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Dwayne R. Banks

Experience

09/12- Present

Management Support Technology, Inc.

Fairfax, VA

Project Manager/Sr. Project Scheduler, Department of Veteran Affairs

§         Led audit of PMAS Guides 3.0 and 4.0 to retrieve Program Planning and Oversight (PP&O) requirements.

§         Assisted in the development of Policy and Procedure documentation for conducting OOR reviews per PMAS state. Developed Implementation plan for approved policies and procedures.

§         Documented schedule minimum requirements, schedule health check (Primavera P6), and universal project milestones standard operating procedures for PP&O management team.

§         Developed and status project schedules using Primavera P6. Schedules were developed using Agile methodology.

§         Proficient in the use of ProPath.

§         Participates in weekly Project Management meeting providing status on project scope and cost, risk and issues, completed and future deliverables, staffing and contract issues.

§         Familiar with VA Office of Information Technology (OIT) standard operating procedures and directives.

§         Provided bi-weekly reports to PP&O management team.

§         Familiarity with PMAS Dashboard Reporting

04/12-08/12

Industrial Bank

Oxon Hill, MD

Loan Processor

§         Processing FHA/VA and conventional loans from set up to submitting to underwriter for loan approval.

§         Examining loan file to ensure borrower(s) submitted updated paystubs, bank statement, credit explanation and any other required documentation to support loan approval  

§         Confirm borrower(s) has sufficient assets to close the loan as well as cash reserves if required

§         Evaluated appraisals to determine if the value is justified by assessing the acceptability of the comparable sales and adjustments utilized

§         Reviewed loans for accuracy on Federal and state regulations and requirements

01/09-04/11

eVenture Technologies, LLC

New Orleans, LA

Senior Primavera P6 Scheduler

§         Created and maintained detailed resource loaded multi-year project schedules.

§         Established project baselines, create project activities and milestones.

§         Established resource assignments, schedule logic and activity relationships

§         Pro-actively obtained project status to analyze progress and provide recommendations to meet project goals and positively influence project direction; determined critical path activities; assisted management in determining resource requirements; and monitored and analyzed actual project schedule against target schedule to forecast project results. 

§         Facilitated weekly Project Schedule Meetings with senior level management

§         Provided Monthly Project Variance Reports

§         Managed conversion of data from Primavera into Microsoft Project Server

01/05-08/08

BAE Systems

Herndon, VA

Master Scheduler (Primavera P6/Microsoft Project)

§         Constructed Project Plan in Microsoft Project and Primavera which included; resource loading, resource leveling and schedule logic

§         Established project baselines that were used to provide monthly schedule variance reports

§         Served as a core team member for the Primavera Enterprise Project Management Scheduling and Integrated Master scheduling initiative 

§         Mentored other project schedulers in the use of Microsoft Project and Primavera

§         Creator and Steward of the Data Center Migration Project Schedule housed in Microsoft Project and Primavera

§         Provided weekly schedule update reports

Acquisition Specialist

§         Served as a liaison for DHS/Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters Procurement Office to various project teams

§         Worked with various program offices assisting them in defining their requirement-in support of the DHS/ICE mission

§         Performed market research to determine if IT Commercial-Off-The-Self (COTS) Products (Hardware and Software) can be acquired through such sources as Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) or Government Wide Agency Contracts (GWAC) 

§         Conducted cost analysis research reporting on IT product spending for several divisions of Department of Homeland Security ICE

Shirlington, VA

Education

Strayer University   In-Progress