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Serving as a PMP® Certified Project Manager, Business Systems Analyst, AI Enthusiast, PPM Consultant, Scrum Master, Product Owner, SharePoint Admin, Jira Admin, Author, and Trainer, I add value by meeting clients where they are, regardless of industry and technology, collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional management on strategic planning to drive organizational vision, strategy, goals, objectives, tailoring ways of working, providing end-to-end project management, adapting appropriate methodology, frameworks, SDLC governance, based on organizational fit, delivering large-scale enterprise level IT solutions across multiple verticals with dynamic product delivery in customer-centric, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Iterative, and Hybrid environments, fostering a collaborative environment, managing sprints, retrospectives, Kanban Boards, task decomposition, user story creation with acceptance criteria, backlog prioritization and refinement, sprint planning and grooming, eliminating blockers, blending business and technical capabilities, configuring and implementing solutions in the modern workplace to crawl, walk, and run through adoption, retention, and success. As a servant leader and lifelong learner with a growth mindset, attention to detail, agility to quickly adapt, pivot, and learn new technologies, I coach and mentor teams, bring people together including external vendors, and stakeholders at all levels, to solve complex issues, leading onshore and offshore teams, conduct requirements elicitation, client-facing Joint/Rapid Application Development (JAD, RAD), continuous process improvement, IV+V, discovery, current state and future state assessment, providing decision-support information, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for internal development teams and external client teams for QA through Go Live in Production, providing curriculum development, end-user, super user, cross-functional team training and knowledge transfer. I have managed and designed multiple, small-to-large scale engineering and IT projects concurrently, throughout the U.S. and internationally, initiated requests for proposals (RFP), conducted vendor selection and vendor management, negotiated small-to-large scale contracts, managed end-to-end projects from initiation through project closure, lessons learned, after action reviews and cross-functional team training.Contact me for opportunities at tpqaparks@gmail.com or 770.855.3980.
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Project Manager | Business Analyst | Ppm Consultant | TrainerIndependent ConsultantBuford, Ga, Us
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Scrum Master Project ManagerConverge Technology Solutions Corp. Dec 2024 - PresentGatineau, Québec, Ca -
Project Manager | Business Analyst | Ppm Consultant | TrainerIndependent Consultant Jan 2020 - Present
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Project Manager | Scrum MasterAllstem Connections Nov 2022 - Feb 2024• Contract• Managed onshore/offshore Corp IT, Quality, Infrastructure, CSV teams in Phase II of LabVantage LIMS module implementation with ERP Oracle integration, Master Data decomposition from ATDRs to Test Methods and Specifications, ELN, LES text, Global GQPs, IQ, PQ, OQ, IQ, Modules: e.g., Sample, Batch, Stability, Instruments, Consumables Mgmt. • Led subject matter expert SME onshore and offshore teams in multiple time zones in daily stand-ups, retrospectives, removed blockers, provided coaching and mentoring in hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment with shared resources & external vendors. • Developed/managed documentation, change management, provided status reporting to senior leadership, executive mgmt.• Configured/managed SharePoint Lists, RAID, Project Tracker, schedule. Teams, Zoom, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, OneNote.• Provided continuous improvement, streamlined business process to improve knowledge transfer content retention. -
Project Manager | Product Owner | Scrum MasterPlanet Pharma Mar 2022 - Sep 2022Deerfield, Illinois, Us• Contract• Guided Agile Transformation - Served in role of Project Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master and Agile coach. • Implemented Agile framework and processes, adapting and tailoring to business process in a historically Waterfall environment.• Agile coach - mentored, coached and managed multi-disciplined onshore & offshore new Agile team during SharePoint OnPremise 2013 to Modern SharePoint Online migration project.• Managed and ran daily stand-ups, Kanban Board, task decomposition, user story creation, backlog prioritization, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint grooming, sprint retrospectives, removed blockers.• Collaborated with external vendor team to guide management of updates to Technical Specification Design (TSD) and Business Requirements Document (BRD) to document current state in preparation for conversion to Power Platform to mitigate risk of rework for migration team.• Created and managed SharePoint Online Hub Site creation with Microsoft Teams & Microsoft Planner Integration. • RAID log management, schedule creation and management, project-level milestone tracking, status reporting. -
