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Paterson, Nj, Us

PMO Leader for large New Jersey Healthcare company. Responsible for building a Strategic PMO, Program, Project and Contract Management with IT and the business.• Created Project Management Office for IT department with heavy cross service line involvement. Built a new PMO team to manage strategic programs and projects.• Refined Project Approval process and improved project business case justifications. • Established and managed Corporate IT Project Prioritization process with Healthcare Executives. Created Stage Gate approval process for strategic projects. • Responsible for improving the Contract Management and Purchasing processes.• Identified, implemented and configured @Task Project Management Toolset for project, time and resource management

New York, New York, Us

Provided PMO leadership to business and IT communities. Managed strategic large pharmacy retail projects.• Oversaw IT integration of 140 store acquisition in Mid-South region. Led conversions and decommissioning efforts.• Led company acquisition IT portfolio with synergies of over $130M. Worked closely with parent’s acquisition team.• Established project cost tracking and ROI program. Provided guidance to business leaders in developing business cases and cost benefit analysis for project justifications. Enabled company for the first time to review and analyze planned and actual project ROI and project execution performance• Led a company-wide program to initiative to re-brand the company’s Loyalty program with major changes to POS systems, website, backend, marketing and training. Program consisted of 30 teams with all being delivered on time and to budget. • Established and managed Project Benefits Realization process for monitoring strategic projects. • Managed PCI-DSS project team and successful completed PCI audit for the four years.• Implemented in new program to increase pharmacy inventory at stores while decreasing overall costs.• Identified, implemented and configured @Task Project Management Toolset for project and resource management.

PMO, Program and Project Management Consultant Provided PMO leadership and Program Management for a large advertising agency.• Managed and implemented an Advertising Adaptation program using Sharepoint. Projects included implementing workflow and collaboration of documents and videos throughout the global community of internal and external customers. New system improved overall performance and response time.• Responsible for guiding internal team in creating a PMO group. Facilitated in standardizing methodology, toolsets reports and deployment.• Created project framework for implementing new enhancements for Creative Asset Library system.

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Provided PMO leadership to business and IT communities. Responsible for performance measurement and project reporting systems for largest direct retailer.• Managed a repository of 300+ projects ranging in size from one month to three years. Improved overall project portfolio with better project status and resource availability and eliminated business’ frustration with unachievable planned project end dates. • Improved the quality of project plans by working closely with 50 project managers and providing classroom training and mentoring sessions. Improved large project execution by 25%. • Established project cost tracking and ROI program for monitoring project benefits realization. Provided guidance to business leaders in developing business cases and cost benefit analysis for project justifications. • Evaluated and implemented a corporate Enterprise Project Governance Toolset – NIKU Clarity. Managed cross functional team in the evaluation, selection and piloting of candidate systems. Fast track selection process and completed selection, negotiation and contract signoffs in three months. Managed two implementation partners and implemented pilot and production systems in five months to two locations while within budget and schedule.

North Ryde, Au

Responsible for the development of the Global Information Management Project Office. With a staff of 10 supported the major business zones: US, UK, Australia, Asia and South Africa.• Managed a repository of 200+ projects including large applications and infrastructure projects. Implemented company’s first enterprise project management software to track projects ranging in size from $100K to $50MM. Produced first comprehensive report of project’s status and earned value.• Championed the IM Methodology, lifecycles and toolsets globally to ensure the appropriate use of IM methodology and toolsets. Managed and enhanced the global Project Office toolsets - NIKU, SAP Project System, CATS, and eRoom.• Led and fast tracked the global project management toolset selection process. Applied state-of-the-art supply management SESPA process to toolset selection. Completed the identification, evaluation, selection and negotiations process for the enterprise project management toolset 15 months faster than industry norm.• Implemented new global time management system with 800+ resources and achieved 100% monthly resource compliance.• Partnered with global accountants on monthly business charge back model to ensure accurate discretionary charges to the business units. Implemented new reporting processes and improved accuracy by 40%.• Spearheaded project reporting of all large project information to Senior Executive Management. Ensured timely collection, consolidation and reporting of projects. Improved overall project compliance from 25% to 100%.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Masters Certificate, International Business

Masters Certificate, Information Technology Project Management

Masters Certificate, Project Management

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