Jonathan Konkel
La Crosse,WI
Summary
Multi-industry experienced project manager with knowledge of various project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and XP. Extremely adept at organizational change leadership, stakeholder management, fostering an inclusive team environment, inspiring collaboration, personnel management, process improvements, and lastly, foreign language interpretation and translation.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Gundersen Health System
10.2022 - 02.2024
- Led and managed six projects, including software and hardware implementation, vehicle procurement
- Prepared and executed project charters and plans according to PMI methodology
- Flawlessly collaborated with three external vendors as well as over 30 departments, divisions, and committees within hospital to ensure desired project outcomes
- Reported statuses in both formal and informal settings to team members, sponsors, and stakeholders
- Utilized presentation skill to communicate and show project deliverables via PowerPoint to senior management for final approval
- Created project artifacts for future usability by organization
Senior Faculty Advisor/Research Coordinator
University of Maryland, National Foreign Language Center
11.2020 - 12.2021
- Worked with Project Managers to develop, implement, monitor, and track essential project activities and data; corresponded with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to collect data and communicate deadlines
- Assisted PMs with project administrative and production duties, including recruiting, contracting, stakeholder feedback evaluation, purchase order requests, and invoicing
- Led two different language project teams in identification and selection of hundreds of authentic materials ahead of schedule; managed eight external consultant team members with 100% satisfaction rate; provided constant communications to key stakeholders; swiftly resolved difficult issues in collaboration with other team members.
Petty Officer First Class (Ret.)
United States Navy and Navy Reserve
07.2000 - 08.2020
- Led over 200 projects handling classified and sensitive information over distinguished career that included oversight of over 1,000 joint military members during operations both home and abroad
- Projects included intelligence collection, foreign language material translation, aggregated data report writing and distribution, database upkeep and maintenance, general and specialized military training, physical fitness, and other administrative and technical tasking.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
UW – Platteville (WI)
Platteville, WI12.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
UW – La Crosse (WI)
La Crosse, WI12.2015
Associate of Arts - Mandarin-Chinese
Defense Language Institute
Monterey, CA05.2005
Associate of Arts - Russian
Defense Language Institute
Monterey, CA10.2001
Skills
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Leader
- MS Office
- Product Knowledgeable
- Mandarin-Chinese
- Training Development
- Conflict Resolution
- Mentor & Communicator
Languages
Russian
Full Professional
Chinese (Mandarin)
Professional Working
German
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary
French
Elementary
Timeline
Project Manager
Gundersen Health System
10.2022 - 02.2024
Senior Faculty Advisor/Research Coordinator
University of Maryland, National Foreign Language Center
11.2020 - 12.2021
Petty Officer First Class (Ret.)
United States Navy and Navy Reserve
07.2000 - 08.2020
Master of Science - Project Management
UW – Platteville (WI)
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
UW – La Crosse (WI)
Associate of Arts - Mandarin-Chinese
Defense Language Institute
Associate of Arts - Russian
Defense Language Institute