Renee Welch, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Juneau, Ak, Us

Worldwide, Oo

As a Managing Consultant, variety of supporting roles to support client and company needs - Program Manager, PMO Lead for multiple Center for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) engagements and Integrated Master Scheduler for United Stated Border Patrol (USBP). Supports the development and delivery of complex programs critical to both USBP and CMS. Monitors project progress and regularly analyzes project critical paths to ensure all critical path activities and project milestones are progressed to the plan, notifies Project Managers of any deltas or scheduling risks/ issues, and provides input for optimizing resources.

Norfolk, Virginia, Us

Served as Portfolio Risk Manager for 17 programs from ACAT I to Agile and Pilot efforts at the Navy Enterprise Level. Operating Subject Matter Expert in DoD 5000 life cycle acquisition processes and supports the development and delivery of complex programs critical to the US Navy fleet and business operations.Portfolio Risk Management• Authored the Risk and Issue Management Plan utilized to implement new risk management procedures across 17 Navy programs.• Identified opportunities to mature and improve enterprise risk capabilities, sensing, assessment, analytics, reporting, and metrics in accordance with the RMP. • Prepared IPR, QPR, and Ad-hoc presentation packages for both risk and scheduling using Risk Exchange+, MS Project, Milestone Pro, and PowerPoint.Program Schedule Management• Assisted in writing the Schedule Management Plan and schedule development and status processes to document scheduling standard operating procedures (SOP). • Performed analysis of program schedules to determine dependencies, critical paths, resource conflict, assess performance against technical objectives and create custom status tools, filters, and views for agile schedule management.• Ensured the IMS met all program objectives by adhering to best practices with a granular focus on schedule, cost, and program performance.Program Management• Authored and created the Schedule, Risk, and Issue Management Training Guides-Vision and Scope, a high-level brief to management and senior leadership on the importance of schedule and risk management.• Participated and led various internal and external committees and task forces, built and maintained effective working relations to ensure internal and interdepartmental cooperation and coordination and productive, mutually beneficial interface with external, public, and private entities and individuals.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Managed processes in a matrix environment, collaborating across multiple working streams to include Operations, Application Development, Quality Management, and Business, to make decisions in conjunction with lead partners. Assigned tasks and provided instruction and guidance to project staff, reviewed work in progress, and evaluated completed work for accuracy and quality. Responsible for implementing scheduling best practices to create baseline schedules.Risk Management• Reviewed business requirements and other documentation from multiple sources to identify and resolve cross initiative dependencies and ensured consistency of approach across the command. • Maintained diligent follow-up on Issue Management activities with appropriate stakeholders to communicate all findings and concluded all action plans as directed, including all applicable summary and trend reporting for transparency. Program Management• Utilized qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze and measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of programs and complex program operations. • Utilized dashboard reporting tools and SharePoint to present project performance data and metrics at the Program level to the Program Director, Deputies, and Branch Chiefs. Program Schedule Management• Ensured major program schedules and plans were integrated across the organization’s functional groups.• Produced monthly integrated schedule and program variance reports, variances on timeline or costs, and interdependencies within the schedule.Change Management• Applied tools and frameworks to support improved client future-state organizational design and alignment.• Developed and executed communication plans.• Utilized behavioral tools to assess the impact of change on organizations, using assessments of organizational culture, performance, and readiness for change. Defined activities to support change and transition initiatives.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as a liaison between the corporate office, the client, teaming partners, and subcontractors in a matrix environment. Supervised 23 capital building improvement projects and managed the procurements and contract process, ensuring that all projects were compliant with scope and deadline requirements. Drafted $2.6M annual capital improvement budget of a 240,000 square foot class “A” Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certified Gold standards building.Project Management• Managed the service contract process, including the creation of RFP/RFQ, coordinated schedules, and evaluated the efficiency and workmanship of third parties/vendors.• Utilized real-time data to facilitate and distribute bi-weekly updates of production timelines to upper management in a matrix environment.• Coordinated project postmortems with the client to ensure project criteria were met and gathered lessons learned feedback for use in future projects.Financial Management• Authorized daily funding limit reconciliations with over 50 vendors to ensure USIP did not accrue late fees or interest payments and upheld their stellar rating for on-time payments.

Ensured well-defined, high quality, and on-time delivery of complex residential projects ranging from $50K to $3.5M. Shifted between resource optimization techniques and strategies depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed road maps, plans, schedules, and resource-loaded work breakdown structures.Project Management• Managed resources while applying effective project management methodologies to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.• Initiated project postmortems with clients to ensure project scope was met and gathered lessons learned feedback for use in future projects. • Procured necessary permits needed in accordance with governmental and accreditation regulations to ensure quality kick-offs. • Conducted "Go/No-Go" quality assurance audits to ensure projects progressed according to the scope and initiated corrective actions as needed.• Utilized strong understanding of financial system implementation and stakeholder management to ensure compliance.• Authored content to prepare stakeholders to adopt new processes and systems (e.g., emails, presentations, demos, website content, social media content).Schedule Management• Implemented MS Project and SharePoint to plan, schedule, and track project deliverables and milestones.• Developed and/or incorporated schedule information from vendors with general contractor schedule and master program schedule.• Provided detailed analysis of project schedules, from project inception, through the design phases to construction kickoff and completion.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Hospitality Administration/Management