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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cat Digital portfolio management lead responsible for creating a demand management solution including a decision making framework to assess, score, and prioritize new demand, while enabling change control to support over 300 annual work requests from Cat Digital's industry partners. Gathered PPM requirements, created a product driven portfolio design supporting 99 products and $400 million in recoveries, selected a PPM tool, and enabled PPM capabilities including: Cost Management & Financial Systems Integration, Demand & Change Request Management, Portfolio Management & Governance, Schedule Management/Roadmaps & Azure DevOps Integration, Resource Management, and Status Reporting.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Analytics portfolio manager enabling PPM capabilities including: cost management, demand management, governance, and portfolio management for an $80 million project portfolio supporting over 100 work requests from Caterpillar Industry groups. Agile practice lead accountable for deploying Agile and Scrum across the entire Analytics department resulting in improvements in customer satisfaction and value based delivery. Operations lead responsible for improving leadership collaboration, alignment, and strategy execution, designed and implemented a Balanced Score Card to help the Analytics department effectively communicate, measure, and manage its strategic objectives.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Program Manager responsible for implementing structure at a program level and managing execution at a project level. Accountable for developing in-depth program knowledge, managing stakeholders, ensuring the quality of benefits delivered, managing risks, and financial management, for a program encompassing 3 Scrum teams. Implemented an Agile development framework and supporting tools and provided resources with ongoing training and coaching. Nurtured relationships with executives and provided Data Innovation Lab with a Scrum framework to manage future work.

Greater Chicago Area

Engagement Manager responsible for participating in sales pursuits, gathering requirements to assess client needs, and creating engagement proposals. Responsible for managing all aspects of client engagements including but not limited to: client relations, engagement roadmaps, financial forecasts and budgets, timelines, scope, resources, quality control, implementation, and transition plans. Worked directly with client stakeholders to establish, measure, and report on critical success factors. Supported the management consulting practice by mentoring resources, creating reusable assets, growing accounts, and establishing new business.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Managed all aspects of product development for one of the largest healthcare data warehouses in the US, supporting $800 million in corporate revenue. Collaborated with product management to plan achievable product roadmaps. Managed budgets/forecasts, timelines, and scope ensuring the successful delivery of multi-million dollar programs and projects. Completed rolling wave and annual planning with senior leadership to identify strategic objectives, approve budgets, and determine resource requirements. Accountable for talent acquisition activities, resulting in establishment of high-performing teams. Improved platform SLAs by increasing throughput focused on automation, performance, and data quality.