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Augusta, Ks, Us

Consult others on how to grow and move forward in a positive, abundant manner. Analyzing and reconstructing business tactics/practices, operations, taxes, accounting, customer service, policies and procedures. Construct marketing plans, financial projections, vision and mission statements, as well as personal appearances for press and television to bring company to high profitability. Manage, design, and construct company internet website and IT operations. Consult others on how to grow and move forward in a positive, abundant manner.

Charlottesville, Virginia, Us

IT and Business PMO Director for US, DE, and UK country divisions of thriving internal website, Solr, Elasticsearch, search engine enhancement company. Duties included successfully managing, creating, and revising current business and project management and documentation of processes as the company moved to expand the globe and grow in team size. Duties also included the organization and mentorship of project managers, organizing Training and Discovery seminars, management of Accelerator and Embedded Empowerment projects, customer satisfaction liaison, SOW/Contract reviews, maintenance of Google Share drive and client document storage, oversite and management of PMO project budgets, schedules, status reporting, as well as being a project escalation point. Projects incorporated the use of Jira, Asana, Confluence, Google Suite apps, GitHub, Slack, Retro, Miro, DelTek Vision and VantagePoint, using Agile and Waterfall Methodologies, as well as the utilization of client project tracking tools as needed.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

IT PMO Manager of mobile and website application development. Duties include assisting with successful mobile and web design project role-out, focus on PM process improvement, management and mentorship of all project managers, proposal reviews, client liaison, company project schedule, resource, dev project estimations, and budget reviews, client and company resource process training, and acted as a company escalation point for all company resources and client success. Projects incorporated the use of Jira, Confluence, Figma, Google Suite, GitHub, Firebase, and TestFlight, as well as training company teams on using Atlassian tools for projects.

Centennial, Colorado, Us

Very short term contract to assist in the completion of Global Enterprise Solutions project to complete IT deployment efforts and bring project to audit compliancy. Duties also included completing all documents for full project lifecycle planning/tracking, scope, project schedules in MS Project / Excel / Clarity / NEO Planview / Workday, lead regular status team meetings with Enterprise technical and business team, as well as upper management team, updated project status dashboards, project budget forecasting and tracking, changes, issues and risk management.

San Francisco, California, Us

IT Project manager to implement the Global Expansion project in order to take their banking industry across the world. In charge of 7 project management application teams to ensure appropriate integration of these applications functioned appropriately together for the deployment change. Duties included managing full project lifecycle planning/tracking, project schedules in MS Project / Excel / Clarity / NEO Planview / PMUWS, lead regular status team meetings with all application teams as well as upper management teams, updated project status dashboards, working with large scale test teams for appropriate defect track and resolution management, project budget forecasting and tracking, issues and risk management, and managed project documentation control in SharePoint. Company followed banking industry compliancy and security standards. Completed contract through to successful deployment.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Project manager of numerous projects, to included but not limited to SmartPhone Hospital Alert System set-up and installation, hospital equipment purchasing/installations, connectivity tracking, and management of miscellaneous applications for the new hospital build-out. Duties included managing full project lifecycle planning/tracking, project schedules in MS Project / Excel / Clarity / NEO Planview, SharePoint, lead regular status team meetings, updated project status dashboards, track budgets in CALE, tracking issues, risks, change management, and managed project documentation control in SharePoint. Company followed HIPAA compliancy and SecureLink standards that had to be followed with hospital equipment and IT connectivity installations. Projects included: SmartPhone Integration/Instllation, BrainLab (Ancillary) - Neuro Scanner, Black Diamond Video, Steris - SPM - Steril Processing Integration, StereoTaxis, Smartphones/Vocera, MGC (Ancillary - Department supported) - Pulminary Function System.

