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Stephen Jones

Contact Information: 5337 North Socrum Loop Road, Suite 190, Lakeland‎, Florida 33809; (757) 999-4220; teksperts@yahoo.com.

 

Position: Senior Master Scheduler

 

Summary of Qualifications:

 

·  Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia (1975); and significant business-related professional training and experience.  This includes Primavera and EVMS training from Humphreys and Associates in 2007; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2005; and 30-plus years of related professional experience (15-plus years in program and project management with multi-protocols and multi-vendor environments).

 

·  Primavera Experience: 8-plus years of experience with Primavera P4, P5 & P6 up to version 8.3 (21 months with the Quviant Group LLC as a Senior Program Management Engineer; 56 months supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Master Scheduler; 5 months with the international ITER project in Cadarche, France as a Planner and a Planner and Scheduler); and 14 months with Humphreys & Associates as a Scheduler.

 

·  Project Scheduler Requiring ANSI/EIA-748-B Compliance: 3 years of experience (Quviant Group LLC, 21 months; and Humphreys & Associates, 14 months).

 

·  EVMS with Different Organizations: Experience with two organizations: Quviant Group LLC (the Alstom Grid, Oil & Gas Projects, and General Electric Aviation); and Humphries & Associates (Heavy Lift Helicopter)

 

·  Ability to Obtain “Q” Clearance: Previous work did not require security clearance.  Candidate believes that nothing in his background would prevent the processing of requisite clearance.

 

Professional Experience

 

Veterans Administration              February 2014 – Present

Master Scheduler

§ Provided master scheduling services part time until October 2014 then fulltime for the 7 software development programs for the VA. Create and maintain Primavera schedules as well as Microsoft Project detail schedules. Create Work Breakdown Structure from Statement of Work. Designed training courses. Mentored and trained employees and contractors in beginning/intermediate Primavera and Microsoft Project 2010.

 

Quviant Group, LLC July 2013- October 2014

Senior Program Management Engineer

 

§ Senior Scheduler and EVMS integration engineer responsible for the development and control of schedules including balancing the workload with the available resources with the emphasis on schedule consistency and workability.

§ Alstom Grid; Senior Resource Scheduler

§ Working with the Oil and Gas project management team in setting up primavera schedules from information taken from 3 Microsoft project schedules and from LuxProject (JIRA). Provided resource planning guidance with respect to skill set constraints. Responsible for developing the business process to identify and track Operations work Backlog for all on-going Oil & Gas projects and for helping to implement a backlog management process to allocate resources appropriately.

§ GE Aviation; Program Management Engineer

§ Responsible for the development and oversight of processes for the development and maintenance of resource loaded schedules. Assist in planning, scheduling and cost estimating tasks and support implementation of Earned Value Management processes. Translate information at weekly status meetings to c-level executives.

 

Veterans Administration              November 2008 – July 17, 2013

 

Veterans Administration      Mar 2011 – July 17, 2013 

Master Scheduler

§ Provided master scheduling services for the six programs of “Initiative 8 (EVEAH).” This initiative focused on eliminating disparities in access to care wherever they existed within the VA system. Examples were the transition from inpatient to outpatient settings where technology solutions safely permit, through telemedicine, in-home care, and other delivery innovations.

§ Experience and Access to Healthcare, (SDP)-Software Development Programs and three programs of initiative 8 (EVEAH) Hardware and (SDP) for the Washington, DC office.

§ Provided senior master Primavera scheduling:

§ Prepared status report/update sheet and send out to VA PM

§ Updated Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with new dates, % complete, and/or new activities

§ Approved time sheets for VA resources

§ Provided project status/updates to PMO

§ Managed two junior schedulers and two interns

§ Mentored and trained Primavera and MS Project for an initiative 7 (NMOC)-New Models of Care:

§ Did entry and intermediate level training on Primavera 6

§ Mentored 7 PM’s and 3 interns on Primavera 6.

§ Supported and developed supporting Integrated Master Plans & Schedule (IMP & IMS) to support RFP response.

§ Activities and components of IMP & IMS included decomposing the RFP’s SOW into recognized project management standard schedule and sub-schedule

§ Elements included WBS, OBS Tier 4 Control Accounts using proper schedule architecture

§ Sub-schedules encompassed risk mitigation scenarios and transition tasks reflecting work continuation tasks, major contractual milestones, personnel alignments, materials and equipment

Veterans Administration Nov 2008 – April 2011

Master Scheduler

 

§ Provided master scheduling services for an Administrative Data Repository Software Development Project; a Health Data Repository Software Development Project; and a Site Demographic Data Migration Software Development Project, located in Salt Lake City, UT.

