Sapna Ananthanarayanan                     Phone: (571) 331-4471

144534 Broadwinged Drive       E-Mail:sapnaa23@gmail.com

Gainesville, VA – 20155Work Status: U.S Citizen with Secret Clearance

Summary

 

Results-driven Business Professional with strong general management qualifications in Program Planning, Project Scheduling & Execution, and Customer Relationship Management. Develop, design and manage client projects for implementation and maintenance of client services. Proven ability to develop client base, impact business growth through efficient project management, strong decision-making skills, and customer relationship management. Work aligns with established program foundations using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as applicable. Software packages include Primavera P6, MS Project 2007-2013, MS Office Suite, SharePoint, Visio, KIDASA Milestones Professional.

Program Planning & Scheduling	Schedule Analysis
Earned Value Management	Waterfall/Agile Project Management
Customer Focus	Excellent Client Relationship
PMP, ITIL V3	U.S. Citizen, Secret Clearance

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Engility/Dynamic Research Corporation, Reston, VA (April 2013 to present)
Management and IT Consulting for Government Clients - Veterans Relationship Management

Role: Senior Program Planner

 

·               Lead Program Planner for the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the Veterans Relationship Management (VRM) Program consisting of 20+ large interrelated projects distributed across 5 workstreams.

·               Develop and maintain multiple project schedules and subsequently the VRM IMS that effectively communicates to all levels of the project teams and stakeholders.

·               Serve as the Subject Matter Expert in effective transition of project schedules from MS Project to Oracle Primavera P6.

·               Perform health checks on individual project schedules on a monthly basis to ensure schedules meet Primavera minimum schedule requirements including resource loading, dependencies, constraints/task types, and Universal Project Milestones.

·               Mentor project team planners in Primavera and ensure established procedures are followed to meet customer requirements

·               Ensure all project schedules and VRM IMS conform to ProPath processes/templates utilized under Project Management Accountability System (PMAS) methodology.

·               Serve as the liaison between VRM Leadership and individual project teams and coordinate efforts as they relate to the VRM IMS and other Program/Project Management activities.

·               Facilitate ongoing inputs and daily updates to the IMS via scrum, Integrated Product Team and Program Review meetings.

·               Perform IMS Impact Assessments, Critical path analysis thus limiting adverse project cost/time losses and communicate findings to VRM management via specialized reports.

·               Maintain Change Management process and ensure all approved external and internal changes are incorporated according to Change Management procedure.

·               Identify risks or gaps in project schedules, maintain a risk register and communicate findings to VRM management via daily/weekly meetings.

·               Coordinate with VRM Business in suggesting modifications to the WBS and ensure alignment of the VRM IMS with the WBS.

·               Ensure all weekly VRM IMS deliverables are delivered on time to VRM Leadership.

·               Provide weekly/monthly/ad-hoc reports on the status of projects including upcoming releases and schedule metrics across the VRM Program.

·               Develop and maintain an Acquisitions Schedule that provides VRM Leadership with an overarching view and status of acquisitions packages across the VRM Program.

·               Support proposal efforts undertaken by Engility.

·               Provide input for all weekly/monthly deliverables including the Monthly Status report and Workplan.

 

 

WBB Consulting, Reston, VA (October 2011 to April 2013)

Management and Financial Consulting for Government Clients – DHS (USCIS)

Role: IMS Scheduler

 

·               Worked as a Master Scheduler – Lead the effort to develop/maintain an Integrated
Master Schedule for an external Project that involved various entities using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

·               Supported Project Manager in developing/maintaining an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to support major releases and subsidiary schedules for supporting organizations in an agile environment by employing Rolling Wave Planning.

·               Ensured the IMS adhered to and implemented Government Accountability Office scheduling
best practices.

·               Optimized project schedules by analyzing the overall time required for successful completion
of the project. Performed Schedule tracking/Routine and ad-hoc reporting – monitored actual progress as compared to baseline, analyze and report progress.

·               Coordinated with agile teams in obtaining status on the progress of tasks on the critical path and
provided critical path analysis.

·               Performed Schedule Impact Analysis – Determine need/impact of changes, identify schedule risks, and discussed risks at Risk management meetings.

·               Developed PowerPoint presentations for weekly/monthly reports.

·               Developed high level schedules that illustrated critical path and milestones.

·               Worked with Program Management & Control team (PMC) in creating/implementing Change Requests (CR) that impacted the IMS.

·               Assisted in generating monthly status reports on the IMS team’s performance.

·               Worked on integrating Scheduling and Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) by allocating resources to critical tasks and determining costs.

·               Assisted in preparing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) of various activities of the
scheduling team.

