James Nelson Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, WA, US

Greater Seattle Area

• As head of the Project Management business unit, I am committed to delivering maximum value to clients, whilst ensuring adherence to project scope and profitability. Our team’s mission is to thoroughly and proactively.
• Manage and develop a talented team of Project Managers to achieve organization objectives.
• Issue executive-level reports for invoicing, revenue, and delivery KPIs.
• Develop and maintain process and policy documentation.
• Ensure PMO staff consistently adhere to policies and best practices.
• Provide guidance and support for new product development.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to ensure contracted engagements deliver maximum value, whilst adhering to the project scope and budget. Develop project plans, objectives, and schedules that align.
• Manage project resourcing to ensure efficient and effective project delivery.
• Actively monitor project schedules, progress, and costs to identify and mitigate risks.
• Provide accurate project status updates to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of new project management policies and best practices.
• Maintain highly detailed project information to facilitate forecasting and reporting initiatives.

Seattle, WA

• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to ensure contracted engagements deliver maximum value, whilst adhering to the project scope and budget. Develop project plans, objectives, and schedules that align.
• Manage project resourcing to ensure efficient and effective project delivery.
• Actively monitor project schedules, progress, and costs to identify and mitigate risks.
• Provide accurate project status updates to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of new project management policies and best practices.
• Maintain highly detailed project information to facilitate forecasting and reporting initiatives.

Bellevue, WA

• Driving a comprehensive effort to validate emerging Microsoft technologies within real-world business scenarios. Collaborate with Microsoft’s Marketing, Operations, and Developer Experience (DX) group to manage.
• Manage a pipeline of approximately 75 active customer engagements.
• Oversee the approval process for projects across multiple phase gates.
• Capture and track key project information to produce portfolio level reports.
• Craft an executive summary for each customer engagement, highlighting business value and alignment with program objectives.

Redmond, WA

• Project management, business administration, and operations for the Technology Advancement Group, part of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft.
• Manage the scope, schedule, and budget for international cybersecurity projects.
• Coordinate with Microsoft’s China and Korea subsidiaries to develop project milestones and workflows.
• Manage team budget and spending.
• Provide administrative support for the Senior Director.
• Coordinate feedback and proposed language changes from multiple teams on Chinese cybersecurity legislation.

Redmond, WA

• Manage the recruiting, scheduling, and logistics of usability research on Windows 8 for the Microsoft Windows User Experience team.
• Maintain database of participant and research project information.
• Provide key feedback for process improvement.
• Assist in the design of a proprietary tool for maintaining and tracking research participant information.
• Consult with researchers and marketing teams to develop target demographics for research projects.

Seattle, WA

• Assist families in locating eldercare resources. Provide administrative support for sales team.
• Consistently meet KPIs and performance metrics.
• Engage in process improvement to increase effectiveness of client interactions.
• Train and mentor new team members.

Yantai, Shandong, China

• Instruct English courses for university students in the College of International Business. Develop and execute curriculum. Advise students on academic and career planning.
• Develop teaching curriculum designed to prepare students for careers in business.
• Facilitate engaging discussions with classes of over 40 students.

Certificate In Project Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Speech Communication And Rhetoric