Susan Perry Email & Phone Number

West Des Moines, Ia, Us

West Des Moines, Iowa

- Responsible for building and developing Project Management Office (PMO) for organization- Lead governance of Portfolio & Project management. Implementing best practices, work flows, and processes- Work with executive team developing implementation plans to support strategic goals- Training and mentoring of project management staff- Resource Forecasting to support maximizing results for Portfolio- Responsible for change management on large initiatives and… Show more - Responsible for building and developing Project Management Office (PMO) for organization- Lead governance of Portfolio & Project management. Implementing best practices, work flows, and processes- Work with executive team developing implementation plans to support strategic goals- Training and mentoring of project management staff- Resource Forecasting to support maximizing results for Portfolio- Responsible for change management on large initiatives and processes- Utilize Agile, Iterative and SDLC project life-cycle teams ranging from 5 - 50 professionals Show less

West Des Moines, Ia

VisionT consultant for IMT Insurance

Des Moines, Ia & Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg, Fl

Providing innovative business solutions for program, project, process management and change management.

West Des Moines, Ia

VisionT Consultant for GuideOneManaged multiple releases of the Commercial Lines Program to implement the Guidewire policy administration system for one of the four program tracks. $10M budget for the pilot and roll-out of all states for Worker Compensation, pilot of two states and release for 15 additional states for the remaining commercial lines of business. Included leadership responsibilities for vendor, change, risk, budget and resource management. Worked with PwC including… Show more VisionT Consultant for GuideOneManaged multiple releases of the Commercial Lines Program to implement the Guidewire policy administration system for one of the four program tracks. $10M budget for the pilot and roll-out of all states for Worker Compensation, pilot of two states and release for 15 additional states for the remaining commercial lines of business. Included leadership responsibilities for vendor, change, risk, budget and resource management. Worked with PwC including their onsite leads and offshore teams. Following SCRUM methodology. Show less

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Vision T Consultant for PFG Corporate PMOManaged system retirement project for inventory management and shipping & manifest systems. Lead the RFI & RFP process for vendor selection. Systems selected provided additional data reporting and analytics capabilities for operations and multiple business units. Multiple integrations with new & existing systems for policy management. strategically aligned the new systems with the long term corporate order management strategy for future… Show more Vision T Consultant for PFG Corporate PMOManaged system retirement project for inventory management and shipping & manifest systems. Lead the RFI & RFP process for vendor selection. Systems selected provided additional data reporting and analytics capabilities for operations and multiple business units. Multiple integrations with new & existing systems for policy management. strategically aligned the new systems with the long term corporate order management strategy for future migrations. Show less

Program management consultant for eBusiness solutions. Provided leadership for development of the program framework including program dashboard, sponsor status, communication plan, roles & responsibilities and change management. Facilitated program leadership and sponsor meetings. Coordinated project status for all program efforts and managed dependency and risk management. Developed integrated technology project plan for program deliverables across 12 systems.

Provided senior leadership for the Project Management Office (PMO) and had responsibility for development and maintaining $12M health care portfolio for government contract. Performed actual to planned comparison on project performance and requested timeline extensions and/or additional funding if necessary. Responsible for cross functional workflow planning and staffing skill set analysis. Resulted in 32% increase of successfully completed projects annually. Identified and evaluated project… Show more Provided senior leadership for the Project Management Office (PMO) and had responsibility for development and maintaining $12M health care portfolio for government contract. Performed actual to planned comparison on project performance and requested timeline extensions and/or additional funding if necessary. Responsible for cross functional workflow planning and staffing skill set analysis. Resulted in 32% increase of successfully completed projects annually. Identified and evaluated project trends and overall risks to the program, contract and PMOLeadership role for company effort to develop processes and work flows in Visio to Achieve CMMI Maturity Level 3 across all functional areas (Development, Requirements, Testing, Project management, Corporate Training, Vendor Management, Audit control). Developed and conducted corporate training. Member of the ongoing corporate leadership team for maintaining CMMI processes and data analysis for auditing Show less

Account Management including primary contact for large clients. Responsibilities for SLAs, billing, contract negotiations & renewals, project management and RFP support for new business. Direct manager for staff of 21 project and client relations professionals supporting external clients.