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Irvine, CA, US

Long Beach, California, US

• Hired to create a PMO for the Information Technology department including a framework, standard, processes, governance, tools/templates, and training.
• Manage a company-wide DocuSign Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) (SaaS) implementation of 10K records from six legacy systems including data migration, template development, and vendor oversight.
• Manage a company-wide ADP Payroll (SaaS) implementation that will migrate payroll data from four legacy payroll systems and integrate with Workday HCM system and LN ERP system.

• Hired to provide program strategy to a U.S. project that was struggling for a year, but I expanded it to a PM support role.
• Transformed the project by infusing process and rigor into it, phasing it to prioritize the highest value deliverables first, identifying key dependencies, mitigating risks and issues, and implementing PM best.
• Effectively executed the project’s Operational Readiness including defining business impact, obtaining stakeholder engagement, developing training documentation, updating operational procedures, and scheduling.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Hired to add process to the global GTM sales team to increase their closing rate, but I expanded it into team building coaching.
• Developed an analytical approach to lead generation by collaborating with Field Marketing teams to develop a schedule to target specific decision makers and pitching pointed solutions leading to a 13% increase in.
• Developed a sales tracking and reporting tool in Smartsheet (SaaS) to identify trends and leveraging the success of one region and applying it to other regions resulting in a sales increase of 26% for EMEA and 17% for.
• Managed 33% of the three-year strategic initiatives to develop synergy between the Solutions, Product, and Marketing teams by streamlining business operations resulting in a 16% reduction in Go-To-Market (GTM) timing.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Hired to develop a global corporate security program from the ground up including evaluating my team, tools, and vendors.
• Created the first of its kind procedure for new device and system installations and reporting the implementation status.
• Recommended and implemented an enterprise Genetec (cloud/SaaS) access control and video surveillance system and developed a plan to migrate all U.S. sites over to it over three years resulting in an operational.
• Recommended and implemented System Surveyor (Cloud/SaaS) asset tracking system – the company’s first security design plans, trained my team, and performed 22 site infrastructure and risk assessments to preclude.
• Recommended and implemented Traction Guest (Cloud/SaaS) visitor management system – the company’s first standardized visitor experience, including software and hardware installations, customizations, and Do Not Admit.
• Recommended and implemented Smartsheet (Cloud/SaaS) collaboration tool, including deploying sheets and reports to track projects, facility GDPR/CCPA requirements, spare inventory, source selection processes, UAT, and.

• Hired to develop a global corporate security program from the ground up including evaluating my team, tools, and vendors.
• Defined a new corporate security program, including perimeter protection, clear desk policy, and visitor safeguards.
• Created the first of its kind procedure for new device and system installations and reporting the implementation status.
• Conducted an infrastructure assessment for the corporate 44-acre lot, identified vulnerabilities, replaced dozens of analog and cyberthreat devices, installed a Bosch intrusion detection system, and implemented Hydra.
• Recommended and managed the selection and implementation of a Genetec (hybrid Cloud/SaaS) ACS/VMS to replace our challenging OnGuard (On-Prem) ACS and Lenel (On-Prem) VMS resulting in 23% uptime of our systems.
• Recommended and implemented System Surveyor (Cloud/SaaS) asset tracking system – the company’s first security design plans, trained my team, and performed 22 site infrastructure and risk assessments to preclude.

Brentwood, CA, US

• Hired to provide project/program management expertise to one client but I grew it to five clients and mentoring dozens of PMs.
• Managed the Advantone (Cloud/SaaS) call routing project at Beachbody, developed user stories and tracking them in Jira, and updating the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system which reduced the average call wait times.
• Managed the Shakeology Scalability project working closely with the COO to increase inventory and onboard vendors quicker by overcoming raw material issues, creating a digital NDA workflow, and incorporating a risk.
• Managed multiple project managers at Beachbody for the CIO and VP of Technology that were responsible for an Agile $30M Oracle ERP (Cloud/SaaS) consolidation project, a cybersecurity project, and 49 system enhancements.
• Managed a portfolio of project managers at SDI Media that delivered a Great Plains to Navision ERP platform migration, a BPM project, a MAM project, and a HRIS project using Waterfall and SDLC methodologies and EVM.
• Deployed the Smartsheet (Cloud/SaaS) implementation at Beachbody including an enterprise plan, SSO, and 2FA features.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Hired to implement a U.S. logistics system, but I grew it to also include an inventory system and VOIP and cellular upgrades.
• Established project management best practices including PMI waterfall PM principles, standardizing on the use of MS Project, developing a change management strategy, utilizing project delivery templates, and.
• Managed a Cheetah (SaaS) SDLC logistics implementation with critical analysis from Operations and IT teams that improved the effectiveness and efficiency of 102 associates in 52 locations in 28 states by 35% and.
• Managed a Cisco VoIP system deployment in collaboration with the Call Center and IT teams that included custom call scripts which reduced average answer times from over 30 seconds to less than 8 seconds.
• Moved a data center from one part of Los Angeles to the other coordinating the efforts of the cutover over a single weekend resulting in no downtown for the business.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ba, Computer Information Systems (Cis)

As, General Education