Lois Kropiewnicki

Experience

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  General Motors

  Jun 1981 - Jan 1985

  Application Developer

  Developed applications to support the Dealership environment

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  Electronic Data Systems

  Jan 1985 - Aug 1998

  Project Manager, Technical Leader, SE Supervisor

  EDS employee transitioned to HP. Various positions: Latest; Project Manager, but in the past: Infrastructure Technical Leader, Systems Engineer Supervisor

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  EDS/HP Enterprise Services

  Jan 1998 - Nov 2012

  Project Manager, PMP

  PMP certification in 2009•Manage add-on business and sustain projects in a global, multi-vendor and distributed team environment.•Manage multiple projects simultaneously from startup through closedown •Manage projects as a customer PM within a staff augmentation agreement. This requires additional skills to balance the role of supplier and customer at the same time between the two companies.•Execute projects using a blend of HP corporate, GMOL program and GM specific processes and procedures to maintain high ratings from the required Quality Assessments during planning, execution, and closedown. GMOL processes conform to the SEI CMMI process maturity Level Four which demonstrates the rigor required on this account.•As the primary customer interface, work directly with the business and technical stakeholders throughout all project phases to translate and reflect their needs to the technical staff and the project overall.•Maintain technical expertise about the environment in enough detail to be a liaison between business and engineering teams to understand and discuss requirements, design, issues, risks, etc.•Utilize a high focus on risk management to help control schedules, tasks, resources and changes to help achieve delivery on-time and within budget.•Support new business initiatives by creating financial and resource estimates, staffing plans and cost models using fixed price and time and materials pricing models.•Coordinate the dependencies of global cross functional teams including Directory, Network and Firewall Engineering, Server Administration and Application Development.•Coordinate with outside vendors for hardware and software procurement.•Execute ITIL based Change Management function including red team reviews, multi-vendor change approval boards and root cause problem analysis if needed.•Serve as a PM SME to mentor other HP Project Managers on HP and GM internal processes. Show less

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  Oak Management company

  Jul 2004 - now

  Event Manager

  Manager for events held at the Buhl Estate banquet center.

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  General Motors

  Nov 2012 - Mar 2018

  Project Manager, PMP

  Manage projects for the Product Development business vertical within GM.