Tara Phelps Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, NV, US

I’m excited to be leading the community to provide Generative AI training, education & strategy based services to support small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. My 20+ years of seasoned expertise in the tech and business world uniquely position me to drive success in this endeavor.Throughout my career, I’ve cultivated a diverse skill set.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

• Lead the Program Management execution of Aristocrat Gaming’s land-based product programs, overseeing the rollout of new products and market jurisdictions to drive market expansion and contribute to over $500M in annual.
• Execute CEO and C-Suite assigned initiatives that support enterprise-level goals, working closely across enterprise functional teams, the CEO and C-Suite to ensure alignment and provide executive-level reporting on.
• Drive organizational leadership by developing and implementing performance metrics, governance standards and processes, and new technologies within the Program Management and Operations division. Contribute to improved.
• Lead cross-functional teams in delivering critical projects within the B2B (social) and player loyalty markets of the Customer Experience Solutions (CXS) division. Collaborated with globally dispersed teams to ensure.
• Generative AI Program Management group leader responsible for the development of program management use cases, AI tool solutions and rollout strategies for 2025.

Las Vegas, NV, US

• Transformation Program Manager responsible for team of project management professionals in the delivery and implementation of Caesars Entertainment portfolio of finance/payroll/human resource infrastructure.
• Manage IT product support model for back office systems (Oracle Fusion R12/13 GL/AP, HCM, AS/400 Infinium Software) including full SDLC life cycle management of multiple, complex work streams in fast-paced environment.
• Strategically manage, evangelize and support the stakeholder relationships between IT leadership, Finance and HR leadership, and Executive Management to successfully drive the technical strategic road map from Software.
• Lead initiatives within the Finance/HR product vertical to align with PMO strategic models by contributing to the development of project governance processes and workflow of risk management, stakeholder, task and.

Las Vegas, NV, US

• Project Manager heading up multi-million dollar Oracle Cloud Fusion Implementation for Caesars Entertainment worldwide. Project scope incorporates 40+ finance system integrations and conversions including interfaces.
• Provide project management duties and leadership for budget and resource management (Clarity), schedule management (MS-Project), development team management, process and procedure coordination between development.
• Lead development team utilizing Agile methodology through all phases of SDLC, including design, development, unit, end-to-end testing and production delivery (ALM).
• Manage cutover and support management planning for transition from systems integrator support to in-house support and management including development of RACI matrix.
• Sub-projects:
• Development efforts with Oracle HCM systems implementation, impacting Payroll, T&A, Benefits, PA, and OM systems.

Falls Church, VA, US

• Project Manager to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) Mission Assurance Program for the Mission Assurance Development Lab facilities. Development site primary functions incorporate software development and IT services.
• Provide project management support for complex multi-contractor, application development (GOTS) including all phases of SDLC including testing, configuration management and production distribution.
• Project manager, editor, and technical writer for initial Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for government contracted start-up facilities addressing all functional areas of IT operations including:
• Systems physical and cyber security policies, procedures and physical and virtual access protocols.
• Emergency Management Response, Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP).
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) procedures.

• Led project management and program management activities for client projects in the areas of IT and systems administration, systems implementation and integration projects, application development and team management.
• Skills/Activities:
• Government client: Directed project and systems development planning and strategy overview, RFP development, work group on boarding and management, technical writing and development of systems functional specifications.
• Prosperity Broadcasting: Provided project and systems development planning and implementation of integrated 24/7 broadcasting platform. Application development team management (SDLC), technical specification.
• Creators Code/PBS: Provided on-going program management and technical systems administration for training and education company. Web development and marketing systems programming. Application development lifecycle.
• American Technology Corp: Project management of 1-year implementation of CRM/SCM and systems integration solution for leading West Coast satellite services provider. Directed change management, training and new process.

Malvern, PA, US

• Service development team leader focused on start-up, emerging, and middle market firms selling a broad range of professional services in executive management, financial and information systems implementations, business.
• Project manager for financial services delivery methodologies in co-sourcing opportunities, outsourcing, IT audit services, and regulatory requirements within biosciences, financial services, and retail industries.
• Skills/Activities:
• Systems implementation and plan development for finance systems including JD Edwards, Oracle ERP, SAP, Sage, SQL
• IT Policy/Procedures development for business process and technical documentation for SOX/FAS regulatory standards.
• IPO Finance Policy & Procedures documentation and development.

