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Bellevue, Wa, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

• TMS – Transportation Management Simplification (SAP solution integration)o Collaborating with cross functional teams to deliver Transportation Simplification Management solution in Cloud environmento Tracking risks, deliverables, metrics, and progress against planned schedule• BGS SAP ERP BDSI Implementation – o Functioned as the lead PM, driving integrated project status update and review across core value stream teams and leadership teamo Led CIO weekly reports update across multiple projects owned by senior program director (BGS BDSI, BGS BDUK, BDS EDP, BDS ERP, BCA FPS)o Built aggregated resource planning Tableau dashboard monthly for executive leadership to better manage global resources and assignments

Arlington, Va, Us

Work with program leaders and teams across business units and functions to drive successful implementation & enterprise adoption of AI / ML Program process, products, communication & training. Lead activities and work to grow commonality in strategy & operations across organizations within the Boeing company. Define KPI, tracking metrics and scorecard reporting for communication with stakeholders and work teams.

Arlington, Va, Us

Working with enterprise Portfolio Leaders, Service Owners, IT leaders, business partners, Engineering , Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance to drive portfolio services to ensure global strategic alignment and integration with business value. Collaborate cross-functionally to coordinate program reviews and reporting.. Major responsibilities include:• Drive Enterprise portfolio management process. Engage with strategy stakeholder and service owners on integration and delivering within budget, mitigating risks and issue in a timely manner• Work closed with service owners to define, drive, track and socialize scope, deliverables, budget, timeline, resources, risks and help needed• Support Enterprise Architecture in financial budget and headcount planning, tracking and communication• Develop and maintain reporting dashboard to stakeholders and IT leaders• Identify needs for vendor-provided products and services for complex, enterprise-wide projects. Manage purchased service (vendor) and suppliers contract and negotiation, Task Order and contract SOW creation and update, resources and onboarding process (account, equipment, seating, etc), budget and tracking, invoice processing• Provide project management support to architecture assessment and governance activities

Arlington, Va, Us

Functioned as a lead program manager in Enterprise Architecture PMO, supporting senior managers and executives with communication and presentations, driving Enterprise Architecture IT strategies and high priority initiatives, supporting EA Long Range Business Planning and Implementation. Major responsibilities include:• Lead multiple project effort and communication cross functional teams and business units for better collaboration, integration, and alignment. Tracking project planning, status, deliverables and schedule. Identify and mitigate risks and address issues to drive projects to success.• Act as organizational SME for procurement and vendor management. Lead contract creation, update, negotiation and maintenance. Manage vendor/supplier resources, budget and invoices. Gathered vendor performance metrics and reviews. • Lead EA PMO Project Management functional Excellence activities to develop, manage and optimize project management methodologies and disciplines.• Provide support to EA leaders in IT executive communication, strategic alignment and addressing management challenges, including preparing presentation content on the fly. • Manage EA budget planning and tracking, strategic consolidation and LRBP planning. Manage opportunities, risks and dependencies. • Work closely with procurement, finance and across EA functional managers in support of purchase and services resources, contracts, and invoices in Enterprise Architecture organization.

Arlington, Va, Us

Functioned as a senior project manager in a fast-paced, dynamic environment using AD& S agile methodology. Managed development and test teams to deliver major releases of MyBoeingFleet Search, as well as cross organization joint release efforts. Major responsibilities include:• Lead multiple concurrent project development efforts using SCRUM processes• Helped define and implement best practices and process improvement at organizational level based on AD& S process, Lean+, and Lean 10X methodologies• Worked closely with business partners, supply management, customer experiences, etc to integrate new data sources into MBF search via MBF Search portal• Managed release scope, project plan, new features and design reviews, resources allocation, capacity planning, change request controls, and process improvement• Identify and negotiate for necessary resources to meet project goals• Track and monitor project tasks and deliverables schedules, progress, risks, and issues• Developed and negotiate baseline schedule, scope and resource changes with project team, other affected partner and customer teams and organizations• Developed and lead execution of plans to mitigate identified risks, issues and opportunities• Communicated risks, issues and opportunities related to project deliverables, scope, and schedule

Supported senior management in Microsoft External Research and OEM group, managing external research institution contracts, OEM suppliers relationship. Interacted with OEM sales account managers and suppliers, marketing, legal department and other stakeholders within the organization. Maintained collaborative relationships with fields, IT support, and OEM partners on issues, training, on-boarding. Planned, initiated, implemented and carried out ideas and programs.Major responsibilities include:• Drove RFP, analyzed results, and worked cross-organizationally with directors and general managers to land go-forward plan for multi-year licensing initiative• Created weekly status reports, monthly communication newsletters, and PowerPoint presentations for executives and main stakeholders• Worked regularly on off-hours schedules to coordinate globally dispersed teams • Worked with customers to gather feedback on features and designs for enhancement• Facilitated training to internal stakeholders and external OEM partners across the world (about 30+ training sessions customized for different countries and partners). • Developed marketing plan, success KPI, EVM and agreed SLAs. Analyzed adoption data on a weekly basis, and reported issues, trend, and recommended solutions• Identified and reported trends/patterns to manager enabling business processes improvement• Managed outsourced vendors on deliverables, performance, communication

San Jose, California, Us

Acted as the liaison between clients in the U.S. and global teams to deliver strategic projects. Provided leadership by managing business relationship, designing operational processes, implementing program improvement initiatives, identifying strategies and owning the end to end program activities. Project responsibilities increased substantially as project count increased from 1 to 12 and project team members grew from 4 to over 80 in total. Major responsibilities included:• Built an international team with 80 plus resources from ground up, defining, planning, managing technology solutions and improving quality in enterprise wide systems. • Defined project policies, procedures, and streamlined best practice across geographically dispersed teams.• Managed all aspects of multiple teams, maintaining budgets, developing support infrastructure, and building effective team by coaching, motivating, and tracking project and employee performance. • Identified and tracked high risk areas, implemented risk mitigation, and created contingency plans through prototyping and maintaining constant communication with project team and stakeholders. • Set direction and support team members to become peak performers, which in return increase department productivity levels.