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• Plan and manage the scope, timing and budget of assigned IT/Business Projects.
• Lead and acquire project resources through the project lifecycle.
• Mitigate/track risks, action items, issues, and decisions.
• Develop Weekly Status Reports.
• Monitor project resources burn rate and budget.
• Manage the change control process to reflect changes in requirements, deliverables, dates, or budget.

Rockville, MD

• Mentor/coach project managers and improve process/templates.
• Manage the Planisware implementation for Research and Development global wide in place of MS Project Server.
• Deliver quality programs/projects within the constraints of scope, time and budget, e.g., SAP EnableNow Implementation.
• Drive global AWS Managed Services – ServiceNow integration through project lifecycle including risk management and meeting security and Good Practice (GxP) regulations.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Lead the global virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) implementation/migration on Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure and VMware Cloud on AWS disaster recovery for a user community of 12,000 including the first.
• Manage global resources/partners, project governance, project schedule, project risks, including driving the security requirements for company-wide software/hardware projects.

Germantown, MD

• Managed the Windows 10/Office 2016 implementation/migration for a user community of 10,000.
• Drove security and technical assessments to formal recommendations for federal management consideration.

Gaithersburg, MD

• ITIL V3 COMPLIANT
• Managed the successful completion of the 2nd largest customer’s application development and infrastructure project portfolio. Resulted in the client signing a 5 year, $40 million contract.
• Enhanced project life cycle customer experience by improving governance that increased product time to market 30%.
• Led new and ongoing sales opportunities that evolved into programs/projects. Ensured revenue retention.

Gaithersburg, MD

• GXP COMPLIANT
• Managed projects to client satisfaction through standard PMI processes on time and budget by setting expectations, planning, communicating, and expecting challenges.
• Drove the Oracle enterprise/standard server consolidation that resulted in $3 million cost avoidance.
• Led the global Cisco Unified Communications upgrade for over 5000 users.
• Managed the global wireless network for the Electronic Lab Notebook implementation. Increased productivity by 50%.

Rockville, MD

• HIPAA COMPLIANT
• Managed the $7.5 million Enterprise Information Management (EIM)/Business Intelligence (BI) software/hardware/security project portfolio across multiple business lines.
• Drove the Data Center virtualization project to completion.
• Corrected a multiple Business Unit/IT failing project into a model project by meeting the client’s expectation through leadership, communication, planning, collaboration, process, and motivation.
• Managed small to large complex projects over multiple Business/IT Units through the full project life cycle that resulted in all of the projects having a positive ROI within the first year (from $20K/1% - $300K/20%)..
• Contributed to the Planview Project Portfolio Management Tool Core Implementation Team because of my expertise in PMI process, project management governance, planning, risk management, and Key Performance Indicators.

Germantown, MD

• ISO 9000 CERTIFIED
• Managed the program/project portfolio for a $1.4 billion company including: M&A IT infrastructure/ applications integration, IT governance, Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), mentoring/coaching project managers and.
• Led several critical application migrations including Lotus Notes email to Microsoft Exchange, HR systems, Finance systems, and Lotus Notes data bases due to several acquisitions.
• Steered the development and implementation of a global Finance/Order Management Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that booked and shipped $250 million the first year.
• Drove the CRM vendor selection process and saved the company 48% of the total cost.