Joan Solly, Pmp Email & Phone Number

At 2U, we power world-class online education and in-person boot camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities transform in the digital era—and eliminate the back row in higher ed. #NoBackRowI served as a player/coach within the 2U Human Resources team. I lead a team of PMs while also maintaining my own portfolio of projects. I supported the People organization, including but not limited to: updating business processes, systems and technology, organization structures and more. My team and I strived to build change capability among the broader People team in order to equip everyone with the tools and resources needed to navigate change effectively and execute projects on their own. We applied processes to develop and implement effective change management strategies and plans that maximized employee adoption, improve organization performance, and increase operational efficiencies. I often identified, assessed and prepared risk mitigation tactics, including plans to manage anticipated resistance to change. Most of my projects required partnerships across different teams to achieve project objectives.

Hanover, Md

Manage and monitor multiple projects in partnership with stakeholders from all levels of the company to ensure projects are progressing as planned. Analyze, evaluate and report around metrics to interpret the effectiveness of a project/program and determine if goals and objectives were met. Research and investigate new or improved organizational development practices for application to improve current operation. Manage projects from ideation to implementation via six phases: investigation, design, build, pilot, launch, and measure. Connect cross functional team members with each other to promote collaboration and to remove potential or existing roadblocks to the success of the project. Utilize change management knowledge to help teams become more comfortable with the benefits of transforming the business from the status quo through evolution.

Falls Church, Va

Supported the Government Project Officer and the Project Manager with operational tasks. Was responsible for editing and monitoring documentation reviews to ensure adherence to the project plan. Assisted with writing content for weekly information reports and maintained projects’ information on the PMO’s web portal. Represented the team at PMO wide meetings and provided the status of our project. Coordinated meetings for the Product Line Manager and Project Manager. Ensured that all action items assigned to team members were completed by the due date to help keep the project on schedule. Developed and enhanced relationships with both client and vendors. Served as a liaison between the Vendor and the Quality Assurance Test Lab. Assisted in mitigation of identified risks. Frequently helped facilitate demonstrations of product to new team members and stakeholders.

Served as the primary contact for Configuration Management and ensured all reports were edited, and suitable for delivery to the PMO according to delivery dates on the Integrated Master Schedule. Edit and create Standard Operating Procedures for activities within the Test Lab. Conducted quality assurance tests against the software suite of applications. Established a basic knowledge of all software products tested within the lab. Created and edited manual test scripts. Wrote test plans and test reports. Collaborated with the Team Lead and Master Scheduler to ensure documentation and reports were turned into the PMO on time.

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