Hi, I’m
Best Fumador
North Brunswick,NJ
Summary
Driven and innovative professional with 12years of PMO, Project & Portfolio Management experience within the Pharmaceutical, Banking, Financial, Healthcare, Property & Casualty Insurance industries. Demonstrated competency in developing and managing complex project plans, timelines, and budgets. Champions governance processes, drives best practices and tool sets, leverage project management standards and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies (Agile & Waterfall). Communicates effectively in all forms across all levels of management. Excels in building and maintaining relationships, gaining buy-in and cooperation.
Overview
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Federal Reserve Bank, NY
Technology Portfolio Manager
2022.03 - Current (2 years & 6 months)
Job overview
- Deliver PMO and portfolio management capabilities for Federal Reserve Financial Service (FRFS) Technology, overseeing over 50+ projects with annual budget around $170M.
- Design, implement, and advance maturing of Technology Portfolio Management Office functions.
- Enhanced portfolio data within Portfolio Management Information Systems (PMIS) leveraging Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) principles, toolsets, and processes.
- Establish and manage key performance indicators (KPI) across portfolio.
- Define and advance best practices for program and project management across FRFS Organization.
- Managed cross-program timelines, dependencies, decisions, and constraints resulting in 20% increase project success rate.
- Lead end-to-end program management of strategic, high-profile corporate programs in cross-functional, hyper-growth environment.
- Partner with and influence internal teams to gain buy-in to Roadmaps process, including measuring their effectiveness and value.
- Facilitated portfolio performance review and implemented new strategies
New York Life Insurance Co
IT PMO/Portfolio Manager
2019.05 - 2022.02 (2 years & 9 months)
Job overview
- Managed large size IT portfolio supporting Fixed-Income, Equity and Alternative Investments Management business lines.
- Established Project Management Office (PMO) for 40+ projects/programs delivering key business capability enhancements, platform transformations and modernization.
- Achieved Portfolio objectives and overall strategic alignment by implementing 5-year Technology Roadmap, collaboration with business and technology partners.
- Facilitated performance reviews and implemented new strategies that increased project visibility by 30%
- Drove governance and execution discipline, ensuring seamless and on-time delivery business capabilities.
- Routinely collected, processed, and analyzed KPIs to assess performance against baseline goals, and manage related communications to executive leadership and business partners.
- Continuously identified opportunities and drove change to improve project management process and toolsets.
Led annual planning and quarterly recalibration exercises to re-plan scope of work based on change requests.
CIT Bank
PMO Project Manager
2018.09 - 2019.05 (8 months)
Job overview
- Executed Program Management Office functions, tracking, and reporting across 30 data hub projects under
- Managed project/program timelines, including ongoing updates to integrated project schedule.
- Created and delivered various program status reports to senior management, ensuring effective communication.
- Led cross-functional team meetings, fostering teamwork, and driving escalation and resolution of issues.
- Coordinated go-live and cutover planning, ensuring successful deployment.
- Ensured program activities comply with relevant methodologies and process standards.
- Advised and guided teams to understanding and deployment of PMO methodology and standard practices.
CHUBB INC
IT PMO Analyst
2017.05 - 2018.09 (1 year & 4 months)
Job overview
- Managed project performance tracking, governance activities, and executive level status reporting for $30M portfolio IT systems integration and infrastructure projects in a mostly Agile project management framework.
- Coordination project intake process, assisting PMs with charter creation and benefit analysis processes.
- Ensure projects achieve 100% stage-gate success and compliance with standards through pre-audits and by advising/coaching the best use of processes and PMO toolsets.
- Function as communication conduit within the C&S Insurance group, interfacing frequently with project/program managers, Business/ IT leads to align on status, milestones, dependencies, and timelines.
- Collected, analyze, and synthesize project data to measure performance and produce executive reports.
- Developed weekly/monthly reports and co-facilitate weekly status meetings with senior leadership.
- Tracked monthly budget (forecast/actuals) across the portfolio; project budget ranging from $100k to $2.5M.
- Coordinated risk/issues management process, working with PMs to ensure mitigation/remediation.
Johnson & Johnson
Global PMO Coordinator
2015.10 - 2016.05 (7 months)
Job overview
- Coordinated global Program Management Office (PMO) supporting a global HR organization transformation encompassing new technology, resource, and business process development.
- Developed and maintained an integrated schedule, scope, and budget baseline.
- Maintained overall program tracking and reporting, creating program-level reports and dashboards for weekly engagements with senior management.
- Maintained the program RAID log and worked with PMs to mitigate/escalate risks and issues as needed.
- Coordinated weekly program status meetings, including developing agendas, presentation materials, meeting minutes, and post-meeting follow-ups.
- Partnered with regional PMOs to maintain governance of all projects, achieving 100% adherence to PMO standards and Agile project management processes.
- Streamlined the program change control process, improving communication and cycle time by 50%.
Horizon BCBSNJ
EPMO Project Coordinator
2011.11 - 2015.10 (3 years & 11 months)
Job overview
- Partnered with PMs and resource managers to drive adoption of EPMO process and toolsets resulting in 100% adoption rate
- Managed small to mid-size cross-functional projects with budget ranging from $100K to $250K
- Maintained project schedule updates and communicated challenges, risks, and issues to key stakeholders timely and concisely.
- Developed and maintained procedures, tools, and practices that controlled revisions to scope, schedule, and cost of organizational projects.
- Coordinated monthly budgeting process, including compiling forecasts/actuals, verifying project timesheet data, and creating Excel budget packets for monthly budget review meetings.
- Monitored risks/issues for assigned projects and maintained comprehensive risk/issue log.
- Provided proactive support to EPMO/DPMO staff and project teams, including PM training coordination.
Education
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Science from Labor & Employment Relations
06.2020
Berkley College , New York, NY
Associate of Science from Business Management And Marketing
05.2012
Skills
- Project Governance
- Risks & Issues Management
- Budgeting & Financials
- Portfolio Analysis
- Status Reporting
- Annual Planning
- Client Relationship Management
Technical Skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- MS Office Suite |SharePoint Online| JIRA | Planview | Clarity PPM | Planview |APPTIO | Tableau
Timeline
Technology Portfolio Manager
Federal Reserve Bank, NY
2022.03 - Current (2 years & 6 months)
IT PMO/Portfolio Manager
New York Life Insurance Co
2019.05 - 2022.02 (2 years & 9 months)
PMO Project Manager
CIT Bank
2018.09 - 2019.05 (8 months)
IT PMO Analyst
CHUBB INC
2017.05 - 2018.09 (1 year & 4 months)
Global PMO Coordinator
Johnson & Johnson
2015.10 - 2016.05 (7 months)
EPMO Project Coordinator
Horizon BCBSNJ
2011.11 - 2015.10 (3 years & 11 months)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bachelor of Science from Labor & Employment Relations
Berkley College
Associate of Science from Business Management And Marketing
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