Vanessa Espinoza
New Hyde Park,NY
Summary
Project leader with 3+ years of experience coordinating complex programs and supervising teams to attain business goals. Directs employees, mitigates project risks, solves standard and non-standard problems and reports to senior management. Demonstrates leadership, influencing and negotiating skills. Performs analytical problem-solving to overcome obstacles.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Lead
HRA ITS
05.2020 - Current
- Met with manager weekly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
- Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates, and processes.
- Planned, executed, and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.
- Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
- Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes, and operational specifications.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
- Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
Full Stack Developer
HRA ITS
05.2009 - 05.2020
- Reviewed code, debugged problems, and corrected issues.
- Boosted network, system and data availability and integrity through preventive maintenance and upgrades.
- Participated in requirements gathering to solidify prerequisites and determine best technical solution to meet business needs.
- Developed and maintained microservices architectures using Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift.
- Analyzed existing software implementations to identify areas requiring improvement.
- Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery.
- Provided software application engineering and maintenance for development lifecycle.
- Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
- Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs, and enhancements.
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
.Net Developer
HRA ITS
06.2006 - 05.2009
- Completed analysis, design and testing phases of software development life cycle.
- Resolved hardware and software compatibility and interface design issues.
- Kept leadership up-to-date on current issues and proposed recommendations.
- Analyzed, evaluated and developed new web and database applications.
- Monitored database performance to keep workflows running smoothly.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Systems
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY06.2007
Associate of Applied Science - Microcomputers Business Systems
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY06.2005
Skills
- Client Communications
- Gathering Requirements
- Resource Allocation
- Requirements Gathering
- Project Coordination
- Quality Control
- Agile Development
- Project Planning
- Multi-Tasking Skills
- Organization Skills
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Project Lead
HRA ITS
05.2020 - Current
Full Stack Developer
HRA ITS
05.2009 - 05.2020
.Net Developer
HRA ITS
06.2006 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Science - Computer Systems
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
Associate of Applied Science - Microcomputers Business Systems
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
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