Cathaleena Barraza
Project Manager/Sr. Consultant
Chandler,AZ
Summary
Focused Project Manager and talented professional considered a knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings 15+ years of valuable expertise in Human Resources, Payroll, and Consultation. Adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance. Attentive to detail with experience in coordinating projects, programs and improvements.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
ATOS IT Services And Solutions
Phoenix, AZ
05.2016 - Current
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality.
- Facilitated communication between internal personnel, contractors and vendors for project cohesion.
- Maintain clear communication with precise technical writing to document and inform critical processes.
- Identify plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Manage projects from procurement to steady state.
- Provide detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Gather requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Provide steady state support, on-going training, and updates as needed for up to 240 sites/divisions.
Sr. Consultant, Kronos (UKG)
ATOS IT Services And Solutions
Portland, OR
09.2011 - 05.2016
- Provided overall project consultation, testing, implementation, upgrade and steady state support.
- Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
- Determined areas for improvement and implemented processes to alleviate problems.
- Identified key areas in need of improvement and implemented plans to rectify issues.
- Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates.
- Developed custom solutions based upon clients' strict requirements.
- Troubleshot issues by understanding issue, diagnosing root cause and coming up with effective solutions.
- Monitored and managed staff performance to attain target metrics both individually and team unit.
Education
Adams State College
AlamosaColorado Technical University
Colorado Springs, COSkills
Project planning and development
Procedure development
Strategic planning
Project Management
Fluent in Spanish
Functional & Business Requirements
Systems Installation, Configuration and Upgrading
Timeline
Project Manager
ATOS IT Services And Solutions
05.2016 - Current
Sr. Consultant, Kronos (UKG)
ATOS IT Services And Solutions
09.2011 - 05.2016
Adams State College
Colorado Technical University