Monica Petrascu, Msc, Scpm, Pmp, Csm, P.Phys., Itilv3 Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Governance & Oversight of the Branches and Communities PortfolioOne of the defining characteristics of Greater Toronto Area is diversity: of industries, of ethnicities, of occupations etc. and the project managers working and living in Greater Toronto Area reflect the same diversity, which leads to extremely varied needs, interests and preferences for their professional life.In catering to such diverse interests, PMI SOC provides a variety of programs and services to deliver value for its members. Many of these events are delivered by SOC Branches and Communities – responding to the specific interests of the groups they represent. The list of Branches and Communities include:• Business Analysis Community• Government Community• Greater Toronto Information Systems Branch• Healthcare Branch• Marketing Services Community• Northern Ontario Community• PMO Branch• York Simcoe Branch

New York, Ny, Us

• Key member of the governance team of a large Global IT Infrastructure organization in an outsourcing environment. Activities led to annual increases of $10M+ in the overall productivity and resulted in increased customer satisfaction, reductions in the processing cycle times and decreases in the numbers of severe incidents and quality escapes• Directly implemented the organizational and departmental strategies by selection, prioritization and balancing of the right mix of projects and programs. Continuously realigned the departmental project portfolios to the business priorities. Infrastructure-specific initiatives included cloud computing, virtualization, data center consolidations, advanced data and storage management, IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), workplace technology and collaboration processes and tools• Provided project portfolio oversight for multi-million portfolios of 300+ projects annually, 100+ concurrent projects• Provided leadership, governance, training and mentoring to the departmental PMO team of 25 to 30 portfolio, program and project managers. Managed the PMO vendor relationships• Provided training and coaching on the project/program/portfolio and disaster recovery processes to the clients from all internal organizations• Innovated and continuously improved the enterprise and department-specific project management methodologies and practiceRecent achievements: > Streamlined the infrastructure engagement process for large business initiatives; integrated it with New Product Introduction (NPI), the enterprise stage-gating framework for product, program and project management > Simplified the process for quarterly project intake, prioritization and selection (Job Jar) > Implemented the Global IT Infrastructure Portfolio Scorecard and Executive Reporting

New York, Ny, Us

• Led complex technology transformation projects and programs in production environments, delivering the expected quality of results, on time, on budget and on strategy• Developed highly-effective project and program teams of 10 to 50 people, including cross-functional, culturally diverse and virtual, multi-national teams• Built strong relationships with the internal customers by consistently meeting or exceeding their expectations• Managed vendors, contractors and consultants, which resulted in high-quality implementations leading to full realization of contractual benefits• Participated in the implementation of ITIL processes for Change, Configuration, Incident and Problem Management, to improve the overall quality of business operationsSample projects and programs, with benefits: > Global Infrastructure Transformation Program – 27 projects included Data Center Consolidation, Network Optimization, ITIL implementation, Mainframe Consolidation, Standardized Global Desktop, Infrastructure Monitoring – with planned annualized savings of $60M+ > Mergers & Acquisition Programs – large-scale integration (30+ countries) into Nielsen’s Global IT Infrastructure, to improve and diversify the audience measurement service offerings > Homescan Wellness – successful rescue program which increased processing capacity and speed, allowing the business to meet critical delivery times and quality to external clients, in a crisis situation > Global Network and Telephony Transformation – standardization, estimated cost reduction by $9M, increased efficiency, vendor contract consolidations & optimizations

New York, Ny, Us

• Participated in the implementation of the first company's PMO• Managed projects of increased complexity and value to the business• Acted as an internal consultant, offering timely and complex technical solutions to meet the expectations of internal clients• Provided leadership and technical expertise in planning, analysis, design, installation, configuration, deployment, integration and maintenance of corporate hardware and software solutions, such as Enterprise AntiVirus, Enterprise Systems Management, CRM (Customer Resource Management)• Developed the infrastructure technology plans for performance management and capacity planning, resulting in both tactical and strategic benefits, such as productivity gains of the online services• Provided budgetary estimates, justification, and recommendations for new technology initiatives

Post-Graduate Certificate, Advanced Project Management

Masters Certificate In Project Management

Msc, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics