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Alicia Armijo

Alicia Armijo

Waddell

Summary

Dynamic Project Coordinator with a proven track record of executing diverse project tasks efficiently and meeting tight deadlines. Expertise in fostering effective communication among team members, diligently monitoring project status, and driving key milestones to successful completion. Recognized for strong problem-solving abilities and a collaborative spirit, complemented by exceptional planning and decision-making skills that enhance team productivity. Committed to delivering high-quality results while adapting to the evolving needs of projects and stakeholders.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Coordinator

KHI Solutions Contracted with Arizona Game and Fish
06.2025 - Current

Lead coordinator for multiple high-visibility IT modernization initiatives, including the Population Management Hunt (PMH) Application and BASF Corporate Events Platform.


Key Contributions:

  • Manage end-to-end project lifecycle: requirements, sprint planning, UAT, QA handoffs, and deployment.
  • Partner with Developers, QA, UX/UI, and business teams to refine user stories, AC, and release goals.
  • Implement structured sprint and release processes, including internal smoke tests and validation gates.
  • Create and maintain charters, RACI matrices, risk logs, burndown charts, and release readiness docs.
  • Lead impact scoring sessions, MoSCoW prioritization, and stakeholder communication plans.
  • Standardize business validation handoff workflows and post-mortem processes.
  • Coordinate portal and web communication alignment between cross fucntional aplications, and public-facing systems and implementation of new internal and customer-facing systems, overseeing planning, sprint execution, UAT, and deployment, resulting in successful launches with measurable efficiency improvements.
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams (Developers, QA, UX/UI, and Business stakeholders) to define user stories, acceptance criteria, and release goals within Agile sprint cycles, ensuring traceability from requirements to deployment.
  • Established new sprint and release processes, integrating weekly internal smoke tests, QA validation gates, and sprint demos that increased delivery transparency and reduced post-release issues by improving pre-deployment visibility.
  • Managed Asana task workflows and documentation, introducing structured tagging, ticket prioritization, and dependency tracking—improving communication flow and project tracking accuracy across IT teams.
  • Facilitated stakeholder engagement sessions for impact scoring, prioritization (MoSCoW), and risk mitigation, ensuring that both technical and non-technical stakeholders maintained alignment on scope and timelines.
  • Developed and maintained project artifacts including charters, RACI matrices, risk logs, sprint burndown charts, and release readiness documentation to support PMO and audit requirements.
  • Championed process improvement by standardizing business validation handoff templates, implementing post-mortem reviews, and coordinating capacity planning for sprint teams.
  • Coordinated cross-system communication plans for portal and web integration between customer facing applications and customer administrative applications ensuring a consistent user experience and clear public messaging.

Key Achievements:

  • Successfully deployed two major enterprise-wide changes to production environments with no critical post-launch defects.
  • Reduced average sprint cycle confusion by implementing structured sprint planning and internal testing cadences, increasing delivery predictability.
  • Drove multi-department collaboration across IT, Marketing, and Operations, ensuring visibility of deliverables for both internal and external audiences.

Speech Language Pathology Assistant

Strong Mind
01.2025 - Current

Blended therapeutic service delivery with data, communication, and process-improvement expertise.

  • Designed improved virtual workflows to enhance session quality and consistency.
  • Managed caseloads, documentation, scheduling, and compliance.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to streamline communication and workflows.
  • Applied HR and leadership skills: staff support, training, onboarding, and resource coordination.
  • Leveraged analytics to monitor performance and strengthen outcomes.


Owner/Operator

Upward Ventures LLC
07.2017 - 06.2025

Founder of a staffing agency specializing in educational and clinical placements.

  • Oversaw HR operations: recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and client relations.
  • Created efficient workflows and optimized recruitment strategies using analytics.
  • Placed SLPs, SLPAs, OTs, COTAs, PTs, and psychologists across district and clinical settings.
  • Directed business operations, budgeting, service delivery, and long-term planning.
  • Drove organizational growth through high-quality service and strategic client engagement.
  • Developed and nurtured lasting customer relationships by projecting professional corporate image and responding quickly to logistical and scheduling issues.
  • Managed day-to-day business operations.
  • Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.

Recruiter

The Stepping Stones Group
05.2022 - 03.2023
  • Recruited and placed clinical and educational specialists across multiple school districts.
  • Managed sourcing, screening, interviewing, contract negotiation, and onboarding.
  • Improved recruitment workflows, reducing time-to-hire and improving placement quality.
  • Built strong candidate and client relationships to increase retention and satisfaction.
  • Used recruitment analytics to guide decision-making and refine sourcing strategies.
  • Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
  • Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
  • Coordinated schedules to arrange management interviews with applicants.

Education

MBA - Human Resources

Southern New Hampshire University
06-2026

Bachelor's - Communicative Disorders And Health And Human Services

Eastern New Mexico University
12.2021

Skills

  • Power BI data queries
  • Predictive analysis
  • Specification documentation
  • Financial planning coordination
  • Workflow management
  • Strong verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Effective meeting coordination
  • Project scope management
  • Operational performance tracking
  • Strategic gap analysis
  • Workflow improvement
  • Predictive analytics expertise
  • Business solutions implementation

Accomplishments

  • Delivered multiple enterprise-wide releases with zero critical post-launch defects.
  • Increased sprint predictability by implementing structured QA/testing cadences.
  • Strengthened cross-department alignment across IT, Operations, and Marketing.

Certification

  • PMI-Aligned Project Management Course (PMI/SNHU, 35 hours)
  • Microsoft Excel for Accounting (AICPA, 2024)
  • Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Tools (AICPA, 2024)
  • Coaching vs. Mentoring (AICPA, 2025)
  • Succession Planning (LinkedIn Learning, 2025)
  • Asana Workflow Specialist (Asana, November 2025)

Timeline

Project Coordinator

KHI Solutions Contracted with Arizona Game and Fish
06.2025 - Current

Speech Language Pathology Assistant

Strong Mind
01.2025 - Current

Recruiter

The Stepping Stones Group
05.2022 - 03.2023

Owner/Operator

Upward Ventures LLC
07.2017 - 06.2025

MBA - Human Resources

Southern New Hampshire University

Bachelor's - Communicative Disorders And Health And Human Services

Eastern New Mexico University