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Work History

• Cushman & Wakefield
• Project Management Office Implementer
• April 2009 to Present

• Specific Achievements:
  * Planned, prepared and delivered project management life cycle training sessions remotely and in person across 5 global regions.
  * Taught and mentored project managers and IT staff.
  * Created baseline project management templates for global use.
  * Established and documented processes for SDLC gate reviews and template updates.
  * Trained team members on project management life cycle and gate review process.

• AnyPM.com
• Principal, Consultant
• Febuary 2002 to Present

• Project Management Leadership Consultant.
  ▪ Developed relationships with successful IT professionals worldwide in banking, software development, telecommunications and other industries.
  ▪ Wrote more than 50 posts on project management practice.
  ▪ Designed and coded self-hosted WordPress blog with PHP.
  ▪ Mentored professionals in creating Peter Senge “Fifth Discipline” style learning organizations.

• Cascades Technology Inc
• Senior PMO Project Manager
• Febuary 2007 to June 2008

• ▪ Recognized for reducing number of active projects from 35 to 17
  Identified and implemented strategy to reduce project backlog and close stalled projects.
  ▪ Formed a collaboration group which strengthened PMO results by developing cross project relationships between project managers.
  ▪ Managed 7 concurrent web development projects
  ▪ Conducted qualitative assessment of development organization, identifying new meeting practices resulting in measurable cost savings
  ▪ Mentored project managers and business analysts on effective project management practices
  ▪ Prepared business case describing need for Earned Value Management in managing projects

Education

• Fordham University
• Masters Social Work, Groups, Organizational Behavior, Counseling
• 2002 - 2005

• University of Maryland
• Bachelor of Science, Management Science and Statistics, Decision Information Sciences
• 1983 - 1987