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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Fl, Us

• Mentor other Project Managers and Business Analysts• Coordinate and schedule meetings as required with stake holders and other team members• Prepare meeting minutes and executive dashboards• Manage and assist Business Analysts in preparation of Business Requirement Documents• Direct research on potential technology solutions and implementations in support of new initiatives, opportunities, and procurement efforts• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent project activities• Developed and implemented PMO standards, rules, and governance criteria according to PMBOK principles.• Led Scrum sessions with stakeholders to gather, document and develop project scope, goals, and deliverables, including project dependencies, project plans, budget proposals, communication plans, project scope, project timeline, and milestones.• Led periodic status meetings with stakeholders and touchpoints with technical or business teams• Managed multiple projects. Accountable for delivering projects on time and within scope. Leads and coordinates cross-functional, cross-departmental teams• Communicate project status and other reporting needs to appropriate stakeholders using Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace• Management of multiple concurrent cross functional projects

Forsyth, Ga, Us

• Mentor other Project Managers and Business Analysts• Coordinate and schedule meetings as required with stake holders and other team members • Prepare meeting minutes and executive dashboards• Manage and assist Business Analysts in preparation of Business Requirement Documents• Direct research on potential technology solutions and implementations in support of new initiatives, opportunities, and procurement efforts• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent project activities• Developed and implemented PMO standards, rules, and governance criteria according to PMBOK principles.• Led Scrum sessions with stakeholders to gather, document and develop project scope, goals, and deliverables, including project dependencies, project plans, budget proposals, communications plan, project scope, project timeline, and milestones.• Managed multiple projects. Accountable for delivering projects on time and within scope. Leads and coordinate cross-functional, cross-departmental teams• Communicate project status and other reporting needs to appropriate stakeholders using Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio and Project• Management of multiple concurrent cross functional projects

• Determine and implement strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the IT department• Develop and implement innovative hardware/software solutions to accomplish business objectives• Direct research on potential technology solutions and implementations in support of new initiatives, opportunities, and procurement efforts.• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent IT activities.• Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for efficiencies and process enhancements• Support EDI platform, using SalesPad/Shopify & Microsoft Great Plains ERP• Led Scrum sessions with stakeholders to gather, document and develop project scope, goals, and deliverables, including project dependencies, project plans, budget proposals, communications plan, project scope, project timeline, and milestones.• Managed multiple projects. Accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget, and within scope. Leads and coordinate cross-functional, cross-departmental, cross-company teams responsible for all aspects of a project, from initiation to closure.• 3rd party vendor procurement, including contract negotiation and resource management• Communicate project status and other reporting needs to appropriate stakeholders using Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio and Project• Design and create data models and protocols for production databases and data mining repositories• Design and develop reporting needs of Executives and end users with MS Power Automate, MS Power BI, Microsoft SSRS, and SQL

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Sr. Project Manager / Business Analyst • Determine and implement strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the IT department• Develop and implement innovative hardware/software solutions to accomplish business objectives• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent IT activities.• Design and manage the implementation of electronic document management integration with our CRM and ERP applications for all employee on-boarding documents• Led Scrum sessions with stakeholders to gather, document and develop project scope, goals, and deliverables, including project dependencies, project plans, budget proposals, communications plan, project scope, project timeline, and milestones for conversion of Infor HCM to Microsoft Great Plains, including many interfaces for ancillary application requirements such as timekeeping, custom PTO accrual application and bank reporting• Managed multiple moderate or complex projects and/or components/phases of larger, more complex projects for software conversion or implementation, and application interfaces. Accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget, and within scope. Led and coordinate cross-functional, cross-departmental, cross-company teams responsible for all aspects of a project, from initiation to closure.• 3rd party vendor procurement, including contract negotiation and resource management• Followed Agile PMI standards to manage many software implementations or conversion projects through the project lifecycles of requirements gathering, software selection or design, development, training, UAT, and implementation• Communicate project status and other reporting needs to appropriate stakeholders using Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Visio

Peachtree Corners, Ga, Us

Business Analyst and Project Manager Mar 1991 – Oct 1997• Conducted many client facing interviews to gather business requirements for the purpose of creating a RFP.• Managed many application design and development projects using an Agile management style and full SDLC• Designed and managed the development of Y2k AS/400 source code analysis and conversion tool sold internationally to business partners using the full SDLC techniques• Conducted business requirement interviews with client SME’s, designed and managed the development, conversion and redesign of local sports league scheduling, team, and player management application• Developed the procedures and managed team of 8 for the conversion of AS/400 hardware for 45 distribution centers of large auto parts retailer in a 2-month span using a hybrid approach of Agile and Waterfall project management techniques• Developed the procedures and managed team of 5 for the conversion of hardware for 10 regional manufacturing sites for large apparel company using a hybrid approach of Agile and Waterfall project management techniques• Managed IT team of developers for national door and window manufacturer, designing a variety of application improvements and cross functional improvements.