JAMES DUNBAR
1906 Durrand Ave.	407.875.6937 (H)	jdunbarjr@aol.com
Maitland, FL 32751 USA	407.267.8809 (M)	www.linkedin.com/in/jamesfdunbar

Motivated professional with over 10 years experience working on projects, utilizing team building, critical thinking, research and problem solving.  Notable for strategic planning, building and maintaining credible client relationships, and handling multiple tasks.  Distinguished strong work ethic with ability to learn quickly, and technologically savvy.  Looking for growth opportunities to further my career, utilizing my Project Management strengths.  Currently in process of obtaining the PMP Certification.

 

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

·               Admirable Management and leadership – critical thinking and decision making, analytical and organizational skills

·               Ability to recognize risks and to research and propose alternative solutions, conclusions and approaches to problems

·               Excellent facilitation and presentation skills to stakeholder, Executive, internal and external team conferences and meetings

·               Effective negotiation skills to facilitate decisions, concerns, and issues in a timely manner

·               Capability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a stressful environment with high attention to detail

·               Ability to adapt quickly to change, be flexible, work well in cross-functional, self-organizing and self-directing team environment

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

Project Management Programs:  Microsoft Project Professional, PACE Proliance, CASPR, Siterra, NORAD-SwiftTrac, Jobsite Software Inc., CellTrack, Nsite, Compliant Pro 7.0, Insite, Econometrics, Sage - Timberline Financials, PROMIS V3, PKI-DM

Microsoft / Other: Project, Excel, Word, Works, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, LiveMeeting, OpenSpace, Fieldglass, Auto-Forms, Scheduler, Visio, Picture Manager, InfoPath; PhotoShop, Quattro-Pro, Secure File Exchange, ATOS (ATF)
 

Primavera P6 / Peoplesoft E-Business Applications:  Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS) – 11i, R12, Oracle Financial Management, Oracle - SAP, Oracle - CRM (customer relationship management), Oracle Master Scheduling, Oracle - SCM Planning (supply chain management), iSupply, Marketplace (EBP) - SAP MM (materials management) – eProcurement

 

Databases / Tools / Safety Training: FileNet (ENC), SQL, CSS, ICOMS, Business Objects Reports, Crystal Reporting, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Visual Basic, QMS, Smartworks, Clickit, SITT, SQL, DB2; OSHA 10-hour/30-hour Construction Training, CPR and AED Certified

 

EXPERIENCE

Project Management – Siemens Real Estate (SRE-MTI) ∙ July 2015 – Present

Siemens Corporation (via VIVA USA, Inc.)

·               Project Management for the Building Pass Assessment Project, managed by the Maintenance Tenant Improvement (MTI) Group in the Siemens Real Estate (SRE) Americas division Corporate Headquarters in Orlando, FL

·               Collaborate with the Global team (Germany) on effective solutions to standardize assessment processes and quality control

·               Coordinate with teams regarding project dates, deadlines, scope of work, deliverables, meetings, and documentation sharing

·               Analyze assessment data—provide proposed 5-10 year maintenance budgets based on priority driven, identified costs

·               Facilitate meetings; prepare, distribute and track action items and milestone status; provide project status to stakeholders

·               Manage and control all Building Pass related documentation, ensuring secure and/or encrypted allocation to Team

·               Serve as SharePoint Administrator for the SRE Building Pass site; developing and organizing the sites structure and content

·               Maintain project calendar in SharePoint to track all key meetings, due dates, deliverable deadlines

·               Developed the Building Pass assessment documentation templates, approved by Siemens Global Headquarters (Germany) to be the official tools used companywide for 2016-2020 maintenance budget proposals

 

Project Analyst / Materials Management – Residential Real Estate ∙ March 2015 – June 2015

VanKirk Electric

·               Responsible for the Supply-Chain, Warehouse Management and resource allocation of over $5 million of construction materials for this 249 unit, high-end, multi-family, apartment community at Crescent Gateway in Altamonte Springs, FL

·               Manage the project’s construction material assets for all the electrical, lighting, security, safety, phone and data connectivity

·               Collaborate with national team on effective solutions to mitigate risks, standardize processes and quality control

·               Implemented quality control “check-points” to ensure quality matrices, company and industry standards are met

·               Analyze inventory levels, identify and mitigate risks to project by maintaining accurate material resource requirements

·               Provide daily and weekly detailed analytical inventory and audit status reports to management, along with risk evaluations

·               Control the material shipments, delivery schedules, equipment rentals, MRRs (material release requests), approvals and returns

·               Negotiate pricing , stock availability and priority delivery with vendors; build credible vendor relations and contract agreements

·               Developed an automated Excel material inventory/audit tracking tool that standardizes field reporting nationwide

 

Project Manager – Site Acquisition ∙ January 2014 – September 2014

AT&T Mobility (contracted via Insight Global)

