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Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Senior Project Manager
Sun Prairie,WI

Summary

Being a solution-oriented professional, I am seeking an opportunity to lead as a Project Manager and support the planning and execution of activities for developing quality products as per end-user requirements.

As a progress-focused professional, I have proven excellence in accomplishing 100% of project targets by proficiently coordinating activities. My expertise entails removing team and project impediments by ensuring Scrum pillars: adaptation, transparency, and inspection. I am skilled in opening communication channels for effective roadmap planning, tracking milestones, and product backlog management, ensuring alignment with timelines and budgetary limits. I drove actionable insights to support data-driven and logical decisions by creating documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, and flow diagrams to communicate project requirements.

Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing manufacturing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4040
4040
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Project Manager - Campus Readiness

UW-Madison
05.2023 - Current
  • Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
  • Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.

Project Fellow

TransUnion
09.2022 - 11.2022
  • Conduct meetings with the internal team, consultants, and contractors to assess potential risks and formulate mitigation strategies to meet quality and timeline goals
  • Determine project resources and staffing needs and coordinate for on-time acquisition and allocation, complying with budgetary limits
  • Monitor project delivery process and recommend improvements to facilitate timely completion of deliverables

Project Manager

Department of Defense
10.2018 - 09.2022
  • Reviewed project specifications, scope, feasibility reports, and strategic plans to establish timelines, workflow, and team/individual objectives
  • Accurately estimated the resource quantities and labor requirements for (60) DOD construction projects valued at $11,436,000
  • Performed research for sourcing better raw and finished materials and negotiated contract terms such as quality, prices, and delivery with the contractors and subcontractors
  • Analyzed the potential risks and coordinated with the suppliers, senior/associate engineers, and technicians for value engineering, end-to-end technical guidance, and performance tracking
  • Designed various controls to improve cross-functional processes and workforce quality to eliminate unwanted costs by preventing incidents/delays
  • Monitored project cash flows by assessing summaries of cost exposure and commitment for different functional components, contract amounts, billings, and account payables
  • Maintained and analyzed database, prepared several reports and presentations on project budget, projections and actual cost variances, schedules, key issues, and safety
  • Monitored and adjusted the resource deployment to address the financial constraints and gaps in materials availability
  • Briefed the stakeholders on cost, contract compliance, units of work completed, incremental milestones, and adjustments made

Skills Trainer/Observer/Coach (OC/T)

United States Army
11.2018 - 09.2020
  • Formulated and implemented Covid-19 Safety guidelines for worksites to ensure team safety during medical readiness project and formed workgroups for complete implantation of SOPs
  • Planned and conducted battalion-level training and external evaluations (EXEVALS) for Rotational Training Units (RTU) and Mobile Medical Battalion
  • Supported Combined Situational Training Exercised (CSTX) and Extensive After-Action Reviews (AAR) to help increase team competencies

Senior Human Resource Manager / Detachment Sergeant

United States Army
10.2010 - 11.2018
  • Monitored military recognition, insurance, assignment/reassignments, performance appraisals, promotion, enlistment/reenlistment, extension, separation, and retirement of 52 personnel
  • Oversaw local force management initiatives and onboarding to identify and recruit qualified individuals
  • Managed administration of annual budgets, operation/logistic funds, formal/ancillary training, JQT and PME

Education

MBA - Business Administration - Project Management

University of Arkansas Grantham
Little Rock, AR
05-2017

Bachelor of Science - Multidisciplinary Studies

Grantham University
Lenexa, KS
05.2001 - 05.2015

Associate of Arts - Multidisciplinary Studies

Grantham University
Lenexa, KS
06-2015

Skills

Project Management

Occupationaldevelopment

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance, 2022
  • Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
  • Product Owner Safe
  • Army Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP)
  • Project Management Foundations: Lessons Learned, Train the Trainer, Change Management Foundations

Professionalattributes

  • Possess strong leadership and organizational skills and knowledge of agile-scrum practices to facilitate continuous process improvement.
  • Competent at fostering communication and facilitating meetings for determining obstacles and tools to develop products within the set timelines.
  • Keen attention to detail and specification, and have expertise in quick decision-making to resolve problems.
  • Ability to guide the teams and link internal/external stakeholders using superior interpersonal skills.

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

Hybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany CultureStock Options / Equity / Profit Sharing4-day work week401k match

Timeline

Project Manager - Campus Readiness

UW-Madison
05.2023 - Current

Project Fellow

TransUnion
09.2022 - 11.2022

Skills Trainer/Observer/Coach (OC/T)

United States Army
11.2018 - 09.2020

Project Manager

Department of Defense
10.2018 - 09.2022

Senior Human Resource Manager / Detachment Sergeant

United States Army
10.2010 - 11.2018

Bachelor of Science - Multidisciplinary Studies

Grantham University
05.2001 - 05.2015

MBA - Business Administration - Project Management

University of Arkansas Grantham

Associate of Arts - Multidisciplinary Studies

Grantham University
Charles WilliamsSenior Project Manager