Rogan Fonkem

Saint Paul, MN 55112

Tel:  (718) 825 - 5952

fonkemrogan@yahoo.com

 

Skill Matrix

Project Coordination 5 Years

MS Word5 Years

MS Excel5 Years

Pivot Tables3 Years

Agile Scrum Master Experience 2 Years

MS Visio4 Years

Primavera 6                            4 Years

Microsoft Project Server        4 Years

PowerPoint5 Years

MS Project5 Years

SharePoint5 Years

Clarity4 Years

Plan View2 Years

PPM/HPPM                         4 Years

 

 

Professional Summary

Rogan has over 5 years of experience working as Project Coordinator, extensive experience in developing & maintaining project schedules, project meetings, set-up conference calls and created summary and sub tasks using MS Project. Very competent in using Project Portfolio Management – HP PPM – Clarity & PlanView. Very good expertise with tracking project phase deliverables and published on SharePoint, proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Advanced Pivot table), Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007/2010, Microsoft SharePoint, Agile and Waterfall Methodology. Holds Bachelor’s degree, local to Minnesota and available for interview.

 

Experience Synopsis

·              Experienced in the overall Project Coordination, scheduling calls with project teams create meeting agendas, Track resource hours and provided weekly reports.

·              Experience in tracked project budgets and followed-up with managers across the organization on variances.

·              Experience in prepared formal project management materials and managed risk with the use of Clarity tool.

·              Recommended corrective actions to ensure project success and facilitate project change requests.

·              Created RAID Logs and tracked risks, action items, issues and decisions.

 

Professional Experience.

 

Wells Fargo Bank Inc. January 2016 – Present. (Program Coordinator)

·  Managing timelines, following up on items and driving process.

·  Partnered with Senior PM aligned to a work-stream.

·  Taking initiative geared towards driving projects timelines, following up on deliverables and tracking action items.

·  Accurately and thoroughly documenting meeting notes.

·  Identifying challenging areas and proposing changes to address them.

·  Prioritizing multiple and concurrent tasks even under pressure.

·  Followed-up on project issue and actions, tracking risks and decisions.

·  Created meeting agendas and PowerPoint presentations.

·  Creating and uploading bi-weekly project status report to the SharePoint Site.

·  Managing and updating product management SharePoint Site.

·  Developing and maintaining project schedules and calendars.

·  Prepared project status reports for management and sponsors.

 

 

Delta Airline Inc. July 2015- December 2015 – Project Control Analyst (PCA)

·  Ongoing assistance on PPM and Staffing

·  Requesting and getting resources assigned to tasks in PPM

·  Under direction of Project/Program Manager, Request resource allocations, Assign tasks to allocated resources, Update project work plan, Schedule & milestones, analyze budget & spend, Resource utilization, Set-up Project Tasks, Assign resources, Update Staffing Profile to maintain appropriate allocation level, Create, Update, and Upload Scorecards, analyze project’s Status, Schedule, Forecast, Capture Issues & Risks, Close Project Tasks. Identify the project actual spend (Capital & Operating) and create future forecast. Tracking & Reporting on 3rd Party invoicing against budget and ensuring all methodology required documents are stored in appropriate Project Library

·  Maintaining Staffing Profile and Work Plan as the year progresses

·  Follow-up with project managers on resource allocations and adjustments

·  Fulfill allocation requests in PPM; consult with managers as required

·  Follow-up with individual contributors on missing time

·  Verify resources are charging time to appropriate tasks

·  Follow-up with project managers on timesheets pending approval

·  Act as proxy to managers for approving time

·  Work with Agile1 and PPM Support on any data updates in case of re-orgs or manager transfers

·  Followed-up on project issue and actions

·  Using excel for forecasting, compare planned vs. actual hours, use pivot tables to demonstrate weekly and monthly burn for projects, gathers financials and cost estimates for projects, and analyze and report financial data.

·  Created RAID Logs and tracked risks, action items, issues and decisions.

·  Use Plan View to manage and integrate the planning and execution of portfolios and used HP PPM.

·  Managed risk with the use of Clarity tool

·  Utilized clarity to update project status – Green, Red and Yellow.

·  Weekly update of project timeline, scope and cost as well as add vendors and team members to the project using clarity.

·  Use Microsoft office, Word, Excel and MS Project.

·  Utilized Microsoft Project server platform solution to provide support for resource management such as for planning, reporting, and project team collaboration as using it as a centralized and unified repository for storing all project and resource data.