Project Manager | Ba | Ppm ConsultantApex Systems Mar 2021 - Feb 2022Glen Allen, Va, Us• Contract• Provided PPM consultative servant leadership, decision support material and gap analysis on behalf of Transamerica PMO senior leadership for Microsoft Dynamics – Project Operations and Service Now migration in Agile sprint environment, in collaboration with outside vendor. Conducted iterative VLookup analysis for 20+ migration projects for data quality integrity in project import templates uploaded to Service Now. Served as JIRA Admin resolving and closing Project Server incident ticket requests.• Microsoft Project Server Admin – managed Timesheets, Timesheet Periods, Fiscal Years, Resource Management, Resource Plans, Role-based security, provided user support. Sunset Microsoft Project Server legacy instance. Configured Project Server / SharePoint Security Groups with top-level inherited permissions for exception-based subset user access for NY DFS Compliance – presented to Governance Review Board through approval, extended PWA Time Periods for timesheet entry and year end reporting. Developed Project Server Migration Plan, SharePoint Migration Plan, Sunset Decommission Plan.• SharePoint Site Collection Admin – SharePoint Site Content analysis. Migrated SharePoint Document Libraries / content from Project Server to SharePoint Online with ShareGate migration tool with focus on data quality. Managed SharePoint Versioning on source & destination SharePoint sites, site content, site permissions. Created new SharePoint Security Groups, managed inherited permissions at site and Document Library level, provided education training & O365 support for program managers & PMO owners of new SharePoint Document Libraries. Created Quick Reference Guides (QRG) for knowledge transfer of SharePoint Online, Document Library, and SharePoint Security Group management, train-the-trainer training, for PMO Staff. -
Business Analyst | Senior Ppm ConsultantInsight Global Apr 2018 - Dec 2019Atlanta, Georgia, Us• Contract• Served in PPM consultant, project manager, business analyst and configuration roles in successful on-time migration of 20+ legacy Microsoft Project Server 2013 instances to Project Online 2016. Collaborated with international offshore & US onshore teams in an Agile environment in which Microsoft Teams, Planner, Azure DevOps were employed. Conducted business analysis/risk review of 20+ legacy project server instances with integration of 3rd party apps and macros.• Configured multiple Microsoft Project Online 2016 cloud tenants in Dev, Test and Prod Project Web App (PWA) environments.• Collaborated with Merck & Co. Enterprise Planning Platform (EPP) team leadership in strategic planning, operating rhythm definition, and engagement with business partner sponsors through migration. Developed PowerPoint kickoff meeting migration slide deck, aligned with Merck & Co. Enterprise Modernization and Resiliency initiative and organizational business processes. Collaborated with business partners in pre-migration analysis, planning, data cleanup, & migration schedule prioritization. Developed Microsoft Project master schedule with inclusion of Agile Sprint phases.• Mitigated risks in Quality Control (QC) by providing directional oversight for implementation of measured QC approach to ensure best practices in Quality Assurance (QA) for user acceptance testing (UAT). Developed PWA configuration spreadsheet used for QC, in-house migration automation tool and documentation purposes. Systematically documented PWA configurations. Post-migration support. Conducted iterative QC measures for hundreds of migrated project schedules in collaboration with onshore | offshore teams. Resolved issues in parallel teams’ PWA tenants, including local views and tables in Project Pro Enterprise Global Templates. Mentored EPP team in PWA administration best practices.• Resolved 200+ Azure DevOps work items, boards, backlogs to assist Scrum Master for daily standups and 2-week Sprints. -
Senior Ppm ConsultantProtivix Business Solutions Llc (Microsoft Gold Partner) Dec 2016 - Mar 2018• Configured & implemented Microsoft Project Online 2016 cloud tenants & Project Server 2016 instance, working virtually, and onsite during client-facing sessions, building and cultivating relationships with clients in the public sector, and private sector at Koch Industries, Synovus, BlueCross BlueShield BCBS, and Microsoft Technology Centers.• Conducted Microsoft Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) sessions as a Microsoft CIE US Qualified Facilitator onsite at Citibank in TX and Citrix in FL, partnering with Microsoft Solution Sales professionals and Protivix internal sales staff members.• Led iterative JAD sessions, elicited and developed requirements for sign-off. Built User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts, conducted UAT.• Decomposed organizational resource data from Excel spreadsheets and developed Visio process flow diagrams for Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) Organizational Charts and Project Online Processes. Developed client decision-support content.• Developed training material and conducted tailored train-the-trainer and end-user training and demos for Project Online/Project Server 2016 Administrators, Project and Resource Managers, and Team Members for large groups at client sites in GA, KS & SC & in virtual settings.• Mentored client Project Managers in best practices in configuration of dynamic Project Professional (Pro) scheduling and configuration.• Configured: Enterprise Custom Fields/Lookup tables with formulas/graphical indicators, PWA Security Templates, Groups, Categories, Views, Enterprise Project Types (EPTs), filtered EPT’s to hide from new EPT creation, Project Detail Pages (PDP) solutions to provide web part access for exclusive target audiences, Project Site Templates: Custom Lists, Forms and Views to count All Active/Closed Custom List items, RBS, Timesheet/Team Name task self-assign solutions. Promoted SharePoint Tasks Lists to Enterprise Projects.• Developed, implemented and managed Issue, Risk and Decision Management Logs.
