Pmo Manager/Program Manager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us
PMO/Program Manager (2007-2010)• Promoted to Senior PMO business leader – Managed business unit PMO and Project Portfolio. • Increased deployment of flagship product 200% by working with cross-functional teams, identifying and correcting inefficiencies in project life cycle. • Reduced project request backlog by 75%. • Led Cross Functional Senior Management team to review business cases, determination of project prioritization and headcount/resource allocations across the project portfolio.• Maintained management reporting of portfolio and project activity.• Reported Weekly to senior management; Actual vs Budget spend, resource utilization, Risk and Issue Management.• Mentored staff project managers• Point of escalation for issue resolution. Sr. Project Manager, CheckFreePay (2006-2007)• Led team of over 20 internal cross functional members to divest a prepaid card platform. Point person to external acquisition business partner. Avoided $500K cost by delivering on time and received Recognition Award. • Managed the upgrade and deployment of flagship project. • Implemented process that shortened release turnaround time by 40%. • Led project teams of 2 to 30+ on PCI Compliance, Sybase Database upgrades, and numerous operational system software projects. Sr. Project Manager, CheckFree PLPM COE (2006)• Tasked with establishing a Project Portfolio for recent business acquisition.• Formalized Project Management methodologies. • Established a Project Portfolio resulting in visibility to work efforts and established business unit capabilities. Led to increased project throughput by 50%. • Led a technical team of 10 Recovered stalled project to replace end of life Sun Unix VRU hardware and software. Re-planned and re-budgeted project, gained senior management approval to proceed.• Utilized Project Portfolio Management, Waterfall and Agile SDLC Project Management techniques, MS Project, MS Office, EPK, Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint.