Act as lead (Deputy PM) to coordinate all of VA's HR Smart Implementation Phase 3, 4 and 5 where the primary responsibility is to provide project management support for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Human Resource Information System Shared Service Center program. This program is an enterprise-wide HR PeopleSoft implementation and will migrate VA's 350,000 employees from a 50-year old legacy system.• Facilitate activities associated with achieving and maintaining VIP compliance for… Show more Act as lead (Deputy PM) to coordinate all of VA's HR Smart Implementation Phase 3, 4 and 5 where the primary responsibility is to provide project management support for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Human Resource Information System Shared Service Center program. This program is an enterprise-wide HR PeopleSoft implementation and will migrate VA's 350,000 employees from a 50-year old legacy system.• Facilitate activities associated with achieving and maintaining VIP compliance for the HR Smart program, including acting in the role of SME for Rational Tools requirements. Eight enhancements through the VIP process, which will involve working with VA IT and business product owners and the HR Smart vendor.• Facilitate internal, as well as, client facing meetings.• Prepare meeting agendas, for critical project meetings• Identify, manage, and communicate program risks and issues; identify and implement risk mitigation strategies and monitor (and minimize) risk program-wide• Lead content creation activities for required project documents and contract deliverables• Ensure deliverable content and quality meets program objectives and acceptance criteria• Build and maintain relationships with clients, stakeholders, and teaming partners• Support creation and submission of program performance reporting deliverables• Conduct program activities in accordance with defined/required VA program management life cycle processes and Veteran Focused Integration Process (VIP)• Prepare status briefing materials, PowerPoint decks, bi-weekly and monthly status reports; other activity tracking documents• Proactively engage in a wide array of program activities, identify and critically analyze program needs, and develop recommendations for innovative and compliant ways to meet requirements and improve processes• Review vendor integrated Master Schedule and provide assessment to the VA client and feedback to vendor on schedule deficiencies, changes in dates and durations. Show less

Strategic Planning for the Department of Veterans Affairs through HP Enterprise Services.Provide scheduling and planning support for VA IT systems on the Veteran Relationship Management-Identity Access Management-Access Services Project

Provided planning support for multiple bid proposals in addition to scheduling/planning support for VA Primary Care Management Module project.

Strategic Planning - Dept. of Veterans Affairs / Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) ProgramVeterans Health Administration IT Projects / Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) ProgramSupported project scheduling, reporting and status for the integrated projects under the NHIN program. In addition provided project scheduling support for the Partner Integration project team responsible for implementing electronic medical record sharing between the Dept. of… Show more Strategic Planning - Dept. of Veterans Affairs / Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) ProgramVeterans Health Administration IT Projects / Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) ProgramSupported project scheduling, reporting and status for the integrated projects under the NHIN program. In addition provided project scheduling support for the Partner Integration project team responsible for implementing electronic medical record sharing between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, and private hospital systems. Show less

Providing planning, scheduling, issue tracking, risk tracking, and problem resolution with Saxon Mortage for a system conversion.

•Supporting client’s detailed schedule creation and coordinating multiple sub-projects and their dependencies•Providing planning, scheduling, issue and risk tracking, and problem resolution for technical publications initiative for the United States Postal Service•Key player for testing and implementation of MS Project Server and MS Project Web Access enterprise solution

•Led team of developers utilizing SCRUM/Agile methodology for client security access product releases, delivered on time and within budget

•Supported client’s annual $45M Disaster Recovery initiative, through planning, scheduling, issue and risk tracking, and problem resolution•Recognized for superior organizational and management skills, building effective client relationships, motivating and leading team members while meeting demanding deadlines and budgets

•Led a team that used the ITIL standard to design, develop, and deliver 75 web-based training courses, 9 user guides, and 200 job aids deployed both internally and externally to over 30,000 individuals•Managed multiple schedules integrated with the enterprise program schedules through Microsoft Project Server Enterprise solution•Collaborated with program manager to create new process for updating ITIL training programs producing $150,000 potential annual cost efficiencies (30%… Show more •Led a team that used the ITIL standard to design, develop, and deliver 75 web-based training courses, 9 user guides, and 200 job aids deployed both internally and externally to over 30,000 individuals•Managed multiple schedules integrated with the enterprise program schedules through Microsoft Project Server Enterprise solution•Collaborated with program manager to create new process for updating ITIL training programs producing $150,000 potential annual cost efficiencies (30% increased savings)•Ensured quality, timeliness, accuracy and completeness of ITIL training and reduced IT costs substantially through management of virtual team of 14 training professionals globally situated•Managed $1.8 million budget for effort and resources exceeding expectations of sponsors by turning project from over budget and behind schedule to producing project delivery on time and within budget Show less

•Defined Enterprise Program Office for US Airways / America West system and application merger to bring together two reservation systems into a single reservation system. This project was the largest migration ever completed and demonstrated expertise in complex migrations•Conducted Earned Value reporting on 100+ schedules on a weekly basis•Streamlined process of weekly status reporting by automating extraction status data•Created and implemented job-specific evaluation procedures… Show more •Defined Enterprise Program Office for US Airways / America West system and application merger to bring together two reservation systems into a single reservation system. This project was the largest migration ever completed and demonstrated expertise in complex migrations•Conducted Earned Value reporting on 100+ schedules on a weekly basis•Streamlined process of weekly status reporting by automating extraction status data•Created and implemented job-specific evaluation procedures for Project Managers•Developed strategic relationships with Directors and Vice Presidents from client company to expedite solving open issues•Developed methods and procedures for program project tracking and reporting standardization •Mentored project managers to enhance and build their proficiencies Show less

•Prepared and presented objective project status on a weekly basis summarizing progress to plan, forecast project completion and key project issues and actions*Analysis & reporting project economics*Create & control project/program documention*Contribute to reqirements, risk schedule, & change control*Develop understanding of contract detail*Estimate & communicate the impact of change requirements*Mentor project managers to enhance their skill base… Show more •Prepared and presented objective project status on a weekly basis summarizing progress to plan, forecast project completion and key project issues and actions*Analysis & reporting project economics*Create & control project/program documention*Contribute to reqirements, risk schedule, & change control*Develop understanding of contract detail*Estimate & communicate the impact of change requirements*Mentor project managers to enhance their skill base *Adhere to quality standards*Develop awareness on emerging technologies & project management techniques•Project Analyst for 20+ projects with concurrent deliverables•Conducted major milestone reviews and validated objective evidence that the milestone objectives had been achieved Show less

•Centralized project analyzing following PMI (PMBOK) standards and processing•Designed and produced standard reporting and ad hoc reports with MS Excel and Access•Validated and updated project schedules with MS Workgroup •Provided support, problem solving and training of new project office processes and procedures

*Designed infrastructure for documentation, maintenance and procedure control within an automated system. *Provide a controlled system for training documentation and internal system process flows for Service IS. *Interpretation of technical area functions transforming to specific ISO documented work instructions. *Provided system statistics - Service IS Metrics *Logisitics - Purchasing and Planning*Project Coordinator Service & Support Quality *Accomplished a thorough… Show more *Designed infrastructure for documentation, maintenance and procedure control within an automated system. *Provide a controlled system for training documentation and internal system process flows for Service IS. *Interpretation of technical area functions transforming to specific ISO documented work instructions. *Provided system statistics - Service IS Metrics *Logisitics - Purchasing and Planning*Project Coordinator Service & Support Quality *Accomplished a thorough understanding of the quality environment, protocol, policies and practices. Show less