Hi, I’m
Maria A. Delaz
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Highly motivated and results-driven project manager with over 10 years of experience leading complex projects in diverse industries. Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional teams, developing project plans, and delivering projects on time and within budget. Skilled in risk management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and contracting. Proven ability to identify and mitigate project risks, manage scope creep, and optimize resources. Seeking a challenging project management role to leverage learned skills, drive business success and develop professional growth.
Overview
19
years of professional experience
4
Certifications
Work History
Demand Side, NV Energy
Project Manager
2014.12 - Current (8 years & 9 months)
Job overview
- Manage energy efficiency programs with a total budget of over 10 million dollars and different sub-programs across the state of Nevada.
- Collaborate with various internal departments to improve efficiency and increase customer satisfaction through various platforms.
- Maintain contracts and contract modifications to ensure compliance with public commission fillings.
- Produce metrics and orchestrate work-flows to better manage program productivity and align programs with strategic business objectives.
- Manage team of employees, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure timely completion of projects.
- Recommend alternate project timelines, plans, and budgets to stakeholders and establish credibility with them by maintaining effective communication.
- Put out Request for Proposals for different projects under programs.
- Maintain program budget through budget trackers, accruals, and cash flows.
- Strategically prioritize project tasks and allocate resources to ensure timely project completion while staying within budget.
- Facilitate integration between different programs, business units, stakeholders, and customers, while maintaining program budget, goals, timelines, and scope of work.
- Define, initiate, and redesign projects to better manage cost, schedule, and performance of component projects, ensuring ultimate success and acceptance of the program being affected.
Noble Studios
Project Manager (Contractor)
2022.10 - 2023.05 (7 months)
Job overview
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Reviewed project budgets and resolved discrepancies, requirements gathering, oversaw project teams and client deliverables.
- Coordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and assisted in testing efforts.
- Developed functional requirements documentation for digital projects to ensure final solutions mapped to identified business needs.
- Led clients and internal teams on numerous website launches focusing on branding and e-commerce for Fortune 500 organizations.
- Grew spend of existing assigned account base by 25% in one year, producing $520,000 in additional revenue.
KTGP, Inc
Project Manager
2012.08 - 2014.10 (2 years & 2 months)
Job overview
- Oversee daily operations of Administration staff, hire new personnel, and apply disciplinary policy, implement and manage a training program for Administration staff
- Conduct weekly office and team meetings
- Manage cost vs
- Budget
- Financial - Closing of Month/Year-end financial, Compiled financial reports pertaining to cash receipts, expenditures and profit and loss
- Assist with account payable, account receivable, billing, and collection matters
- Manage and approve weekly timesheets for payroll reporting, verify hours, garnishments, and maintain employee file, calculate bonuses and commissions
- Coach, mentor, and lead personnel.
South Coast Fitters
Associate Project Manager
2006.11 - 2012.08 (5 years & 9 months)
Job overview
- Fostered customer loyalty by ensuring that customers fully utilize the value of our solutions and services
- Report different projects and clients status to CEO
- Managed various vendor staff
- Increased company's growth by securing new partners, consulting engagements, and by delivering current projects effectively
- Managed opening of Vegas and Chicago offices
- Responsible for recruiting, management and career development of Vegas and Chicago offices staff
- Provided expertise at customer sites with emphasis on regaining patient and staff confidence and satisfaction.
South Coast Fitters
Assistant
2004.01 - 2006.11 (2 years & 10 months)
Job overview
- Assisting and supporting the CEO/President with day to day business activities, including scheduling meetings, appointments, air and land travel, hotel stays for both CEO and business partners
- Acting as liaison between corporate and employees, and also corporate and business partners
- Responsible for training new employees, and promoting a professional and happy working environment
- Supervise that policies and procedures are followed at all times.
Education
Purdue Global University , Online
MBA from In Process
2024
Project Management Institute , PMI
PMP Certification from In Process
2023
Alhambra High School , Alhambra
High School Diploma
2006
Skills
Technical Skills:
- 55-60 WPM.
- Knowledge of MS Office and Google Applications.
- Knowledge of NV Energy software.
- Domo.
- Salesforce.
- Workamajig.
- Wordpress.
- Figma.
- RingCentral.
Key Strengths:
- Conflict, vendor and team management.
- Utility fillings.
- Contract Development (RFP Process and Contract Negotiation).
- Business Process Re-Engineering.
- Client Relations.
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma-Yellow Belt - 2020
- Google Project Management- 2022
- Google Data Analytics-2022
- UC Davis- Introduction to Google SEO-2022
Timeline
Project Manager (Contractor)
Noble Studios
2022.10 - 2023.05 (7 months)
Project Manager
Demand Side, NV Energy
2014.12 - Current (8 years & 9 months)
Project Manager
KTGP, Inc
2012.08 - 2014.10 (2 years & 2 months)
Associate Project Manager
South Coast Fitters
2006.11 - 2012.08 (5 years & 9 months)
Assistant
South Coast Fitters
2004.01 - 2006.11 (2 years & 10 months)
Purdue Global University
MBA from In Process
Project Management Institute
PMP Certification from In Process
Alhambra High School
High School Diploma
- Lean Six Sigma-Yellow Belt - 2020
- Google Project Management- 2022
- Google Data Analytics-2022
- UC Davis- Introduction to Google SEO-2022