Highly Effective Leader – Problem Solver – Result Driven
Information Technology Management | Project Management | Change Management Corporate Strategic Deployment | Leadership Training & Mentoring | Team-Building | Performance Improvement
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Project planned and managed a team in San Antonio, TX. on a $1.2M Network Operation Center Networking equipment and Physical Security migrations and upgrades increasing efficient transaction processing by 30%, saving the customer budgeted funds, human resource allocation, hardware and software assets in support of the National Security Agency (NSA) and United States Air Force Intelligence Agency (AIA).
- Engineered and project managed Sprint's 95+ wireless cell site to include tower and switch connectivity with a successful on time track-record based on scope, controlled costs and scheduled resources.
- Project planned and managed a Verizon team to migrate a $300k web, database, backup servers and Data Center infrastructure package resulting in a 100% ROI and a more efficient data architecture saving the company hundreds of data processing man-hours.
- Maintained a 100% group safety rating during the BP Oil Spill, managing 140 disaster response personnel.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vektrix International | October 2018 to Current
Manager
- Operating autonomously in all facets of business, i.e., strategic planning, operations, merchandising, and marketing for Homesteading online community; proficient in customer relations, brand positioning, revenue growth, financial management, driving operational excellence, business development, price negotiations.
- Controls and tracks changes to scope, time, cost, quality, issues, and risk
- Demonstrating outstanding courtesy and strong interpersonal skills in all customer interactions; implemented all business-building expectations through web presence and social marketing.
- Strong focus on customer satisfaction, loyalty, and follow up; established customer-centric culture of communication, collaboration, & accountability resulting in top tier performance.
- Primary resource for Homesteading and Disaster Preparedness expertise on forums; well-connected with strong networking and negotiating skills; liaison between distributor and customer.
- Maintaining company website with up-to-date with product specifications and availability.
- Managing and responding to customer inquiries in a timely fashion and answering questions on available stock and product performance.
- Updating the website(s) and creating Internet promotions and advertisements.
- Negotiating and Disclosing terms of sales with vendors and reviewing inventory replenishment.
- Ensuring the customer receives quality products in a timely manner.
- Utilizing customer statements to analyze savings and possible value-added services.
- Promotion via social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, etc.) to maximize brand identity and generate warm leads.
Delta Air Lines | Apr 2019 to March 2020
Project Manager II
- Responsible for all or multiple aspects of the project(s) and accountable for several deliverables or functions associated within a project
- Manage simple project(s) or phase(s) of standard or complex projects
- Develop scopes of work and project requirement packages for new projects in the portfolio; this involves working with stakeholders to determine the requirements of the project and liaise with the business and technical experts who can develop project strategy/solutions for these requirements
- Responsible to develop comprehensive work schedules and to manage project execution to the schedule
- Responsible for risk management and control, including the ongoing process of risk identification, and the development of appropriate risk response plans
- Responsible to appropriately resource the project, through collaboration with impacted managers in a matrix environment
- Creating and delivering presentations on Delta Operations Monthly Performance
- End to-end project management, demonstrating ownership of the entire process from beginning to end
- Developing and implementing program and project level processes, procedures and performance metrics
- Ability to conduct analytic assessments of work plans, status reports, and identify strengths and weaknesses
- Maintain strong focus on stakeholder satisfaction by delivering exceptional project performance
eBooksOutback.com – Oct 2016/Apr 2019
Project Manager/Coordinator
- Primary resource for Disaster Preparedness and Business Intelligence | Analysis | Continuity expertise on forums; well-connected with strong networking and negotiating skills; liaison between distributor and customer.
- Operating autonomously in all facets of business, i.e., strategic planning, operations, merchandising, and marketing for Homesteading online community; proficient in customer relations, brand positioning, revenue growth, financial management, driving operational excellence, business development, price negotiations.
- Controls and tracks WordPress (CMS) changes to scope, time, cost, quality, issues, and risk
- Demonstrating outstanding courtesy and strong interpersonal skills in all customer interactions; implemented all business-building expectations through web presence and social marketing.
- Strong focus on customer satisfaction, loyalty, and follow up; established customer-centric culture of communication, collaboration, & accountability resulting in top tier performance.
- Maintaining company website with up-to-date with product specifications and availability.
- Managing eBooksOutback.com, responding to customer inquiries in a timely fashion and answering questions on available stock and product performance.
- Selling products based on goals and objectives defined by sales metrics.
- Updating the website and creating Internet promotions and advertisements.
- Negotiating and Disclosing terms of sales with vendors and reviewing inventory replenishment.
- Ensuring the customer receives quality products in a timely manner.
- Utilizing customer statements to analyze savings and possible value-added services.
- Marketing via social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc.) to maximize brand identity and generate warm leads.
- Familiar with and implemented ITIL Standards and Processes
GDH Consulting | Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) - Apr 2016/Sep 2016
Project Manager/Coordinator
- Project managed activities, infrastructure resources, equipment and information
- Utilized Project Portfolio Management techniques to identify and define project requirements, scope and objectives to include Software development, Networking and Infrastructure capabilities.
