Job experience

• July 1997 - present
  Project Manager / Product Manager / Scrum Master
  Yorkshire, Taylor, & Associates, LLC.
  

  Troy, MI, USA

  • Administrated the work of the project management plan, accomplishing the project objectives as defined in the project scope statement. Guided leadership in managing the project team, communication with stakeholders, and managing expectations.
  • Managed complex sales cycles including cross-selling, prospecting, refining sales closing agreements, statements of work, and deal finalization.
  • Directed daily work assignments for a staff of more than 10 members, tracking all work against project schedules while consistently reevaluating projects to identify short falls in manning, budget, and timelines.
  • Streamlined proactive changes in project scope to identify and rectify potential issues while devising contingency plans to address potential concerns.
  • Report out on status to product teams and management via Project Status and PDP Reviews.

• March 2022 - March 2023
  Project Manager II (Contract Position)
  DTE
  

  Detroit, MI, USA

  • Managed the scope, budget, and execution of multiple Projects and Programs while leading 7 Project teams comprised of more than 30 personnel.
  • Piloted the execution of multiple projects with a total value of more than $4.5M ensuring each project team remained on schedule for delivery.
  • Delivered a $26M IT Project three days ahead of schedule and $400K under budget.
  o The Program Pilot was an additional $20M.
  • Advised project teams comprised of professionals from varying specialties including information technology, programming, delivery project managers, and SAP.
  • Accumulate project requirements from internal and external stakeholders and developed timelines in accordance with goals and objectives.
  • Led a process improvement re-engineering project to improve and consolidate end-to-end service processes; restructured communication flow among 5 departments and cut down paperwork by 75%.
  • Ensured that cross-functional teams meet deadlines, and all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
  • Spearheaded the PMO Leadership team.
  • Management Lead for SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP C/4 HANA & SAP Cloud Platform Integration.

• March 2007 - September 2017
  Project Manager / Product Manager / Account Executive
  McKesson Corporation
  

  San Francisco, CA, USA

  • Coordinated with Product Management Team to translate key functionality and benefits into core business value messages. Recovered customer accounts and increased sales by 13%.
  • Managed, trained, and led a team of 13 implementation consultants while traveling domestically and internationally 75% of the time.
  • Negotiated, defined, communicated, and managed the scope, schedule, execution, and closeout of projects with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Collaborated and communicated with internal, and external management and operations to create and deliver creative cost-effective solutions and high-quality solutions for systems design, project progress, and issue resolution.
  • Defined cloud architecture, design, and implementation plans for hosting complex application workloads on MS Azure.

• January 2005 - March 2007
  Project Manager
  Taylor Technologies
  

  Troy

  • Managed a team of Project Managers, Migration Coordinators, and initiated the scheduling of field technicians for user moves, password resets, and policy changes using Active Directory & Novell Console One within 12 Comerica Bank locations with 200 end-users per site.
  • Planned, designed, implemented, and led projects as part of a regional team.
  • Initiated, planned, scheduled, estimated and forecasted all activities for projects and related release initiatives through in-depth forecasting and variance analysis.
  • Set and orchestrated project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
  • Implemented Domain, LAN/WAN, hardware, and software support for over 1,500 corporate users and 6,000 clients.

• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
  Scaled Agile
  31924369-9156
  

  - May 2024