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New York, Ny, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

The Hyperloop is the next generation high-speed transportation system where passengers & cargo travel in elevated, low pressure tubes at near supersonic speeds. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) uses a crowdsource model to engage hundreds of part-time technical and business contributorsTeam Lead: Guided structures group and drove progress through early analysis and design phases by serving as liaison between business and engineering. Presented technical designs and analysis to company executives and investors. Provide project management contributions on a part-time basis.

New York, Ny, Us

Establish, refine and enforce governance processes, metrics and measurement to ensure best in class program delivery.► Established and refined the firmwide PMO governance framework affecting the portfolio of technology projects. Guided the business lines on new change control, risk management, budget analysis and project control processes.► Built collaborative partnerships and alliances with business lines of Cyber Security, Wealth Management and Corporate Technology to foster communication of weekly status and accurate executive reporting. ► Performed weekly program and milestone delivery reviews. Analyzed schedules, risks, dependencies and supply chains providing insights to potential slippages and delivery issues.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Provide project management leadership in the Product & Business Transformation groups. Manage technical business programs employing Lean Six-Sigma cost reduction methods.► Used Agile delivery methods to plan and release Clarity PPM enhancements: wrote User Stories, reviewed backlog, planned release timeline and trained user community, resulting in efficient integration of new functionality.► Managed Network Engineering Lean Six-Sigma cost reduction programs. Developed timelines, drove implementation, KPI reporting and prepared monthly executive presentations. 2016 working capital savings of $42M.

New York, Ny, Us

Improved the project approval process: documented process flows, developed dashboards to track processes, uncovered best opportunities for improvement and implemented strategies resulting in approval time decrease of 15%.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Build comprehensive IT PMO to address the FDA’s Consent Decree regarding McNeil’s technology processes. Enhance PMO processes in the Back to Basics (BtB) program, enabling global supply chain efficiencies.► Utilized overseas IT developers to build KPI analytics into production schedules in MS Project Server allowing for improved visibility of tasks with automatic task monitoring, alerts and reporting features.► Partnered with J&J Project Managers to define and manage four Supply Chain projects leading to FDA compliance.

New York, New York, Us

Defined and enhanced project management processes, controls and performance measures. Used industry “Best Practices” that drove PMO toward increased business value and user satisfaction.Selected Accomplishments:► Built and enhanced PMO tools and processes such as the life-cycle project roadmap, schedule templates, risk assessments and performance metrics, achieving streamlined development, tracking and reporting processes.► Advised and trained over 35 project managers in new PMO tools and processes, resulting in an overall compliance rate of over 90% and 20% increase in on-time delivery.► Directed creation of an International PMO in Hong Kong, South Korea, Mexico and India. Worked with representatives in each market to assess PMO maturity and established standard baseline processes in all markets.► Evaluated Project Portfolio Management (PPM) vendor proposals, conducted product evaluations and presented recommendations to executives resulting in the procurement of Clarity PPM

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Certificate, Project Management