Ron Blakeney

Experience

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  NTT DATA North America

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2006

  Lead Planner

  Led team of 6 Project Planners by providing guidance, mentoring, direction, support, feedback, as well as being a liaison and advocate for the team in interacting with project management and program management. Responsible for assigning project work and quality checking the work that was performed. Worked with Program management to aid in monitoring the overall health of the program via feedback from the Project Planner team, running cross program reporting as well as interactions with project management. Show less

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  NTT DATA North America

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2017

  Worked on many projects from project charter kickoff to implementation, as well as stepping into active projects in providing needed support where needed. Faciliated and guided project teams and stakeholders in providing needed information to assemble meaningful project schedules utilizing project scheduling tools such as Primavera P6. Utilized project schedules and project management practices as tools to provide guidance and direction for project teams in keeping the project work on schedule and within budget. Aided in the success of projects via budget monitoring, risk management, issue management, resource forecasting, project status gathering and reporting. Show less Led team of 13 Project Planners by providing guidance, mentoring, direction, support, feedback, as well as being a liaison and advocate for the team in interacting with project management, program management, personnel management among other various levels of enterprise management. Responsible for assigning project work and quality checking the work that was performed by the team. Worked with Program management to aid in monitoring the overall health of the program via feedback from the Project Planner team, running cross program reporting as well as interactions with project management. Show less

  • Project Planner

    Jun 2000 - Mar 2017

  • Lead Planner

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2015
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  TEKsystems

  Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

  Program Coordinator

  Facilitate project chartering and schedule planning/building sessions with local and international teams as well as stakeholders. Utilize project scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 and VSTS, project management practices such as Risk Management, Issue Management and Dependency Management in working with the project team to develop a meaningful project schedule that aids in project control and the output of data to generate purposeful reports for utilization by various levels of management in making informed decisions on future business needs. Ensure an accessable team repository is present for project documentation. Work with sponsors and stakeholders to enact change control procedures when needed. Organize, lead and facilitate weekly project status and update meetings with lead project team members. Facilitate and lead weekly control meetings with machine and software engineers on machine testing projects. Partner with engineers in resource management and budget management to ensure projects have proper staffing and are operating within budget, along with annual budget planning in working with engineers to forecast near term and long term work. Work with colleagues in enhancing project management practices within the organization. Show less

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  ALIPRO

  Jun 2019 - now

  Project Manager

  Lead/Direct various project teams throughout the client environment, from project charter development, into project planning, execution and culminating in project implementation. I partner with the project sponsorship in identifying and mitigating any impediments that could prevent the project teams from meeting the agreed upon project scope and timeline. I foster open communication and engagement from the project team members, as well any third party that we as a team would interact with in completing the project. I regularly follow up with team members, business partners, vendors, etc.. to ensure agreed upon items are completed in a timely manner. I look for ways to bring forward prior project best practices onto current projects, whether through my own experience, or encouraging team members to pull efficiency from prior project experience. I keep leadership abreast of the project status and progress on a frequent basis. Show less