Billandre I. Okoye

9955 Club Creek Drive #160 ● Houston, TX 77036

215-917-3076 ● billandrei@gmail.com

 

 

PROJECT SCHEDULER

A leader with over five years of success in collaborating with all levels of management to provide strategic understanding of project deliverables, hybrid leadership and continuous quality improvement. Proven track record in project management software, project lifecycle and PMI methodologies. Building cross-functional teams and engineering pragmatic solutions. 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

 

      ● PMI Methodologies ● Project Management Software ● Report Writing ● Stakeholder Analysis

      ● Customer Relationship Management ● Risk Management Plan ● Primavera P6 ● MS Project, ● AutoCAD,

      ● SAP ● PertMaster ● MS Excel● MS Word ● MS Outlook ● MS PowerPoint ● MS Access ● MS Visio

      ● SharePoint

 

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

 

ü      Developed and implemented the expansion of a new call center project in New Delhi (India) comprising of WAN bandwidth uplift, configuration of Cisco based WAN using BT MPLS CoS capable network, LAN infrastructure using structured cabling installation and expanding the IP Telephony Voice and Data network in deployment of project deliverables.

 

ü      Led the implementation of Primavera P6 for the creation of project plans, reports, resource optimization, WBS, activities, calendar assignments, relationship links, assigning constraints, analyzing risks, issues and setting up activity codes and progress curves for several projects.

 

ü      Directed the planning and implementation of project templates, timeline views, custom reports and project workflows for oil and gas projects, construction projects and multi-disciplinary projects.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HIBU INC, King of Prussia, PA                                                                                                        2011 – 2015

Project Scheduler

Team member responsible for preparing the earned value management (EVM) reports, invoices, cost tracking and strategies to meet strict deadlines. Applied MS Project in creating task, master schedule, WBS, summary task, cost and resource tracking, project progress updates, resource assignment matrix, activity network diagrams, reports, dependencies and issues for different projects.

Key Accomplishments:

·   Updated schedules to reflect recent change control requests.

·   Assigned WBS structure for baseline progress schedule.

·   Reports project status to key stakeholders and decision makers on a regular basis.

·   Reviewed subcontractor schedules for adherence to project specifications and required dates.

·   Developed baseline progress curves using late and early finish dates.

·   Analyzed progress trends, schedules, milestones, resource allocation and critical paths.

·   Addressed issues, risks, flow bottlenecks and dependencies that would affect project completion dates.

 

 

 

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EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

 

EPAM Systems, Newtown, PA 2003 – 2011

Project Coordinator

Identified strategies and programs to improve overall expansion of a new call center project in New Delhi (India) comprising of WAN bandwidth uplift, configuration of Cisco based WAN using BT MPLS CoS capable network, LAN infrastructure using structured cabling installation and expanding the IP Telephony Voice and Data network in deployment of project deliverables.

Key Accomplishments:

·   Applied MS Project in creating task, master schedule, WBS, cost and resource tracking, project progress updates, resource assignment matrix, reports, dependencies and issues for different projects.

·   Supervised shared resource activities over multiple projects.

·   Implemented Primavera P6 for the creation of project plans, reports, resource optimization, WBS, activities, calendar assignments, relationship links, assigning constraints, analyzing risks, issues and setting up activity codes and project progress updates for several projects.

·   Coordinated the development of MS SQL based solutions for data analysis and reporting.

 

PRECISION RESPONSE CORP, Plantation, FL            2001 – 2003

Technical Support Specialist

Oversaw the configuration and integration of mail and user account information from MS Outlook, MS Exchange Server and Blackberry Enterprise Server to handheld devices.

Key Accomplishments:

·   Provided email and browsing services for several client handheld devices (Blackberry, Palm and Sierra Wireless devices).

·   Created numerical paging and phone services for handheld devices.

 

EDUCATION

 

 

ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, NIGERIA

B.Sc. Degree (Mechanical Engineering)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

Project Management Institute (PMI)

International Association of Project and Program Management (IAPPM)