Experienced Senior Project Manager gifted at meeting tight deadlines, driving business opportunities and working well in team-based environments. Engaging and personable to manage key milestones and deliver exemplary customer service. Over 18+ years experience working on technical projects with budgets exceeding 5 million. Experienced working with stakeholders, and Business sponsors on charters, statements of work, scope documents and driving project success and delivering on time and within budget.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Sr Project Manager
Elanco
Greenfield, IN
01.2023 - 03.2023
Worked with project leads, team members and sponsors on upcoming technical projects, projects - to review detailed project plans that included scope definition, goal definition, resource requirements, risk and issues log identification, and detailed project schedules per facility.
Engaged outside vendors created SOW's, managed vendor relationships, managed all deliverables to ensure they were in compliance with SOW.
Created project charters for manufacturing facilities -upgrades & expansions.
Facilitated Project Meetings and Steering Committee meetings for assigned projects.
Provided weekly status to stakeholders, sponsors, and team.
Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders
Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
Sr. Project Manager
Atos Syntel, Humana
Dallas, Louisville, TX, KY
01.2021 - 01.2023
Lead direction, provided in depth communication to teams to ensure success of completing projects on time. and meeting customer expectations.
Managed cross-functional teams of 30 resources, ranging from Scrum Master, Developers, Product Owners, SIT/UAT testers, in 2 locations US, and off shore.
Weekly review of Sprint status, Product Owner updates, review of ADO.
Attending all release weekend calls and report any issues to leadership.
Followed Medicaid PMO standards, to report Issues, Risk's, Change Requests, and Mitigation Plans.
Responsible for Budget Management to ensure projects come in on budget, tracking timesheets - for all resources, vendor's, architect's and development teams.
Lead and assembled teams for Medicaid Enhancements/State Compliance projects for states of IL/FL/KY.
Reduced overall projects budgets by combining all three of Medicaid states into one project.
This allowed for easier tracking of resource hours charged and stream lined keeping overall project budget within 3% of estimated budget.
Reduced development costs by 25 percent by creating plans to merge related Mental health initiatives into one streamlined Project ServiceNow - Updated weekly project status in ServiceNow for leadership reviews.
Reported on budget variances to leadership, in monthly program meetings, reported on return value for projects.
Created SharePoint sites for all projects, for all project documents required by PMO.
Project Manager
Concordance Health
West Lafayette, Indiana
01.2020 - 12.2020
Managed customer and patient-focused activities from planning to launch through support.
Organized project priorities and timelines with engineering, software, and customer support teams.
Assisted with supply chain management and vendor relationships, including vetting potential partners, and negotiating terms of engagement.
Created new policies and procedures for maintenance of HIPPA and IT security standards maintaining proper documentation for each assisted Grant application submissions to achieve funding for new products.
Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements.
Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
Sr. Project Manager
RCR Technology State of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
06.2019 - 12.2019
Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA)
Followed Agile framework - ran daily standup's, documented backlog.
Managed all reporting activities and resource assignments to ensure delivery of the2019 FSSA report on time.
Lead all phases of project lifecycle: Feasibility, initiation, planning, execution, and shutdown.
Responsible for change and acceptance management decisions/documentation.
Created MS Project Plan, created all task or application development team in JIRA.
Scheduled weekly meetings with Stakeholders from FSSA to report progress, resolve any issues, mitigated risks.
Report delivered on time for State Review 12.
Project Manager
Sallie Mae
Indianapolis, IN
06.2018 - 12.2018
Lead projects to accomplish Infrastructure and Operations Objectives: AZURE.
Decryption, 15 CenturyLink servers' migration to AWS Cloud.
Office 365 LAN Admin working with active directory for encrypting email accounts with Azure.
Upgraded phone system for both Salle Mae locations.
Ensure Agile framework is adhered to, and epic's, features and stories updated for all documentation.
Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance
Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance
Prepared and submitted project invoices for review and approval
Sr. Project Manager
AT&T
Hoffman Estates, IL
06.1998 - 04.2018
Assisted application teams in transition from Waterfall to AGILE Methodology.
Worked with BA's and Stakeholders on creation of EPIC's, User Stories, Sprints, and AGILE Ceremonies.
Planned and help set up Sprint Iterations for project timelines.
Assisted Scrum Master on Backlog issues.
Projects - Web Based Digital Entertainment, Middleware, Infrastructure/SDWAN, utilizing Cloud technology, with budgets up to $6 Million and project teams up to 50 resources.
PRISM experience over14 years.
Education
Bachelor's of Computer Science And BA. - Computer Science/Business Administration
DeVry Institute of Technology
Lombard, IL
01.1985 - 06.1987
Skills
AGILE & Waterfall Frameworks, ERP Team Building, Meeting Facilitation, Leadershipundefined
Accomplishments
Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Achieved successful task delivery through effectively helping with resource management and strict deadlines.
Supervised team of 30 staff members.
Collaborated with team of 50 in the development of Medicaid Enhancements for the states of IL, Fl, and KY.
Certification
PMP
Interests
Innovation
Creativity
Network
Technology
Timeline
Sr Project Manager
Elanco
01.2023 - 03.2023
PMP
08-2022
Sr. Project Manager
Atos Syntel, Humana
01.2021 - 01.2023
Project Manager
Concordance Health
01.2020 - 12.2020
Sr. Project Manager
RCR Technology State of Indiana
06.2019 - 12.2019
Project Manager
Sallie Mae
06.2018 - 12.2018
CSM
04-2018
Sr. Project Manager
AT&T
06.1998 - 04.2018
Bachelor's of Computer Science And BA. - Computer Science/Business Administration