Karla C. Porter, PhD, PMP

Experience

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  Columbus City Schools

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Director of Athletics

  Responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Interscholastic Athletics department; school populations were between 1,000-1,200 students; 30 sports offerings; supervised more than 30 coaches; tasked with overseeing all details of running an efficient and quality high school sports program.

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  Battelle

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2010

  Project Scheduler/Resource Coordinator

  •Created & managed the inaugural facility-wide biomedical scheduling systems tool, a multi-dimensional dynamic SharePoint site comprised of a magnitude of reports and data which serviced the robust needs of staff and provided an overarching view of the resource landscape•Oversaw the requirements, design, build, testing and implementation phases of the system•Scheduling system tool permitted resource data to be maintained in a dynamic, real-time environment that accounted and responded rapidly to multiple demands and shifts in the resource landscape across clients•Served as the enterprise centralized Project Scheduler/Resource Coordinator•Assessed statements of work and project charters of all projects situated within the enterprise project pipeline and assessed resources, human and non-human, and scheduling needs accordingly. Utilized scheduling system to adequately capture and process resource needs and formally solidify projects as scheduled bestowing an official start date, end date and project timeline for all projects, in a fast paced, high demand facility that scheduled on an average two-years out.•Managed the resource coordination and scheduling needs of 200 staff members; supported directly the needs of 13 members of upper management, 30 scientist and engineers, 6 program managers, over 100 technical and operations staff member, 30 clients (federal government & private sector) & business volume of over $700M in pojrects.•Collaborated with cross-functional teams•Led participation in the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Standards for departmental procedures and protocols; key respondent to ISO 9001:2008 auditors, received company exceptional performance award for outstanding participation in the ISO 9001:2008 audit process. •Actively participated in standing client meetings to ascertain scheduling needs and to respond to inquiries accordingly•Maintained and provided information to assist with resource planning, GAP analysis, and facility expansion. Show less

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  Gym Xtreme Gymnastics Facility

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Director

  Oversaw the comprehensive service offerings and curriculum of the Recreational Division of a privately owned full-service gymnastics facility. Was responsible for hiring, training, public relationships, facility management, vendor management, community outreach, and performance management.

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  Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; (Client - American Municipal Power, AMP)

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2014

  Director, Business Energy Services / Program - Efficiency Smart

  •Served in the role of PMO for the energy engineering project management consulting division; directed, managed and oversaw the development and delivery of energy efficiency consulting services •Directly managed a staff of 12 which included PMs, project controllers, project coordinators, and administrative professionals; 3 staff were remote.•Oversaw assignment of projects to energy PMs for a multitude of projects and end user customers; customers consisted of business owners of multifamily, industrial, commercial and institutional entities located in the footprints of AMP’s 49 participating municipality communities across the State of Ohio.•Oversaw strategic management planning, policy development and enforcement, initiative development, evaluation, and management, and subcontractor management•Established departmental project life cycle protocols and processes in a start-up environment in order to ensure operational efficiencies, documentation, and standardization best practices.•Utilized proprietary enterprise client database system as system of record to document project life cycle, project plans, schedules, project budgets, user agreements, project analysis, communication plans, workflows, project status and project manager’s work load. •Tracked regularly the quality and efficiency of direct reports’ adherence to KPIs and protocols•Led cross-functional teaming efforts•Regularly provided recommendations and solutions to PMs in the areas of scope creep, schedule, resource allocation, closing procedures, documenting and implementing lessons learned and customer satisfaction.•Coordinated and oversaw the training and development needs of project management staff; •Oversaw and managed the rebate allocation budget for 49 participating municipality communities located throughout Ohio, MI, and PA; Budget total $27M•Served as the department liaison to both the internal and external Evaluation, Measurement and Verification regulators. Show less

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  TEKsystems

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  Project Coordinator

  Client - JPMorgan Chase, Dublin, OHPrimary Duties:• Performed management level quality checks and oversight of project managers’ adherence to SDLC governance, standards, and expectations.• Conducted PMO level project governance audits of all projects managed by the project management team consisting of 10 project managers; audit consisted of quality and audit checks of project charters, monitor adherence to requirements, performance measurement baselines, project plans, project workbooks and SDLC and deliverable validation, status reports, clarity documentation and compliance, change control, KPI tracking, roadmap assessment, • Assisted in process improvement and analysis of PMO reporting and standardization efforts to ensure consistent and efficient project delivery across all lines of business. Tasks included ensuring the PM toolkit was comprehensive and effective, analysis of the PM scorecard, roadmap creation and tracking, and processes and procedure implementation and oversight.• Participated in daily scrums, steering committee and technical forum meetings Show less

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  Kunz, Leigh & Associates

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

  Project Management Consultant

  Full-time project management consultant costed and assigned to projects on an as needed basis; often managing more than one project at a time.Primary job function is Project Management but regularly serve in a hybrid of capacities due to the small organizational nature of the company and the needs of the projects secured. Complete projects from both a Waterfall and Agile framework; primarily execute an agile methodology.Regularly carry out duties of a Business Analyst, Requirements Analyst and Test Administrator in addition to project management duties typically within a team of 1-3 architects/developers. Hands on experience facilitating requirements elicitation sessions, creating user stories and backlogs, managing sprint schedules and boards, running daily stand-up meetings, overseeing all aspects of testing, serving as the primary point of contact to correspond and communicate with stakeholders and clients; create weekly status reports, requirements documents,& traceability matrix.Project Types for Government Entity Clients - a) claims processing adjudication system, b) a 3-system overarching application with a windows-based field application component, an internal web-based core application, and a web-based public portal interface, & c) a HIPAA compliant user access request processing and tracking system for a voluminous quantity of system access requests for a statewide agency Show less

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  ComResource, Client - LBrands

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2017

  Project Manager
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  Buckeye Community Health Plan, Inc.

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2019

  Project Manager
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  Fahrenheit IT

  Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  IT Project Manager, Client - Safelite
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  TMH SOLUTIONS LLC

  Jan 2020 - Feb 2025

  Sr. IT Program Manager

  Overseeing the implementation of a new Court Case Management system (vendor - Tyler Technologies)

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  Insight Global, LLC, Client - Park National Bank

  Mar 2025 - now

  Enterprise Technical Project Manager