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Purchasing consultant and former PMP* with eight years experience managing projects through all phases. Included cross-departmental process improvement projects, regional systems conversions, and federal regulatory projects. Successfully established corporate-wide user groups and related Intranet sites for the entire MS Office suite of applications used by the company. Successfully led several large projects as Enterprise Project Manager -- spanning all nine states in the corporation from Maine to Colorado. As regional PM, successfully implemented Medicare D drug plan involving joint venture with external businesses. Following project completion functioned as overall accountable Program Director for the newly formed joint venture. (*2003 PMP certification not currently active).Excellent leadership, project management, and communication skills; very good analytical and presentation skills; entrepreneurial, self-starter, great with start up work, establishing and leading teams across organizations; extensive PC knowledge including entire Microsoft Office Suite, an innovative and reliable leader that helps cuts costs, save time, and solve problems.Possesses keen ability to bridge the business and IT aspects of a project. Held overall enterprise leadership roles for teams with representative leaders from every region, department & division in a Fortune 50 company. Excellent at developing virtual, cross functional teams in a matrix environment, using influence rather than HR accountability over resources in order to accomplish work. Developed vast network of business relationships in every region & nearly every state across corporation.Specialties: Networking, marketing, leadership, virtual teams, team building, coaching, consulting, mentoring, planning, teaching, facilitating, project management, process improvement, policy development and implementation, development and execution of legal contracts, business systems and data analysis.

Listed skills include Leadership, Program Management, Management, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 17 others.