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It Project Manager | Business AnalystCadence Group Apr 2016 - Oct 2016Suite 500, Georgia, Us• Contract• Inherited, managed and implemented two in-flight SharePoint application workflow automation solution development phases of an overarching business enhancement project to successful completion. Managed work of two SharePoint developers. Led iterative JAD sessions for requirements elicitation & business process decomposition, developed business process flow chart diagram with swimlanes in Visio, and rebuilt existing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for continuity of operations, conducted quality assurance testing of iterative solution design & UAT, developed quick reference user guides and facilitated train-the-trainer sessions, developed and maintained Issue/Risk/Change Management logs and conducted lessons learned sessions, collaborated with organizational leadership, escalated issues/risks, submitted monthly reports, applied consultation & continuous improvement efforts during the development and organizational transition of a PMO. -
It Project ManagerLaulima Government Solutions, Llc Sep 2015 - Jan 2016• Contract• Program/Project Management. Interviewed, on-boarded & managed 14 staff (Business Analysts, Developers, IT Security) in new office startup for contractor new to CDC environment. Evaluated and managed multiple inherited legacy IT projects (.NET application and SharePoint solutions). Developed & maintained Issue/Risk Management logs. Introduced Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Change Management and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) upon review and discovery regarding legacy applications, in an effort to improve processes in existing PMO. Facilitated knowledge transfer of configuration documentation obtained from original developer and delivered to project sponsor | product owner. -
It Project Manager | Business AnalystCadence Group Jul 2011 - Jun 2015Suite 500, Georgia, Us• Contract• Continued management and configuration support of 3 Project Web App (PWA) implementations, managed two Microsoft Project Server migrations (PWA 2003 to PWA 2010, & PWA 2010 to PWA 2013), & collaborated with CDC IT teams to sunset legacy applications TB PWA, Pan Flu PWA. • Managed all aspects of Project Management Office (PMO) in support of CDC leadership (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) Office of the Director (OD).• Prepared and submitted weekly Dashboard status reports for CDC program leadership. Facilitated weekly conference call meetings with project sponsor, project team, and stakeholders.• Conducted NCIRD PWA end-user training. Managed all end-user change requests with focus on exceptional customer service, to systematically schedule, monitor & close-out PWA project plans. • Configured PWA & SharePoint Lists & Views, managed SharePoint web parts to display report URL’s on PWA Home page.• Managed SDLC Waterfall/Agile hybrid approach, conducted annual JAD, iterative UAT sessions with client & development teams for PWA & code modifications to SSRS reports, data warehouse changes to SQL tables, views, & scalar-value functions. • Developed SSRS reports by modifying existing XML code in Microsoft Visual Studio .rdl files that pulled NCIRD PWA read-only data from data warehouse, conducted integration/system testing, deployed SSRS reports through CDC IT SDLC process (Dev, QA/Test, Staging, Prod) to SSRS production. • Developed & managed: Project documentation, tailored document repository for CDC Enterprise IT Portfolio Office (EITPO) Stage Gates, & annual Health & Human Services (HHS) Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) tailoring requirements, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) plans, & Disposition plans to decommission legacy applications. Updated Enterprise Systems Catalog (ESC) 5yrs.• Mentored, trained project team in daily PWA Administration. Created several Lync .mp4 Audio/Video knowledge transfer files. -
It Project Manager | Engineer Systems IiiNorthrop Grumman Jul 2007 - Jun 2011Falls Church, Va, Us• Contract• Managed 3 highly-visible Project Web App (PWA) implementations.• Managed all aspects of a Project Management Office (PMO) in support of CDC leadership (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) Office of the Director (OD)) who employed a Microsoft Project Server/PWA instance (NCIRD PWA) as a project management tracking status tool to report on monthly progress of work conducted by CDC Project Officers (PO’s) for CDC-funded PWA projects.• Prepared and submitted weekly Dashboard status reports for CDC program leadership. Facilitated weekly conference call meetings with project sponsor, project team, & stakeholders to review PMO status, issues, risks, & prioritize weekly activities to ensure work was completed on schedule.• Managed all end-user change requests & routinely coordinated with CDC PO’s, with focus on exceptional customer service, to systematically schedule, monitor & close-out PWA project plans. Conducted monthly maintenance of NCIRD PWA, & Quality Assurance (QA) compliance reviews of end-user NCIRD PWA task sheets.