- Participated in project meetings and conference calls pertaining to software development, networking and infrastructure.
- Used Project Management tools (e.g. MS Excel, MS Project, SharePoint, Clarity, Pivotal Tracker) to provide project tracking and status
- Made certain clients’ needs were met as the project evolved
- Monitored and tracked project’s progress and handled any issues that arose
- Used project management tools to monitor working hours, budget, plans and funding
- Familiar with and implemented ITIL Standards and Processes
- Reported and escalated any risks to management as needed
- Created and maintained comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
- Identified and established the need for an Information Technology Program Management Office (ITPMO)
- Published Policies and Procedures to establish an Information Technology Program Management Office using WordPress (CMS)
- Developed and published a PMO Internal (Intranet) Information Technology Program Management Office intranet website using WordPress (CMS).
CenturyLink – Jul 2015/Sep 2015
Senior QA Engineer/Project Coordinator
- Facilitated recurring project meetings with team members and clients
- Coordinated new and maintenance development work between team members which consist of Developers, QA, Business Analysts, & Deployment
- Utilized Project Portfolio management techniques to follow up with customers prior/during/post project
- Participated in project meetings and conference calls pertaining to software development, networking and infrastructure. Interfacing with those department managers and engineering leads.
- Used Project Management tools (e.g. CA Clarity, Pivotal Tracker, MS Project, Excel, Sharepoint) to provide project tracking and status
- Familiar with and implemented ITIL Standards and Processes
- Developed detailed, comprehensive project testing plans to include scope, requirements, and time-lines of specific milestones through testing life cycle of project
- Applied a positive attitude, a team player with a desire to impact change and dedicated to meeting and exceeding customer expectations and drives for results.
- Identified bugs, defects, and regressions within Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- Designed, implemented, executed and debugged information technology test cases and scripts.
- Validated and document completion of testing and development. Automating test cases. Verified fixes.
Data Services Group, Inc. – Oct 2010/Jul 2015
Project Coordinator and Web Technologies Consultant
- Managed project team, identified resource requirements, met training needs, defined project deliverable, provided customer satisfaction and reporting structures and insured quality of projects.
- Effectively used MS Project and Excel to maintain project scheduling.
- Ensured effective communications and relationships between customers and project team members while using Project Portfolio management techniques.
- Participated in project meetings and conference calls pertaining to software development, networking and infrastructure. Interfacing with those department managers and engineering leads.
- Identified the technical approach to be used on a given project and managed the system development (SDLC) process.
- Project managed to develop and manage content web presence with WordPress (Content Management System)
- Coordinated web projects across functional and matrix departments.
- In training for Project Management (PMP) certification with emphasis on Agile/Scrum methodology for SDLC web application development.
Meyers Engineers, Ltd. – Mar 2010/Oct 2010
HSE Officer, (Health, Safety and Environmental)
- Managed the Health and Safety of over 140 disaster response personnel to include protection of the environment.
- Managed HSE controllers in executing continuous audits and coordinated project audit schedule.
- Instrumental in designing and implementing a wireless network over a five-mile area to facilitate communications between Safety offices.
- Conducted pre-operational risk assessments on new sites and designed risk mitigation measurements.
- Provided HSE improvement proposals stating: the non-conformance, proposed corrective action, required resources for corrective action and plan of implementation.
- Investigated root cause HSE complaints reported by staff members, clients and contractors and reported the result to the Quality HSE manager.
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EDUCATION
- Scrum Institute Certified SCRUM Master (CSM) | Nbr: 19529983283486 | Date: 10/16/2018
- Alison.com Business Communication - Managing Successful Team Meetings
- Sprint PCS Program/Project Management (Cascade), Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Nortel PCS/Wireless STP (Signal transfer point), Communications Act for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), SS7oIP, SONET, Microwave, Ethernet back-haul, pseudo wire, transport cross-connect systems (DACS), DS3, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192
- Nortel Introduction to CDMA Technology (Course 801), Maintenance and Administration
- Program (Course 825), And DMS-100, class V switch
- Bellcore Signaling System 7 (SS7) Protocol, Wireless Interconnection and Lucent DDM2000 Switch
- Horizon Learning Oracle 8.x - Network Administration, Performance Tuning Workshop, Backup & Recovery Workshop, Application Server Administration, Database Administration
- Southeastern LA Univ. Criminal Justice
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – Sep 2016 to Present
Project Management Professional (PMP) Course Active
- Introduction Complete
- Executive Strategy & Management Complete
- Quality Management Complete
- Schedule & Cost Control Complete
SCRUM Master Complete
Agile/SCRUM – Immersion Complete
OSHA SAFETY Certified – Nbr 30-600673450 | Date: 8/30/2010
Foreign Language Spanish – High Intermediate – Speaking / Reading / Writing
Security Clearance Top Secret | Special Compartment Information (TS-SCI)
Veteran United States Air Force
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