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Caterpillar
Management Consulting
Project Manager
11/2018 - Present
Served as Project Manager for the Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) at Caterpillar.
Gathered data, facilitated project updates and reported weekly dashboards for Continuous Process/Product Improvement projects.
Maintained over 75 active projects plans, utilizing Primavera project management software.
Facilitated weekly Tech Steering meetings with Black Belt team leads and stakeholders for New Process/Product Introductions.
Introduced 28 new project models.
Gathered data, facilitated project updates and reported weekly dashboards for Continuous Process/Product Improvement projects.
Maintained over 75 active projects plans, utilizing Primavera project management software.
Facilitated weekly Tech Steering meetings with Black Belt team leads and stakeholders for New Process/Product Introductions.
Introduced 28 new project models.
Federal Home Loan Bank
Management Consulting
Project Manager/Business Analyst
5/2018 - 12/2018
Manage key projects as part of a strategic business plan and other initiatives in support of the organization’s current and future needs.
Ensure that changes are delivered in alignment with stakeholder expectations and add business value.
Responsible for managing projects to successful completion, ensuring that projects deliver on time, on budget, and in accordance with standards and guidelines over the entire project lifecycle.
Manage complex projects with cross-functional teams.
Ensure that changes are delivered in alignment with stakeholder expectations and add business value.
Responsible for managing projects to successful completion, ensuring that projects deliver on time, on budget, and in accordance with standards and guidelines over the entire project lifecycle.
Manage complex projects with cross-functional teams.
Spindustry Digital
Management Consulting
Project Manager/Business Analyst
9/2015 - 3/2018
Manage website design and development projects (including mobile apps), digital marketing campaigns, brand development processes and strategy workshops. Utilizing Agile, KanBan and Waterfall methodologies.
Gather project requirements necessary to calculate quoted budget and define scope, needed for creation of proposals.
Work with a wide variety of companies; construction, agricultural, city government, creative agencies; from small to nationwide.
Gather project requirements necessary to calculate quoted budget and define scope, needed for creation of proposals.
Work with a wide variety of companies; construction, agricultural, city government, creative agencies; from small to nationwide.
Fidlar Technologies
Management Consulting
Project Manager
3/2013 - 8/2015
Responsible for all phases of project management including workflow analysis, design, configuration, training and budget management.
Interfaced with clients to study current processes and define project requirements.
Tracked progress of projects against goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets, and generated reports and status updates for team on a regular basis. Used EasyProjects project management software.
Managed large projects over extended timelines and deadlines.
Interfaced with clients to study current processes and define project requirements.
Tracked progress of projects against goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets, and generated reports and status updates for team on a regular basis. Used EasyProjects project management software.
Managed large projects over extended timelines and deadlines.
Sentry Insurance
Management Consulting
Business Analyst
6/2011 - 1/2013
Utilized Agile Scrum methodology to develop in-house mobile application; utilized by the Sales Department when out in the field.
Interviewed Subject Matter Experts to obtain requirements that would define scope.
Developed user stories based upon requirements gathered during interviews.
Led practices to enable clear prioritization such as: Business Driven Development (Story Mapping), creation of testable requirements, release planning and iteration planning, etc.
Interviewed Subject Matter Experts to obtain requirements that would define scope.
Developed user stories based upon requirements gathered during interviews.
Led practices to enable clear prioritization such as: Business Driven Development (Story Mapping), creation of testable requirements, release planning and iteration planning, etc.