Chicago, IL, US

• Led the West division client engagement process targeting global Fortune 1000 firms selling a broad range of consulting services in the areas of finance, change management, operations streamlining, corporate risk.
• Successfully acquired new clients that resulted in meeting revenue targets of $2.5M in new business development in 12 months.
• National project leader for development of marketing activities focused on mid-market and emerging companies in the life sciences (healthcare & biotech), high-tech (hardware/software/devices), and manufacturing sectors.
• Provided engagement P&L management, high-level project management, and marketing and communications planning.
• Activities/

• Australian based medical device & healthcare professional services company.
• Provided overall strategic sales and marketing leadership for the West Division including the coordination of sales strategies and tactics in Mid-West & East markets, initiative development and oversight of field.
• Secured market share in Western US negotiating $15M+ long-term contracts with national GPOs & healthcare providers, penetrating new IHN, IDN and regional firms such as Premier, Novation, & HealthNet
• Closed new business with national GPO producing annual revenue of $3.2M for $45 million operation within first 18 months.
• Project leader for development and roll out of client’s strategic process improvement implementation plans working with IC committees, safety & risk coordinators, material management committees, finance committees, and.
• Solicited, negotiated and closed first government healthcare facility contract resulting in the development of GSA (FSS Schedule 65) certification, logistics teaming agreements, and follow-on pilot accounts with VA and.

Worldwide, OO

• Project manager and author responsible for implementation of strategic turnaround IT systems & client support business plan for Caribbean & Latin America region of Big 4.
• Partner mentor in charge of key technology strategy development and new business development.
• Oversaw and managed project management teams responsible for execution of regional enterprise IT systems upgrades, business process development (for internal audit and financial reporting systems), and compliance of.
• Employed revenue & performance management tracking methods resulting in new regional standards, doubling of technical capacity & $12M in revenue contributing to firm expansion.
• Conceived, initiated, and managed the regional call center implementation project contributing to a 10% annual cost reduction in IT systems support costs.
• Responsible for IT budget development & departmental P&L.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Created business alliances selling professional services that generated leads that contributed to $23M in revenue in one year. Developed joint venture agreements and working relationships with 53 consulting managing.
• Managed a large sales and technical consulting team in new strategic alliances in vertical markets including healthcare, semiconductor, retail, high tech and aerospace & defense.
• Activities/Skills:
• Enterprise supply chain management (PLM, SCM, ERP & CRM) systems and systems integration consulting.
• Product lifecycle development strategic planning and business process development consulting.

• Personally developed business plan and venture capital acquisition that led to company purchase.
• Developed world-wide capital equipment distributor contracts resulting in 28% revenue growth over 3 years and a 12% reduction in production costs.
• Established and developed 16 new global sales channels including OEM arrangements, distributor agreements, and representation in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Taiwan, France, and Japan.
• Implemented and oversaw IT development & roll-out of general business, supply chain management, & product development systems.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Established business development/operational process infrastructure for North American operation.
• Interfaced and coordinated 170 individuals worldwide as project manager to support project management methodologies in areas of front, middle and back end business office functions.
• Program managed clinical information management and systems administration projects, with responsibility for P&L and best practice development contributing to the completion of ISO9000 certification of project.
• Consulted on and project managed large-scale ($5M-$30M) systems integration and enterprise upgrade projects on varied OS platforms including Windows NT, AS/400, VMS, and Legacy systems.
• Led and taught project management methodologies to national professional services team.

US

• Healthcare services provider serving the greater Los Angeles basin.
• Systems and network administration of multi-location healthcare care provider network.
• Activities/Skills:
• Developed, planned, supervised and executed the start-up automation project of the largest mental health agency/provder in Los Angeles County.
• Architected, installed, configured and implemented enterprise Novell LAN/WAN including acquisition of $500K of hardware and software, selection and monitoring of contractor and vendor performance, establishment of.
• Initiated and orchestrated alliance of six mental health/managed care agencies in the application development of a front-end from a C++ to CMS, online reporting system for DHS Mental Health Los Angeles County.

Austin, Texas, US

• Multi-National Insurance Company
• Systems and network administration of multi-location insurance provider.
• Activities/Skills:
• Directed and supervised all aspects of daily hands-on pc systems administration providing technical support and training to user base of 300+ in a Novell Token Ring, AS/400, System/36 and IBM mainframe environment for.
• Led division in providing inter/intro-network systems integration, management of systems resources, network optimization and maintenance for Los Angeles, Denver and Chicago division offices.
• Assigned as project leader for ground-breaking automation project of the policy production departments. Successfully researched, developed, managed and delivered the project plan for migration from mainframe based.

Masters, Technology Leadership

Bs, Business Admin/Mangement

Biology