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Mcminnville, OR, US

Salem, Oregon, United States

Salem, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

• Hired as Project Manager for the Web App Integration team at Daimler Trucks North America, a Fortune 100 company with 37 sites across Canada, the United States and Mexico.
• Early adopter of standards and practices for Agile project management including use of Visual Studio Online to convert WBS to backlogs in preparation for sprint planning
• Contributed to establishing project goals and objectives for Web Services group by facilitating meetings, interviewing staff and systematically… Show more
• Contributed to establishing project goals and objectives for Web Services group by facilitating meetings, interviewing staff and systematically documenting charters, risks, scope statements, deliverables and benefits.
• Completed proof of concept project for automating web app development using UrbanCode Show less

Tualatin, Oregon

Re-hired as Project Manager for a network infrastructure improvement project serving a client with more than 80 sites worldwide. The team performed assessments, gap analyses, set standards and provided recommendations for the improvement of the global LAN, WAN, WAAS, QOS and Wireless infrastructures.

Tualatin, Oregon

• Responsible for managing infrastructure improvement and software development projects using Scrum and Waterfall in a highly technical, fast-paced environment.
• Took over project to select and implement infrastructure monitoring tool: Completed proof of concept; selection; procurement; and kicked off implementation with 16-person team
• Performed scrum master role on software development project for automated server provisioning
• IT equipment inventory and lease return project:… Show more Responsible for managing infrastructure improvement and software development projects using Scrum and Waterfall in a highly technical, fast-paced environment.
• IT equipment inventory and lease return project: took over, re-organized and set on path to success Show less

Salem, Oregon

• Wrote Project Management Plan with Project Director and Senior Project Manager
• Created and maintained integrated project schedule in collaboration with System Integrator
• Ensured timely, coordinated vendor invoice and deliverables tracking and approval
• Managed project documents, artifacts and on-time submission to State and Federal Agencies

Durham, Oregon

• Created and maintained Master Integrated Project Schedule with the system integrator
• Ensured compliance with CMS requirements for document and artifact submission
• Tracked and processed the System Integrator and QA vendor deliverables

Durham, Oregon

• Worked across the program to create and maintain an Integrated Project Schedule
• Created and led weekly status meetings which enabled 20+ project managers to compare and monitor cross-program deliverable dependencies and statuses
• Maintained project risk log; facilitated risk management meetings
• Led project to transition triage and incident management of the portal and public site from the Go-Live Command Center to the Cover Oregon Help Desk

Salem, Oregon

• Implemented enterprise development schedule and schedule management plan
• Engaged Cover Oregon executive and manager-level support for using the schedule and its reports across the enterprise
• Let integration of corporate development, infrastructure, app dev and portal schedules

State Of Oregon Department Of Revenue

• Created and maintained the master project schedule, update process and template
• Developed Staffing Look-Ahead tool that enabled managers to do project resource planning up to six weeks in advance
• Provided regular reports on schedule status to project steering committee

Salem, Oregon

• Managed project to migrate and upgrade SharePoint document repository
• Enabled stricter compliance with contractual not-to-exceed invoice amounts by developing tools to predict and track staff work hours and costs
• Maintained detailed operations and master project schedules.
• Developed and maintained and presented deliverable metrics and reports
• Prepared monthly client invoices with summary reporting
• Generated and managed project staff communications

Salem, Oregon

• nextSource, Inc, (Consulting Direct, Portland, OR)
• Coordinated the move of the 70 person State project team to a new project facility.
• Managed the implementation of a SharePoint project document repository

Wilsonville, Oregon

• Led project to implement new global help desk software and processes resulting in a consistent customer and IT experience for managing IT incidents and service requests. This effort included managing vendor.
• Led IT Infrastructure Change Control Process re-engineering project resulting in a net reduction of IT incidents, more stable IT environment, and increased customer satisfaction. Wrote and published approved.
• Led IT Infrastructure Change Control Process re-engineering project resulting in a net reduction of IT incidents, more stable IT environment, and increased customer satisfaction. Wrote and published approved.

Seattle, WA

• Director of Technical Support – Managed nationwide help desk and desk side support; IT purchasing administration; PC asset management; and desktop technology architecture.
• Directed nationwide PC lease return and technology refresh project; completed on time and more than $500K under budget.
• Managed development and delivery of end-user training for nationwide video teleconferencing network resulting in reduced travel and support costs and increased compliance with corporate travel… Show more Director of.
• Managed development and delivery of end-user training for nationwide video teleconferencing network resulting in reduced travel and support costs and increased compliance with corporate travel policy. Show less

Tukwila, WA

Reporting to the Board of Directors of this startup credit union service organization, I managed a venture which developed and hosted online business intelligence tools for credit unions.

Kirkland, WA

Selected by the CIO and IT Operations director of this Internet startup to establish and manage a support organization that provided end-user support and problem management for enterprise systems, applications and the full lifecycle of corporate desktop and mobile computing resources.

Bsba, Communications Management

Activities and Societies: Sigma Beta Delta Graduated Cum Laude

Associate'S Degree, Letters, Arts And Sciences

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Communications Management

Bsba, Communications Management