Janet Samuelson, Cpm Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provide project management to DHS/ MN.IT services for the MInnesota Eligibility Technology System (METS).

Bloomington, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked closely with leadership to develop and build PMO team, establish best practices, and implement project management across the enterprise.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Consultant and Business Project Manager at Wells Fargo Bank, Minneapolis, MN.

Strategic consulting (as an independent contractor), including project management, change management, and leadership in the Information Technology group.

Client: Elkay Corporation, Oak Brook, IL. Location: Medallion Cabinetry, Waconia, MN. (Project-based work).· Provided project management for multi-phase, highly customized, ERP/supply chain implementation within the manufacturing sector. Organized project teams, identified and implemented reporting systems and structures, and initiated project governance, discipline, and controls for core and extended teams.· Worked with leadership to implement change management and strategies for effective business processes, project-based documentation, team resourcing, and Information Technology (IT) policies, procedures, and best practices as they impacted the ERP/supply chain project.· Worked closely with core team members to gain organizational alignment of business processes, project strategy and implementation, IT changes, and project opportunities.- Performed user and technology assessments to determine project issues, constraints, and next steps.· Provided cross-functional leadership to teams in heavily-matrixed organization· Managed teams in fast-moving, changing environment

Client: ADC Telecommunications, World Headquarters (Project-based work).- Manage Core Leadership Team, Extended Team, and Steering Committee to successfully initiate and deliver an aggressive, strategic, fiscal year-end change to SAP financial systems for a telecommunications manufacturer, on-time and on-budget.- Direct cross-functional team of 100 global resources by creating a project management framework. Established reporting processes, managed resources, deliverables, and broad range of global stakeholders to successfully implement project discipline and accountability. - Effectively use influencing and communication skills to manage project issues, risks and constraints. Managed key decisions affecting program and project management. Own relationships and communication with internal stakeholders and leadership. - Held bottom-line responsibility for project deliverables- Responsibile for all project-based communications. Effective oral and written communicator.

- Provided strategic project and program leadership for in-house consulting services group for healthcare organization. As a leader, collaborated and partnered with information technology and multiple business services teams to deliver project delivery structure and strategy for the group's business and technology-related projects.- Led the planning, strategy definition, and execution of PMO best practices within program, project, and portfolio management. Included initiating, development, implementation, and completion of projects and all related deliverables. - Developed and managed project-based change management and communications initiatives, including stakeholder and steering committee communications. (This assignment was project-based and started with United Healthcare World Headquarters project work through Advanced Information Technology as sub-contractor and includes promotion to FTE within the eLoyalty organization).

- Managed software development life cycle (SDLC) and FDA compliance-driven, SQL Server 2005 custom development projects.- Led team of 53 resources to successful, on-time implementation of a patient management system and an inventory management system which resulted in achieving strict FDA mandates and business objectives. - Delivered systems at 10% under budget.- Achieved significant improvements in product shipments and visibility to these shipments by recommending newly-designed business processes. - Managed project issues, risks, obstacles, project plan, communications, and budgets while achieving baseline PMO standards and managing project lifecycle components.- Held bottom-line accountability for scope, schedule, and budget. - Implemented project best practices resulting in thorough assessments, accurate Software Validation Reports, and quality systems development, to meet FDA, HIPAA, SOX, and BSC auditing standards.

Responsible for developing and managing products and services to support the consulting practice. Directed all practice-related activities, including staffing, recruitment, and project management. Client, 3M World Headquarters, J. D. Edwards (JDE) Global (OneWorld) Project: Held responsibility for globally dispersed project team to manage quality assurance testing efforts for 3M's implementation of JDE distribution and manufacturing suite, including managing test plans (for Legacy systems, custom interface, and applications development), test scenario development, issue resolution, and project management.Client, Hutchinson Technology, World Headquarters, Project Manager, Movex ERP Project: Provided direction, project management, and change management expertise in the areas of business process analysis, process flows, and customer-specific business requirements. Managed schedules, scope, budget, communication, and risks while ensuring on-time completion and planned results. Established project management metrics and improvement opportunities.Client, Alps Automotive: Created niche-based Enterprise Learning and change management services for global automotive manufacturer. Worked closely with global team to produce change management strategy (and delivery) and materials in two languages. Managed key deliverables and decisions for JDE (World) Production Planning and Scheduling, Forecasting, and Estimating in relation to systems, process, training, and change management for US and Mexico operations. Directly supervised team of 40.Client, Collector's Source, Project Manager: Managed CRM implementation in areas of RFP initiation, vendor selection, technical requirements definition, testing, infrastructure support, hosting site development, and implementation of project.

Managed successful transportation and logistics on-demand transportation solution in food distribution and manufacturing.Directed teams of 25 resources, 30-plus business processes, and all project-related deliverables in environments of high change.Established project plans, managed implementation, and monitored progress to ensure timely and cost-effective completion of projects in support of client Land O' Lakes' supply chain management initiatives.Created and implemented streamlined business processes which saved $400K in first-year usage for clients by leading business process analysis workshops, gaining consensus on To Be processes, and documenting business requirements.

Created business unit and services offerings to augment J. D. Edwards projects. Delivered solutions on-time and on-budget to global customers. Managed team of internal and external resources to deliver client services, training, technical documentation, and change management offerings to JDE distribution and manufacturing clients.

Managed business process documentation for largest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transformation project, including development of global training content and standardization of processes. Served as team lead and key contributor as ERP project team member. Managed project team to 100% on-time delivery.