Bianca Jean-Simon
Miami,FL
Summary
Passionate and detail-oriented professional seeking a position that leverages extensive experience in emergency management, disaster recovery, and project management. Aiming to contribute to effective disaster response and recovery efforts by utilizing proven ability to manage processes, motivate teams, and implement innovative solutions. Eager to join an organization where skills in operational management, strategic planning, and technological proficiency can support disaster survivors and achieve organizational goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Disaster Survivor Assistance
FEMA
03.2022 - Current
- Developed and delivered presentations for community organizations, increasing understanding of survivorship and available resources.
- Empowered survivors by providing tailored emotional support and resources to assist in their healing journey.
- Educated family members about the effects of trauma on survivors'' lives and fostered healthy communication strategies within families.
- Established trusting relationships with survivors, fostering a supportive environment for open communication and progress.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on laws, policies, and best practices related to survivor advocacy, enhancing service quality.
- Assess and report critical and emerging disaster needs to FEMA leadership to inform decision-making processes.
- Collaborate with local officials, state, tribal, and territorial emergency managers, disability partners, private sector entities, voluntary agencies, and faith- and community-based organizations. This collaboration aims to identify and resolve immediate unmet needs and foster strengthened alliances for the delivery of inclusive and equitable services to survivors.
Primavera Project Scheduler
ESciences
07.2021 - 07.2024
- Independently develops new project schedules for moderately complex projects using Primavera scheduling software
- Maintains project schedule including progress updates
- Revises forecasts and evaluates impact of delay
- Communicates status of schedule and key risk areas to members of project management team
- Performs schedule risk analysis, including quantitative risk analysis
- Performs schedule analysis to include critical activities, risk areas, key milestones and significant changes to schedule
- Develops 'what if' scenarios to explore alternate sequencing in order to mitigate or avoid schedule delays
- Preforms contemporaneous schedule analysis
- Performs detailed review of contractor schedule submittals, including baseline and progress updates.
Project Control Scheduler
System One
08.2021 - 10.2022
- Working for a Utility Company running schedules in transmission lines, distribution and plant substation
- Develop and maintain project schedules by working with the project team
- Assign resources and budgets in schedule with input from estimator and cost controller
- Provide lead project manager with support regarding EPC substation or transmission partnership project
- Coordinate with Engineering, Project Control and any other parties involve ensuring project are progressing on time
- Support project manager in overall scheduling and coordination of given project from planning through closeout
- Utilize Primavera P6 daily to keep progress track and schedules completely up to date
- Create and issue weekly schedule status reports as (critical path, 2 weeks look ahead)
- Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules, perform time analysis and SQDC report
- Perform project performance analysis including EVM in P6
- Work with project management to set goal, objectives, and success factors and analyze project status.
Project Coordinator
University of Miami
01.2018 - 07.2021
- Produced weekly status reports for customers and senior management
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (design staff, remodeling & purchasing teams, & client) to draft project schedules and plans
- Established scopes of work, budgets construction timelines to manage and plan projects
- Produced detailed design drawings specifying dimensions and materials needed for remodeling projects
- Monitored design processes from conceptual through construction
- Monitored design processes from conceptual phase through construction
- Collaborated with project manager to plan and implement lighting design & installations
- Obtained building permits and required public approval to begin remolding demolition
- Track appointments and document information completely, timely, and accurately
- Examined legal documents and assured adherence to laws and court procedures
- Generated purchase order and submitted to vendors
- Updated details in company database by keying in customer contacts and delivery's dates
- Demonstrate sensitivity to issues and show proactive behavior in addressing customer needs
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
Software Analyst
Honeywell
05.2010 - 12.2018
- Worked business analysis in understanding the requirement thoroughly for enhancements and coding in PEGA
- Rules Process Commander for the assigned in Sale Automation and Product Composer System implementation for HAP, contributed to team of 25 members in delivering project
- Analyze and co-ordinate with trading partners and business users to create functional and technical documents; test cases for functional unit testing in HP ALM
- Developed and executed test cases for functional, regression, and integration testing of Pega application in various environments such as DEV, SIT, UAT and PROD
- Analyzed and developed technical solutions to meet business requirements
- Conducted manual and automated testing of Pega applications including functional, regression and risks
- Conducted client-facing meeting and provided regular updates on testing progress, issues, and risks
- Spearheaded technical discussion roundtables to track progress and optimize future resource distribution
- Designed best practice documentation for development
- Managed team of 4 resources in assigned daily tasks for meeting deadlines in stipulated time guidance and support to junior testers.
Application Specialist
Dormakaba Group
04.2009 - 04.2010
- Providing continuous remote and in person support to over Direct customer contact onsite training and clinical handling of EOS advanced image-based solutions for Orthopedic surgical care
- Provided on-site and remote Dynamics AX go-live support
- Facilitated a widespread, high touch change management process and created new reports to bridge old and new business models
- Led functional testing, training, and documentation
- CPOE – DICOM and TCP/ IP Communication Components
- Generated $300K in revenue by turning a dissatisfied client into a successful human resource and payroll implementation
- Customer support and development of Imaging protocols
- Interfaced with business users in order to analyze and document business processes and requirements
- Offered recommendations for process workflow improvements resulting in operational efficiencies and improved controls
- Directed, guided, and supported clients through systems implementations to meet expected target dates
- Conducted on-site systems and security training customized to a client's specific needs
- Delivered high-impact remote training as a solution to reduce travel time and costs
- Workflow analysis and product demonstration
- Built and maintained client relationships in order to ensure customer satisfaction
- Leveraged reengineering expertise to improve processes, procedures, and systems related to production scheduling, inventory management, and customer/supplier relationships.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Sciences -
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL01.2023
Skills
- IT Project Implementation
- Problem Solving
- Oral Communication
- Project Management Software
- Quality Control
- Data Analysis
- Waterfall Project Management
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
- PRIMAVERA
- EPIC
- ORTHNET
- EVICORE
- AVAILITY
- CARECLOULD
- ORACLE
- CLOUD 9
- CYBER SECURITY
- JAVASCRIPT
- MICROSOFT PROJECT
Certification
- Certified Project Management, 07/2022-12/2022
- Operations Managements, 08/2021
Timeline
Disaster Survivor Assistance
FEMA
03.2022 - Current
Project Control Scheduler
System One
08.2021 - 10.2022
Primavera Project Scheduler
ESciences
07.2021 - 07.2024
Project Coordinator
University of Miami
01.2018 - 07.2021
Software Analyst
Honeywell
05.2010 - 12.2018
Application Specialist
Dormakaba Group
04.2009 - 04.2010
Bachelor of Computer Sciences -
Broward College
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