·               Responsible for 1500+ projects across 6 Modification Projects, including LTE First Carrier, LTE Second Carrier, LTE Split Sector, RF Modification, UMTS Carrier Adds, and UMTS Split Sector – totaling over $80 million in network improvements

·               Defined and implemented the latest NTP End to End Process; improving efficiency by approximately 60% (decreasing the process completion from 5-7 days down to only 2-3 days)

·               Planned and facilitated training of Process Standardization presentations for all markets in the North Florida Region

·               Created quality assurance control check points to validate quality and accuracy of NTP and Migratory Bird Compliance Processes, mitigating errors to prevent schedule impacts—allowing construction schedule forecasts to commence as projected

·               Built credibility, established rapport, and maintained communications across multiple business units at all levels

·               Analyzed the CASPR Report against the Master Milestone Tracker for data integrity; notified Vendors for schedule corrections

·               Managed both the Construction Notice To Proceed (NTP) and the official Protected Migratory Bird Report clearance

·               Managed Regulatory Green Sheet Acceptance across 1500+ projects; automated Green Sheet Form with macros for accuracy

·               Provided Executive Summary Report updates, and required technical written documentation for process changes

·               Coach, mentor and lead team members and external collaborators on LTE Site Acquisition process

·               Created Excel macros, high-level formulations, Visual Basic coding, advanced conditional formatting and documentation layouts (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) for members of my team to increase efficiency and productivity

·               NFL Market SharePoint SME (subject matter expert)

 

Sr. Project Coordinator ∙ September 2013 – December 2013

WesTower Communications

·               Responsible for over 500+ projects totaling over $26 million; providing financial project controls, coordination, and analytical support for site decommissions in the Florida, North Carolina and Georgia Markets for the Sprint-Nextel iDEN Decom Program

·               Managed the Accounts Payables for the Orlando iDEN Program, regarding processing and coding the vendor invoices, verifying vendor approval status, processing the ROLs (release of liens), issuing purchase orders and revisions

·               Analyzed and streamlined the Invoice Process; submitted proposal to Management; implemented changes, which resulted in increased efficiency, accuracy an improved processing by 57% (decreased from average of 7 days to 4 days)

·               Created and utilized integrated financial pivot tables, graphs and charts to analyze data integrity; stored on SharePoint site

·               Facilitated the Orlando Market WIP (work in progress) Meetings; provided monthly P&L, accruals and Sage Timberline accounts payables updates to Regional Corporate, set-up baseline budgets, and forecasted revenue and profit margins

·               Tracked profits/losses (P&L) for projects using financial cost budget analysis; assisted in truing-up the Close-Out Packages to Sales Orders, processed purchase orders, check requests, change orders, work authorizations and invoicing of contractors

 

Materials Purchasing Project Coordinator ∙ May 2010 – June 2013

Mastec-Nsoro

·               Responsible for 3000+ projects totally over $225 million in building and modifying infrastructure capacities and capabilities

·               Supported Senior Program Manager through full project lifecycle by utilizing project management methodologies and tools

·               Demonstrated ability to manage multiple large, complex and highly integrated software development, implementation, construction or technical consulting projects simultaneously in a technical environment—received “A” rating on scorecards

·               Managed the annual acquisition of $25 million of fixed and non-fixed material assets, resource allocation and financial reporting

·               Developed and delivered stakeholder communication requirements as defined in the Project Management Plan

·               Developed and implemented quality control initiatives, resulted in increased efficiency of material ordering accuracy to reach a 98% purchase order (POR) acceptance rate by vendors—a 30% overall improvement and minimizing costs to projects

·               Increased material ordering, vendor shipments, and Nsoro warehouse receiving by over 40%, resulting in retaining construction start dates’ scheduled forecasts, improving alignments with baseline benchmarks margins and meeting client’s expectations

·               Managed the master schedule to identify, anticipate and resolve program issues utilizing variance reports and schedule metrics

·               Chosen by Mastec Corporate Executive Management as a Core Team Member to create an IT software application, Nsite

·               Managed all asset materials (contracted /non-contracted) for LTE, new site builds, modifications and UMTS silos in the North Florida market utilizing SAP, WMS (warehouse management system), Oracle e-Business relational database applications

·               Analyzed project schedules to identify milestone date and financial variances using CASPR/MS Project, iSupply, NORAD, Oracle and Nsite; tracked risks, defined mitigation and contingency plans, assigned resources and constantly communicated statuses

·               Managed and tracked the firmware implementations; dispatched Tiger Teams to clear alarms, prior to site completion

·               Tracked profits/losses (P&L) for projects using financial cost budget analysis; trued-up the financial Close-Out Packages to match client’s Sales Order, processed purchase orders, check requests, change orders, work authorizations and invoicing of contractors

·               Performed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) utilizing Oracle and Nsite applications to manage resources allocations, project costs/budgets, and inventory levels; generated and analyzed Purchase Order, inventory material movement, Packing Slips, and project specific reports, utilizing SCM (supply chain management) processes to assist in managing these responsibilities

 

Sr. Project Coordinator / Financial Analyst ∙ March 2009 – October 2009

T-Mobile (contracted via Radiant Systems, Inc.)

