Experience

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  South carolina department of public safety

  Jun 2003 - Dec 2005

  Program manager

  • Managed the development of the South Carolina Collision and Ticket Tracking System, which automates the transfer of data from five state agencies: the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Transportation, the Judicial Department, and the Budget and Control Board.• Directed budget expenditures from a $250,000 - $350,000 yearly federal grant. • Managed IT projects developed by outside consultants, including creating statements of work, creating and maintaining project plans, preparing requisitions for state procurement process, and testing and approving deliverables. • Acted as GIS (Geographic Information System) Administrator for the Department.• Completed tasks using the following programming languages and software: SQL, ESRI ArcGIS, Visual Basic, html, SAS, TraCS, MS Project. Show less

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  South carolina division of state information technology

  Dec 2005 - May 2009

  Project manager/ virtual cio

  • Serving as Finance Team Project Manager for the SC Enterprise Information System to implement SAP as the State Financial System. Successfully implemented 30 State Agencies as of Nov.2008. • Managed the Virtual CIO Program for state and county agencies including the State Ethics Commission, SC First Steps, Dept of Insurance, Lexington County, Workers Compensation Commission and the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind.• Managed the successful development and implementation of the Public Disclosure and Accountability Reporting system.• Managed the development of the SC First Steps data application. • Provided strategic guidance on information and technology management to customer agencies. • Founding member of the SC Project Management Training Oversight Committee. Show less

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  Systemtec

  Jun 2009 - Dec 2019

  • Served as Project Manager for the South Carolina Department of Social Services on the successful development, implementation, and Federal Certification of the Child Support Enforcement System and Family Court Case Management System (CFS Project).• Using the PMI project management principles, led the CFS team, which includes the vendor team, in the successful development and implementation of Child Support Enforcement System (CSES) in both traditional waterfall and Agile iterative methodologies of managing the design, development, and implementation in a highly flexible and interactive manner.• Led complex initiatives across multiple functions and teams by planning, directing, and coordinating to the project objectives with consideration for risk.• Led and contribute to the decision making process and facilitates conflict resolution.• Embraced and coached project management values and principles across the organization.• Defined and refined KPI metrics to understand team performance.• Worked with management and other Project Leaders to continually identify and implement organization-wide process improvements• Provided status and project updates to State Executive Management and Federal oversight organizations• Managed the oversight of the planning and execution of work being performed by a vendor that is under contract to develop and implement CSES Show less • Served as Schedule Manager and backup Project Manager for the South Carolina Department of Social Services on the development and implementation of the Child Support System and Family Court Case Management System (CFS Project).• Created and maintain a 22,000 line project schedule that manages the work of over 200 resources using Software Development Lifecycle and Project Management methodologies. • Maintained the Work Breakdown Structure and its linkage to the project schedule• Provided analysis and management of the project critical path and defined “tasks to watch”.• Created, analyze, and present project metrics and reports to project executives and Federal oversight. • Prepared, organized, and properly documented project meetings with managers, leads, and executives.• Prepared and documented responses to findings from Federal Independent Validation and Verification oversight. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2015 - Dec 2019

  • Project Manager

    Jun 2009 - Apr 2015
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  Joye technology group, llc

  Jan 2020 - now

  Vice president

  Manufacturing company - (2019 – present) • Providing leadership to the organization in PM methodology, schedule management, and resource management• Develop and refine metrics and key performance indicators for management and executive leadership