Lead/manage $4M confidential US Marine Corps military operations multi-platform logistics upgrade contracts, managing key USMC stakeholders Managed and tracked all USMC contract deliverables, project metrics and supporting project expense tracking to reconciliation and invoicingSecured and maintain Active Secret Security DOD US Government Clearance, requiring training/extensive background checks, for my team and meManage team of 10 engineers, 3 QA engineers, 3 Field Service Support Engineers/Proxy Product Owners maximizing collaboration/productivityCoach Product Owners on JIRA, Confluence, Agile methodologies, building user stories, Kanban, Sprint boards, ensure successful conflict resolutionPrepared weekly Situation IT Summary (SITSUM) weekly and monthly Status Reports (MSR), and frequent ad hoc comprehensive analytic reportsBuilt live interactive JIRA and Confluence reporting tools and dashboards supporting sprint velocity, burn down charts and other key Agile metricsGenerate Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), and Release Notes, managing client Contract Deliverable Requirements List (CDRL) Built, orchestrated, managed, presented and delivered Task Order Product Roadmap for 3 proprietary legacy logistic systems for the programLed and coached daily Agile technical team standups, and all related scrum ceremonies, both internally and client facingCultivated strong, collaborative client relationships with PMO client Senior Management to ensure contractual obligations are metReworked, built upon and organized JIRA and Confluence database to streamline processes and maximize built-in functionality and reporting tools

Our company offers superior aerial photography and videography to local and international businesses and for special events. We partner with a multitude of services to ensure we provide complete service and satisfaction to our valued clients worldwide. We cater to many industries; however, currently have specialised in the construction, surveying and inspection services. - FAA 107 Licensed and NCDOT Certified Drone Pilot/Senior Project Director - Mapping and surveying construction sites, (new and existing), pipelines, roofing for inspections and appraisals.- Aerial photography and videography, long and short term projects, for large multi-national clients and small local companies. - Conduct pre-flight planning to include operational briefings, analyzing weather forecasts, Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs), and airspace requirements. - Execute operational needs and mission requirements for each customer. - Document and complete pre/post UAS logs. - Perform equipment testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance. - Document inventory of UAS spares/components and maintenance actions. - Communicate and coordinate with internal and external entities for safe flight operations.- Provide professional portrait and event photography #lauradbrown photography llc

- Successful service delivery and contract execution for an Office 365 implementation (email, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint online migrations), Modern Endpoint Management, DevOps, Organizational Change Management, Security and Compliance (AIP, DLP, MCAS) SOWs for various customers. - Leading a diverse IT project team comprised of engineers with expertise in different subject matter areas, architects, cloud strategists, and project managers from initiation to production implementation, tracking project details to ensure expected results are achieved. - Creating, managing, and controlling project schedules and all required activities to ensure successful alignment with multiple schedules and requirements across all workstreams. - Proactively managing and driving project risk mitigation and resolution management. - Develop project documentation such as MS Project Plans, implementation plans with milestones, team and senior executive weekly status reports, agendas, and detailed meeting minutes. - Maintain and manage Program and project level budgets for various workstreams and across multiple SOWs for a single customer. -Meet with and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to gather, prioritize, and refine requirements to discuss ongoing work, discuss opportunities and address any challenges. - Prepare and present information related to project progress, vision, roadmap, status reports, and other topics to senior levels of leadership.- Review and audit customer invoices and assist the accounting department as needed with related questions.

- Managed global enterprise-wide cloud migration projects for international government regulated financial institutions, including the virtualization of security regulated N.Y.C. trading floors, moving from physical workstations, to desktop on demand using thin clients, into both on prem and cloud for the ultimate goal of a 100% virtualized cloud environment- Developed business cases, strategy, scope, and project and resource plans, senior executive status reports and presentations- Managed multi-million dollar budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, resource management, and project reporting in Clarity- Led globally dispersed, multi-country, matrixed teams of 10-30 engineers, developers, architects, QA, and analysts- Completed bi-weekly regulatory and legal training, ensured adherence to internal security and governance project requirements- Identified risks, developing and managing risk mitigation, and team issue follow-up, tracking and reporting- Managed 3rd party RFP and vendor relationships for Microsoft Azure cloud deployment, Nutanix on-prem, and Citrix cloud- Gathered business requirements and built Proof of Concept projects for 3 cloud and on prem lab environments- Methodology/Tools: Microsoft Office Products, including Microsoft Project, Bank security and fraud protection governance andtraining, Skype Conferencing, WebEx, SharePoint, Confluence, and JIRA, Agile and waterfall SDLC

Management, supervision, and completion of over 40 multi-million-dollar global software mergers and acquisitions projects, (minimum 20 simultaneously). Drove highly complex full life cycle projects, business and financial analysis, and regulatory compliance for projects across divisions and with teams comprised of senior level stakeholders, including presidents and CEO’s of acquired companies, and key senior directors for finance, legal, human resources, and IT systems and development. Directed internal functional and technical staff assigned to projects, providing input to performance appraisals and professional development. Identified, escalated, successfully resolved project critical risks and issues. Ensured adherence to Quintiles IT Project Management Methodology, producing highly detailed quantitative tracking tools to support strict audit demands. Methodology/Tools: Microsoft Office Products, including Microsoft Project, Skype Conferencing, WebEx, SharePoint; Full cycle SOX compliant, software development lifecycle project management methodology

Senior Agile Project Manger Summary:• Senior Agile Project Manager managing highly complex, multi-million dollar government projects tracking key milestones and financial performance• Building strong effective globally distributed technical teams, and distributed U.S. organizational colleagues. Proven track record of successful project implementations with significant, quantifiable and valuable contributions to the business. • Drive Client’s unique problems, and provide effective and efficient creative solutions. Successful Sr. PM working in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment where requirements are typically unclear and demands upon team members are challenging. • Prepare and present to a wide variety of audiences, including the company's most senior executives, end-users, industry contacts, development teams and partners within the business. Present complex technical topics to a non-technical audience.

