Jingfei Wu
Cambridge,MA
Summary
Versatile manager with an IT development background. I excel in managing complex projects and delivering results efficiently with high standards of quality. Proven track record of successful project execution and high customer satisfaction. Skilled in strategic planning, operational improvement, adaptability, and problem-solving. Successfully implemented innovative solutions that resulted in positive organizational changes.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Program Manager
US DOT NHTSA
06.2024 - Current
- Lead a 22-person team to implement cross-functional projects in the areas of business intelligence reporting, data governance, and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML).
- Project management: weekly cost, schedule and progress reporting; quarterly program review with customer and leadership; ROM estimation, Investment Review Board (IRB) approval, Change Control Board (CCB), and contract management.
- Provide development team technical guidance, review work deliverables through the agile process, mitigate risks, and fulfill requirement gaps.
- Lead four AI/ML initiatives concurrently for three different program offices. These AI-powered tools automate data mapping, document and workflow generation, crash narrative categorization, image analysis and comment analysis. Responsible for technical implementation, business requirements, ROM estimates, project initiation, sprint review, and product delivery through agile methodology.
- Collaborate with the technical manager to oversee the Tableau report portfolio for the agency and provide ongoing development and maintenance for a dozen active reports through Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipeline.
- Support the agency’s Chief Data Officer in establishing a data platform, adopting data governance practices to conform to DOT’s data standards.
- Proposed an AI SharePoint site for the agency and spearheaded the development of the site.
Senior Project Manager
US DOT NHTSA
06.2024 - Current
- Serving as the federal project manager and contracting officer’s representative (COR), I oversee the modernization of NCAP, which will host the Government’s premier consumer information program for evaluating vehicle safety performance.
- Leading an 8-person team to gather requirements, perform technical analysis and work estimation, create a product roadmap and milestones, conduct sprint planning/review/demos, and coordinate UAT, security approval, and product launch via the Agile development process.
- Responsible for stakeholder communication, work plan, progress reporting (financial, EVM, progress, risk, and mitigation plan), contract management, performance monitoring, cost tracking against budget, and resource re-alignment as necessary. Quarterly program review with senior management of OCTO and the program office.
Program Manager for HUD Portfolio
US DOT Volpe Center
06.2020 - 06.2024
- Responsible for program management, business development, and customer relationship. Project initiation, work plan, execution, schedule, and stakeholder communication.
- Spearheaded the development and deployment of a secure and efficient Power App application Greenlight to support multifamily-assisted property owners in applying for federal grants and loans.
- Managed UiPath license renewal and updates. Led the technical team to work closely with stakeholders and developed five Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots that resulted in remarkable time savings of man-hours through intelligent process automation and streamlining.
- Led a proof of concept (POC) to explore the capability of Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) to track mortgage payments and transactions.
Project Manager for FAA Portfolio
US DOT Volpe Center
01.2017 - 06.2024
- Led a data modeling team of 5 to define, develop, and maintain the global flight information exchange standard to support the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment (FF-ICE).
- Responsible for inter-agency agreement, budgets, schedules, and work deliverables with quality.
- Led the development team and implemented Flight Visualizer v1.0, which provides flight search capabilities that enable the automated, intuitive, and expedient answering of FOIA requests.
- As the team lead, spearheaded a three-divisional modernization effort that conducted gap analyses on SWIM versus direct data sources, specified requirements for PBS, and successfully created the PBS system via Agile process.
Senior Program Manager for FMCSA Grant Program
US DOT Volpe Center
08.2011 - 06.2024
- As an accomplished leader of a ten-person team, developed a 5-year $6.5 Mil Inter-agency-agreement to support FMCSA grant application review and state technology deployment.
- Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for FMCSA SAFER application and ITD program, established data quality standard and compliance review process for the program to help states meet program requirements. The efforts have significantly improved data quality and thus the confidence level of using ITD data for roadside innovative technologies to make bypass decisions.
- Led development effort to re-build ITD program web site and create a grants visualization reporting tool in Tableau.
Project Manager for NHTSA CDAN Modernization
US DOT Volpe Center
03.2015 - 04.2017
- As a reputable high achiever, I was assigned by leadership to help complete the CDAN modernization with acceptable quality. The task required assessment of the project, troubleshooting of issues, and the strategic plan with fund estimates and schedule.
- Led the development team of 10 to deliver the remaining modernization with improved processes and quality, therefore enhancing the customer relationship.
IT Program Manager for FMCSA Applications
US DOT Volpe Center
05.2005 - 12.2016
- Worked as the development team lead, oversaw the development and maintenance of 15 highly complex legacy applications that support agency's mission-critical safety requirements in the areas of motor carrier registration, inspection, crash data collection, compliance monitoring, and enforcement actions.
- Managed software life-cycle development, including requirement gathering, technical analysis, work estimation, release planning, execution, UAT, and deployment.
- Responsible for inter-agency agreements, task execution, expenditure tracking, stakeholder communications, contractor management, risk mitigation, and program review with customers and senior leadership.
Education
M.S. - Physiology
Iowa State University Veterinary Medical College
Skills
- Risk Mitigation
- Project Management (Budget and Schedule)
- Communication and Collaboration
- Leadership
- Agile Methodology
- Data Standards and Management
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Enterprise Architecture
- Cloud Computing
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Project Management Institute
- FAC-COR Level II certificate
- Client/Server Certificate Program, Northeastern University Center of Continuing Education
Timeline
Senior Program Manager
US DOT NHTSA
06.2024 - Current
Senior Project Manager
US DOT NHTSA
06.2024 - Current
Program Manager for HUD Portfolio
US DOT Volpe Center
06.2020 - 06.2024
Project Manager for FAA Portfolio
US DOT Volpe Center
01.2017 - 06.2024
Project Manager for NHTSA CDAN Modernization
US DOT Volpe Center
03.2015 - 04.2017
Senior Program Manager for FMCSA Grant Program
US DOT Volpe Center
08.2011 - 06.2024
IT Program Manager for FMCSA Applications
US DOT Volpe Center
05.2005 - 12.2016
M.S. - Physiology
Iowa State University Veterinary Medical College
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