John Covington, Mba, Cpa, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• As a program manager, successfully led projects for multiple clients including:
• Implementing a customized benefits portal for one of the nation’s largest third-party administrators (TPA). Customizations improved both client satisfaction and client retention
• Implementing a joint product offering between a leading TPA and one of the nation's largest health insurance payers
• Assessing and remediating potential SOX and general audit findings for a testing and certification organization
• Implementing a new IT Operations model to help ensure consistent, repeatable and scalable processes
• Completing an RFP for selection of an HCM platform and system integration partner

Naperville, IL

• Covington Consulting Services - specializing in large program management and change management.Managed concurrent projects for food sciences client:
• Implementing global data security, data confidentiality and GDPR compliance
• Enhancements to Identity and Access Management
• Separated plant operations networks from business support networks for three processing plants

Naperville

• Using my leadership, planning, and financial skills, I acted in a COO capacity for this 7,000 attendee multi-location megachurch. My major accomplishments included:
• Overseeing $15 million of construction projects
• Developing a $10 million financing framework to fund growth efforts
• Negotiating $3 million of leases for new facilities
• Completing 2 mergers In addition to the large efforts, I led the reinvention of technology systems and financial processes including implementing Office 365, Sharepoint and new a ERP solution and have used Agile.

Greater Chicago Area

• During my 10+ years with CSC, I grew my client impact and my responsibilities significantly.Beginning as Project Manager, I managed the initial engagement for a middle market lending institution, and grew the project.
• Grew the office by 50 consultants through strategic hiring plan
• Led a cost-saving plan reducing total operational costs by 15%
• Oversaw over 30 proposals and active projects to help ensure consistent application of best practicesTools I used in during this time included MS Project, Primavera, Sales Methodologies (Pioneer, Miller Heiman, Relate).

Greater Chicago Area

• I was one of 5 leaders in the internal consulting/reengineering group McDonald's was running during this time. Using the methodology of Michael Hammer, we launched two major change initiatives:
• An effort to revamp marketing planning processes
• An effort to craft new planning process for real estate asset managementTools use included an internally developed change management methodology and MS Project.

Greater Chicago Area

• As a field consultant I acted as a project manager and business analyst on multiple projects. My major accomplish were when:
• I led a team of 30 that rescued an underperforming implementation project and restored an eroding client relationship
• The division president selected me as the project manager to reengineer all of CSC Consulting’s internal financial systems.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Beginning as a senior consultant, my project successes quickly moved me into a senior manager role and led to a transfer to the Chicago office to manage major client projects.During my time with PW, I was frequently.
• Managed an HR system implementation, leading the project for a joint venture between two audit clients. For my efforts, the client awarded me a “project champion” award.
• Led project team through the implementation of new ERP software for glass manufacturing client's plants across the US, resulting in first year cost savings of $4 million
• Turned around a failing point-of-sale modernization project with a multi-location retailer. Overcame anti-consulting bias created by prior consulting firm and completed the project within the revised budget and timeframe
• Created all the tests plans for the conversion of the Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Revenue systems.The tools I used included PW's SDLC, Project Workbench, MS Project, PeopleSoft, and Method 1.

Houston, Texas Area

• Designed, developed and implemented a natural gas pricing subsystem for oil and gas joint venture.
• Promoted from developer to analyst one month into project
• Developed specifications and presented design to client leads in Houston and Denver
• Selected by project management team to take on integration testing lead role

Ba, English

Mba, Finance