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Gregory [email protected]
804-310-8809
Project Manager / Process Manager 5319 Sylvan Road, Richmond VA
23225
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Value-Add An innovative manager experienced beyond scope,
schedule and budget; willmanage leadership expectations, influence
external partners, and effectivelycommunicate change to end users
and leaders alike; naturally upbeat and energetic.
ProfessionalAchievements
Manage Large Complex Projects
Integrated teams from three different business units into a
single projectteam; led team to implement a major software upgrade
(4,000 end users)
Led the deployment of a new IT process and toolkit to help VP
level leadersimprove divisional forecasting; coordinated across 80
software developmentplatforms in multiple business units (PMO,
eCommerce, Bank, Card)
Managed scope, schedule and budget for four development teams on
sevenUS Navy software and hardware projects; sponsor approval
ratings of 95%
Drive Effective Communication
Used multiple channels to communicate to ensure all project
partners wereinformed; combined Kanban and Agile Scrum visual
project boards, hands onupdate demos for leaders, bi-weekly
newsletters, and status reports
Went outside the box when normal communications were not enough;
onecritical high level sponsor never had time for meetings or
reports; arranged to
walk with her to her car at the end of day once a week for a
verbal update; shestayed informed and liked the innovative use of
her time
Build Relationships and Influence Partners
Sponsors were concerned about a high viability project;
convinced sponsorsto participate in one monthly planning session
instead of just reading reports;they engaged in prioritization and
project sprint planning; sponsors becamepartners and their concerns
were addressed real time
Built a partnership with a PM in a different business unit
working on aspectsof the same project; held joint meetings,
combined project updates; sponsorsgot holistic view of both team's
in one report, paperwork was cut, and the twoseparate teams found
redundancies to eliminate
Skills andStrengths
Applies tools from several methodologies: Waterfall, Agile,
Scrum, Kanban
Experienced mentor helps struggling team members achieve their
goals
Calm under stress; able to help teams focus under hard
conditions
15+ years managing project teams, lessons learned, knows what
works
Skilled presenter to leaders, executives and even Army
Generals
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WorkHistory
Project Manager / Process Manager
CapitalOne Financial
6/10-7/13
Richmond VA
Project Manager
Self Employed (PM Consulting)
10/09-6/10
Richmond VA
Project Manager / Work-stream ManagerComputer Sciences
Corporation
9/07-9/09Richmond VA
Federal Business Unit Manager
CapTech Ventures Consulting
5/05-9/07
Richmond VA
Military IT Contractor (Deployed Nationwide) 5/95-6/99
NCI Information Systems FederalUnisys Federal Systems
Verizon Federal Systems
Washington, DCAlbuquerque, NMIdaho Falls, IDLas Vegas, NVOak
Ridge, TNPentagon, Wash. DC
Education Bachelor of Arts (English/Economics) Class of 1990
University of Richmond
Interests andActivities
Hiking with daughters (James River Park System trails)
Physics and ancient world history
Elementary School PTA
Tech nerd (builds home PCs & software for fun)
Cooking from Thai to India to Northern Italian
