Years of professional experience
Hi, I’m
Samantha Lyons
Frostburg,MD
Summary
Accomplished and determined Project Management Office professional handling file and document management and inventory management. Proficient in maintaining financial controls, budgets, forecasts, and timelines.
Overview
11
5
Certification
Work History
Pillar Innovations
Project Manager
10.2023 - 10.2024
Job overview
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Supported projects from initiation through closure.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Scope, schedule, and budget management.
- Successfully developed and maintained document control processes.
- Risk and change management.
- Delivered exceptional customer satisfaction by proactively addressing client concerns and meeting or exceeding expectations throughout the engagement process.
- Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
- Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
VAST Bank
EPMO
05.2023 - 10.2023
Job overview
- Develop and Update PM Methodology
- Review proposals, budgets, schedules and other planning documentation
- Maintain inventory of project management tools and documents
- Preparing reports and providing regular updates to senior leadership
- Reconcile all project invoices
- Responsible for creating and maintaining all WBS
- Support project forecasting, tracking and resource requests
- Support presentation of project development
- Responsible for PMO site publications and development
- Responsible for deliverable coordination
- Maintain all contracts within PMO and coordination of contracts across all departments
IBM
Project Management Assistant
10.2020 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Responsible for the coordination of status reports, client deliverables, management of all hardware/software and infrastructure non labor hosting renewals and procurements, and ad hoc requests such as subcontractor invoice close out for prior task orders.
- Reconciliation of all asset inventory at three locations. Works closely with Risk MAP team members as well as Federal Procurement, IBM Finance and IBM HWG/SWG. Also interfaces with the client. Manages HW/SW financials and forecasting.
- Reconciliation of Labor and Non-labor invoices.
- Maintenance of execution budgets and financial and labor forecast files.
- Worked with senior leadership to complete complex projects on time and under-budget.
- Organized internal and external resources to promote project needs.
- Organized, distributed and tracked project documents.
- Relayed updates to senior team members and clients.
- Tracked project documents during every phase of development.
- Researched and analyzed data to support project-related decisions
- Facilitated communication between internal and external project stakeholders to keep all parties well-informed
CBIZ, Inc
Accounting Coordinator
09.2018 - 08.2019
Job overview
- Managed the daily organization and processing of checks, ACH deposits, and cash receipts for the assigned company divisions
- Managed the daily organization and processing of office supplies and supply ordering
- Reached out to account managers to verify information and follow up on issues
- Gathered information and entered data into a primary company operating system.
Total Biz Fulfillment
Associate Relationship Administrator/Account Mgr
03.2014 - 03.2017
Job overview
- Streamlined operational efficiencies by developing and implementing
- Customer service protocols and standards for each assigned client based on their company wants and needs
- Reached out to accounts on a frequent basis to check on satisfaction and business plans to help increase revenue and meet projected sales goals
- Produced and updated of both automated and manual sales, inventory, and accounting reports for client-related and business purposes
- Responded promptly to general inquiries from staff members and clients via e-mail and telephone conversations
- Built and maintained effective relationships with peers, upper management, and clients outside of the organization
- Maintained a healthy line of communication between the company and assigned clients
- Coordinated client visits and other meetings
- Oversaw special projects to increase productivity and quality assurance.
Education
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MA
Certificate from Project Management
05.2024
Purdue UniversityDavenport, IA
Bachelor of Science from Business Administration And Management
11.2019
Skills
- Expert in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc)
- Exceptional Verbal and Written Communications
- Critical/Design Thinking
- Solution Management
- Public Speaking
- [Servant] Leadership
- Extensive knowledge and support in subcontractor processes
- Strong Analytical Skills
- Budget/Financial Management
- Stakeholder Relationships
- Project/Account Management
- Agile / Design Thinking concepts and practices
- Mural / Trello, and other PPM tools (Clarizen, Jira, Sensei IQ, MS Projects etc)
- Risk Management
- Change Management
- Iteration Management
- Scope Management
- Schedule Management
- Document Control
- Process Improvement
- Goal & Time Management
- Federal Contract/Project Management
Certification
- Post Graduate Project Management Professional
- Agile Scrum Master
- Implementing a PMO
- Microsoft Project 2021
- OSHA 10
Timeline
Project Manager
Pillar Innovations
10.2023 - 10.2024
EPMO
VAST Bank
05.2023 - 10.2023
Project Management Assistant
IBM
10.2020 - 05.2023
Accounting Coordinator
CBIZ, Inc
09.2018 - 08.2019
Associate Relationship Administrator/Account Mgr
Total Biz Fulfillment
03.2014 - 03.2017
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Certificate from Project Management
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science from Business Administration And Management
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