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West Valley, Ny

A. Provides project management and program planning support including baseline development, management and change control. B. Provides technical guidance, coordination and interface to the prime contractor and other DOE-WVDP contractors in the areas of project management, change control, project planning, performance and reporting, schedule analysis, program administration and Project Baseline Summary (PBS) management. C. Monitors fiscal year budget activities from the Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Legislation associated with WVDP appropriations. D. Coordinates Strategic planning efforts and ensures integration into program and budget formulation and execution efforts. E. Oversees implementation of Life Cycle Asset Management. F. Evaluates and reports project performance including tracking and monitoring of cost and schedule variances and related corrective actions. G. Leads collection, analysis, trending, and reporting of project wide performance metrics. H. Assists Federal Project Directors with data entry into Integrated Planning, Accountability, and Budgeting System (IPABS), Project Assessment and Reporting System (PARS), and preparation of QPR / ARRA monthly presentations. I. Contributes to the award fee evaluation.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

•Performs price and cost analyses on the various elements of major contractor proposals, reviewing in detail the significant direct and indirect cost elements such as: material; labor; overhead; general and administrative expenses; facilities; engineering; special tooling/special test equipment; packaging and packing; transportation; and other costs for allowability, allocability and reasonableness.•Forecasts price trends, economic factors and efficiencies in production for future accounting periods using analytical techniques such as random sampling, cost models, learning curves, and parametric cost models.•Requests, coordinates and integrates into a comprehensive pricing report the various technical evaluations of cost elements such as engineering; start-up labor; facilities; subcontractor overhead and profit; inefficiencies of idle labor; special delays and standby costs; escalation factors; home office allocations; job site/field service costs; overhead; and profit. Evaluates technical, audit reports, and legal opinions to determine the reasonableness of the various cost elements or justified exceptions in terms of factors such as risk, extent of government assistance, problems of capital investment, and extent of subcontracting.•Reviews and evaluates contract price proposals for adequacy and compliance with laws and regulations, and with the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). •Evaluates financial statements, commercial credit reports, cash flow, and other financing arrangements to establish the contractor's financial capability to successfully perform the contract to completion.•Reviews the contractor forward pricing rate, final overhead rate, and cost impact proposals, conducting an in-depth analytical and judgmental evaluation of the proposal to determine reasonableness, accuracy, timeliness, and completeness. •Develops and recommends price/cost objectives for negotiations.

Cheektowaga, Ny

•Generate financial reports using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to summarize financial data for management and executives. •Accounting responsibilities such as analyzing bill of materials and budgeted costs to actual costs. •Responsible for utilizing internal programs to develop and maintain recordkeeping and accounting systems. •Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to make sound financial recommendations.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

•Assisting in budget creation process for portfolio companies for 2012•Analysis of major internal and external metrics that are used as benchmarks•Creating and developing vital reports and assisting senior management with major and detailed decision-making •Scenario/sensitivity analysis based on ideas put forth by senior management•Interfacing with senior management on analysis needs for the business as it grows•Helping to streamline current operational and budget-related processes•Researching and analyzing comparable companies in the for-profit education space

Niagara Falls, Ny

•Prepare annual capital and operational budgets, including entry of data into ACSC•Prepare and maintain the Daily Operational Report expenses, with focus on accuracy and actual costs and updated reporting to suit the corporations needs•Assist the Budgeting and Analysis Manager with monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting of the corporations revenues and expenses•Prepare flux analysis, on a monthly quarterly and annual basis, to budget and prior year financials•Prepare monthly and quarterly operational reports and associated data tables•Compile and prepare corporations quarterly operational presentation•Assist Operations and Marketing Analysts with projects and analysis, as needed•Attend and participate in property monthly financial reviews•Experienced with Cognos, Showcase, GolfPro, Infinium and ACSC•Attended Moss Adams - Internal Audit training

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

*Coordinated the preparation of the annual operating and capital budgets and periodic estimates, while working closely with all departments to ensure accuracy and reliability of data*Performed analysis to provide management with recommendations to enhance cash flow performance*Review and analyze monthly revenues including rate/volume analysis, as well as programming expenses to identify variances and determine current and future exposures to the division*Participates in annual rate calculations and preparation of supporting schedules*Responsible for subscriber tracking and reporting, also maintain various subscriber reports produced for division management*Assess financial reporting and analysis for accuracy, comprehensiveness, reasonableness and impact*Complete assigned audit control duties to confirm the Division's compliance with company policies and procedures*Received Summit Recognition Award for community involvement, high levels of performance effort and outstanding customer service in the WNY division

Implemented a returned billing statement procedure to help process returned billing statements*Scanning and sorting of customer agreements into Docuware database*Operated buf.support@twcable.com, answering customer complaints and concernsregarding their service*Experienced with the following software applications, ICOMS, DOCUWARE, Viewpoint, Hard Metrics, NOSA and COGNOS*Entering work orders and customer information into ICOMS billing system and providing customer service*Answered questions and researched customer inquiries and took appropriate action, such as correcting billing errors or adjustments, etc

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Helped build customer loyalty through advanced troubleshooting of escalated customer inquiries regarding high speed internet products and services. Educated Time Warner Cable customers about PC equipment, e-mail, software and cable modems in a high-volume/high-demand inbound call center environment*Troubleshoot customer issues concerning HSI products and services which have been escalated by the Tier I department; Using some general guidelines and processes, researched technical issues and brought to resolution or determine that the issue should be escalated*Analyze customer historical data to determine which solutions have been tried and provide alternative recommendations*Resolve specific technical issues regarding more advanced aspects such as the NIC, PC settings, server data and boot files and installing hardware and drivers, etc*Experienced with the following software applications, Microsoft Office products, IEX, Remedy and various billing applications

Daily responsibilities include reviewing and insuring that work quality and service levels are at or above goal while driving our close rate goal and promoting our sales growth*Responsible for building team cohesiveness, assist with managing and developing a staff to achieve a positive customer experience.*Keep inventory management to ensure that loss-profit margin was kept at a minimum*Helped to initiate a brand new store design and completely reorganize the store to help start a new company image

Mba, Business, 3.4

SUMMER SESSION 1 2004 - Deans List SUMMER SESSION 2 2004 - Deans List FALL 2004 - Deans List

Bachelors, Business, 3.2

Fall 2002 Academic Honors List

Associate'S, Business Administration, 3.5

FALL '00 - Deans List

Certified, Tool And Die Making

High School Diploma, General