Olakunle B fasesimi- Project Coordinator/Project Scheduler

791 bateswood dr apt 316,

HOUSTON,

tx, 77079

olakunlefasesimi@gmail.com

832 692 8323

A highly skilled Project Coordinator / Project Scheduler professional looking to apply project management, customer relations, and supervisory experience gained in the health care, support services (Oil & Gas) and banking sector to pursue career in the oil & gas industry, manufacturing or general management.

Bachelor in Information Technology                                                                    Currently enrolled

University of Phoenix

Electrical/Electronic Engineering. OND                                                                          2002-2005

Federal Polytechnic ilaro ,Nigeria 

Advanced Project Management Training

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – Network Infrastructure

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – Configuring Windows 7

VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)

ITIL v3 Foundation

Scrum Master Certified

Comptia Linux+

Project Coordinator/Project Scheduler

Halliburton Energy Services (Quest Global NA) Houston Texas                   October 2013- June 2015

Planning and Scheduling all global project for the Drilling Department. Also coordinating with project team and all stakeholders.

·   Served as an integral member of the Program Management Office (PMO).

·   Establish and maintain project communication tools such as SharePoint site.

·   Developed and maintained the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for various projects in both MS Project 2010 and Primavera P6.

·   Generated and maintained the critical path networks and logic.

·   Controlled and tracked changes to the schedule baseline.

·   Coordinated and maintained with program management the integration of multiple project schedules into an overall Master Program Schedule

·   Assist the IT Project or IT Program Manager with maintaining a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

·   Collaborated with cross functional teams to align dependencies, resolve issues, managed meetings and promoted team communication

·   Managed and maintained a Master schedule with 4500/5500 line Items.

·   Help to track material for project execution through the vendor.

·   Send project closure surveys and generate survey results

·   Assist with review/update of the various program management documents in the PMO.

·   Reviewed, compared, and analyzed schedule performance against baseline program plans

·   Assist IT Project Manager with project documentation such as kickoff decks, Project Charters, CapEx requests and status reports.

·   Collaborated with program and Technical project lead/Technical project managers to derive and create metrics for process improvement.

·   Review invoices and perform PO receipts for goods and services

·   Interact with the vendors to ensure knowledge management practices are consistently applied in resolving incidents thereby facilitating resolution of issues at Level 1 support.

·   Schedule weekly meetings with Implementation Site Leads to discuss recurring issues that would impact the project “Go live” and project completion date.

Lead Project Coordinator                                                           December 2012 – October 2013

Able Healthcare Services LLC, Houston, Texas

Coordinated a 16-member team representing the facilities department in planning/preparation, executing and monitoring of EPIC Implementation Project/Data center migration

·   Collaborated with Project Manager to create a clear vision and project plan for the execution of a wide array of deliverables, maintaining consistency across deliverables

·   Serve as a point of contact for assigned Strategic Initiative until project is completed and implemented

·   Communicate the recommended Sprint to Dept Head and seek approval

·   Facilitate Trade-Offs / Additions to Sprint

·   Work with Program Director and Project Managers to identify and communicate potential risks and mitigation plans.

·   Monitor and track progress of stories.

·   Attended key project meetings and record meeting minutes, action items, and next steps

·   Keep the Project Manager (PM) and others informed about project status and issues that may impact customer relations

·   Assist the team to implement a cohesive solution within the established scope, cost, and schedule

·   Built dependencies and integration between the program activities

·   Establish a governance model to measure knowledge management maturity and report on it on regular basis

·   Managed the resource pools and administer resource assignments and activities

·   Analyzed resource leveling and coordinate with activity owners to resolve resource overload and conflicts

·   Defined and monitored closely the program critical path

·   Understood, integrated and managed dependencies and linkages with initiatives external to the program

·   Assisted project leaders and team leads in the creation, monitoring and changing of project plans, resource plans and milestones, ensuring adherence to approved standards

·   Reported out master plan schedule impacts and shifts

·   Prepared and conducted regular cadence with PM to review the status of master project plan and identify corrective actions

·   Updated company SharePoint tool, creating presentations, meeting setup and minutes, status reports, project plan administration, and managing small work streams related to the overall Program.

·   Assisted with on boarding of project team members

·   Acted as a quality control mechanism by proofreading and/or creating project documentation.  Materials include, but are not limited to: PowerPoint presentations, handouts, proposals, and minutes

·   Provide ad-hoc and on-going management information, presentations and reporting for program governance purposes (e.g. resource availability and allocation, projects actual costs against budget, resource head count, issue & action tracking, risk tracking etc.)

Project Coordinator /Scheduler                                                                  July 2010-Decebmer 2011

DCP MIDSTREAM ,  Houston Texas   

IT Infrastructure and System Integration

·   Created Project Schedule with 3500 line items in Ms Project 2007, 2013

·   Managed project resource allocation for entire Pilot Project.

·   Take responsibility for highlighting and promoting Knowledge management process and other ITIL services by running workshops and driving process improvements via process working improvements.

·   Administer HP-PPM (Project Portfolio Management tool)

·   Facilitate and provide guidance to Daily Stand¬Ups, Sprints, Demonstrations & Retrospectives

·   Serve as liaison between customers and cross functional groups to provide continuity and collaboration to meet project goals

·   Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to SharePoint and PWA. (Project Web Access).

·   Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in Ms Project.

·   Assist in Creating & submitting Project Change Requests (PCRs) to Project Control

·   Acted as the sole Coordinator on the Trilogy IT projects interfacing with 3 project managers and reporting to 2 program managers representing the IT and Business sectors of the enterprise.

