John Geist Email & Phone Number

Leadership of business operations, portfolio management and hybrid project management.

Texas

• Responsible for establishing and executing the Project Management/Project Delivery vision, mission, strategy and structure. Accountable for managing client expectations in partnership with Client Services and ensuring.
• Negotiate contracts, scope deliverables, estimates and write statements of work (SOWs).
• Accountable for successful project delivery (on time, within budget and with client satisfaction).
• Develop, review, approve and communicate project plans for delivery of projects.
• Responsible for end to end delivery of projects and status updates to internal partners and clients in partnership with Client Services, and engagement by other competency representatives to drive successful project.
• Establish a center of excellence for Project Management to develop, recommend, implement and enforce processes, procedures and best practices.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Supervise, coach and mentor the efforts of project managersManage resource assignments for the assigned scope of responsibility, whether it is a program, project or department.Develop and deliver training materials and seminars for PMs and functional managersImplement project governance mechanisms such as advisory groups, steering committees, and executive.

Managed HR time tracking project (Kronos) across multiple divisions located in several StatesManaged corporate headquarters move from Dallas to North Richland HillsManaged the delivery of the new 2006 Health products to the field force, covering 44 StatesCreated and conducted Project Management team member training for all divisions

Managed Web Services for the system upgrade from BEA to WebLogic 6.1, upgrading 18 applications simultaneously to ensure little to no impact to the end userLed implementation of web usage application “Hitbox” for daily metricsActed as liaison between vendor project manager and AdvancePCS Web Service Department to ensure identification and documentation of.

Relocated to international sites as an Ex-Patriot based in London to manage cutover projects in London, Egypt, Bahrain, Singapore, Vietnam, and Argentina -CRS migrations: Aerolineas Argentinas, US Airways, Abacus, American Express Western Europe -Gulf Air (Revenue Accounting, Cargo system migrations)Virtually There travel website (E-Invoice, Car, Hotel.

Sales Representative, responsible for Airline, Car, Hotel, and Advantage bookings

Education record

Pmp, Project Management