Deanna Cannon

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Deanna Cannon

2539 Llano Springs Drive

Katy, TX 77494

Email:  atta2wd@yahoo.com

 

Highly motivated, results-driven professional with notable success directing a broad range of initiatives while participating in planning, analysis, and implementation of solutions to increase productivity.  Candidate excels at providing business process improvement and project planning skills necessary to follow projects through to completion while managing, motivating, and guiding team members.  Candidate is an exceptionally well organized individual with a track record that demonstrates self motivation, creativity, and the initiative to achieve both personal, and corporate goals.  Candidate is a proven leader that has been consistently promoted due to the further development of skills and talents, in line with business needs.

 

Areas of Expertise:

              Project Leadership

Resource Team Management

              Scheduling/Cost Controls (Primavera P3, P5, P6, MS Project, PMO)

Reporting and Analysis (Cognos, Crystal, Peoplesoft, SQL)

Organizational Change Management

Corporate Compliance/Compliance Auditing/KPI Development

Regulatory Adherence (FERC, NRC, PSC, EEI, SOX)

Business Process Improvement and Analysis (ARIS, Visio)

Training Development and Delivery

 

Professional Experience:

 

KBR, Inc.               10/08 – Present

For Shell Technology Center – Houston (STCH)
Maintenance and Special Projects Planner/Scheduler

Schedule site maintenance for 50+ buildings/site utilities (SU) at Shell Technology Center, Houston, TX. In addition, worked as Primary Scheduler for Shell WTC/BTC modernization project relocating over 250 laboratories. Prepare monthly budget to actual analysis spreadsheet for $8M move project for P&T Site Manager and Real Estate Project Manager. Worked with P&T Site Manager to prepare documents for monthly reporting to Modernization Project DRB. Work with numerous Project Managers and Maintenance Foreman on a weekly basis to provide site maintenance working schedules for a staff of 80+ maintenance workers. Currently working on Shell Winning Innovations project to relocate laboratory’s from The Woodlands, TX area and Thornton, England to the Shell Technology Center Houston facility. Other special projects included implementation of Planon PM for Shell Real Estate (2011) and SERP (SAP) PM for Projects and Technology (2013).  Worked with SERP team as SME in PM system design, and development of MI – KPI reporting requirements for vendor performance measures.  Also work with site Vendors to train users on scheduling process and vendor reporting. 

 

Entergy Services, Inc.               9/07 – 10/08
Supervisor/Credit & Collections

Managed resources in daily operation of Credit and Collections department for Fortune 500 four state energy (electric/gas utility) company serving over 2 million customers. Oversee collection activities, fraud investigations and bankruptcy filings.  Decision maker on non-pay customer disconnects. Led team to map business processes and evaluate opportunities for business process improvement. 

 

Entergy Services, Inc.               6/06 – 9/07
Financial Analyst I/Human Resources Finance/IT Project Management

Worked on project team to develop requirements for upgrades to Peoplesoft and Cognos and monitored budgets for software development projects. Developed and delivered training (print, CBT, etc.) for new technologies being introduced in HR.  Developed and implemented Business Continuity plan for HRIT department.  Monitored HR employee health and welfare benefits budgets, produced monthly cost control and variance analysis from PeopleSoft data pulls.  Work with Executive Management to produce quarterly reports for SOX. Developed ad-hoc data queries and over 150 Crystal Reports through a Sybase interface in response to internal data requests and RFI’s.  Developed and produced KPI metrics (Staffing measures, Employee Development participation, HR Service Center productivity) for departmental reporting to VP of Human Resources.  Administration of Documentum E-Room structure; folders, user permissions, etc.

 

Entergy Services, Inc.                 08/03 – 06/06
Sr. Associate Systems Analyst/PMO/Projects & Performance Management

Worked with contractor to implement Primavera into PMO; requirements, implementation, training, and support.  Primavera scheduler/administrator for IT developers working on 50+ IT projects for Transmission Department.  Developed Primavera training materials and delivered training throughout four state offices (LA, TX, MS, AR).  Monitored staffing assignments and project progress schedules, and produced weekly productivity dashboards.  Actively participate on process management team to monitor and adjust project development processes and worked to develop ARIS models of processes as necessary.   Worked with Risk Management Department and Executive Management to periodically audit the IT development process stage-gates for compliance with SOX.  Led Technology Delivery Performance Management Team to gather and analyze data for reporting on KPIs and ECI (Continuous Improvement) initiatives.

 

Entergy Services, Inc.                 7/01-8/03
Associate Analyst/ PMO/Technology Delivery

Set up PMO (Project Management Organization) in Technology Delivery Department.  Developed and implemented standardized document templates and project management process flow chart in accordance with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and technology industry standard best practices.  Produced over 150 reports from numerous databases for several different departments using Crystal report writer, and developed views/queries for reports in SQL 7/SQL 2000/Oracle. These reports included outage reports, line outage history, work scheduling, KPI measures, asset inventory, SCADA, maintenance scheduling, and audit reports in compliance with SOX.  The production of these reports in-house saved the company over $500K in report development costs.  Acted as the Crystal Enterprise administrator, and maintained report folder hierarchy, user permissions and business objects.
 

Entergy Services, Inc.               10/98-7/01
HR Specialist III/Entergy Staffing  

Worked as Project Coordinator with IT Project Management staff and the Entergy Staffing Director to design, develop and implement a web-based applicant tracking system. Worked with outside vendors and internal IT resources to create process-maps and customize external vendor recruiting products (Web and Desktop).  Developed and delivered training for online recruiting application to over 400 hiring managers.  Designed KPI metrics and reports for the Staffing Department using Crystal Reports; Time to Fill, Attrition, Aging Workforce and Diversity Hiring. 

 

English Turn Limited Partnership         1988- 1998    
Property Manager/Director of Community Services/Project Manager Assistant

Managed project budget for $43M/400 acre development construction.  Developed schedules, Gantt and Pert charts for major residential development infrastructure construction.  Prepared AIA contracts for project draws and prepared monthly payment distribution for construction projects in progress. Directed and supervised in-house and contract staff in the daily operation of the Property Owner's Association.   Prepared and managed the annual property management budget of $4M including monthly variance analysis, billing and collections.  Responsible for reviewing architectural plans for adherence to; Architectural Standards, Design Guidelines, and Restrictive Covenants.  

 

EACCO              1982 – 1988

Office Manager

Managed the daily operations of multi-million dollar oil field industry sheet metal manufacturer. Maintained contracts with various oil companies for doors on offshore rigs, and the U. S. government (Navy, Coast Guard) for specially designed doors. Handled all aspects of business office; A/R, A/P, Payroll, General Ledger, Monthly Financial Statements, Insurance, HR, Phone Sales, Invoicing and Inventory Management.

 

Technical Proficiencies:

Primavera TeamPlay, P3, P5, P6

Microsoft Project/Project Central/Project Enterprise
Crystal Reports/Crystal Enterprise Administration
Database (SQL, SQL 2000, Oracle, Sybase, Access)
SAP for Utilities-Customer Care and Service (ISU/CCS)

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Documentum/eRoom Document Management Software

Microsoft Visio/ARIS

 

Education/Training:

Bachelors Degree, Business Management (3.85 GPA)

CompTIA Project+ Certified – 2004 (Globally recognized Project Management certification)

 

Committees:

KBR – WTC Site Employee Safety Committee – 2009-2010

Chairperson, Entergy HR Diversity and Inclusion Council - 2007

Entergy Corporate United Way Committee - 2004, 2005

Chairperson, Entergy Building Safety Council - 2003, 2008