4403 Elizabeth Street  ▪  Aliquippa, PA  15001  ▪ (724) 302-7750  ▪  gjc325@yahoo.com

 

SUMMARY:  CAPM with over eleven years of planning, scheduling, and cost estimating experience working with Primavera, SureTrak, Open Plan, Microsoft Project, and Artemis in complex nuclear, transportation, and

Information Technology (IT) project environments.

 

WORK HISTORY

Samsung Telephony America                                                                                                  1/2013 – 2/2013

Project Coordinator, Denver, CO

Provided Project Coordination support for Telecommunications systems upgrade for Sprint. Extracted data from Primavera 6 and Siterra to create reports to support project implementations in Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.

 

 

Provil & Associates, Inc.                                                                                                                              7/08 – 10/11

Project Planner

Provided scheduling support for Asian, European, and North American rail transit projects for Bombardier Transportation and Ansaldo Signal. Scope included: procurement, information technology, hardware design, manufacturing, system integration, and testing. Interfaced with internal and external stakeholders to ascertain deliverables, determine risk factors, and develop discrete activities with realistic durations and relationships. Performed critical path analysis and used network diagrams to discuss potential workarounds to reduce risk and mitigate the critical path.

·         Maintained fully loaded project schedules using Primavera 5 – 6.

·         Interfaced with Project Management in developing “what if” scenarios using Microsoft Project.

·         Prepared monthly reports that included Longest Path, Critical Path, and Earned Value.

·          Built and maintained schedules used for bids and proposals.

·          Maintained projects that contained over 16,000 activities in Primavera 5.

·          Prepared ad-hoc network diagrams to discuss schedule logic.

·          Prepared informal scheduling procedures to facilitate seamless future project integration.

·          Reconciled cost information in P6 with SAP costs.

·          Coordinated scheduling issues between purchasing, production, and engineering.

·          Built WBS numbering systems in accordance with corporate guidelines.

 

Internal Revenue Service, Pittsburgh, PA and Falls Church, VA                                                         7/01 – 2/08             

Revenue Agent                           

·         Researched, planned, and prepared work papers for examinations.

·         Interviewed taxpayers, attorneys, and employee plan administrators.

·         Evaluated Money Services Business’ (MSB's) operations for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

·         Negotiated tax assessments and Closing Agreement Sanction fees with taxpayers and employers.

·         Managed up to fifteen active cases.

 

Ernst & Young, LLP, McLean, VA                                                                                                           8/99 - 10/00               

Lead Audit Scheduler                                                                                                 

·         Coordinated the Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) activities for over 180 auditors who served nearly 400 clients in a variety of industries.

·         Negotiated staffing conflict resolutions between engagement managers.

·         Implemented ARMS 99, an Oracle scheduling application. 

·         Prepared reports to assist partners in evaluating staffing; prepared/ presented training for new hire orientation.

 

TRW, Fairfax, VA                                                                                                                                   11/92 - 8/99             

IT Planner/Scheduler                             

·         Provided lead planning support for the Air Traffic Management (ATM) branch of the FAA.

·         Built and maintained complex, integrated IT schedules for ATM programs by obtaining milestones and processes from various IT engineering professionals, then melding and linking the individual segments together using an iterative team-oriented approach.

·         Assisted in the design of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

·         Prepared an Independent Government Cost Estimate.

·          Scheduling Software: Microsoft Project, Artemis, and P/X

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TRW, Arlington, VA  

IT Schedule Analyst                                                        

·         Supported the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Tax System Modernization (TSM) program by performing critical path analysis on several IT projects then writing and verbally summarizing reports to the Office of the National Director of Systems Engineering.

·         The analysis identified detailed problem processes and provided estimated completion dates for these troubled areas.

·         Assisted in the research/preparation of cost and schedule reports submitted to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that were used to outline and communicate the redirection of the TSM Program.

·         Scheduling Software: PS 6 (Project Scheduler 6)

 

TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Merrifield, VA                           

Project Scheduler              

·         Created/maintained internal schedules for the Management and Operating (M&O) contractor to support the Department of Energy's (DOE) Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System (CRWMS).

·         Developed FoxPro applications to track every M&O deliverable and associated baseline change for the CRWMS contract, which included 15 teammates and generated over $500 million dollars per year. 

·         In addition, coordinated a weekly video conference to obtain status from Program Functional Managers.

·         Interfaced daily with performance measurement to create and maintain a schedule/budget baseline used to calculate earned value.

·         Scheduling Software: Primavera P3, Suretrak, and Open Plan

 

CER Corporation, Arlington, VA                                                                                                                9/89 - 11/92                              

Scheduler/QA Auditor/Trainer                                                                                              

·         Performed scheduling functions with Open Plan.

·         Participated in quality assurance audits to verify conformance with Quality Assurance (QA) procedures.

·         Created summary flowcharts used in the development of nuclear quality assurance procedures.

·         Developed and presented training materials used to implement QA procedures for the Department of Energy and its contractors.

·         Scheduling Software: Open Plan

 

U.S. Navy (Military), Alexandria, VA                                                                                                   4/83 - 4/88

Recruiter/Data Processing Shift Supervisor                                                                                                 

·         Navy Recruiter.

·         Data Processing Technician

 

EDUCATION

Marymount University, MBA

Clarion University of Pennsylvania, BS, Accounting

 

WORK RELATED TRAINING

SAP HANA Implementation & Modeling, June, 2013

Microsoft Project & PMP Preparation Training, January, 2013

Primavera Project Planner, P6 for the Enterprise (P3e), June, 2008

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Excellent writing, flowcharting, and presentation skills

Strong skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM), PMI,  November, 2013