Karl Michael Seitz, M.S., PMP

Hobbs, NM USA

+1 561.809.0795 / kmseitz@gmail.com /

Summary

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with broad experience in successfully managing projects through their full life-cycle from concept through implementation in both Government and Private sectors. Most recently, part of an elite team URENCO USA assembled for the successful construction of a uranium enrichment facility. This project was accomplished on-time and under budget while building the most enrichment capacity in history worldwide in a comparable time frame.

Strengths Include:

·   Scheduling: Over 25 years of scheduling experience using Primavera P3 thru P6 and Microsoft Project. Developed and managed schedules of all sizes and complexity.

·   Project Controls: Experienced merging time phased budgets to specific statements of work, implementing cost estimating systems, capturing work progress against the planned baseline and analyzing technical, schedule and cost performance.

·   Earned Value Management (EVM): Excellent background in implementing and overseeing EVM, integrated Risk Management into standard practices, and developing Performance Measurement indicators and reports.

Education

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY USA

Master of Science in Finance | Bachelor of Science

Honors and Awards

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Best Use of Primavera P6 in Government - Awarded By: Primavera Corp. (2008)
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Key of Excellence - Awarded By: FAA Administrator (FAA’s Senior Executive) (2004)

Work History

URENCO USA, Eunice, NM2013 – Present

(URENCO is a multi-billion dollar world leader in the enrichment of uranium and the first nuclear enrichment facility in 30 years to receive a license to construct and operate in the USA)

Manager of Project Controls and Scheduling

·   Led the Project Controls & Scheduling Organization for a complex, multi-billion dollar nuclear enrichment facility construction project.

o   Project Summary - Phase I:  $2.113 billion, within budget; Phase II: $1.090 billion, $17 million under budget and three months ahead of schedule; Phase III: $707 million, $35 million under budget and on schedule.

·   Revised and maintained P6 schedules which contained over 18,000 activities.

·   Introduced systematic Project management and Scheduling training. Trained over 80 employees in preparation for the PMP exam and over 50 employees in P6 scheduling.

·   Performed critical path and earned value management (EVM) analysis.

·   Introduced labor resource loading and resource analysis of schedules.

 

 

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DMS Recovery Consultants, Boca Raton, FL2012 – 2013

Consultant

·   Developed disaster recovery proposals to respond to RFP's from organizations that suffered hundreds of millions of dollars of damages from Hurricane Sandy.

Miranda Consultancy & Management, Vientiane, Laos2011 – 2012

Contract Consultant / Project Manager

·   Developed a business plan and a project plan for the establishment of an organic vegetable production operation including farming, processing, cold storage, export and logistics in Savannakhet, Laos.

SenesTech Inc., VIENTIANE, LAOS 2010 – 2011

Vice President for Asian Operations              

·   Headed project management and strategic planning efforts. Initiated Portfolio Management methodologies to develop implementation plans and planned the submission of company products for regulatory approval in five countries.

·   Developed Project schedules to plan the establishment of business operations and manufacturing/distribution facilities in eleven countries.

·   Developed financial projections, project plans, schedules and business plan for a $300,000,000 bond offering.

·   Established and managed a business office in Vientiane, Laos and a research site in Savannakhet, Laos as well as laying the groundwork for expansion into other Asian countries.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Washington, DC1996 – 2010

Project Manager, Project Management & Scheduling Toolset

·   Led (Under Vice-President of Finance) the development of business processes, policies, procedures, templates and reporting tools (including metrics) in the areas of Project Management, IT Project Management, Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Management, ISO Certification and application development.

·   Led the implementation of Primavera P6 for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

·   Led the development of an enterprise level set of project management tools for the organization, including the budget process.

·   Directed multiple, concurrent, diverse teams of software application development personnel in support of the budget process, project management, prioritization and scope development.

Project Manager, Project Management & Scheduling

·   Initiated and managed a team that developed and implemented a Business Intelligence / Enterprise Reporting web portal for the FAA, reporting on over 5,000 projects.   Portal was nominated for an award for Innovation in Government, 2005.

·   Implemented an enterprise cost estimating software used nationally.

Project Manager & Scheduling Lead

·   Began as a Project Manager responsible for managing in-house software development efforts.

Lockheed Martin Aerospace, Des Plaines, IL1986 – 1996

Project Scheduler