·  Utilize project server for creating detailed project plans, tracking and analyzing the project’s budget, creating project’s financial reports as well as forecasting the projects resources and budget.

·  Utilize project server for project Status, Schedule and Forecast reporting, assign tasks to allocated resources, update project work plan, Schedule & milestones, budget & spend, resource utilization, Set-up Project Tasks and assign resources

·  Provide various PPM reports as needed to analyze and manage the project such as Resource utilization/actual time summary, identifying and analyzing labor/non-labor costs, financial Summary, Project Timeline/baseline comparison and other reports as identified by Project Manager

 

Administer Issues & Risk Process

·  Assist with establishment of Issue/Risk capture and resolution process tailored to the project

·  Working closely with Project Managers to identify and manage issues and risks

·  Configure SharePoint Lists to effectively track status and resolution

·  Report metrics to Project/Program Manager

·  Daily management of Issue/Risk database for accurate ad hoc reporting

 

Administer Change Request (CR) Process

·  Assist with establishment of CR process tailored to the project

·  Configure SharePoint Lists to effectively track status and approval process of project CRs

·  Report metrics

·  Document weekly CR Review Board meetings

·  Daily management of CR database for accurate ad hoc reporting

SharePoint

 Set-up Program SharePoint site, Administer site, Create Security roles on site, Provide access rights, Create Document repository structures, Create Document repository custom fields, Create Custom Lists, Create Custom List Views, Create site workflows and maintain site contact lists.

 

Meeting notes

·  Coordinate meeting activities and take detail meeting minutes

·  Coordinate meetings & team events

·  Manage Project Calendar, create meeting ducks and assign action items

·  Other duties as assigned by Program or Project Manager

 

Executive Reporting Support

·  Prepare IT Steering Committee decks

·  Prepare Business Steering Committee decks

·  Prepare project presentations to management or business line

·  Working closely with off-shore partners to identify and managed their needs to suit that of the project

 

Boston Scientific, April 2015 –June 2015

Project Coordinator

·              Created project WBS, schedules, milestones and delivery dates using Microsoft Project.

·              Participated in project kickoff meetings and coordinating approvals.

·              Prioritized and allocated project resources based upon timing, scope, and project requirements.

·              Coordinated activities of project personnel.

·              Utilized Microsoft Project server platform solution to provide support for resource management such as for planning, reporting, and project team collaboration as using it as a centralized and unified repository for storing all project and resource data.

·              Communicated problems/issues that could jeopardize the project to project team.

·              Identified process and workflow issues, and fine-tuned schedules as necessary.

·              Prepared project status reports for management and sponsors.

·              Scheduled project meetings and set-up conference calls.

·              Utilized project server for creating detailed project plans, tracking and analyzing the project’s budget, creating project’s financial reports as well as forecasting the projects resources and budget.

·              Created meeting agendas and PowerPoint presentations.

·              Take meetings notes and distribute to team members

·              Using excel for forecasting, compare planned vs. actual hours, use pivot tables to demonstrate weekly and monthly burn for projects, gathers financials and cost estimates for projects, and analyze and report financial data.

·              Tracked projects and monitored progress using Microsoft Project and Manufacturing Execution System.

·              Followed-up on project issue and actions

·              Utilize project server for project Status, Schedule and Forecast reporting, assign tasks to allocated resources, update project work plan, Schedule & milestones, budget & spend, resource utilization, Set-up Project Tasks and assign resources.

·              Track resource hours and provided weekly reports.

·              Created RAID Logs and tracked risks, action items, issues and decisions.

·              Use PlanView to manage and integrate the planning and execution of portfolios and used HP PPM.

·              Managed risk with the use of Clarity tool

·              Utilized clarity to update project status – Green, Red and Yellow.

·              Weekly update of project timeline, scope and cost as well as add vendors and team members to the project using clarity.

·              Use Microsoft office, Word, Excel and MS Project.

CITI Bank, December 2012 – December 2014

Project Coordinator

·              Developed and maintained project schedules.

·              Created summary and sub tasks using Microsoft Project.

·              Identify critical paths.

·              Utilized Microsoft Project server platform solution to provide support for resource management such as for planning, reporting, and project team collaboration as using it as a centralized and unified repository for storing all project and resource data.

·              Set baselines.

·              Assisted in calculating earned value (project financials).

·              Updated project plans (simple and master schedules).

