Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing, and maintaining projects in various departments. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Applying creative, agile, analytical approach to project management for continuous project success. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager, PMO
Noodle Partners, Inc.
07.2021 - Current
Oversee day-to-day production activities in accordance with business KPIs
Managed high- scale projects across marketing, enrollment, learning & development, and student success
Define and execute work -streams and operational policies and guidelines for various projects and partner teams and have increased efficiency by 30%.
Direct management meetings to enhance collaboration and maintain culture based on trust and group problem-solving.
Establish Jira and Monday.com project management tools for teams day-to-day work, including training, templates, and standardizing processes to increase team efficiency and visibility by 90%
Established and supported Confluence management systems to increase employee knowledge base by 10%
Created and enhanced course maintenance processes and documentation which lead to 4 program refreshes and over 600 courses prepared for students in one year
Partner with 10 university partners and subject matter experts to pilot, scope, and evaluate course development processes within 13 programs with 95% success rate
Manage and onboard Course Operations Contractors and Interns and successfully onboarded 20 contractors and two interns
Monitor large monetary budgets and utilized operational resources.
Create Statement of Works and negotiate with clients
Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
Scoped, priced, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
DE&I Advisory board Committee member
ERG Co-Lead
Project Management Director
Noodle Partners, Inc.
02.2019 - 07.2021
Developed and implemented departmental goals, plans and standards consistent with administrative, legal and ethical requirements of the organization.
Plan, execute, oversee, and launch program course builds for approximately 7 programs that have net promoter scores of 85% or higher.
Created risk management plans for client partners that has helped streamline process and minimize risk
Update all university and Noodle stakeholders regarding project status, using several project management tools, including Monday.com and Jira.
Create and deliver RFPs, statement of works to all course build contractors and university partners.
Collaborate with senior leadership to develop a tool for team project transparency.
Oversee Instructional design providers during course build process
Coordinated and implemented effective training for over 30, project managers to improve course design and course implementation processes.
Instructional Designer III
DREAM CENTER EDUCATION HOLDINGS, LLC
09.2018 - 01.2019
Led course and program mapping for 3-5 online universities ensuring integration of instructional design principles within content and securing 100% on time completion rate of all courses
Cultivated communication systems to manage 15-20 instructional design partners ensuring all team members were informed, accountable, and retained clear expectations of curriculum development processes
Managed project budgets and contracting across multiple work-streams and stakeholders including college leadership, student affairs, subject matter experts, instructional designers, media designers, and industry experts
Implemented and designed new Micro-credentialing courses for South University and working professionals in various industries, including healthcare, cybersecurity, small business entrepreneurship, and mental health
Transformed curriculum and instructional design training materials to support launch and management of online programs and creation of the Curriculum Center of Excellence (CCE)
Organized and guided course development training for all instructional designers and CCE partners
Transformed and implemented new course development process and course revision intake process
Created processes and workflows for instructional design team
Managed 3 instructional designers on various curriculum projects
Facilitated weekly status reports on project and course build progress.
Lead Curriculum Developer
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
03.2017 - 09.2018
Set curricular goals to guide curriculum development for Grand Canyon University's College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, including management of 10 curriculum developers
Coordinated workflow between Curriculum Design and Development department and college leadership weekly
Developed the new BA of Science and Nursing (BSN) program with 20 Nursing/Healthcare professionals resulting in 95.65% student pass rate in nursing credentials
Managed 10-20 course development projects per term, including new course development and revisions in fields such as BSN, RN to BSN, Athletic Training, DNP, FNP, ANP, Economics, and Leadership
Utilized backward design method and various design principles to pioneer new university programs and courses such as Athletic Training and BA of Science in Nursing
Collaborated with program stakeholders to ensure accreditation and regulatory bodies requirements were being met for a new Health Information Management program and Athletic Training Program.
Culinary Arts Teacher
Sierra Linda High School
07.2013 - 03.2017
Designed and managed curriculum for Culinary Arts Introductory levels district-wide, impacting approximately 1,000 students
Prepared state level curriculum that resulting in 85% pass rate on CTE culinary state exams
Created and executed engaging and interactive daily lesson plans that integrated creative engagement strategies for youth in grades 9-12
Established student-run Bistro to enhance industry instruction
Served in several school leadership roles include: Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Advisor, Positive Behavior Intervention Support Team Lead, and Head Cheerleading Coach.
Family Consumer Sciences Teacher
Widefield High School
07.2012 - 05.2013
Created and administered engaging and interactive daily lesson plans for varying family and consumer sciences courses including Parenting and Advanced Culinary
Acknowledged as district model for effective feedback and engagement strategies
Implemented the use of teaching learning cycle in creating engaging lessons
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Advisor.
Business Education Instructor
Copper Canyon High School
07.2010 - 05.2012
Created and administered engaging and interactive daily lesson plans for 9-12th graders
Designed district-wide curriculum for Fashion and Merchandising and Business and Career Education programs impacting approximating 500 students
Held School Leadership roles such as Head Spirit Line Coach and Assistant Varsity Track and Field coach
Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
Education
Masters of Education - Higher Education
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX
05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Secondary Education
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
05.2010
Skills
Detail-oriented
Team Leadership
Cross-functional team collaboration
Contract Development and Management
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Project management, working on PMP Certification
G-Suite, Mondaycom, JIRA, Wrike
Flexible and Adaptable
Decision-Making
Relationship management
Certification
OKR International Foundations Training
Fair& Effective Interview for Diversity and Inclusion Certification
Inclusive Leadership Certification
Candidate for Scrum Master Certification Completion August 15th