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Memphis, Tn, Us

Blacksburg, Va, Us

- Program Integration- Talent Management Transformation - HRIT SME

Hanover, Md, Us

PMO oversight of HRIS projects from intake to execution, leading business stakeholders to identify their needs for technical team deliverables.-Manages process and communications between business partners and third-party vendors for proposals, evaluations, selection, and integrations.-Leads initiative to increase speed of hiring across organization with improved background check requirements for talent acquisition application transition.-Translates business needs from multiple departments in actionable requirements for vendor response and proposal; coordinates feedback for contracting recommendations.

Germantown, Tn, Us

Drives IT PMO projects inclusive of: enterprise identity management, website personalization, procurement, search engine modernization, and process improvement. -Contracted to motivate diverse and globally dispersed business and technology teams in Hybrid/Agile environment to achieve common organizational goals of fourth largest non-profit.-Recovered identity management project to lead enterprise toward a secure provisioning solution, implementing detailed test procedures and migration plans for successful cutover for “single pane of glass” insight to vulnerabilities.-Delivered Oracle ERP procurement project for on-time completion, identifying process gaps for improved quality to meet strict financial auditing standards, vastly increased procurement controls.-Led website optimization and personalization project Statement of Work through contracting, finance, legal departments; time and material contract expertly managed to deliver high value to organization, leaving unspent funds for additional improvements.-Coordinated and led multiple subject-matter experts to support Information Security Department’s critical objectives by creating and managing Jira epics and tasks with Smartsheet tracking.-Built value for the sponsor and stakeholders by leading contract revisions to have vendor technicians implement system health check findings vice just delivering a list of recommendations; implementations achieved user stories, requirements, and overall system improvements.-Queued operational work for information security team to provide finance and procurement leadership with an auditing solution to identify and limit vacant Oracle ERP licenses for future cost avoidance.-Partnered human resources. Information security, and infrastructure departments to streamline and speed the onboarding and termination processes to improve enterprise access control. Key Technologies: Smartsheet, Oracle ERP, SharePoint, Jira, Okta, Workday, Active Directory,

Houston, Texas, Us

PMP certification exam instruction with a wide variety of real-world examples.

Washington, Dc, Us

Naval Support Activity Mid-South Manpower Analysis CenterHuman Resources Staffing Demand Analyst Team Leader-Led team in the statistical analysis and modelling of workload data to produce workforce size estimates.-Leveraged exceptional enterprise systems knowledge to quickly identify sources to support the data transformation and analysis for the construction of workload estimates.-Created key foundational project management documents for studies that became templates for the organization.-Built the project charter, plan, and surveys for the workload study of the organization's Facilities Engineering Departments, promoting teamwork throughout the data collections efforts.-Highlighted the value of Agile Project Management during stakeholder engagement, repeating throughout project life cycles and leading daily scrum with remote team.-Rapidly led employment of remote collaboration technologies during pandemic to improve teamwork and productivity.

Washington, Dc, Us

Operations System Center Enterprise Financial, Human Resources, and Logistic Systems-Built leadership's trust for increasing responsibilities to include enterprise Logistics, Communications, and Human Resource systems in with existing responsibilities of financial systems to create the most dynamic branch charged with $38M budget execution.-Led multiple teams using Kanban and Agile Methodologies to quickly respond to high-priority security vulnerabilities while simultaneously working through sponsors prioritized enhancement backlogs.-Successfully performed as Acting Division Chief for 6 months, managing over 300 personnel. -Provided input as key member to new financial system Integrated Product Team, collaborating with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Joint Program Management Office.-Led financial experts to fully address data interfaces in preparation for data integration with new DHS-wide financial system. -Led $5.3M of legacy financial system IT development efforts to maintain processing capabilities used to execute $18B annually.-Promoted data warehousing plan for legacy financial transactions, as a rollback option, for when the new financial system rollout occurred. -Led business analysis team performing requirements analysis to rapidly respond to congressionally mandated human resources policy changes, successfully integrating complex new retirement system.-Grew movement to adopt Cloud technologies for Human Capital Management system.-Led Cloud Initiatives Team to bound problems of server reliability issues and increased systems costs, creating options endorsed by executive leadership to migrate mission essential systems to a cloud-based solutions to improve risk management position.-Created technology roadmap in response to $10M on-site data center server failure, providing foundational alternatives for future cloud services to protect the enterprise data repository.

Washington, Dc, Us

Operations System Center Enterprise Financial Systems-Planned, negotiated, and developed execution strategies to lead technical integration and test team for all facets of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to meet DoD, DHS, CIO requirements.-Awarded for Cyber Crisis Action Team Tactical Lead implementing increased cybersecurity controls across the DoD Information Network, achieving 100% of network attack remediation goals.-Led Business Process improvement team to construct a process flow to consolidate Shadow IT systems into secure and managed environments. -Led a contracted team to interface with government to achieve security compliance of critical legacy accounting suite and financial systems to pass DoD Command Cyber Readiness Inspection while upholding operational functionality.-Received critical Deepwater Horizon incident files, implemented plan for data transformation and warehousing.-Increased Enterprise Project Management system visibility and viability across significant areas of the organization, making it a pivotal asset in Service Line Model reorganization.-Collaborated in strategic planning sessions to develop organizational policy of the Enterprise Project Management system to aid in future direction of project management office methodologies.-Led geographically diverse teams in development and security compliance of enterprise systems.-Executed stakeholder management, explaining to senior executive leadership the risk to distressed systems, explaining cyber impacts, and funding gaps.-Balanced learning management system (LMS) from on-premise with planned SaaS implementation to accommodate the organization's current business process while positioning for the future.