§ Created and maintained a team play schedule utilizing P5

§ Created and maintained an integrated master schedule utilizing MS Project:

§ Prepared status report/update sheet and send out to VA PM

§ Updated Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with new dates, % complete, and/or new activities

§ Provided project status/updates to PMO

 

ITERJune 2008 – Nov 2008

Planner / Scheduler

 

§ Provided planning and scheduling services for a $14 Billion Euro Fusion Project located in Cadarche, France, for which he was responsible for $650 Million in scope.  This was the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project and I was responsible for the planning and scheduling of the cooling water and cryogenic systems of the tokomak.

§ Liaised with schedulers in the US, EU and IN to develop delivery schedules

§ Created the ITER organization schedule:

§ Provided scheduling support for the PMO

§ Worked with the (CAM’s) to produce an (IMS)

§ Maintained the (IMS) in Primavera and provided status reports on a weekly and monthly basis.

 

Humphreys and Associates Mar 2007 – May 2008

Scheduler

 

§ Provided scheduling services for a $3B+ Heavy Lift Helicopter Contract located in Stratford, CT. The very complex schedule required extensive use of IFMs, CDRLs and inter-WBS linkages in preparation for SRA and IBR which were both completed successfully.

§ Managed the subsystems IPT utilizing Primavera and Winsight in an EVMS environment

§ Liaised with (CAM’s)-Control Account Manager  and (IPT)-Integrated Program Team leads in landing gear, environmental control system (ECS) propulsion (non-engine) main fuel systems, secondary power system (APU) and fire protection system to develop the work breakdown structure and (IMS)- Integrates Master Schedule in accordance with the scope of work and (IMP)-Integrated Master Plan

§ Liaised with (CAM’s) to ensure their understanding and use of( EVMS)-Earned Value Management Systems for detail-planned work

§ Prepared change requests for the change control board

§ Developed EV status and forecasting presentations for management

§ Provided a weekly schedule status, critical path analysis, EV analysis, detail planning and baseline changes

§ Tracked baseline variances for contract, tier I and tier II milestones

§ Prepared reports for the client project management team

SAIC Jan 2004 – Mar 2007

Master Scheduler/Project Controller

 

§ Provided master scheduling and project controls services for various projects across the US and Europe for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, including data center migration and consolidation projects totaling $5 Million and a large software development project totaling $10 Million.  I also supported the Pfizer Active Directory project for eight sites worldwide, as well as the Pfizer Global Identity Services totaling $2M, PKI Global Project totaling $3 Million, and IPM Project totaling $1 Million.

§ Managed 44 schedules with a total line size of 90,000 lines

§ Liaised with three project managers across the US and England

§ Build schedules from scratch

§ Reported schedule status on a weekly basis

§ Supervised four schedulers

§ Executed project control policies and procedures

§ Performed analysis and reporting in support of a large integration program at multiple locations

§ Developed and maintained the WBS, Basis of Estimates, Resource Loaded Networks, budgets and Estimates at Completion

§ Set the schedule for the critical path and dependencies

§ Established cost and schedule baselines

§ Tracked actuals

§ Prepared EACs

§ Collaborated with project managers, contract personnel and group finance staff utilizing Microsoft Project Server 2003

§ Prepared written and verbal reports and presentations to reference cost and schedule status

§ Provided project controller coordination

 

Teksystems Mar 2003 – Oct 2003

Senior Project Manager

§ Senior Project Management services for Associated Bank located in Green Bay, WI.

§ Managed the WBS

§ Planed the NT4.0 to XP Professional migration for 5,300 desktops

§ Identified over 350 applications and conducting applications to ensure they were XP compliant

§ Managed the active directory planning, from requirements through vendor selections

§ Planed and implemented Office 97 to Office 2000 migration for 5,300 desktops

§ Overseen preliminary planning for NT4.0 to 2003 migration

§ Overseen preliminary planning for Exchange 5.5 to 2003 migration

§ Participated in the Business Resumption (disaster recovery) planning

§ Identified applications that were vital and mission critical

 

Ardent /Lovelace Information Systems Mar 2001 – Mar 2003

Project Coordinator / Controller

 

§ Provided Project Coordinator and Control Services for various projects for the Albuquerque, NM location.