·               Provided professional project coordination, financial control, analytical support, scheduling and tracking, documentation and presentation development, SharePoint admin, and progress reporting for 509 development sites in the New England Market.

·               Performed business and financial analysis—including ROI comparing DAS vs. MACRO site cost analysis; provided Team Leader and General Contractor performance evaluations, executive summaries, providing risk analysis and strategic recommendations

·               Managed, tracked and reported the flow of FAM (Fixed Asset Materials) at the warehouses, on-order (in process), materials to be ordered, and returns of defective parts (RMAs – Return to Manufacturer Assets); performed cost analysis by Materials Vendor and CPU (cost per unit) including material lead-times; negotiated discount pricing on materials and expedited shipments

·               Reconciled the Open PO Financial Report - adjusting PO delivery dates in Marketplace (SAP) for construction

·               Processed all construction Material Orders, BOMs, capital and operational expense PORs, Change Orders and RFQs for GSM-2G, UMTS-2G/3G and ROB (Roaming Over Build) sites via Enterprise Billing Procurement (EBP) - Marketplace (SAP) application

·               Set-up E-bids (auctions)—analyze and approve bids; notify the general contractors (GCs) and vendors of awarded contracts

Project Manager ∙ April 2008 – September 2008

BCI Communications, Inc.

·               Provided Project Management and coordination, tracking, scheduling and analytical support, documentation and presentation development, and progress reporting—contracted via Nsoro on the AT&T's UMTS MODs Project in the North Florida Markets

·               Responsible for tracking all work performed at each of the 310 sites - regarding the baseline cluster launch dates and budgets

·               Managed and updated the Financial Master POSO (purchase orders/sales orders) Tracker

·               Facilitator of the War Room Bridge conference, providing technical support level-I point of contact for all NFL site field workers

·               Developed an issues/risks tracking and ticketing system for the War Room Bridge utilizing MS-Access database

·               Identified project risks, implemented processes to mitigate risks and schedule affects for Phase I - Priority Sites and Phase II

·               Monitored, updated and corrected the NFL Site Master Tracker with milestone forecasts and actuals to maintain data integrity

·               Utilized SharePoint daily to upload and or research project documentation; developed queries for automation of updates

 

Project Specialist II / Business Analyst II ∙ July 2007 – December 2007

Sprint-Nextel (contracted via Act1 Technical Service, Inc.)

·               Provided project coordination, tracking, scheduling, analysis, documentation and presentation development, and progress reporting on projects for new site development in the South East Florida Markets for Sprint-Nextel Network Operations Division

·               Identify project risks, assisted Regional and Market Manager in implementing processes to mitigate risks and schedule impacts

·               Improved SEFL Market's average milestone completion response (AMCR) by approximately 25% by developing and implementing new M&Ps, processes and streamlining existing ones through process analysis and time management methods

·               Facilitated Deployment and Construction meetings with Sprint-Nextel employees, contractors and vendors

·               Monitored, updated and corrected milestone forecasts and actuals in Siterra and CellTrack to maintain the data integrity

·               Responsible for collection and synthesis of data for the preparation of weekly and monthly DelSums (deliverable summaries)

 

Project Coordinator / Business Analyst / Tester ∙ August 2006 – July 2007

Bright House Networks (contracted via CSI, Inc.)

·               Provided project coordination, business analysis, and quality assurance testing support, tracking, scheduling documentation, presentation, and progress reporting to the Project Management teams, Executive team and Cross-Functional Area Leaders

·               Identified and communicated project risks to the PMO and team leads, assist in developing project risk mitigation strategies

·               Utilized MS-Project for updates to the project plan, to track all activities and make adjustments as needed to the Agile sprint milestones, readjusting priorities within the sprints as needed to maintain value-added releases and patches

·               Facilitated weekly Focus and Status Review Meetings with the Test Team and Technical Writers

·               Forecasted and prioritized actions items based on benchmarks, milestones and time-lines designated in the project plan

·               Evaluated the Testers' performance on a daily basis by reviewing the progress and completion of their assigned workload

EDUATION

·               Certification of Project Management Professional (PMP), (in progress - expected completion August 2015)

Kaplan University – online studies

·               Bachelor of Science in CIS, minor in Applied Mathematics, 1994-1995 (minor completed, Senior year not completed)

Bryant University – Smithfield, RI

·               Associates of Arts in General Studies with focus in Computer Science, December 1992 (completed)

Rhode Island Community College – Warwick, RI