Joel Benson Email & Phone Number

209 Madison St #400, Alexandria, Va 22314

• Served as Sr. Project Manager for the Navy Federal Financial Group (NFFG) Data Warehousing, and Analytics project. The project purpose was to develop and deliver a data repository, automated data loads from their five vendors, reporting and analytics for NFFG products/services data - Investments life Insurance, Brokerage, AD &D, and title services. • Managed the 11 month project from Origination (Initiation) to Release, in scope, and on schedule, and on budget. The project involved… Show more • Served as Sr. Project Manager for the Navy Federal Financial Group (NFFG) Data Warehousing, and Analytics project. The project purpose was to develop and deliver a data repository, automated data loads from their five vendors, reporting and analytics for NFFG products/services data - Investments life Insurance, Brokerage, AD &D, and title services. • Managed the 11 month project from Origination (Initiation) to Release, in scope, and on schedule, and on budget. The project involved managing the Clients five vendors to • Estimated the Project Cost, managed Change Requests.• Regularly coordination with the Business Users and Stake Holders to stay aligned with their business needs.• Managed the vendors, insuring that all SLAs and Key Service Provider agreements were up-to-date.• Conducted regular sessions with the SMEs, to insure alignment and to update Functional and Technical Specification documents, Stakeholder Requirements and Requirement traceability matrix.• Created and published Project Schedules with high level milestones.• Regularly met with the stakeholders to create and maintained risks and issues in the Issue and Risk Log in EPPM and SharePoint.• Built relations and worked closely with Business, Dev, Data and Modeling Managers, ETLs, Information Needs Analyst, and SQA team to ensure technical compatibility.• Planned and conducted Implemented plan that included shake-out and back-out plans.• Generated weekly Status Reports to the Business Users, Stake holders, IT and Senior Management team on the Project Progress, Risks and Results.• Successfully managed all phases of the project delivery including Information Needs Analysis, Data Profiling, Source to-Target-Mapping, Data Modeling and Governance reviews , Architecture Review, System Test, User Acceptance testing, Integration Test, Release management and Project Closure. Show less

Department Of State

Served as Technical Manager for the Momentum Performance Budgeting application at the Department of State.Responsibilities included: Serving as key technical point of contact with client; Owner of the technical architecture design document; Creating and handling environments demand schedule, including coordinating with Dev Infrastructure Support to insure asset availability when needed; Managing Technical Analyst and Configuration team; Overseeing the O&M process; Overseeing set up and… Show more Served as Technical Manager for the Momentum Performance Budgeting application at the Department of State.Responsibilities included: Serving as key technical point of contact with client; Owner of the technical architecture design document; Creating and handling environments demand schedule, including coordinating with Dev Infrastructure Support to insure asset availability when needed; Managing Technical Analyst and Configuration team; Overseeing the O&M process; Overseeing set up and maintenance of software test regions; Overseeing development and execution of performance test scripts. Show less

Reston

Sr. Project Manager and Scrum Master on multiple large and complex projects for Fannie Mae Specifically, managed Structured Transactions Trading System, Autowire 2.0— both of which are part of the Common Securitization Platform Initiative — and Loan Performance Publication (LPPUB). These projects incorporated a mix of both SDLC Agile and Modified Waterfall methodologies.Responsibilities included:• Ensured that the three key project constraints are met (scope, schedule and cost)… Show more Sr. Project Manager and Scrum Master on multiple large and complex projects for Fannie Mae Specifically, managed Structured Transactions Trading System, Autowire 2.0— both of which are part of the Common Securitization Platform Initiative — and Loan Performance Publication (LPPUB). These projects incorporated a mix of both SDLC Agile and Modified Waterfall methodologies.Responsibilities included:• Ensured that the three key project constraints are met (scope, schedule and cost) while maintaining quality.• Estimated the Project Cost, managed Change Requests.• Regularly coordination with the Business Users and Stake Holders to stay aligned with their business needs.• Conducted regular sessions with the SMEs, to insure alignment and to update Functional and Technical Specification documents, Stakeholder Requirements and Requirement traceability matrix.• Created and published Project Schedules with high level milestones.• Regularly met with the stakeholders to create and maintained risks and issues in the Issue and Risk Log in EPPM.• Built relations and worked closely with Business, Dev Managers, Developers, Systems Analysis team, and QA team to ensure technical compatibility.• Generated weekly Status Reports to the Business Users, Stake holders, IT and Senior Management team on the Project Progress, Risks and Results.• Successfully managed all phases of the project delivery including Architecture Review, Enterprise Data Governance reviews, Analysis, Development, System Test, User Acceptance testing, Integration Test, Release management and Project Closure.• Monitored the schedule closely to insure the development team got design and code development completed as per the schedule.• Conducted Defect Review meetings during Test Execution to track the defects and resolve the issues.• Extensively used SDLC and Agile methodologies across various projects.• Conducted Project Closeout activities, Lessons Learned and post implementation activities. Show less

Tysons Corner, Va

As Project Manager:• Managed scope, resources, and schedules for projects.• Organized, directed, and managed all aspects of project teams.• Consulted with major stakeholders to formulate and review task plans and deliverables, ensuring conformance with program and project task schedules, costs, and contractual obligations.• Consulted wit and maintained communications with, the client and other project stakeholders.• Created and maintained project artifacts such as the… Show more As Project Manager:• Managed scope, resources, and schedules for projects.• Organized, directed, and managed all aspects of project teams.• Consulted with major stakeholders to formulate and review task plans and deliverables, ensuring conformance with program and project task schedules, costs, and contractual obligations.• Consulted wit and maintained communications with, the client and other project stakeholders.• Created and maintained project artifacts such as the project management plan, project schedule, risk list, and solution specifications document.• Managed risks and issues.• Established and maintained financial and other reports to show status of projects to management and clients.• Organized and assigned responsibilities to subordinates, and oversaw completion of assigned team tasks. Clients included: US Bureau of Census, Xerox, Amtrak, DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Navy (Pentagon), U.S. Army, and the Department of Education Show less

Falls Church, Va

As project Manager:• Successfully lead over fifteen six-to-20 team projects using mostly Waterfall based SDLC methodologies.• Successfully managed and delivered complex technical projects.• Teamed with the Business Users and Stake Holders to understand their business needs. • Created Project Scope and Project Plan documents and worked with Senior Management and stakeholders for approvals. • Estimated Project Costs and got CRs approved for various Projects.• Created and… Show more As project Manager:• Successfully lead over fifteen six-to-20 team projects using mostly Waterfall based SDLC methodologies.• Successfully managed and delivered complex technical projects.• Teamed with the Business Users and Stake Holders to understand their business needs. • Created Project Scope and Project Plan documents and worked with Senior Management and stakeholders for approvals. • Estimated Project Costs and got CRs approved for various Projects.• Created and published Project schedule with high level and detailed milestones.• Coordinated the planning, management and execution of multiple related projects that were directed toward the same strategic objectives.• Managed and mentored resources toward common goals.• Used PowerPoint and Excel to help convey to stakeholders complex information and ideas.• Interacted with sponsors, stakeholders and various project members to ensure that specified business needs were met.• Monitored stakeholder concerns and, consequently, refined project charters, technical solutions, schedules and budgets as needed. Show less