Professional Experience 1 2 3 4
Equinox Consulting Partners, LLC.
January 2003 to Present
Managing Partner

 
  State of Maryland, Department of Budget and Management   
11/07 to Current

           

 Program Manager – Governs the delivery of a 3 year $25 million HRIS program.  Responsible for program strategy, budget management, RFP development, vendor management, content, execution and delivery through all phases of the project.
 
  • Managed planning and delivery of 3 year $25 million HRIS program
  • Conducted Joint-Application Design (JAD) session & identify “As-Is” HR Processes
  • Facilitated JAD session and documented “future state” HR Business Model Process
  • Authored program Concept Proposal
  • Developed Program Charter and set up Project Management Office
  • Managed Program Risk and Issues Log
  • Conduct Executive Steering Committee meeting and provide updates to Maryland

 
  Amtrak   
01/07 to 08/07

 

 Senior Project Manager - SDLC Project Management and Process Improvement Development. Activities included scope planning and management, project control & execution, budget & cost analysis, vendor management, and requirements management for Train Communications Program.
 
  • Managed planning and delivery of 5 year $25 million Train Communications Program
  • Analyzed existing Project Management processes
  • Documented “future state” Project Management Process
  • Developed Program Charter
  • Developed Project Charter
  • Managed Program Risk and Issues Log

 
  Blue Cross/Blue Shield  
06/06 to 11/06

 

 Senior Project Manager– Defined Developed and Implemented Project Management Institute Standards and Procedures within the Business Analytics Division.  Provided Program Management, project control & execution, budget & cost analysis, vendor management, scope management, and requirements management for infrastructure engagements.
 
  • Analyzed existing Project Management processes
  • Authored Concept of Operations Document
  • Documented “future state” Project Management Process
  • Developed MS Project Plan template
  • Developed Issues/Risk Management Process and templates
  • Managed$200,000 hardware infrastructure implementation project through the newly created Project Initiation, Business Discovery, Solution Proposal, Plan & Design, Implementation & Test, and Deployment phases

 
  Marriott Corporation  
07/05 to 08/06

 

 Senior Project Manager - Provided Program Management, project control & execution, budget & cost analysis, vendor management, scope management, and requirements management for infrastructure engagements for Shared Services organization
 
  • PCI Logging Project - Managed 6 person UNIX engineering development team through the SDLC as part of a 12 mos. $30 million organization wide Information System Security Application Software implementation.  Activities included PMO representation, Budget Control, Requirements Gathering Facilitation, Risk Management, Capacity Planning and Analysis, Detail Design Meeting Facilitation, Project Planning, Meeting and Schedule Control, And Use Case Development.
  • Maximizer Application Upgrade Project – Managed 7 member project team (including Sys. Architect, DBA, Business Analyst, Web Engineer, and Vendor Representative) through a 4 month $5 million application upgrade.  Duties included Cost Analysis, Requirements Analysis and Gathering, Team Development and meeting facilitation, Project Plan Development, Project/Schedule Control, Risk Management, Application Certification Review, Organizational Change management plan development.
  • HR Transformation Project – As part of a transition to outsourced HR Services, managed network engineering team in executing the cutover of VPN to client organization.  Activities included Legal/Policy team risk assessment and documentation, Security Engineering team requirements gathering, Cutover event team development, Cutover event planning.

 
  VHA  
11/04 to 07/05

           

 Management Consultant - Provided strategic analysis, strategic planning, and strategic implementation planning for Federal healthcare delivery transformation project
 
  • Researched and authored best practices documentation in the strategic use of                technology in healthcare
  • Facilitated VHA 14-person Executive/Physician team in strategic visioning sessions
  • Identified Future of Care strategic objectives, enabling strategies and business                capabilities for 12 year engagement
  • Developed/Authored 10 year $2.3B Federal Healthcare transformation Strategic Plan 
  • Developed/Authored Federal Healthcare transformation Master Action Plan
  • Designed and facilitated the development of Key Performance Indicators for Federal     Healthcare transformation
  • Defined the roles, responsibilities, and component design for the Healthcare PMO for the implementation of the plan

 
  AOL 
04/03 to 11/04

           

 Project Manager - SDLC Project Management and Process Improvement Development. Activities included scope planning  and management, project control & execution, budget & cost analysis, vendor management, and requirements management
 
  • Premium Services Upgrade Project – Provided PMO Planning and Managed 23 person Revenue Systems development team in the execution of 8 individual projects as part of an 18 month $97 million international engagement.  Activities included Executive Reporting, Requirements Management, Facilitation of Technology Design Reviews, Facilitation of Detailed Design Reviews, Schedule development, Schedule execution, Change Management initiation, Test Development, and Release Management
  • Level 3 CMMI Program Implementation Project - Designed, developed, and implemented Level 3 CMMI SQA Process and Program pilot.  Activities included; Managed a 4-person team in the review of current Revenue Systems organizational project management process; Provided departmental performance measurement utilizing Balanced Score Card and conducted process reengineering; Defined SQA requirements for AOL; Developed the SQA future state Process Document; Developed SQA Process Guides; Developed SQA Checklist templates; Implemented SQA process pilot in Premium Services Upgrade Project.

 
  Freddie Mac
01/03 to 04/03

 

 Project Manager - Developed and implemented Project Management Institute (PMI) project management standards & policies for Finance Technology Group. Ensured process for SOX compliance.  Piloted process/tools in Finance Technology organization.
 
  • Conducted best practices/benchmark study
  • Developed and designed Scheduling, Budget, and Requirements templates
  • Developed Executive Reporting Program Dashboard template
  • Facilitated process training to 12 department team leads
 
  Sapient Corp.
02/03

 

 Project Manager - $35million Proposal Development and RFP Presentation for AMDOCS          testing project.
 
  • Facilitated Application Training session to proposal team
  • Completed SOW and facilitated RFP presentation
 

Professional Experience 1 2 3 4

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