·               Uploaded/Maintain documents in SharePoint and acted as facilitator.

·               Provided assistance with activities related to Earned Value Management (EVM), provided in-depth and comprehensive analyses of contract performance.

·               Assisted in creation of the following deliverables as required in the Statement of Work (SOW):

o       Scheduling Tool Evaluation – This evaluation assessed new scheduling tools, identified stakeholders and how they would be affected by the implementation of new
scheduling tools. 

o       Agile Scheduling Recommendations – This document described the agile approach to software development and how some of the GAO scheduling best practices were implemented in the IMS.
 

 

 

 

 

Dean & Company, Vienna, VA (August 2007 to October 2011)

Management Consulting & Research

Role: Scheduler/Senior Designer

 

·               Optimized project schedules by analyzing and compressing the overall time required for design of marketing materials and minimized risks by facilitating project schedule review meetings.

·               Well experienced at computing different scenarios like delayed delivery of major deliverables due to impact of internal and external dependencies thus evaluating feasibility of completing projects under unfavorable conditions.

·               Designed & implemented a scheduling and ticketing system to prioritize work for clients.

·               Managed the creation and update of comprehensive reports, documentation and research material directed to meet strategic challenges faced by clients.

·               Performed schedule tracking and presented status reports to leadership covering issues and changes in forecasting and scheduling.

·               Created consumable, concise, and timely executive presentations after analyzing
business processes.

·               Effectively assisted clients in defining their user needs and requirements – Responsible for end-to-end follow-up for customers.

·               Built credibility, established rapport, and maintained communication at multiple levels, including those external to the organization.

·               Coached, mentored and coordinated with other members of department on communicating and updating scheduling information as necessary to ensure successful completion of assignments.

 

 

Corporate Executive Board, Washington, DC (August 2003 – August 2005)

Financial & Business Services

Role: Design Specialist

 

·               Designed tools for business process analytics and delivering superior business outcome to 80% of Fortune 500 customer base.

·               Provided consultation on enhancement, integration of projects – well experienced at project planning, forecasting, scheduling and tracking of results.

·               Implemented analyses that established the effect of delays/changes using schedule information.

·               Conducted meetings with team members to determine when additional resources were needed to ensure timely delivery of presentations for AER (Annual Executive Retreat).

·               Worked as the lead designer for Federal & Financial Services Franchise – Was a part of the Business Banking Board and helped develop and design strategic research materials that addressed common challenges of small and mid-sized banking customers.

·               Worked with senior executives of the Insurance Advisory Board to produce research studies and briefs that shared insights and strategies of the insurance markets.

·               Managed multiple long and short-term projects from start to finish, simultaneously handling competing priorities of more than 10 projects at any given time.

·               Worked in a fast-paced environment, directly with clients to mange full project life cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross & Perry (July 2001 – August 2003)

Government Reports Publishing

Role: Managing Designer

 

·               Provided Management Analysis and design support in generating Government reports and reprints for various federal clients.

·               Developed standard reports and presentations to document and recommend improvements.

·               Answered client support requests and provided functional support to a number of research activities and solutions to both internal and external clients.

·               Prepared milestone status reports and conducted periodic project status meeting to review
cost and schedule.

 

Skills

 

·               Extensive software proficiency in the following: 

o       Oracle Primavera P6, MS Project 2003-2010, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

o       KIDASA Milestones Professional

o       Adobe Suite of Products – InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat

·               Provide integrated planning and scheduling for team designers through efficient resources management thus ensuring timely execution of all project deliverables and presentations.

·               Thrive on challenging tasks in office environment – Can manage multiple assignments with competing priorities under pressure, consistently meet deadlines and adapt quickly to changing conditions and work assignments.

·               Officially commended for initiative, intense customer focus, leadership, and dependability in performance evaluations.

·               Enthusiastic/eager to meet challenges and quickly assimilate new concepts. Keep striving to remain ahead on the learning curve by regular upgrading of professional attributes.

 

Education

 

·               Project Management Professional (PMP)

·               ITIL v3 Foundation

·               B.S. in Plant Sciences, Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India

·               Certificate in Information Systems Management

 

 

Awards and Recognition

 

·               Honorable mention for providing dual support assisting the Scheduling team and Earned Value Management team while exhibiting professionalism and expertise – WBB, October 2012

·               Honorable mention for acting as a strong team player to motivate team sprits and team culture.
Corporate Executive Board, 2005

·               Best Annual presentation and Executive briefing provided - Corporate Executive Board, 2005

 

 

Work Status:  Secret Clearance - DoD

References:   Available upon request.