·   Able to work well with all levels of Stakeholders and Project Team members and help foster professional relationships to replicate project success

·   Mastery of PMI concepts (Project Life Cycle from Owner/End user and Contractor perspective), full Project Management Plan and all subsidiary plans (Communication, Requirements, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Personnel, Procurement, Risk, Change, Stakeholder, Close-out)

·   Able to support and assist relationship between Capital, O&M, and Outage type projects, including project phasing and integration from Elicitation, Engineering, Procurement, Execution, to Closeout

·   High proficiency in working with MS and Office products: Access, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visual Basic, Word

·   Mastery of Primavera Project Management Tools: P6, Risk Manager (PertMaster), and Contract Manager (Expedition)

·   Developed schedules using Primavera Tools (P6, P3) and MSP

·   Developed projects contract and documentation using Primavera Tools (Contract Manager). 

·   Provided assistance and counsel to the Project Team regarding schedule and cost trends, coordination of work between performing parties and responsibilities, validated and analyzed schedules (contract requirements, critical path, resource impacts, cost impacts, Earned Value, TIA), all accompanied with recommendations, follow-up,  and/or mentoring)

·   Worked to develop project control policies and procedures

·   Worked to refine project control policies and procedures through Lessons Learned/Process Improvement procedures

·   Provided presentation and reporting support to multiple projects and teams

·   Designed Unifier Reports for management exception reports

Functional Experience:

·   Project Tool Management: Responsible for successful installations, upgrades, and implementations of Oracle tools for multiple clients.

·   Integration Management: Recommended process and systems improvements such as Risk Control, Earned Value, data collection for programmatic activities. 

·   Project Time Management: Reviewed and investigated submitted contractor schedules (Baseline, Monthly Update, Time Impact Analysis)

·   Project Cost Management: established procedures such as project forecasts and cash flow projections.

·   Project Scope Management: Defined project deliverables and monitored status of tasks.

Accomplishments:

Technical Review for Published book

·   Oracle Primavera P6 v. 8: Project and Portfolio Management (ISBN: 1849684685)

Process Improvement

·   Implemented processes that automated the process of data collection from TxDot web site.  Reduced the total time to update company database from 2-3 hours to 5 minutes.

Reporting

·   Wrote 2-3 Schedule Analysis reports per week covering contractor submitted schedules, Baseline, Monthly Update, and Time Impact Analysis reports for Civil and Building type projects. 

Assessed and addressed organizational training needs.

Presentations

·   Created presentation materials for PMI - Ft. Worth Chapter

Application Design

·   Used object-oriented design/programming to design multiple stand-alone applications

o   MS-Access

o   Visual Basic

 

Experience:

CMTS – Construction Management Technical Services – January 2010 to September 2014
Project Controls (functional Project Controls Manager)
DFW International Airport

·               Worked directly with Civil (8) and Facility (8) Project Managers on a variety of projects ($2M - $20M each PM each project) throughout the entire project lifecycle, including basic renovation to Greenfield projects.  

·               Worked with the Terminal Renovation and Improvement Program (TRIP) team to develop: WBS; WBS Dictionary; comprehensive schedules ($2B); Risk plans. 

·               Re-developed the Project Management Plan (PMP) specifically for TRIP and all Airport projects in general. 

·               Created project management tools to facilitate a consistent approach for projects at all stages of execution:

o        Project Controls

§ ADEOffice – an MS-Access based project data collection tool designed to interface with P6.  (Stakeholders, Risk Register – Qualitative and Quantitative, Requirements Management, Traceability Matrix, WBS, Programmatic Schedule Activities)

o        Process Improvement

§ Lessons Learned – an MS-Access based, multi-user Lessons Learned tool database designed to collect lessons learned data from internal, as well as external knowledge sources. 

o        Cost Controls

§ Earned Value Analysis – an MS-Access based EVA tool that directly interfaces to the production P6 database at the finance level for each respective activity.  The tool provides an EVA based on the applied and specific resource for that financial task. 

§ Indefinite Delivery Contract – an MS-Access based scope and bid collection tool. 

o        Risk Management

§ Risk Register – an MS-Excel based tool integrated with the project Stakeholder register and is designed to be shared and distributed to the stakeholders and project team for input and evaluation.     

o        Stakeholder Management

§ Stakeholder Register – an MS-Excel based tool integrated with the project Requirements Register and is designed to be shared and distributed to the stakeholders and project team for input and evaluation.   

o        Requirements Management

§Requirements Register – an MS-Excel based tool designed to be shared and distributed to the stakeholders and project team for input and evaluation.

