Lori Melton PMP
Project Manager
Acworth,GA
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow, minimizing scope creep,and leading project operations. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
SW Project Manager
Varian/Siemens Healthineers
8 2022 - Current
- Plan, scope and execute software projects by achieving required project milestones with relevant stakeholders.
- Orchestrate and support multiple teams within medical software integration.
- Setup and organize project synchronization and steering meetings with representatives from different disciplines (Product Management, SW Development, Testing, Dev Ops, Quality, Risk Assessment, etc.)
- Monitor project progress and mediate and trouble shoot between different stakeholders/teams.
- Continuously report project status and project updates to upper Management.
- Work out mitigation measures in case of unexpected challenges plus drive escalations and decision making based on contributor’s input.
- Work with documentation platforms to create, collaborate on, and manage medical device product documents (i.e. design & development plan, risk management plan, etc.).
- Achieve and verify traceability for quality system requirements on software on FDA regulated medical devices.
Process Control Project Manager
Varian Proton Solutions, Varian Medical Systems/Siemens Healthineers
01.2019 - 08.2022
- Finance accounting process lead, cost management and labor allocation & expense set up, cost center creation/management, WBS financial analysis, labor allocation analysis, labor reporting monthly.
- Cross functional training and process implementation, Own/manage labor hours database and process alignment globally, manage labor rates and input in SAP ERP, global finance, and accounting partner.
- Site Solutions Process Improvement Delegate, Improving IT functionality within proton systems, UNITY installation work order SME, Implementation of SAP Deployment within organization.
- Demonstrates thorough understanding of monthly financials and various data mining and analysis.
- Organize and coordinate necessary resources (material and labor) up end of project depending on business/scope.
- Lead and coordinate project team in related field of business and ensure guidance and support team throughout project.
- Responsible for financial reporting throughout project from installation to completion.
- Creation of reports and reporting tools that will provide Sr. Managers and customers broad prospective of status, updates, needed changes and up to date status of project.
- Developed and initiated projects, including managing costs, schedule and performance.
- Identified, reviewed and applied policies and procedures by exercising informed judgment to achieve optimal performance.
- Updated operational methods, oversaw accounting procedures, tracked information and compiled data to improve efficiency.
Project Coordinator
Varian Oncology Systems, Varian Medical Systems
01.2016 - 07.2020
- Analyze software licenses, interface between SAP and Salesforce to creation of highly complex equipment structure.
- Provide full-scale on-site and cloud migration install base in SAP EHP.
- Manage software and hardware install base, process warranty contracts, create and post acceptance documents.
- Develop and maintain detailed project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
- Database management for FDA documents for internal and external clients for compliance purposes.
- Assist in facilitation of consultant and vendor contracting for team as needed. including: working with legal, procurement, and accounts payable.
- Evaluate internal reports for errors and repair structure issues involving installation of equipment on site accordingly.
- Utilize CRM (Salesforce/UNITY) system to track and manage install base, correct issues, and notate customer accounts on complex issues.
- Accounting liaison with Sr. Management, and accounting personal for payment of external vendors.
- Training and implementation of new processes and documenting them regularly.
- Cross functional training of various global team members on new processes and maintaining clarity on each process.
- Provide support/remote assistance to Field Service Engineers/Project Management as required to achieve resolution of service efficiently.
- Provide timely and effective coordination of all Varian services across customer network of sites with superior organizational and communication skills.
- Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.
Sr. Coordinator & Assistant Controller
Air Techniques, Inc
01.2005 - 01.2016
- Environmental compliance reporting procedures such as: analyze stack testing protocols and data in compliance reporting with DHEC, recovered errors in report data quickly and efficiently, Review and analyze report data for changes to stay compliant.
- Corporate account collections and aged receivable reports.
- Ad hoc reports as needed.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets.
- Comparing periodic reports to compare budget costs to actual costs.
- Maintain critical view of processes under my responsibility.
- Helped employees with day-to-day work and complex problems by applying motivational and analytical strategies.
- Managed costs and billing and resolved financial discrepancies effectively through organizational management of account information using QuickBooks/Peachtree Accounting software.
Education
Bachelor of Business Management -
Georgia Military College
Atlanta, GA 07.2019 - 12.2020
Associate of Computer Science -
Georgia Military College
Atlanta GA 07.2016 - 03.2018
Skills
Process control
Certification
Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Timeline
Bachelor of Business Management -
Georgia Military College
07.2019 - 12.2020
Process Control Project Manager
Varian Proton Solutions, Varian Medical Systems/Siemens Healthineers
01.2019 - 08.2022
Associate of Computer Science -
Georgia Military College
07.2016 - 03.2018
Project Coordinator
Varian Oncology Systems, Varian Medical Systems
01.2016 - 07.2020
Sr. Coordinator & Assistant Controller
Air Techniques, Inc
01.2005 - 01.2016
SW Project Manager
Varian/Siemens Healthineers
8 2022 - Current
Six Sigma Yellow Belt
PMP - Project Management Professional
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