George A. Smith Email & Phone Number

Princeton, Nj

As project manager, I led cross-functional teams to complete mostly waterfall projects almost always on time and usually on budget.• Instilled discipline and structure to a floundering vendor enhancements project by clarifying scope, improving schedule tracking, and building a more viable relationship with the vendor.• Improved visibility for the Office of the President for 15 cost saving, Lean 6-Sigma, cross- functional projects by using an effective project scheduling and tracking technique. • Reduced the project duration from 15 weeks to 12 for a software release of an overseas vendor by incorporating the vendor’s delivery schedule into our own schedule.• Led an innovative, cross-functional project to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the scoring of teacher licensure tests. • Built a clear and comprehensive 12,000-line Microsoft Project schedule for a four million dollar bid to the Texas education department for teacher licensure tests. • Accelerated the pace of an Agile project, pushing staff accustomed to a more methodical waterfall approach. • Managed seven complex schedules, risks, and issues for a project to administer the high school testing program in the UK.Within the 35- member Corporate Project Management Office, implemented consistency and improved communication with clients by installing 11 best practice standards.

Franklin Lakes, Nj

As a project management consultant my main work was successfully tracking and controlling the $100,000,000 project described below.• Assisted in the building of a $100,000,000 automated pharmacy by building and managing a 5,000 line project plan, managing risks, and tracking issues. The project finished 11 weeks ahead of schedule and on budget. • Wrote a winning application for the Project of the Year 2002 global competition sponsored by the Project Management Institute about this automated pharmacy project. Our entry placed in the top three world-wide.• Saved $3,000,000 of operating costs in the construction of this automated pharmacy facility by improving the schedule to prevent a three-week slippage.• Took control midway through lagging HIPAA project and completed it on time. • Improved staff skills by creating and teaching a time-saving two-hour Microsoft Project course customized to Medco project management methodology to over 200 people company-wide.

Somerville, Nj

As a PMO consultant I managed projects for clients. I also taught project management and Microsoft Project classes for clients.• Tracked progress on 222 Y2K projects across 42 New York City agencies for the Mayor’s Office of Operations. All projects completed on schedule. • Disciplined a $12,000,000 out-of-control project of American Cyanamid Company onto a tightly controlled planning and tracking regimen.• Enhanced a three-day project management concepts class and taught it to over 1,000 people among a dozen corporate clients.• Developed a two-day Microsoft Project course infused with critical path project management methodology and taught it to over 300 people among a dozen corporate clients.• Developed and taught for KPMG a unique five-day project management concepts course that integrated Microsoft Project instruction and included mentoring of students’ own projects.

Mba, Marketing And Finance, Top Third Of The Class

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba In History; Master Of Arts - Ma In History, History, Graduated With Honors In History

Activities and Societies: I led the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in the Spring Sing competition three years in a row. We won all three years.