Experience

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  Lowe's home improvement

  Mar 2010 - Jul 2011

  Customer service associate
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  Traverse bay marine

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2012

  Sales associate

  Sold new and used boats, wave runners, snow mobiles and ATVs. Demonstrated product features and assisted customers to select the best product based on their needs. Worked as a member of the sales team to achieve personal and department sales goals. Designed promotional and marketing material to aid in the process of a sale.

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  Village ford

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2013

  Service

  Escorted, assisted and chauffeured customers to appropriate dealer department and location. Provided excellent customer service to ensure customers have a positive experience.

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  Chrysler group llc

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2013

  Endurance driver

  Drive vehicles under varying speed conditions according to written instructions and test procedures. Ensure all goals of the test are preformed and documented. Entered all daily findings from the Driver Report into the computerized data recording system (PGTIS).

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  Kelly services on assignment at ford motor company

  Sept 2013 - Jul 2015

  Pedigree manager

  Project management style role where I determine optimal update plan for retrofits of prototype vehicles & schedule updates accordingly. Interact with engineering community to understand update and its benefits. Determine impact of part modifications, including other areas of vehicle affected. Review illustrations / engineering CAD documents to ensure all impacted parts have been identified.

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  Imsi on assignment at ford motor company

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2017

  Color management analyst

  Gathered and tracked individual supplier forecast timing in an Excel spreadsheet to provide Program Management with regular updates on Color Harmony metrics. Captured detailed supplier comments in the tracker so the team knew the exact state of each part.• Performed deep dives, consolidated and resolved timing issues by running supplier meetings. • Compiled data and published program metrics to upper management weekly.

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  Imsi on assignment at ford motor co.

  Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

  Project management analyst

  Provide Project Management support to Global Product Development System Business Office. Interface with internal Ford systems, Program teams, and databases (e.g. Health Reviews, Integrator, etc.) to deep dive process issues and ensure accurate and timely reporting.• Analyze and correlate part churn data to illustrate trends and failure points in the Product Development Cycle. Compile data to implement a corrective course of action and avoid issue recurrence, saving the company money by reducing labor and material cost. • Collect and publish a daily and weekly status report to program teams and management.• Analyze program data to detect process errors which interrupt the prototype build event. Integrate process changes into future project plans, avoiding program delays and cost overruns.• Facilitate meetings with multiple levels to reach consensus on process improvements. Show less

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  Mi-gso | pcubed

  Apr 2019 - May 2020

  Consultant

  Customer-focused project management consultant serving several automotive industry clients within the product development life-cycle. Proven track record of communicating with diverse project teams and streamlining processes for expedited project delivery.● Worked hand in hand with the customers to redefine their process and procedures related to the product development lifecycle. Worked with product and business owners to confirm interdependencies of impacted business groups to reduce product launch delays. ● Increased testing efficiency at a Vehicle Emissions Lab at an automotive OEM. Performed root cause analysis to pinpoint failure points in the testing process to reduce the amount of invalid tests. Wrote work instructions that resulted in increased testing throughput. ● As a team member of a PMO in an agile software development team worked with the business owners to prioritize projects. Show less

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  Insight global

  Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

  Business manager rf and antenna

  On site at Ford Motor Co. Project Management position acting as Engineering Interface between Program Team and the Electrical Core / Applications team on a global program. Support Electrical Team through engineering gateways and launch phases from pre-program through launch. Single point of contact for Program, finance, Quality, Attribute, and Manufacturing. ● Lead supplier status meetings to drive for timely and efficient issue identification, communication, tracking, and resolution via Ford management systems● Manage functional content alignment with program objectives● Ensure Engineering Design Reviews and associated work streams are consistent with Program timing Show less

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  Harman international

  Jul 2021 - now

  Manage the regional US-based Harman EPIC AutoOne delivery team which consists of dedicated engineers and technicians. Additionally, I own the Project Manager (PM) role being responsible for planning and managing the regional AutoOne delivery projects in accordance with defined project model and project scope. In this role I take part in securing scope, setting up time schedules, and organizing and executing the delivery projects from kick-off until finalizing the high-quality fully functional assets. Further, I ensure lessons-learned sessions to implement a continuous improvement culture, as well as being responsible for tracking the test and validation activities which will be performed on the delivered assets and coordinate and support the regional vehicle demo sessions. Show less Responsible for the overall delivery of a product development program involving the development of Software. This includes planning, scheduling, preparing, and controlling the master schedule.• Work with a cross-functional teams (product management, project management, development, QA, documentation, support).• Work with functional team leads to develop project plans and track through the release cycle• Work with functional team leads to identify potential risks pro-actively, mitigation plan, and communicate appropriately• Status, risks, and challenges reporting• Review programs at regular intervals and ensuring that review happens at all levels in the project teams.• Appraise the client with appropriate status report Show less

  • Project Manager, AutoOne Lead

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Senior Project Planner

    Jul 2021 - Oct 2023