Dylan Sands, Pmp, Psm, Sa Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Reporting to the CEO, I have both accomplished and am progressing towards:Able Process Implementation: Increased project execution efficiency, ensuring consistency in project experience and deliverable quality.Contract and Resource Management: Redesigned and implemented the contract management process and templates, as well as resource allocation processes and reports.Program Management Value Propositions: Developed Able's program management value propositions, contributing to business pursuits and development opportunities.Strategic Vision and Operational Excellence: Developed and executed a strategic vision for program management, integrating business strategy, operational execution, and technology to meet partners' evolving needs. Designed processes, systems, and tools for efficient delivery and consistent partner value.Team Leadership and Development: Inspire, unify, and grow a diverse team of program management professionals across the U.S. and LatAm, fostering collaboration and maximizing collective talent and output, while overseeing their professional and personal development.Partner Engagement and Business Growth: Collaborate with partners to understand their needs and deliver exceptional results, identify new business opportunities, articulate Able's value proposition, and contribute to the Executive Leadership Team to shape the company's future direction.Program Tracking and Client Guidance: Monitor program execution and progress, providing tailored guidance to meet client and program needs.Financial Oversight and Performance Management: Oversee the financial performance of programs led by direct reports, conduct performance evaluations, set goals, and determine salary adjustments.Refined Performance Evaluation Process: Enhanced Able’s performance evaluation process by introducing objective metrics and specific evaluation criteria, reducing subjective interpretation and increasing consistency and clarity for direct reports.

Leads and mentors a cohesive, high performing team of 15 program managers and business analysts who partner with stakeholders from initial conception and strategic planning through successful, cross-functional execution of significantly complex and high visibility programsResponsible for creating, building, managing, and maintaining a large PMO ($50mm engagement) within a financial institution. As the primary lead, the goal was to successfully implement a new technical platform, architecture, procedural, and cultural transformation. Due to being behind in their technology and application scalability, I needed to envision and implement the organizational, procedural, operational, and technical changes required to successfully accomplish this transformation at scale.Owned the weekly operational cycle required/tailored to support the program including: Business Development and estimate updates for program planning and scheduling; Resource skills and capacity estimates/projections; Program/project staffing; Recruiting needs and timing; Revenue and cost forecastingManage client engagements from pursuit (estimation, contract, resourcing) through execution ensuring on-time, scope-complete, and within-budget delivery (Programs up to $50mm)Guide enterprise companies through organizational and technical transformationsResponsible for Program Management Department budgets for training and team building ($75,000 annually)Crafted and implemented the program budget tracking tool and best practices now used on over 700 programs across the company for managing program financialsLead Program Management Department initiatives including resource onboarding, training, Collaboration Labs, and team buildingCreated the training program and continued learning initiatives for Program Management new hiresScreen, interview, provide feedback, and hiring decisions for Stellar Elements PM applicants

Coordinated and managed a variety of IT and Business Management projects, including software/website development, data center implementations, database design and creation, process automation, and department/infrastructure assessments.Led multiple Project Management Offices for teams of 5 or more in software and vendor selection, process refinement and implementation.Provided oversight and guidance to clients in a diverse array of industries including utilities, energy, software design, chemical manufacturing, insurance risk assessment, oil and gas, and consulting.Performed frontline application and database support on both Windows and Solaris systems, using UNIX and Batch languages.

Conceptualized, designed, and led the development of Eadand’s core IP, Game-Wagers; a web application game centered around esports match prediction, rewarding players with gaming peripherals and games.Led the development of the company's strategy, implementation of the company's long and short term plans, and ensured the company is appropriately organized and staffed.Assessed the principal risks of the company and ensured that these risks are monitored and managed.Communicated effectively with shareholders, employees, Government authorities, other stakeholders and the public.

Project Manager – Medical Market Research Client Services- Responsible for end-to-end project governance for assigned projects - define and track potential hurdles and milestones- Consistently exceed client expectations for delivering market research data and services resulting in 95% positive client feedback- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication to attain consensus with internal and external partners- Manage multiple concurrent projects to schedule and budget – consistently exceeding a 70% profit margin- Projects ranged from $5,000 to $350,000 in total revenue- Create, analyze, and deliver data and statistical reports used to facilitate major project decisions and gauge process feasibility- Developed and piloted a new position, Project Analyst, to function as a liaison between internal and external clients - Increased Project Manager productivity by 150% - Assimilated daily and weekly reports for senior management to track Project Manager workflow and performance - Implemented position throughout entire company as a result of its success