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Project management professional with experience across a broad range of industries including automotive, insurance, and eLearning. Proven track record of strategic planning and execution to ensure seamless software deployment and long-term sustainability.

Work​

Experience​
 

Business Analyst II, IT Enterprise Project Management - Strategic Staffing Solutions - 
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Oct 2016 - Present [contract]
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  • Liaise with resources to identify and define project requirements, scope, and objectives, and act as a point of contact on project status

  • Measure project performance using appropriate tools such as MS Excel and MS Project Professional, and help ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget

  • Help prepare quality gate closures which provide increased control of schedule and scope progress against both quality criteria and completion criteria through the entire life cycle within BCBSM’s SAP EPM solution.

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Management Consultant (L2), PMO - Pcubed - 
Ford Motor Co Program Management
Aug 2016 - Oct 2016 [contract]
  • Formalized program structure and governance by creating documents that define program scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders

  • Managed project expectations with team members and other stakeholders

  • Developed full-scale project plans and communication documents using MS Project, MS Office, and MS Visio

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Project Analyst, PMO  Meridian Health Plan

​Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

  • Served as a liaison between cross-functional departments, ensuring successful outcomes to key initiatives through development, implementation, and evaluation activities

  • Planned and managed multimillion-dollar projects (up to $3MM), aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive competitive advantage and process improvements using MS Office and MS Project

  • Supported multiple projects simultaneously with low to high complexity

  • Helped resolve critical control and operational weaknesses by gathering requirements, recommending improvements, and publishing use cases, user stories, test cases, business process maps, and business requirement documents using MS Office, MS Visio, and Jira

  • Managed business expectations, issues and dependencies, and risks through the project lifecycle (SDLC) following Waterfall and Agile methodologies

  • Develop timely, accurate, in-depth analysis of project cost and schedule data, and provide corrective action recommendations

  • Maintained and updated project status reports in MS Excel, and facilitated weekly status meetings with MS PowerPoint presentations

 

Project Manager (Intern),  CelleC Games

​Nov 2013 - Nov 2014

 

  • Pitched concepts, designs and full-proposals to the studio

  • Coordinated, tracked, and managed the tasks of project resources to ensure that tasks are completed on time, within scope, and at an acceptable quality

  • Identified, tracked, managed and resolve project issues

  • Provided motivation and direction to ensure that project goals, milestones, and deliverables are met

  • Worked with other producers to determine resources necessary to see projects through to completion

  • Developed a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need

    • Posted positions to appropriate Internet sources.

    • Researched new ways of using the Internet for recruitment.

    • Used social and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates

  • Significant Projects:

    • Math Racer (Android), Dr. Girder Bones (Android), Math Olympics (Android), Little Picasso (Android), & Dead Eyez (TBD)

 

Social Media & Front-end Web Developement Intern, Urban Nation Radio

​Jul 2013 - Oct 2013

 

  • Assisted in the creation, management and support of social networking sites

  • Worked with the marketing team to develop and launch target promotions to create new listeners

  • Lead in the design of the Urban Nation Radio website while collaborating with visual designers

Skills

  • Project Lifecycle Management

  • Product Management

  • Requirements Definition & Analysis

  • Project Scheduling

  • Team Building & Leadership

  • Project Budgeting & Cost Controls

  • Communication Management

  • Risk Management & Mitigation

  • Quality Assurance

  • Quality Control

  • Procurement Management

  • SaaS Design

Technical Summary

Software:

MS Project (expert), Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Jira, SharePoint, Changepoint, Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, TeamCenter (Siemens)

 

Systems:

Windows, Mac

Education
Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL

​Sept 2013 - Oct 2014

 

Master of Science; Game Design

Project Management Concetration

Class Salutatorian

 

 

Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI

​Aug 2008 - May 2013

 

College of Communication Arts

Bachelor of Science; Media & Information

Interactive and Social Media Concentration

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