·   Continually reviewed and maintained plans and procedures to ensure that documented information is current and support the corporate strategy.

·   Updated /Maintained documentation (Documented project artifacts and saved in SharePoint).

·   Prepared and presented status on project schedule, project costs, project deliverables, project risks, and risk containment strategies.

·   Checking all the models the team uses (e.g. Sprint backlog, metrics, etc.) and show them differences between the model and the real world.

·   Developed planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·   Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·   Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·   Served as quality manager and oversees quality assurance on all deliverables.

Project Planner/Scheduler                                                                     August 2008- August 2010

AGIP

Coordinating the project team representing the facilities department in planning/preparation, executing and monitoring of Software Implementation Project.

·   Develop and analyze project schedule to align with project scope and deadline, create WBS and allocate resource/ load Integrating subcontract schedules with project master schedule.

·   Acted as liaison between the team and interfaced with 4 project managers and reported to 2 program mangers on project issues and constraints based on information from the team members

·   Gained concurrence approval and consensus from stakeholders regarding the various project aspects, adjusts accordingly.

·   Facilitate and provide guidance to Daily Stand¬Ups, Sprints, Demonstrations & Retrospectives

·   Participated in team preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure team.

·   Collaborated with cross functional teams to align dependencies, resolve issues, managed meetings and promoted team communication.

·   Update project schedule weekly with accurate data-entry of data-date reports throughout project cycle.

·   Coordinated and collaborated with IT System integrators in understanding the implementation road map of the new IT application Software (Allegro, Sungard Align and Synthesis software).

·   Managed costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables.

·   Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to SharePoint and PWA. (Project Web Access)

·   Attended progress meetings with design consultants, construction managers, and contractors to review and approve baseline schedules, and attended other scheduled meetings as necessary to stay current on schedules 

·   Prepared statements of work for project engagements and monitored performance to ensure that project commitments meet contractual specifications.

·   Acted together with the IT application team to adhere to the IT governance at various approval gates and comply with the necessary SOX requirements in moving the project forward.

·   Managed administrative, technical, and resource management aspects of a project including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving.

·   Organized project team members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives.

·   Meet the Project team weekly to update, discuss 2 week look-ahead task list and report on a real time project progress

·   Supported the project team through the preparation, monitoring and updating of schedules while working with site leaders to formulate action plans to correct scheduling problems using Primavera Project Planner.

Project Coordinator  / Scheduler                                                                    July 2007-  July 2009

Oceanic Bank PLC ( Now Ecobank ), Lagos, Nigeria

Planned and coordinated the migration of approximately 7000 PCs from Windows XP to Windows 7 and implementation of SAP for functional usage. Ensure the deployment of banking and non-banking applications bank wide. Responsible for estimating the work to be done, identifying dependencies, and resources needed for each projects. Ensuring the safe delivery of projects and in accordance with the company policy & procedures.

·   Provided project management support for the portfolio of projects within client’s PMO which included supporting a number of BU (Business Units) related projects of varying size and scope.

·   Participated in a pilot program that includes building a Master Schedule to help get our client’s project portfolio in order; across multiple projects and Project Managers.

·   Was part of the team that worked on a huge IT Enhancement and SAP implementation projects.

·   Participated in team preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure team.

·   Acted as liaison between the team and interfaced with 4 project managers and reported to 2 program mangers on project issues and constraints based on information from the team members

·   Created and implemented project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for medium to large sized projects of moderate complexity..

·   Created and maintained Project schedules ranging from 2800 -4500 line items.

·   Coordinated and kept Project Managers informed of progress of the project by tracking, monitoring and controlling the schedule; supported multiple schedules and recorded meeting minutes.

·   Coordinated multiple project activities involving vendors meetings, Trilogy project team meetings, validation sessions, and Exercises

·   Gathered data, analyzes for applicability, and documents as appropriate.

·   Utilized earn value management tool to track the project status regarding budgeting and forecasting.

·   Completion of tasks; developed WBS and measured the deliverables work packages of the project against the project plan.

·   Took charge of a multi-million SAP application roll-out which was successfully rolled out across 340 branches

·   Coordinated and kept Project Managers informed of progress of the project by tracking, monitoring and controlling the schedule; supported multiple schedules and recorded meeting minutes.

·   Communicated with C- level management in order to report the status of projects.(Project Health / RAG Status report)

·   Analyzed schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas

·   Lead project planning and schedule review meetings

·   Identified process, performance, productivity, and other improvements, and work with various levels of the organization to plan and deliver those improvements; Lead, provide oversight, or participate on improvement teams, as appropriate.

Available Upon Request.

Methodologies: (SME) Subject Matter Expert –Waterfall Methodology (PMI); Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); SAP Methodology (ASAP); AGILE Methodology

Good oral/written communication skills and communicate effectively with all levels both internally and externally.

Certifications

Linux

MCP-Microsoft Certified Professional

VMware

ITIL v3

Scrum Master

PMP- (Pursuing)

Tools

MS Project 2010 & 2013.

Primavera P6,

Visio, Microsoft Office-Word, Excel, PowerPoint. MS SharePoint, Lync

, Microsoft Project 2003, 2007, 2010 & 2013, SAP ECC6.0, Project Web Access (PWA), Project Server,  MS Access, MS InfoPath, MS Groove, Clarity Portfolio Management, Mind genius, 5 dashboard,