SHANNON ROUISSE

803-316-7167

rouisseshannon@gmail.com

 

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

•         High-Profile, Large-Scale, Detailed Planning and Scheduling, (IT) Project Management, Scheduling & Cost Analysis, Project Controls, Subcontractor Management, PMO Development & Operation, Engineering/Design and Production Process Management. 

•         Heavy Information Technology (IT) experience; as well as Fortune 50, Railway, DOD, Government, Financial, Aviation / Aerospace, Consumer and Nautical environments experience.

•         MBA with concentration in Global Business Project Management.

•         Development and Management of Project Charter, Project Plan, Project Scope, Statement of Work, Project Budget, Team Usage Plan, Risk Plan, SOPs, Communication Plan, Change Control Procedures, Process Development, Business Change Analysis/Control and Project Reporting.

•         Highly Proficient in MS Project, Primavera, Sharepoint, Excel, Steelray and SSI Scheduling Tools; experience using  Clarity, MPM, Cobra, Costpoint, Winsight and Risk Plus; Syteline and SAP. OBS, WBS (Dictionary), RAM, IMP, IMS, SDLC, Rolling Wave, Iterative, Waterfall and “What-if” scheduling/planning knowledge.

•         Earned Value Management (EVM), Critical Path Analysis (CPM), Requirements Determination, Resource Management, Project Documentation, Budgeting, Enterprise and Network Scheduling, Process Development and Implementation, Issue and Change Control Management, Agile Project Management.

•         Projects with $2M to $3.7B budgets; Enterprise and Capital Project environments; including integrated vendor schedules & program sub-schedules. Management of 100 - 30,000 tasks, 10 - 100 Resources, and 6-10 simultaneous schedules. Cross-functional/program integrated complex scheduling and planning. Cost and Resource Loading; Responsible for extensive Cost, Schedule and Resource Reporting.

•         Comfortable conducting meetings and presenting information to upper-management, government officials, customers, stakeholders. Mentoring and education experience with clients and staff on Scheduling Processes and Procedures.

•         Knowledge of the DCMA 14 Point Schedule Assessment Process; and Government / Military guidelines.

•         Complete End-to-End SDLC knowledge and experience.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Advanced knowledge of MS Project (including Project Server); Primavera to P6 v. 8.2; SAP, Clarity and OpenPlan, Cobra, MPM and Costpoint; Winsight, SteelRay and SSI EVM Analysis Tools. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Exchange, Citrix & Syteline. Test Cycle Experience including UAT.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Planning & Control Analyst / Scheduler

Sikorsky Aircraft, Shelton, CT 2014-2015

Performed program planning and schedule control activities to support Earned Value Full Criteria Reporting for development and production efforts relating to associated Government/Military programs. Responsible for collaborating with management and team members to plan, create, monitor and analyze resource loaded network schedules using Primavera P6 v 8.2, SAP and Winsight. Conducted weekly/monthly detailed schedule analysis. Maintained a hands-on dynamic with Project Managers, Engineering, Customers and Finance to coordinate, collect and deliver current schedule information. Responsible for schedule, cost resource and project control; assisting in regular variance analysis, risk analysis, costing and cost/schedule integration.

 

Project Management Analyst / Scheduler

Palmer Johnson Yachts, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2014

Analysis of all project work including Design and Production Deliverables. Management of design development and release timelines using MS Project. Development of future Project Tools including Document Release and Production Schedules. Related ERP activity including labor and materials information reporting; BOM reviews and adjustments using Syteline. Reviewed Design Drawings using AutoCAD. Definition and outline of Project Activities using extensive Excel skills. Visual reporting of actual vs. planned variances to Management.

 

Scheduling Analyst / Project Specialist

GeoLogics Corporation/Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 2012

Scheduling and Analysis for Veterans Affairs IT Department GI Bill Automation Program. Integrated components of the WBS to accomplish the project objectives, Program Governance procedures and guidelines including networking activities; measuring, and monitoring Project Milestones (UPM); assigning and leveling resources; & estimating durations and resources. Delivered weekly reports, including detailed schedules, critical path depictions & what-if analysis. Developed and presented corrective action plans and mitigation strategies based on schedule risk assessment, project health, and critical path analysis. Worked with Government Management, SPAWAR developers and PMO Staff in an active Full Agile PM environment.

 

IT Project Manager

Guardian Life Insurance, Pittsfield, MA 2011-2012

Established & maintained detailed project work plans, schedules, budget, deliverables, governance, structure, and controls for mid-level cross-functional projects, using Clarity and MS Project. Ensured that appropriate duration and resource estimates were prepared and maintained for project efforts. Developed project estimates & financial forecasts, and managed change requests. Maintained and distributed required project documentation and performance information, including status reports and progress measurements. Identified, tracked, managed and resolved project issues and risks. Conducted hands-on meetings regularly with all facets of Cross-Company Staff, Suppliers and Consultants to complete projects.