·               Lead in implementation of full project control measures

o       Project Work Breakdown Structure administration

o       Weekly reporting of project status into P6

o       standardized handling of contractor’s schedule information

·               Performed frontline evaluation of preliminary contractor schedules; analysis of contractors’ monthly schedule updates; and analysis of contractor schedule in a claims mode. 

·               Software Implementation

o        Initial installation and implementation of Oracle Primavera P6 v. 6.1

o        Multiple upgrades of Oracle Primavera v. 6.1 to 6.2 to 8.1

o        Assist with Unifier knowledge transfer for integration between Skyer/Unifier and P6

o        Created separate interface tools for data transfer from P6 to Unifier and Unifier to P6

KBR - BE&K division Birmingham, AL [Engineering-Procurement-Construction-Installation] - April 2008 to June 2009 (left due to Reduction In Force)
Project Risk Analyst 

·   Performed Qualitative and Quantitative risk evaluations on diverse E-P-C project ranging from $5mm projects.

·   Part of the team that scheduled and executed a new plant construction (about $1B) at Tuscaloosa refinery using P3.  This involved managing and incorporating multiple contractors’ and vendors’ schedules

·   Team Lead for the implementation team for Contract Manager for a client request of a specialized document control process requiring integration and document protection.  This required coordination of client, contractors, home-office, and field personnel. 

·   Specialized Trainer for customized P6 & Contract Manager

 

KAP Project Services, LTD. - La Porte, TX [Professional Plant Maintenance Management Service] - April 2006 to March 2008
Master Scheduler

·   Directed 3 schedulers and 6+ planners to integrate multiple systems to create a unified schedule (IMS) for multiple plants in a single maintenance outage for a refinery in El Segundo.

·   Wrote and produced training manuals and material for multiple software tools for in-house and client personnel. 

·   Consulted with clients for implementation of Primavera tools and methodologies. 

·   Implemented Primavera Project Manager at multiple client sites.

 

Sigmand & Summerfield (for Unisys) – Jobsite at Brecksville, OH - [IT Technical Staffing] - August 2005 to April 2006
Scheduler

·   Project Scheduler for implementation of client healthcare software upgrade.

 

Bluegreen Corporation – Bluegreen Southwest One division, Arlington TX [Land & Community Development] - January 2005 to August 2005
Project Controls Manager

·   Established rapport with Contractors/Subcontracts to facilitate more timely communication resulting in faster payment, reduced costs, and better documentation.  This process also provided better bi-directional reporting for the project managers. 

·   Created management reports that facilitated a more concise monthly financial analysis for each project, project manager, and the division. 

 

Orcas Project Controls - Jenner, CA - [Professional Project Management Staffing] - May 2004 to December 2004
Project Lead/Project Controls Manager

·   Implemented select Primavera and Microsoft products.  Use of the Primavera product facilitated the client’s migration to a more effective, simple, and concise documentation process. 

·   Provided training for the client in use of standardized document processes and procedures.

 

Computer Ability, Inc. - Richardson, Texas [IT and Network Design] - July 2003 to May 2004
Mentor / Business Development

·   Created practical application training manuals for SureTrak, Primavera Project Planner, and Primavera products.

·   Created business/marketing plan to expand operations.

·   Provided Project Management consulting in the areas of planning, risk, implementation, operating scheduling, resource and cost project management systems for various clients.

 

Commint Technical Services, inc., Houston, Texas [Primavera Authorized Reseller and product Training] - November 1988 to June 2003
Professional Trainer/Consultant

·   Full line of Primavera product trainer – Primavera Certified Trainer through 2003 for P3, P6, Methodology Manager, TeamPlay, Contract Manager, and SureTrak. 

·   Executed Project Management consulting in the areas of planning, implementing and operating scheduling, resource and cost project management systems for the mining, commercial construction, heavy construction, heavy fabrication, utility, transportation, petro-chemical, defense, engineering, and information technology industries using Primavera project management tools and various database interfacing tools. 

·   Executed multiple installations and implementations of Primavera Project Manager (first released in 1999) for multiple industries. 

 

Education:

1979 – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Business Administration
1999 – Primavera Software Systems, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA, Primavera Project Planner Enterprise Instructor
2001 – Primavera Software Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA, Implementation
2008 – Primavera Software Systems, Inc., Houston, TX - PertMaster

Certifications:

PMP #1390960 –
Since: February 2010 – Expires: 19 Feb 2017

Skills:

Technical Trainer/Coach
MS Project
MS Office
MS Access
InfoMaker
Read P&ID
VBA
Visual Basic
Oracle/Primavera Specialist

·   Schedule Risk Analyst – Pertmaster - Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

·   CPM Scheduling/Execution - P3, P6, Teamplay, Suretrak

·   Contract Manager - Expedition – Documentation and project information management

·   Unifier integration with P6