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Houston, Texas, United States

Project Manager / Business Analyst – Led multiple teams from 6 to 30 members in discovery, development, and implementation of custom integration solutions to ensure the company’s legacy Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Accounts Payable (AP) application successfully transitions from PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud/Fusion. Duration – 18 monthsTechnical Advisor – Worked with CIO to develop a 3-year Technology Roadmap providing analysis, documentation, conducting business stakeholder interviews and surveys, assessing potential external software solutions. Duration – 3 months

Houston, Texas, United States

Manage migration of all customers environments to new high density cloud datacenter.Optimize delivery process of new environments using cross-functional teams to triple velocity.

Houston, Texas Area

Lead scrum team through custom software project for pipeline management and shipping of crude oil.

Houston, Texas Area

Provided business analysis expertise and mentored junior analysts.Facilitated over three dozen formal cross-departmental process definition workshops.Introduced agile processes and trained a dozen business leaders, PMs, and BAs in Agile and Scrum. Led proof-of-concept projects that delivered immediate value to field operations.

Houston, Texas Area

Trained and transitioned a large development team on the Scrum framework. The project was cancelled by the Client before transition completed.

Houston, Texas Area

04/17 – 04/18 Provided pro bono business management assistance to local Vietnamese-owned businesses such as bookkeeping, translation services, and employee handbooks. 01/17 – 04/17 Silverpeak Partners, New York CityProvided analysis and IT Transition Plan in preparation for acquisition proposal of Client’s second oil refinery. 12/16 – 02/17 Prestige Cosmetics, Fort Lauderdale FLAssisted post-acquisition implementation of EDIProvided financial analysis and bookkeepingManaged the physical relocation of IT systems and infrastructure to a new corporate office02/16 – 08/16 Coffeyville Resources LLC, Sugar Land TXProvided process and budgeting analysis, ITSD and HRIS Payroll system implementation. 4/15 – 02/16 North Atlantic Refining Limited, Newfoundland CanadaLed a major Maximo upgrade to the cloud that deployed in only five months.Helped the IT organization with strategic planning, governance documentation, process definition, and infrastructure installations.10/14 – 02/15 Coffeyville Resources LLC, Sugar Land TXAssisted Director of ApplicationsProvided data analysis, governance documentation, strategic planning02/13 – 09/14 Rowan Companies, Houston TXProvided project leadership in development of company’s proprietary operations system and addition of multiple mission-critical functional modules.

Houston, Texas Area

Consulting Practice Leadership – Led and managed Sparkhound’s project managers and business analysts to meet the business’s financial objectives and growth strategy. I was responsible for talent acquisition, cultivating customer relationships, and developing new business and statements of work, while maintaining a 50% utilization rate.Rowan Companies - Project Manager/Business Analyst – After the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, my client had been struggling to kickstart their customized solution for 6 months. I provided much needed expertise in business analysis and project management. Within a few weeks, the team began delivering value directly to the offshore oil rigs. I continued to lead the same development team for four years to deliver multiple projects.

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Pensacola, Florida Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Pensacola, Florida Area

Master, Business Administration

Ms, Information Technology Project Mgt

Executive Certification in Project Management (03/2007)

Bs, Computer Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Association of Information Technology Professionals