. Ensured that cross-site communications were successful, including regularly scheduled large tele-conference meetings with senior management. Worked closely with Product Design teams to ensure that Project planning was handled efficiently and correctly. Frequent travel to other Intel sites to interface with parts of the overall project teams and ensure all portions of the projects were proceeding as planned. Created indicators, metrics, and presentations to accurately report progress and roadblocks to the primary Project Management team and avoid any surprise schedule failures. Flexibility, Team Leverage, MS Office, Project, Outlook. Visio. MS SharePoint. SAP based inventory and order management systems. Primavera. Customer Focused.

Rio Rancho, Nm

Designed and Developed internal websites/pages. Worked closely with specialty app developers to ensure the sites/pages performed according to engineering requirements. Integrated information from databases (usually MS Access at this point) to ensure centralized information storehouses. Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Design Planning, MS Office, Project, Access, Outlook. Adobe Photoshop. Visio. HTML. FrontPage. JAVA. PERL. C++.