§ Managed an HP OpenView implementation 1900 plus nodes

§ Leaded the HIPAA Compliance Mac to Windows 2000 and Windows NT to 2000 migration project team with deployment of 5,000 Windows 2000 workstations

§ Developed WBS and a comprehensive project plan

§ Identified resource requirements

§ Coordinated and facilitated team status briefings in order to keep management informed of project status

§ Overseen change management documentation

§ Maintained budget tracking documentation

§ Ensured project remained on time and within budget

 

Teksystems January 1997-November 2000

 

Senior Project Manager/ Business Analyst           Apr 2000 – Nov 2000

 

§ Provided Senior Project Management and Business Analysis services for United Technology Corporation located in Rocky Hill, CT.

§ Managed the deliverables, cost, planning and scheduling for the Remote Resolution Services (RRS) and Asset Data Automation (ADA) projects

§ Directed staff and other resources to accomplish tasks

§ Maintained control of a $20M+ budget

§ Managed the design and implementation of CA/Unicenter and SMS2.0 in a rollout of 220 new Windows 2000 servicers

§ Managed the PMO office with eight project managers and a staff of 35

§ Ensured the project remained within scope and on schedule

§ Maintained project plans

§ Scheduled utilizing Project Scheduler 8

§ Managed tasks and assigning resources to tasks

§ Monitored and tracking project progress

§ Managed issue logs and issuing resolutions

 

Senior Project Manager/ Business AnalystMay 1999 – Mar 2000

 

§ Provided Senior Project Management and Business Analysis Services for Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company located in Groton, CT.

§ Developed detailed, multiple phase project plans for the implementation of a firm-wide/global, 12 week, 1300 server data center move

§ Selected and build project team

§ Managed the PMO responsible for 25 consultants and 10 employees

§ Identified and analyzed risks for the project as a whole and for each project task

§ Set agendas

§ Coordinated, scheduled and chaired meetings for managers and directors to drive project requirements and definitions

§ Developed SOW

§ Reviewed proposals and negotiated with external vendors to provide moving services

§ Scheduled manufacturer product on-site technical support

§ Scheduled, lead and facilitated move team meetings

§ Liaised with client business units to improve the overall delivery of the move process

§ Provided weekly status reports to communicate progress of issues to management and client business units

§ Provided “lessons learned” reports to improve processes for the next move phase

§ Facilitated go/no-go move readiness processes

§ Carried out project postmortem

 

Project Manager       Apr 1998 – Apr 1999

Senior Network LAN/WAN Engineer

 

§ Provided Project Management, Business Analysis and Senior Network LAN/WAN engineering services for Vencor Healthcare located in Louisville, KY.

§ Troubleshoot and resolved all problems related to a brand new enterprise-wide installation of Meditech software on 68 multi-processor data general file servers utilizing NT4.0 and on hundreds of WAN clients located at over 350 acute care facilities throughout the US

§ Scheduled the Y2K-driven project

§ De-conflicting installation coordination with a concurrent SAP implementation project

 

Project Manager/ Business Analyst       Jan 1997 – Apr 1998

 

§ Provided Project Management, Business Analysis and Senior Network LAN/WAN engineering services for Ochsner Health Organization located in New Orleans, LA.

§ Managed the purchase of software and hardware for the IT department

§ Managed the rollout and implementation of Windows95/NT desktops

§ Developed new, uniform server configuration

§ Managed the organization of users for security consistency

§ Managed and supporting multiple servers and 500 users across the state while implemented a uniform system

§ Managed all LAN/WAN connections including training of users and technicians

§ Troubleshoot IT issues

§ Overseen the maintenance of statewide connections

 

Key Projects

IT and Communications

§ Pfizer Data Center Migration Project$5 Million

§ Software Development Project$10 Million

§ Active Directory Project $2 Million

§ Global Identity Services PKI Project$3 Million

§ IPM Project$1 Million

§ Administrative Repository & Health Data

Depository Projects$35 - $65 Million

§ Dept of VA: Software & Hardware

Development Projects$5 - $165 Million

Government

§ Sikorsky Helicopter Project$125 Million

§ Int’l Thermonuclear Experimental Project     €600 Million

Systems & Software

§ Primavera P4, P5 & P6 up to version 8.3

§ MS Project 2007, 2010, 2013

§ Visio 2007, 2010

§ Project Server 2007, 2010

§ Microsoft Office

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Current Career Level:

Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Years of relevant work experience:

More than 15 Years

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Immediately

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US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

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