BACKGROUND
4 Years in Education, training and managing special events and projects
Project Management and Business Analytics experience

SPECIALTIES

• Project Management
• Special Projects
• Strong Technical Skills
• Facilitation and Training
• Data Analysis & Assessment
• Process Improvement
• Strong Leadership Skills
• Communication Skills

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

• Financial & Insurance Services
• Hallmarks of Education Leadership Training
• Quality Tools by David Langford for Process Improvement

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science
– Elementary Education
– Indiana University
Certified New Tech Coach & Teacher
Certified Google Teacher

PROFICIENCIES

OF NOTE

• Presented at New Tech Annual Conference for Project Based Learning
• Presented at Advanced Ed. Conference
• Guest Speaker – webinar for Ed. Weekly

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BULLDOG CONSULTING SERVICES, Fort Wayne, IN
December 2015 – Current
Project Manager

Extensive knowledge of PMLC and SDLC components.
Success managing both onsite as well as offshore project teams.
Delivery of financial tracking and reporting deliverables.
Experience with formal and informal change management processes.
Application of Adaptive Delivery fundamentals.

Client Projects:
Lincoln Financial Group
IT Project Manager Liberty Project; March 2018 – Current

Lead the Corporate Finance Workstream with deliverables needed to acquire and blend Liberty Mutual into the Lincoln Finance processes.
Cut over activities
First 90-day activities
Second 90-day activities
Identifying cross functional dependencies
Building TSA Exit strategies for 80 items
Compiled weekly status reports for IMO
Maintained Project Plan in Microsoft Project

Lincoln Financial Group
IT Project Manager Liberty- CML Development Team; May 2018 – Current
Lead the Liberty Mutual Integration team with development necessary for a successful month end cycle and reporting after acquisition
Created communication plans
Developed project diagrams in Visio and weekly status reports
Facilitated requirements sessions with IT and Business
Organized and facilitated solutioning conversations with IT and Business
Created and maintained the project plan in Microsoft Project
Monitored construction progress
Led weekly Construction Stand Up meetings
Provided oversight on testing phase and defect management
IT Project Manager Texas Premium Tax Audit; August 2017 – March 2018
Managed 10 Administration teams as they coded and populated a source document. This provided audit data on policies for all life and A&H premiums to reconcile back to the Schedule T
Documented the automated components for future audits
Created and maintained project SharePoint sites
Collected and rolled up IT estimates for impacted teams
Monitored IT progress through the project phases
Created the Applicated Turn Over Document and provided additional information to the LFG Run team.

IT Project Manager Funds Management Automation; March 2017 – March 2018
Managed development teams as they provided an automated reporting process and storage of data within a new Funds Management Data Warehouse
Utilized iterative phases to provide value to the Business far sooner than in a Waterfall ideology.
Conducted Project Kickoff Meetings
Facilitated requirements sessions with IT and Business partners
Utilized the MSP process for requesting resources and tier estimates
Worked with the Security team on data encryption for teams to utilize Tableau on the AWS.
Created and documented Project Change Requests
Developed project plans, diagrams, status reports and PowerPoints.
Conducted weekly team status meetings and Construction stand up meetings.
IT Project Manager Credit Card for Initial Payment; November 2016 – February 2017
Managed development teams to support the Business is their request to allow customers to use credit cards for initial premium payments for term product in all states
Managed several IT impacted teams with a very aggressive timeline.
Utilized the escalation process to keep work moving forward.
Worked with the security team on documenting policy exceptions
Successfully provided oversight for the Lifecyle of the project
IT Project Manager Claims Forward Project; February 2016 – December 2017
Co-Managed Claims Forward project to automate the Life and Annuity Claim processes with AWD functionality
Follow-up communication and documentation for CS Transformation
Executed LFG’s Work Implementation Process (WIP) process for AWD Claims Forward project
Working in tandem with the Business PM to document portions of the PAL
Maintained project SharePoint site for AWD Claims Forward project
Developed and contributed numerous project diagrams, PPT’s, status reports, spreadsheets, and other project artifacts
Provided oversight on QA and UAT testing phases and managed defects through Quality Center
Conducted and facilitated touchpoint QA meetings on a regular basis with the AWD team

DEKALB CENTRAL SCHOOLS, Auburn Indiana
August 2012 – December 2015
Innovation Coach / Project Based Learning (PBL) Coach
Managed special projects

Created and implemented school wide improvement plan
Led school-wide transition to Project Based Learning (PBL) through New Tech Network (high level of risk)
Facilitated student ambassadors through leadership responsibilities
Worked with teachers on best practices both in whole group settings and one-on-one mentoring
Implemented best practices for Math curriculum
Created, coordinated, and managed Math interventions
Developed and coordinated a process improvement for the RTI process within the school district
Led various process improvements throughout the school district
Regularly coordinated and conducted staff development district and school wide