Monroe, La, Us

Project management of numerous, large software migrations for network teams to enhance and/or update to newer versions following Agile, iterative, and/or waterfall methodologies. Duties included managing full project lifecycle planning/tracking, project schedules in MS Project / Excel / Clarity / NEO Planview, SharePoint, lead regular status team meetings, updated project status dashboards, tracked budgets in CALE, tracking issues, risks, change management, and managing project documentation control in SharePoint. Completed SAP compliancy audits for other applications. Applied Qwest QSDP / SAP / SEP / CMM III compliancy. Mostly Intranet/Internet based projects, as well as enhancements, upgrades, repairs hardware installation, interfacing project updates, etc. Aside from my own working knowledge as an Agile Scrum Master, I implemented and trained all IT departments the working Agile process from a company wide perspective so that they could utilize this method.

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

Managed implementation of Phase 1 and 3 FEE Migration Project, consisting of a planned movement of the data warehouse to the new company location. Duties included managing project implementation planning, project schedules, leading regular implementation meetings, updated project status reports, issues, risks, FTP processing, and other project documentation control in SharePoint. Also tracked all Phase I and 3 FEE Migration applications to ensure all interfaces are recognized and updated with other Implementation Leads during the Migration as needed. Applied HIPAA and SOX compliancy. Projects were tracked in Clarity / Workbench, Excel, and Microsoft Project.

Oakland, California, Us

Project managed 5 large scale, healthcare initiatives in parallel while managing/coordinating up to 400 team resources. Managed full project lifecycle from requirements to production using Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Used Clarity/Microsoft Project to maintain budgets, resource assignments, risks/issues, and status. Held weekly project reviews, updated reports regularly for CEO dashboards and attended weekly face-to-face, executive status meetings. Tracked documents in SharePoint. Applied HIPAA compliancy. All Intranet/Internet based projects.

Winnipeg, Mb, Ca

Managed implementation of Phase 1 and 3 FEE large Migration Project, consisting of a planned movement of the data warehouse to the new company location. Duties included managing project implementation planning, project schedules, leading regular implementation meetings, updated project status reports, issues, risks, FTP processing, and other project documentation control in SharePoint. Also tracked all Phase I and 3 FEE Migration applications to ensure all interfaces are recognized and updated with other Implementation Leads during the Migration as needed. Applied HIPAA and SOX compliancy. Projects were tracked in Clarity / Workbench, Excel, and Microsoft Project. Mostly Intranet/Internet based projects, as well as enhancements, upgrades, repairs hardware installation, interfacing project updates, etc.

Started and managed company Program Management Office for newly recognized start-up company. Managed full project lifecycles from requirements to production for several IT and business based projects. Hired, reviewed, and managed team of project managers and business analysts; started and managed change management committee and processes; implemented new processes around company business and IT departments/projects; managed/estimated budgets and resources; prioritized projects; as well as managed IT projects through to completion while meeting HIPAA compliancy regulations.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Project managed healthcare IT division’s branding conversion project. Managed full project lifecycle from requirements to production for 7 subject areas, as well as their integrated systems to ensure their proper, legal branding occurs. Presented project status reporting before executive board and acted as team liaison. Managed project budget via PlanView, managed change control, project status, issues, risks, project plan/schedule, project charter, and other project documentation control. Applied HIPAA and SOX compliancy.

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

Managed functional Meridian team to transition Facet’s to OneSource data warehousing for electronic healthcare claims filing and provider tracking system. Managed full Agile project lifecycles from requirements to production for 15 subject areas. Managed project budget, schedule, change control, project status, issues, risks, project plan, project charter, and other project documentation control. Applied SOX compliancy. Tracked Integration and Interface Management to ensure all applications were considered and updated as needed. Presented project status reporting before executive board on bi-weekly basis and acted as team liaison. Applied HIPAA and SOX compliancy.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Managed change management authorizations and coordination of DirecTV Delivery Program. Reviewed and authorized all daily IT changes which occurred to the DirecTV account in order to maintain cable and billing “up-time” all the time. Documented change management and PMO policies and procedures and maintained client contract status. Applied SOX compliancy. Worked on creating automated, database change management system in order to process changes more efficiently.

