Dustin Swanson Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Az, Us

Orange County, California Area

Client-engaged EVMS & PP&C SME executing various roles of:Sr Management Trusted Advisor | EVM & PMO Tools Lead for $1.5B in project effort across 7 divisions | Trainer | Division EVM Implementation Lead for $218M of projects | Master Scheduler- Provided integral PMO leadership across 7 divisions to standardize and integrate schedule and cost data for a robust EVMS to provide efficient and complete management and control for over $1.5 billion of project effort.- Culmination of achievements led to client in the top 3 for PMI’s prestigious “PMO of the Year” award.- Ensured disciplined and best practice project management methods are consistent across divisions by creating and delivering customized training on planning, project structure, scheduling, and EVM, including real-life, hands-on exercises and 12-hour course presentation. Trained 140+ project leaders and team members and recorded training for on-demand future needs. - Revolutionized reporting of Actuals & EV data by developing dashboards in Power BI and implementing custom "push-button" reporting. Saved countless hours of process time by writing Visual Basic macros.- Provided $218+ million in portfolio financial visibility across 180 projects aggregated across 4 sites by implementing an EVMS and configuring/automating data transfer from scheduling and accounting tools.- Designed and scripted complex Visual Basic macros to automate data transfer between project management tools, saved about 2 weeks of manual processing time per month and sky rocketed confidence in reported data.- Steered acceptance of organizational, tool and process changes across 4 division PMOs (20+ PMs, 15 PP&Cs) by creating over 200 pages of work instructions and documentation; trained and demonstrated process.- Continuously grow SMA talent and sales by interviewing new hire candidates, generating leads to place additional consultants with clients, and providing training, coaching and mentoring for other consultants.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Client-engaged EVMS & PP&C SME executing roles of: Consulting Team Lead for a PMO Gap Assessment | Master Scheduler for a DoD proposal | Master Scheduler for a major defense project under full DoD EVM criteria - Performed gap assessment and implemented an integrated cost, schedule, and resource management strategy to manage $90M/yr of internal R&D plus over $3B of customer projects in an Agile environment.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Client-facing SME to implement integrated Oracle Primavera scheduling system solutions with existing client systems and tools to meet client requirements. Provide leadership and guidance in | scheduling, reporting, and project performance analysis | documentation of scheduling processes | software administrator and user training | - Led consulting efforts as engagement manager; track daily tasks of the implementation team, report milestone status to management and client, direct training efforts, and design tool configuration and documentation.- Streamlined activity planning tools and processes on a large global initiative across 13 regions for a major oil company by developing an integrated solution of P6, Maximo, and Maxavera, and then traveling to 2 international locations to roll out and customize the solution.- Allowed management to shorten the critical path 24% from 21 to 16 months for engineering, procurement, and assembly of major machinery by developing the first integrated master schedule template within Caterpillar Global Mining- Won $35K in new business by demonstrating advanced functionality of P6 scheduling and leveling to 5 decision makers of a prospective client, then completed the implementation 20% ahead of schedule.- Designed and configured an innovative solution of 14 activity codes and user-defined fields, 21 layouts, 41 global change functions, and 122 reports to level and schedule work for hundreds of maintenance work orders in P6- Ensured a key engagement met schedule and financial goals as the engagement manager by tracking daily tasks, expanding chargeable tasks from 1 to 17 in order to control budget and estimate remaining effort, and defining milestones and reporting status to internal and client management.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Direct a team of 3 project coordinators to support 15 project managers and 200 active/planned projects generating more than $100M in revenue annually. Manage the planning of all project work scope and maintain detailed schedules throughout the project lifecycle. Articulate staffing requirements, revenue and sales projections through project schedule data. Led process improvement by implementing earned value reporting. Primavera administrator and trainer. Managed $225K annual dept budget.- Increased data for actuals from 20 to over 200 projects, allowed project managers to see the complete financial value of their projects in the scheduling tool, drove project updates to be completed 1 week earlier, and eliminated 6 hours/month of work for each project coordinator by implementing an automated process to import actuals into Primavera- Helped restructure and create 3 new departments within Engineering to provide visibility to critical labor skill sets and supported hiring additional assembly people to meet increased production by generating enterprise-level resource forecast charts from project schedules showing planned resource requirements- Increased projects supported by coordinators 70% over 12 months with 2% reduction in overtime by implementing more efficient, standardized processes and automating data flow between system tools.- Improved business-level decision-making abilities by expanding and standardizing project reporting and earned value management analysis capabilities to 38% more projects while reducing staff 25%.- Enhanced competitive edge during the bid and proposal process by creating traceability between SOW, schedule, and cost estimate for new proposals and assigning a project coordinator to build integrated schedules.- Proved to be a key advisor to highest levels of management by interviewing and providing feedback into the hiring decision for VP of Programs, at request of GM, as only non-executive to screen and interview candidates.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Lead scheduler and analyst for $140M program to design and manufacture an integrated power and communication system for a new class of naval ships. Work with 12 control account managers to update the schedule and perform variance analysis. Analyze and report resource requirements, actual costs incurred, schedule and cost performance, and earned value data. Present the program cost and schedule status to senior leadership monthly. Primavera administrator and trainer.- Communicated great visibility to all stakeholders of a $140M program of 105 power and communication modules for 3 new naval ships by developing a superior detailed integrated master schedule that was lauded as DRS-PCT’s premier schedule and earned customer praise for the innovative schedule and technique- Provided more efficient organization and communication for 13 project team leaders (PMs, CAMs) by developing a central SharePoint site for 50+ project reports as a project dashboard.

Implement Oracle P6 scheduling solutions to meet client requirements and provide subject matter expertise in software configuration, scheduling, and reporting. Provide user and administrator training.- Authored and delivered seminar on P6 reporting functionality to 215 industry peers at Primavera Annual User Conference.- Streamlined and upgraded 7 refineries by implementing a Primavera scheduling solution to replace an antiquated Artemis system- Instructed 12 people in a 3-day training course on Primavera reporting tools

Manage 60 network technicians and supervise 3 senior-level supervisors in 6 diverse work centers providing 99.99% communications network uptime to 8,500 customers. Oversee maintenance and upgrade actions for $36M of circuit communications equipment, $35M server farm, and $18M of network infrastructure devices. Direct $4.5M network hardware upgrade and daily network software patches.- Earned “Excellent” rating for compliance on all regulations, laws, and directives and developed an approach modeled across 34 units by managing a 12-month project to prepare for a major Unit Compliance Inspection

Greater Milwaukee Area

Updated and maintained the MSOE website using HTML code and Dreamweaver application.- Marketed the Technical Communication career field for potential students and employers by conducting alumni interviews and developing a department website to document alumni career paths and provide links to affiliated professional organizations.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor'S Degree, Technical Communication

Activities and Societies: Peer Mentor Program, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)