Washington, Dc, Us

Sector Mobile-Awarded the U.S. Interdiction Coordinator's Award for the implementation of sonar technology that led to the discovery of a sunken vessel with the subsequent recovery of seven metric tons of cocaine.-Key player in multiple joint agency operations supporting cases including drug smuggling, environmental crimes, and terrorism.-Prioritized limited resources to support the most critical missions.-Leveraged complex technical collection equipment to stop false distress caller.-Instrumental in body recovery of downed helicopter pilot by applying sonar experience.

Washington, Dc, Us

Research & Development Center-Awarded Meritorious Service Medal for performance as Field Science Officer in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey to establish the oil spill quantity during the Deepwater Horizon disaster.-Awarded as Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for directing the construction and environment compliance of a multi-dimensional sonar technology.-Reorganized the organization's fire testing facility in cooperation with the U.S. Navy to create the Joint Maritime Test Detachment.-Led Acquisition Program Office's Technology Obsolescence Prevention Plan to develop long-term strategic goals.-Selected to represent unit at Innovation Expo to speak with flag-level officers on applied technology research.-Scientific and Technical Information officer responsible for sharing research information across the DoD.

Washington, Dc, Us

Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center-Recognized for Professional Excellence in Intelligence with the Root Award for field collections.-Award recipient for response operations post Hurricane Katrina with emphasis on field recovery of Automated Identification System (AIS) equipment, configuring to allow vessel movements to be re-acquired for commercial river traffic to resume.-Awarded for the application of COTS products toward technical collections capabilities including the organization's first aerial collections of vessel AIS positions populated into the common operating picture while airborne and the build of a passive acoustics array to detect small vessel traffic.-Operations management and project coordination of simultaneous field deployments with strict adherence to policy and legal restrictions.

Washington, Dc, Us

Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center - Atlantic-Instrumental in recommending advanced technology solutions for integration into intelligence systems architecture and integrating into the secure infrastructure.-Recognized for superior project management and software development producing a commercial quality case management software for intelligence data fusion.

Washington, Dc, Us

Atlantic Area Headquarters-Due to specialized skills, detailed to assist the pre-commissioning detachment to setup the new intelligence fusion center's technology.-Project Manager for the creation and approval of the fusion center's SIPRNET certification and accreditation.

Washington, Dc, Us

District Seven Maritime Intelligence Center-Developed long-term strategy for unit's IT support.-Managed three network domains to increase effectiveness of intelligence flow.-Designed database to track vessels engaged in smuggling activities that became the focal point for multiple agencies' operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Human Resources Service & Information Center-Quickly assessed methodologies and identified work around as Human Resources information system (PeopleSoft) analyst. -Seamless fulfillment of Reserve Liaison officer duties immediately after 9-11 attacks.

Washington, Dc, Us

Harbor Defense Command-Created operational plans for deployment.-Operational watch stander during high-visibility Naval exercise.

Information Technology Consulting-Provided niche technology support to a medical university with high-demand and geographically dispersed client base, delivered and supported LMS to medical school instructors and students.-Configured servers, networks, email services, and provided certified systems administration.

Startup Software Development Company-Established startup's: software development, networking, and hardware support company, providing custom services to a dynamic client base in the South Florida/Caribbean Region. -Performed functions in the areas of software project management, business analysis, programming, and certified systems administrator.-Programmed and supported marina management application.

Coral Springs, Fl, Us

Florida Sales Territory - B2B Sales-Awarded for high sales months after assuming vacant sales territory,-Increased customers' profitability through exemplary equipping of optical laboratories.-Accountable for continual new business development in a highly competitive industry.

Coral Springs, Fl, Us

National Headquarters-Dynamic headquarters product management team lead, with direct reporting to C-level executives.-Instrumental in Change Management during headquarters relocation and reorganization from New York to Florida.-Grew accounting system implementation and inventory management system to successfully capture sales operations of $6M division.-Coordinated accurate logistics from international manufacturing plant to 17 domestic warehouse locations.-Instrumental in territory management, logistics, inside national sales and technical customer service. -Performed as Technical Supervisor during restructuring, provided direction for national field technical support groups.

Bensenville, Il, Us

Midwest Territory - B2B Sales-Recognized for superior customer relationship management by senior leadership, promoted to national management position.-High customer satisfaction in both technical support role and sales professional, regularly requested for out-of-territory support.-Demanding territory management, providing solutions for optical lens production to medical offices and laboratories in a 13-state area of responsibility.-Sought by manufacturing engineer for product development input based upon successful field modifications.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Graduate Courses, Information Technology

Federal Acquisition Certification For Program And Project Managers, Federal Acquisition Certification For Program And Project Managers