 

Project Planning & Control Analyst / Scheduler

General Dynamics, Pittsfield, MA 2011

Program Scheduler and Cost Analyst for Navy Ship Building Contract. Responsible for development of baseline budgets including detailed WBS and WBS dictionary, Earned Value methods (EVM), and verification of Contract Budget Baseline. Maintained integrity of MS Project, MPM and SharePoint information and Performance Measurement Baseline. Worked with Project Management, Finance and Project Managers to complete weekly and monthly cost/schedule performance and resource data management analysis. Maintained integrity of monthly and comprehensive EAC/ETC. Assessed cost and schedule variance impact to program, provided corrective action recommendations. Utilized schedules and schedule risk analysis to assist in integrity maintenance.

 

Program Scheduler

Orbital Sciences, Dulles, VA  2009-2010

Management of Sub-Contractor schedules for NASA’s ORION Program. Responsible for planning and schedule maintenance of Program Schedules, Proposal, Realignment, Manufacturing, Design Review and Integrated-Rolling Wave schedules. Worked in an Earned Value environment (EV), which included CPRs, BCRs, IBRs, Cost Analysis, Resource Requirements Analysis, Loading Report Review and Critical Path Analysis. MS Project use with Cobra, Costpoint, MS Office, Lotus Notes Steelray and SSI Tools. Regular Schedule Health Metric, Critical Path Analysis, BOM Reviews and Adjustments. Created and Analyzed weekly/ monthly reports. Acted as integral team member for DCMA Verification preparation and participation. Worked with Sub-Contractors, Customers / Client, CAMs, Finance and Project Management to develop complete schedule information.

 

Master Scheduler

General Electric Global Rail Operations, Canton, MA  2008

Master Scheduler for Dallas Area Rapid Transit Expansion Project. Responsible for the Management and Maintenance of Signaling & Communication Construction Project Plans & Schedules using Primavera. Provided logic comparatives, schedule narratives, bi-monthly and monthly schedule updates and cost, schedule and resource analysis, BOM reviews and all project reporting. Management of project issues, requirements, progress and schedule development. Initiated project schedule resource loading and task restructuring for more efficient workflow. Worked with Engineers, Project Managers, Designers and Customers/Clients to collaborate and integrate project information.

 

 

Master Production Scheduler

Keystone Helicopters, Coatesville, PA  2007

Master Scheduler for Production of Customized Sikorsky Helicopters. Created and maintained assembly and production schedules for full cycle helicopter projects - from body arrival to finished product delivery in an OEM/ERP Environment, using MS Project 2007. Planned and scheduled new aircraft projects. Provided weekly schedule updates for Operations and Upper-Management. Scheduling clean up and maintenance. Schedule and Resource Analysis and Reporting. Presentation and report creation relevant to scheduling. Worked with Engineers, Designers, Manufacturing Staff, Customers and Project Management regularly to ensure schedule accuracy in development and completion.

 

IT Project Manager

TD Bank, Portland, ME 2006

Technology upgrade projects for 500,000 account bank acquisition. Created and managed open items, issues, Change Control, Project Scope, Technical Requirements, Project Schedule, Design Documentation, Implementation Plan, Communication Plan, Test Plan, Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements, Budget Requirements, Resource Management, Meeting Leadership, and Risk Management. Responsible for Weekly and Monthly Executive-Level Project Reporting. Primavera used as planning and scheduling tool. Oracle-based reporting generated from Primavera. Managed IT team, including Contractors and Technicians.

 

Program Scheduler / Planner

Booz Allen & Hamilton, Washington, DC  2005-2006

Project planning and scheduling for Federal Acquisition Service Organizational Restructuring and Office of Personnel Management Systems Modernization Projects. OBS, WBS & IMS creation and management. Management of Master Schedule and vendor sub-schedules. Earned Value (EV), Cost and Resource analysis and reporting. Resource Loading, Critical Path Management (CPM), Milestones Measurement and Risk Analysis. Management of Master Schedule and vendor sub-schedules through acquisition and development. Primavera and MS Project used as scheduling/planning tools. Analysis, design and implementation of PMO processes. Worked with Government Staff & Management and Project Teams to develop plans and schedules.

 

Master Scheduler / PMO Analyst

General Motors, Detroit, MI  2004

Scheduling, Planning and PMO Analysis for Electronic Requisition Program for Manufacturing. Ownership and management of Master Schedule using MS Project and Project Server. Responsibilities included day-to-day Project Management, Schedule Restructure, Critical Path, Milestones, Resource Leveling, providing Earned Value Metrics. Assisted with test planning & requirement design, use case development, deployment and management. Managed project documentation and test results in PVCS and SharePoint. Managed Delivery from Off-Shore Technical Team, as well as other Team Members.

 

Master Scheduler / Assistant Project Manager

Avery Dennison, Las Vegas, NV 2003–2004

Master Scheduler / Project Management Assistant for full-cycle PeopleSoft Implementation Project. Ownership of project plans/work breakdown structures included: defining business needs and requirements, resource and task management; project /resource planning and analysis; and project progress tracking and reporting using MS Project, Project Server and MS Office. Delegated and managed Team, Business Owners, Business Users and Stakeholder assignments. Created Earned Value, milestone and Critical Path reports and Dashboards for company-wide use and function. Monitored work progress, issue resolution and change control progress and processes.

 

EDUCATION

•         MBA, Information Technology & Global Business Management, American Public University

•         BS, Business Communications, SUNY Empire State College