career profile

 

certified project management professional with 6+ years with solid expertise driving it and software development projects from conceptualization to actualization of deliverables. highly skilled in determining resource requirements, determining short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. coordinate tactfully with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals and monitor progress and evaluates outcomes. influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations. identify problems; determine accuracy and relevance of information; use sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. technical competencies include ms project software, including recent training in ms project server

         requirements analysis

         cost-benefit analysis

         planning & evaluating

         business process reengineering

         it infrastructure projects       

         software development

         cost/change management

         sales management

professional experience

 

eds, an hp company, broomfield, co & mexico city, mexico                                   09/2006 to present

project  manager, servicio de administraci n tributaria account, federal government of mexico

         work directly with clients to assess their needs, provide project assistance, and resolve problems while simultaneously satisfying project expectations.

         made sound, well-informed, and objective decisions and perceived the impact and implications of decisions while designing a user implementation plan for a tax declaration/payment application.

         delivered project-specific technical documentation for the pmo organization.

 

project manager, sun microsystems account

         effectively adapt project management expertise to requirement and in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles and effectively deal with ambiguity.

         oversaw direction of relocation of datacenters that supported 500+ servers; key participant the new, $8.5mm broomfield datacenter rollout project.

         managed end of life program activities for legacy systems as part of a significant integration program that resulted from sun acquiring storagetek.

         reduced costs by integrating legacy applications onto newer hardware and retiring 28 servers.

         incorporated itil framework methodology in refining sun s it service management processes.

         kept eds project managers informed with sun account specific documentation such as a manual delineating the specifics of large data center migrations.

 

intrado inc, longmont, co                                                                                         08/2005 to 09/2006

it project manager

         launched intrado s voip emergency call routing network and oversaw the overall it integration after the west corp acquisition.

         directed the success of multiple projects including implementation of intrado s technology on patrol product.

 

electronic data systems corporation, louisville, co                                                    04/2002 c 07/2005

project analyst, storagetek account

         implemented knowledge of methods and tools used for risk assessment and mitigation of risk including sox standard adherence while managing server audit and build project.

         governed multiple project management aspects including application upgrade, network switching infrastructure replacement, and streamlining the change management process.

         entrusted with the efficient execution of 15+ projects with varying complexity valued from $50k to $1.2mm.

         utilized skill and ability to direct the success of vendors during wan conversion plan for 70 distinct locations.

 

 

storagetek corporation, louisville, co                                                                       05/2001 c 04/2002

intern, information systems

         assessed the functionality of systems, briefed supervisors on monthly metrics reports, and focused efforts on being an integral member of the team selected to institute a business continuity plan.

 

education

 

bachelor of science in operations management, may 2002

university of colorado, boulder, co

leeds school of business administration

 

university of colorado study abroad program, 2000

university of costa rica, san jose, costa rica

 

certification

 

         price2 foundations certification,  apmg-uk, 04/2008

         itil foundations certification, information technology infrastructure library, 11/2006

         certified project management professional (pmp), project management institute, 09/2005

         certified associate in project management (capm), project management institute, 02/2004

professional development

 

         ms project server sme training c 09/2008

         pmi pmp examination development meeting, washington, dc c 07/2008

         prince2 foundations certification training course, 04/2008

         pmi pmp examination development meeting, philadelphia, pa c 03/2008

         pmi pmp examination development meeting, atlanta, ga c 10/2007

         pmi pmp examination development meeting, seattle, wa c 09/2006

         pmi mile hi chapter: communication for the everyday project manger c 06/2006

         pmi mile hi chapter: requirements, architecture and design from the pm perspective c 04/2006

         rmc project management: scope and requirements management c   06/2005

         pmi mile hi chapter: 2005 spring project management symposium c 05/2005

         systemation: mastering the requirements process c 06/2004

         systemation: estimating and risk management c 05/2004

volunteering: exam question writer, project management institute / professional project manager exam