Des Moines Area Community College

Project Management Institute College of Performance (PMICOS)

University of South Florida

Des Moines Area Community College, Boone, IA

Business Analyst/ Project Management

Juvare

Agile Project Manager 

Chase

Senior Information Technology Business Analyst - Cyber Security Team

Board of Directors (BOD) volunteer for the Tampa Bay chapter of APICS The Association for Operations Management, the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in supply chain and operations management, including production, inventory, materials management, purchasing, and logistics.  Connect chapter members and member companies by identifying and communicating local employment opportunities in the Operations Management and Supply Chain field. Identify and communicate resources which may be of assistance to member job seekers. Inform local non-member companies of APICS Career Center services. Use the Career Center services to assist in obtaining employment and provide testimonial to the effectiveness of services,   Tasks include:
- Contacting Human Resource professionals in member and non-member companies to obtain job posting information
- Attending Professional Development Meetings (PDMs), greeting visitors and the general membership   
- Promoting APICS Tampa Bay while networking in various venues during job search activities
- Participating in chapter BOD & PDM meetings, special events, and region activities
- Posting Career Services information in chapter’s LinkedIn group

APICS Florida West Coast Chapter

VP of Programs

RA & EVMS consultants,LLC

Senior Business Analyst

Evaluated production costs, schedule performance, and variances for a world leader in civil aviation and defense force simulation, modeling technologies, and integrated training solutions. Developed integrated master schedules. Set and managed baselines. Documented and streamlined processes. Facilitated earned value management audits. Summarized critical performance metrics. Prepared and presented reports to CEO, CFO, CTO, research and development team, and technical leads. Tested scheduling migration and verified BAAN to CostPoint implementation accuracy. Compiled artifacts to achieve CMMI level 3.
-  Liaison between the PMO group and multiple functional teams to understand timelines, 
    dependencies, and deliverables.
-  Oversaw 19 projects with $185 million contract value generating $ 39 million net revenue
-  Ensured 100% compliance with EVMS ANSI/EIA-748-A Standards from 2007-2012
-  Budget, scheduled, and monitored $1.5 billion C130J projects
-  Completed 85% of projects on time with allowance for scope changes
-  Managed the oversight of 19 projects through a standard dashboard format reporting - Red-Yellow-
   Green status and mitigation to ensure targeted delivery.
-  Interacted with internal customers and/or business owners to gather weekly updates for reporting
-  Met regularly with internal and external stakeholders to provide input to the annual planning 
   process, understanding key dependencies, timelines, and business environment changes that may 
   impact project deliverables.

Senior Controls Analyst

Analyzed and documented project requirements traceability and interdependencies for Boeing’s highly-complex Future Combat Systems (FCS) project and NASA Constellation Program. Automated DOORS/Cradle input/output and KPP/TPM reporting. Reengineered procedures, techniques, and systems. Assessed performance metrics. Identified best practices. Modeled data and maintained program tracking reports.(Clearance Level: Secret Interim)
-  Documented KART project management status display system for 2 major programs
-  Monitored the requirements for $14.78 billion FCS & $8 billion NASA Constellation projects
-  Teamed with 2 analysts to provide accurate and timely reports
-  Logged all system issues in the software tracking system. 
-  Coordinated complete and accurate systems documentation as required.
-  Met regularly with internal and external stakeholders to provide input to the annual planning 
   process, understanding key dependencies, timelines, and business environment changes that may 
   impact project deliverables.
-  Managed the change control process and obtain approvals from customers. 
-  Coordinate Work with the product owners to incorporate new features into the Boeing and NASA 
   product enhancement Roadmaps.

TechMIS, LLC.

Senior Program Analyst

Ensured on-time, on-budget project completion for a large defense and government electronics manufacturer. Evaluated cost and schedule performance. Controlled program schedules. Developed resource balancing strategies. Prepared CSR vs. schedule analysis. Generated PERT layouts to perform critical path analysis. Oversaw bid development and work authorization documents. Presented weekly schedule status reports to Project/Program Managers. Trained teams on GANTT chart, PERT/CPM, and risk analysis tool usage.  (Clearance Level: Secret Interim)
- Developed & mainteined the Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and  complex Integrated Master Plans (IMP) for 7 complex projects.
- Scheduled, and managed  $94.9 million CEC FY04 Program
- Managed $95 million Production Development and $75 billion Production budget and schedule
- Budgeted and scheduled $15 billion Navy Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI) project software requirements 
- Evaluated and Scheduled  $20.4 million NAOC Digital Voice System project software requirements 
- Planned, scheduled, and coordinated 7 technical projects and supported up to 3 project teams
- Identified options for potential solutions and work with the development teams to estimate efforts. 
- Managed the requirements and schedule change control process and obtained approvals from 
  customers before changes were implemented. 
- Coordinated work with the product owners to ensure on time project deliveries.

