Eliseu (Eli) Afonso Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Smithfield, Ri

Share my talents with an outstanding team of strategic transformation professionals while providing project management services for an exceptional "member" focused health care organization. ♦ Support enterprise governance project in-take, strategic planning, approval and prioritization process. Direct and coordinate proposal, business case, and cost / benefit analysis ROI development.♦ Utilize leadership and team building skills to collaboratively initiate, estimate, plan, and execute high-impact multi-million dollar technology enhancement and process improvement initiatives. ♦ Deliver value by maintaining project alignment with corporate goals and ensuring budget, schedule, scope, and quality objectives are consistently met or exceeded. ♦ Interface effectively at all levels. Communicate proactively with project team members, executive sponsors, internal / external clients, business partners, and vendors to achieve successful outcomes. ♦ Maintain exceptional stakeholder engagement, accountability and trust through inclusion, collaboration and transparency.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Chartered and established PMO as IT center of excellence and centralized PPM functions. Implemented proven methodologies, standards and best practices, and promoted organization-wide adoption. Oversaw respective team and project budgets and aligned resources with critical, high-impact initiatives, corporate vision, strategy, and goals. Established strong track record guiding and motivating teams to meet commitments and achieve successful outcomes.♦ Oversaw management, mentoring, and tracking of 15 to 20 multimillion-dollar IT initiatives annually. Provided routine status reporting to executives and organization-wide visibility, ensuring alignment with business operations, financial goals and customer needs.♦ Directly managed up to 3 high impact, multi-phase initiatives annually. Defined and maintained project plans, budget, schedule and standard artifacts. Engaged multiple departments and teams, and verified each project phase was completed on time and budget. ♦ Adapted role to evolving project needs by serving as business analyst, Agile Product Owner and ScrumMaster, QA and testing resource, and applications trainer. Flexibility ensured resource needs were met, product quality preserved, and expenses reduced by eliminating need to hire and train additional resources. ♦ Received 2014 CEO Award for Outstanding Contributions to Company Goals for ensuring PMO resources were aligned with strategic objectives and focused on initiatives which reduced costs, increased process efficiency, resulted in competitive advantage and supported revenue growth.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Managed software development staff and project intake, performed cost benefit / ROI, budgetary and strategic planning, resource / scope / cost / quality control management, application and feature development, change and release management, communications and stakeholder expectations management. Reduced reliance on costly contractors by providing solution definition, design, development, testing, training, deployment, and support services.Notable accomplishments included:♦ Accounting / Finance System replacement, procurement and implementation♦ Customer Relationship Management System procurement, customization and implementation♦ Custom Contract / Product Catalog Management and Invoice Auditing solution development ♦ Post M&A Data and Process migration

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Served and evolved in roles as project manager, software designer, application developer, QA / tester, release manager, application trainer and support specialist, database administrator, business analyst, systems operations, help desk and user support.

Ba, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Kappa Delat Phi Epsilon Member - a philanthropic organization

Management & Executive Leadership Development