EQIS is a fast-growing Financial Services Technology firm disrupting the market by breaking down the barriers that commonly prevent individual clients from investing similarly to the big endowments and ultra-high net worth.As Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master, Laura is the champion and guardian of the Agile process, chief facilitator, coach, and mentor to the Engineering Project Teams. She educates and drives SDLC processes, with particular emphasis in Continuous Delivery and TDD. She removes daily impediments that prevent the teams from being successful.In addition, she ensures team and project efficiency,while managing and executing continuous process improvement efforts, guarding the team against wasteful or dysfunctional practices. #scrum

Senior Technical Project Manager - I.T. Infrastructure Department- Led Infrastructure Projects (applications and systems integration development)- Coordinated project goals with Directors, PMO, technical leads, developers, system administrators, enterprise architects, network engineers, Operations and Support Services personnel, Senior Executive Team, business partners and third party vendors. - Utilized both Scrum Project Management and Waterfall Software Development Life Cycle project management methodologies while ensuring IT project priorities align with the corporate vision approved by the Senior Leadership Team, that objectives and key deliverables stay within compliance with governing agencies such as the State Boards of Pharmacy, State Departments of Health, Medicare, Medicaid.

Shiseido - Bare Escentuals, Inc.• Successfully managed multiple Clarity Upgrade projects, Oracle Finance enhancements and releases simultaneously • Directed full cycle implementations for Kronos Enterprise Time Keeping System for Retail boutiques• Integrated Kronos ETK with PeopleSoft HRMS and Lawson Financial ERP, software • Managed FTE and contract project teams (on/off shore) 40+ computer professionals• Coached and mentored team members for collaboration, professional development, orchestrating UAT scripts/sessions• Presented to Executive Committees/Senior Management on projects’ status, forecasting, earned value and cost-benefit analysis• Created and managed change control process and risk management procedures, metrics, reporting analytics• Built project schedules including agile iterative life cycles, standard waterfall SDLC project tasks, and hybrid schedules• Project Management Methodologies used: Agile Project Management and Waterfall Project Management tools• Technologies include: IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office Tools (Visio, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Sharepoint), Business Change Request (Risk Assessment) and Business Change Inventory tracking for system integration with Technical Operations Systems Division

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• Project Execution: Manages all project and possibly program related activities and has responsibility for execution and final delivery and release of the product.• Manage Project Scope: Oversee process to define scope of the project based on the business need in order to meet the customer's project expectations. Direct project plan approval process from the customer in order to formalize the project management approach. Develops and manages project schedules status, resources, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines throughout the project with input from the application managers, business partners and project team. Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate techniques in order to keep the project plan accurate, updated, reflective of authorized project changes as defined in the change management plan, and facilitate customer acceptance.• Manage Project Work: Ensures deadlines are met by facilitating resource planning, organizing, and prioritizing. Keeps management and key stakeholders well informed on a timely basis on project progress, status and/or concerns for each assignment. Make sure regular project status/quality meetings are conducted and development of project metrics and project scorecard is accomplished.• Define Requirements: Oversee Product Manager(s) to define and manage business partner requirements.• Communication Facilitation: Facilitates communication and negotiation within and across the project team(s). Ensure a common understanding by setting expectations in accordance with the Project Plan, in order to align the stakeholders and team members.• Mitigate Risks: Ensure risk and issue process is executed to achieve project success. Reviews project risks and action plans, and escalates to appropriate level of management.• Project Leadership: As Provides leadership to the project team for the Q4M standards and processes throughout the life cycle of the project. As the designated PM

Managed the Production System Project, the District Website Rebuild Project to include online permitting and compliance reporting, and the Production System Audit Process

• Managed and implemented 30 platform specific software projects for company’s largest client, focus on billing and print business;• Ensured high quality deliverables, on time, within budget from requirement definition through testing and deployment;. • Performed project planning and sizing activities, identified resource requirements, and built team;• Coordinated process of validating technical architecture and specifications based on input from client and team;• Managed project execution by multiple resources in different locations, including offshore development; • Created processes that improved project management and documentation efficiency, accuracy and reliability.• Technologies include Microsoft Share Point, MS Project Server, Java, HTML, FogBugz and FootPrints Issue Tracking System, Time Tracker, Oracle DB, SQL Server 2005, Windows 2007, Microsoft Office 2005-2010.

• Managed multiple database performance and software implementations to expand global web B2C e-commerce site• Managing over 50 reporting projects that provide business critical metrics for senior management to manage and grow the e-commerce business to a multi-billion dollar revenue company• Projects included: - Implementing QuickLook on website (resulting in 18% customer use and 11% conversion rate since release)- Marketplace Imagery Enhancement Project - moving e-commerce web site's image database and processor to new server- Database performance improvement project, and third party logistics software improvement project which provides for significant improved web site functionality and ease of use for consumer - 40 Reporting projects to build and improve corporate-wide reports to build, manage and grow business• Project Methodologies used: Agile and Waterfall• Technologies include e-commerce, customer facing self-service web interface for shopping, Omniture CRR, Bazaarvoice, Java, HTML, Remedy Bug Tracking System, Clarity Time Tracking, Plan View Time Tracking, Oracle DB, SQL Server 2005, Windows 2007, Microsoft Office 2005-2007.