Raytheon, Inc.

Project Scheduler

Planned, coordinated, and scheduled project activities for a utility software development and professional services firm. Established scope, resource, cost, and schedule requirements. Met on-time and on-budget objectives. Teamed to develop detailed schedules, project charter, and business contracts. Provided performance reviews, status reports, and variance, trend, risk, and earned-value analyses. Developed status reports and project management plans. Facilitated weekly status reports.
-  Provided automated solutions and integration consulting to over 70 utility companies
-  Liaison with key functional team to understand timelines, dependencies, and deliverables
-  Met regularly with internal and external stakeholders to provide input to the annual planning   
   process, understanding key dependencies, timelines, and business environment changes that may 
   impact project deliverables
-  Assisted manager with risks assessment, documentation, and mitigation

Utility Partners, Inc.

Engineering Planner

Implemented part of a major SEI CMMI initiative for IBM IT groups, achieving CMM level III. Tracked CMMI software requirements in Microsoft Project progress to the CMMI Implementation team. Developed, maintained and reported (IMS) and (IMP) for the CMMI implementation projects. Created weekly status reports highlighting risk associated with the cost and schedule related to upper management.
-   Updated implementation schedules with inputs received from Technical Leads.
-   Ensured Software interfaces worked properly. 
-   Trained CMMI IT team.
-   Provide "help desk" support for users.
-   Provided technical support for issues and escalate issues to upper management as required.
-   Provided weekly reporting to the Executive Team regarding CMMI implementation and         
    readiness; ensuring that all teams will be ready and on time delivering their artifacts and gap 
    analysis.
-   Analyzed the artifacts and technical requirements and identified any gaps between them.
-   Managed requirements gaps database. 
-   Identified options for potential solutions, and worked with the different development teams to   
    estimate efforts to correct gaps.

Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Business Analyst

Coordinated multi-parameter blood pressure monitor production processes for a division of an international medical supply and instrument company. Created and maintained project schedules, responsibility matrices, earned value, and transportation plans. Tracked schedule and budget against plan. Developed mitigation and risk management strategies. Managed multiple site production inventories. 
-  Created, tracked, and analyzed variances for 3 comprehensive project schedules.
-  Liaison with key functional team to understand timelines, dependencies, and deliverables.
-  Met regularly with internal and external stakeholders to provide input to the annual planning
   process, understanding key dependencies, timelines, and business environment changes that 
   may impact project deliverables.

Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.

Project Coordinator

Served as a Site Coordinator for the business process re-engineering team. Analyzed business processes. Troubleshot and resolved potential project schedule, cost, and quality impacts. Expedited progress toward the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model. Maintained and calibrated monitoring equipment. Prepared work orders, purchase requests, and component production/purchase analyses.
- Supported launch of $15 million Dinamap blood pressure monitor program 3 
  months ahead of schedule.
- Ensured Software interfaces worked properly. 
- Trained new Engineer Interns as required.
- Provide "help desk" support for users.
- Communicated new IT system functionality to research and development users 
  as available.
- Maintained test environment to QA test upgrades, patches, and new  
  functionality.
- Coordinated Research and Development user acceptance testing.
- Provided technical support for issues and escalate issues to systems vendor as     
  required.
- Developed Excel macros and wrote queries using Access databases to 
  compare data and analyze results to present to management in a dashboard 
  format.
- Liaison with key functional team to understand timelines, dependencies, and 
  deliverables.
- Met regularly with internal and external stakeholders to provide input to the 
  annual planning process, understanding key dependencies, timelines, and  
  business environment changes that may impact project deliverables.
- Performed QA and facilitated user testing for the completed development

Maria Schmitz