• Configured NCIRD PWA application instance Views and front-end “look-n-feel,” configured Microsoft Project Server Enterprise Custom fields for Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) PWA products. Conducted PWA "front-end” administration, processed monthly NCIRD PWA updates/published Microsoft Project Professional project plans. Developed SharePoint Lists & Views, managed SharePoint web parts to display report URL’s on PWA Home page.• Developed & managed: Project documentation, Enterprise Architecture diagrams, Process Flows, PWA Quick Ref. User’s Guides, Data Dictionary’s, QC/QA SOP’s, tailored document repository for CDC Enterprise IT Portfolio Office (EITPO) Stage Gates, and annual Health & Human Services (HHS) Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) tailoring requirements, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) plans, & Disposition plans to decommission legacy applications. Updated Enterprise Systems Catalog (ESC). -
It Project ManagerMpri Aug 2006 - Jul 2007• Contract• Provided weekly status briefing to MPRI Contracting Officer Representative (COR) team lead, a retired 3-star general.• Managed the implementation of a Microsoft Project Server 2003 instance during the development of a Project Management Office (PMO) responsible for analyzing, executing and tracking the progress of Pandemic Influenza preparedness activities, and reporting on the status and progress of approximately 1,000 tasks associated with the National, Homeland Security Council (HSC), and CDC Pandemic Influenza plan. Coordinated with the CDC Pan Flu Task Force & imported 253 Health and Human Services (HHS) and CDC actions from a Microsoft Access database to Microsoft Project, configured template and Enterprise Microsoft Project Server 2003 instance: Pan Flu PWA. Analyzed processes and elicited requirements, developed project management implementation and organizational staffing plan, and provided decision-support material for Influenza Coordination Unit (ICU) leadership. Coordinated with Northrop Grumman in the development and management of all project management documentation, including change management plan, Project Web Access (PWA) quick reference user’s guide, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
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Project Manager | Project Engineer AssociateArch Wood Protection, Inc. 1996 - 2006Atlanta, Ga, Us• In tandem with engineering manager, established, organized, and managed PMO to implement PMI processes, templates, primers, best practices and continuous improvement processes. Created and managed project charters, project management plans, all project documentation, single and master project schedules. Created iterative portfolio status visualizations for senior leadership. Provided status reports in Project Central, Microsoft’s first-generation Enterprise Project Management (EPM) tool.• Managed multiple, small to large scale engineering projects, concurrently, throughout the U.S. & Dominican Republic, from project initiation through onsite Go-Live startup & project closeout. Conducted client visits & interviews with business owners/sponsors, elicited project requirements, scope verification, system design analysis. Developed mechanical, civil, electrical, and structural industrial plant design AutoCAD drawings for fabrication. Developed engineering quotations, negotiated proposals and contracts for projects up to $500,000.• Managed procurement activities. Developed equipment specifications/quotations, managed vendor/contractor selection & fabrication/installation, inspected installed products. Prepared requests for proposals (RFP’s), selected vendors, supervised installations/startups. Terminated wiring in PLC’s. Supervised contractors, resolved issues. Served as primary point of contact between Arch clients, vendors/contractors, & liaison between Arch internal departments including Engineering, Sales, Research & Development (R&D), Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S). Facilitated project recaps and lessons learned with team. • Developed course content and provided AutoCAD training for engineering team members in the US & Mississauga, Canada. Served as CAD manager and maintained engineering department drawing standards. Interviewed, selected AutoCAD contractors for hire, and iteratively managed their work during periodic staff augmentation.
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Clayton State UniversityTechnology Managment -
Clayton State UniversityArchitectural Design Technology -
Dale Carnegie Training12-Week Public Speaking Course -
Northrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman'S 12-Week Principles Of Public Health Course
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Troy Parks attended Clayton State University, Clayton State University, Dale Carnegie Training, Northrop Grumman.
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