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Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Actively providing consulting, training and delivering speaking engagements in the areas of program, project and portfolio management to various organizations wanting to make an impact to both internal and external stakeholders. Over 30 years of expertise in all levels of IT, R&D and product development management.

Johnston, Iowa Area

• Spearhead activities, technologies, and resources around building and operation of infrastructure, environments, and platform software configuration enterprise-wide. Build portfolios, programs, and project management.
• Established Corteva Agriscience Project Management Center of Excellence, enterprise-wide, which is globally recognized by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Provided program/project management training to more than 500 employees across Corteva Agriscience and DuPont.
• Expedite process improvements by creating strategic framework surrounding portfolio and program management.
• Increased productivity by 217% by implementing a PMO infrastructure/system which increased time availability of program managers to spend with their teams.
• Recruited PMO staff (57 new hires) from worldwide resources to support global business needs.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Drove Rockwell Automation’s overall financial and technical success that led to $600M annual portfolio.
• Created, maintained, and managed architecture models.
• Utilized architecture information to inform range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of support systems.
• Spearheaded initiation and implementation of Program/Project Management processes, roles, and tools which resulted in 137% improvement in productivity across the program and project management organization. Provided.

Milwaukee, WI

• Ensured programs and projects met organizational goals and requirements.
• Provided guidance related to PMO processes and policies. Instituted Agile Program/Project Management processes that increased stakeholder satisfaction by 137%.
• Oversaw and evaluated project management staff work.
• Collaborated cross-functionally to define, prioritize, and develop projects and programs.
• Developed and implemented Program Management Office with global representation across 13 campuses within 5 countries.
• Increased Program Management staff from 2 to 30+ due to strategic growth of division through business acquisitions.

Advanced Master'S Certificate, Project Management

Master'S Certificate, Program Management

Mba, International Business

Bba, Business Management