·              Using excel for forecasting, compare planned vs. actual hours, use pivot tables to demonstrate weekly and monthly burn for projects, gathers financials and cost estimates for projects, and analyze and report financial data.

·              Support network security team to identify and guard against threats to Lowe’s.

·              Prepared and/or edited meeting agendas/minutes, presentations, and tables.

·              Facilitated project meetings, created project documentation.

·              Created project calendars and organized conference calls.

·              Utilize project server for creating detailed project plans, tracking and analyzing the project’s budget, creating project’s financial reports as well as forecasting the projects resources and budget.

·              Arrange travel arrangements.

·              Tracked project phase deliverables and published on SharePoint.

·              Prepared project status reports.

·              Utilize project server for project Status, Schedule and Forecast reporting, assign tasks to allocated resources, update project work plan, Schedule & milestones, budget & spend, resource utilization, Set-up Project Tasks and assign resources.

·              Recommended corrective actions to ensure project success and facilitate project change requests.

·              Track resource hours and provided weekly reports.

·              Defined, estimated and scheduled project tasks and dependencies.

·              Identified project issues and escalated as required.

·              Enter durations and assigned resources to activities/projects.

·              Entered and tracked milestones.

·              Project Portfolio Management – HP PPM – Clarity, PlanView.

·              Created RAID Logs and tracked risks, action items, issues and decisions.

·              Use PlanView to manage and integrate the planning and execution of portfolios.

·              Managed risk with the use of Clarity tool.

·              Utilized clarity to update project status – Green, Red and Yellow.

·              Weekly update of project timeline, scope and cost as well as add vendors and team members to the project using clarity.

·              Microsoft Office (Word, Excel + Financial, PowerPoint, Outlook) 2007/2010.

 

ConEdison, October 2010 – November 2012

Project Coordinator

·              Tracked project budgets and followed-up with managers across the organization on variances.

·              Prepared formal project management materials.

·              Utilize project server for project Status, Schedule and Forecast reporting, assign tasks to allocated resources, update project work plan, Schedule & milestones, budget & spend, resource utilization, Set-up Project Tasks and assign resources.

·              Collected and organized project deliverables from project teams.

·              Utilize project server for creating detailed project plans, tracking and analyzing the project’s budget, creating project’s financial reports as well as forecasting the projects resources and budget.

·              Kept project status information current.

·              Followed-up on project issue and actions.

·              Utilized Microsoft Project server platform solution to provide support for resource management such as for planning, reporting, and project team collaboration as using it as a centralized and unified repository for storing all project and resource data.

·              Maintained risk and issue logs.

·              Using excel for forecasting, compare planned vs. actual hours, use pivot tables to demonstrate weekly and monthly burn for projects, gathers financials and cost estimates for projects, and analyze and report financial data.

·              Assisted project teams with schedule development.

·              Project Portfolio Management – HP PPM – Clarity.

·              Updated project plans.

·              Created project meeting agendas and captured minutes.

·              Communicated project status information to stakeholders.

·              Helped in the enhancement and improvement project management processes.

·              Communicated consolidated project milestones and deliverables for readiness.

·              Generated detailed project status reports (including critical path impact, dependencies, milestones, resources, cost, work breakdown structures, etc.).

 

Education

Northeastern University, Boston – MA

Master of Science in Project Management

 

University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon  

Bachelor of laws and Political Sciences 

Technical Skills

·              Microsoft Office (Word, Excel + Financial, PowerPoint, Outlook) 2007/2010

·              Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007/2010

·              Microsoft SharePoint

·              PMBOK Knowledge Areas

·              SDLC Process

·              Good knowledge and Experience in Wiki

·              Risk Management

·              Microsoft Project Server       

·              Project Portfolio Management – HP PPM – Clarity, PlanView.

·              Earned Value Management

·              Resource Management Skills

·              Agile Methodology

·              Waterfall Methodology

·              Advanced Pivot table skills

·              Excellent Communication Skills

·              Bilingual, English and French

·              Spreadsheets & Reports

·              Scheduling & Calendaring

·              Office Organization & Administration

·              E-commerce Banking experience

·              Experience with Purchase and sale of goods and services via electronic data interchange (EDI) on value-added networks (VANs)

·              Supports e-commerce product to ensure accurate resource time reporting, spend forecasting, procurement, and payment

·              Executing documenting benefits updates

·              Assist in portfolio planning and funding request

·              Assist in documenting quarterly Asset Net Book Value and In Progress reviews