Us

Analyzed and reconstructed business tactics/practices, operations, financial and personnel management, customer service, policies and procedures. Brought company back to high profitability. Constructed marketing plan, financial projections, vision and mission statements. Managing design and construction of company internet/intranet website and IT operations. Ensured that clinic is HIPAA compliant and that therapists were properly trained in HIPAA regulations, managed clinic, all office staff, and approx. 50 Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapists. Worked with the State of Colorado / Medicaid to change billing regulations for therapy reimbursements. Managed referral services, patient database, and billed Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance Groups, Colorado Access, Agency Operations via WINASAP, Medicaid web portal, and Lytec.

San Jose, California, Us

Program Manager Consultant for the Quantum Product and Service Applications Department. Oversaw critical, internal Quantum IT projects and programs for departments throughout the company. Created project plans, risk analysis, tracked issues, change order management, and resource management. Managed project scheduling, gathered team status reports, coordinated and directed team personnel for projects including requirements, design, development, host/server, test, and deployment teams. One large program that I managed was the transition of the HR department over to the utilization of PeopleSoft.

Monroe, La, Us

Program Manager Consultant for the Qwest Wholesale Department. Oversaw Qwest Project Managers’ wholesale projects at a high level and ensured that they all stayed in “green” status. Provided daily status through internal database to executives. Also a “Tiger Team” member for Change Management which ensured client change requests were resolved in a timely manner.

PMO Officer and Manager of IT Project Management for JAVA, e-commerce, .net, and other internet application development: In charge of, on average, 2-3 accounts at a time. Created company project plan template and trained other departments on plan’s usage. Assisted in implementing RUP process and created other PMO procedures for PM department. Daily duties included mentoring other Project Managers and PM Coordinators, assisted in the development and improvement of a PM documentation process for the department, attended new hire interviews, and maintained client relationship mgmt. Created project plans, project charters, risk analysis, issues and change order management, cost estimates, budgets, budget tracking, and resource management. Managed project scheduling, time tracking, gathered team status reports, coordinated and directed team personnel for projects including requirements, design, development, host/server, test, and deployment teams.

London, Gb

IT Project Mgr for Software Dev and Web Design: In charge of, on average, 10-15 E~Net projects at a time, including being the Manager of U S WEST Netscape Products for all U S WEST users (30,500) nationwide. Daily duties included managing dedicated NetCalendar personnel, tracking personnel hours, maintaining fixed cost budgets, maintaining client relationship mgmt, created statements of work, project plans, budgets, task orders, internal funding agreements. Managed project scheduling, time tracking, coordinated and directed team personnel for projects, including requirements, design, development, host/server, test, and deployment teams. Followed CMM / Q-Gate processes.

London, Gb

Extended Enterprise Audit Team & Test Audit and Assessment Team (consisted of over 600 computer applications and business units): Acted as a Team Lead to mentor other project assessors, assessed and audited U S WEST applications’ and business units’ Year 2000 test results/documentation. From meetings and documentation provided, completed assessments and audit reports of the products’ Year 2000 testing efforts and provided recommendations. After the audit process, I conducted individual application, business unit, executive level briefings, which I presented to the U S WEST Extended Enterprise Board and Year 2000 Board for Year 2000 certification. Tracked project progress through Microsoft Project, followed U S WEST Q-Gates and methodology, and recently completed a course in CMM training.

Oakland, California, Us

New Clinical Information System project for Kaiser Permanente Medical. This was one of the first applications build for doctors to store on patient files via computer rather than paper so they could access patient files at anytime, anywhere. This was also build in order for doctor to enter patient information regarding the visit in real time as the patient appointments were occurring, consisting of diagnosis, prescriptions, weight/height, etc. As a Project Manager Consultant, my duties included overseeing development code, verifying medical codes, vendor relationship management, regression testing, defect verification, design requirements analysis, unit acceptance testing, documentation review, change requests, and user support for full SDLC. This project was all intranet based.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

As an Project Manager and Operations Analyst, my duties included but were not limited to, analyzing budget losses and potential losses, analyzing resources and processes, procurement, contract management, and project and vendor management for the construction of Sprint PCS towers for the Colorado Region.

200 Ytt Yoga Teaching Certificat, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy

Visual Communications And Computer Graphics

Computer Information Systems

Cis, Computer Information Systems

Diploma, Basic/Core

Diploma, Basic / Core