Adam Keck

Experience

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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  May 2012 - Dec 2012

  Materials Management Intern

  I worked in the Materials Management department closing out subcontracts and improving the closeout process. Once I improved the closeout process I presented my recommendations to the corporate CFO. I also managed registration for a small business summit that was organized by ORNL.

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  SageView Advisory Group

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Audit Consultant

  I performed a compliance audit of a 401k transition, and coordinated the final presentation of the audit findings.

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  UT Medical Center

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Chief Operating Officer Intern

  I am based out of the Chief Operating Officer's office working primarily in the Quality and Patient Safety department. The majority of my time is spent working on Lean projects with various departments in the hospital. I have had the privilege of opening a new Unit Based Care floor in the hospital and take part in numerous other projects. I have assisted in planning and executing a Board of Directors' retreat, led a Lean Tour of UT Medical Center for other healthcare executives, facilitated the new Furniture Ordering Process for the hospital, and aided in various audits around the hospital. Show less

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  UT Medical Center

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  Office Manager

  I am the Office Manager for UT Day Surgery at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. As Office Manager I am responsible for the business of functions of this well renown department. Some of my responsibilities include: maintaining/reporting departmental metrics, performing payroll duties, scheduling oversight, departmental strategic planning, and assisting planning the departmental budget.

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  Management Solutions, LLC

  Apr 2016 - May 2018

  Process Analyst

  • Used Lean tools for clients to diagram current-state processes, map out efficient future-state processes, and presented that information to the executive management.• Wrote test plans on behalf of a product owner, performed software testing on large amounts of data, and coordinated bug fixes with the offshore development team.• Facilitated communication between a broad group of stakeholders on a statewide software implementation and managed the User Acceptance Testing phase.

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  TEKsystems

  May 2018 - Nov 2018

  Process Analyst

  • Calculated monthly costs and created monthly forecasts for several projects and presented the financial information to stakeholders.• Wrote, reviewed, and edited technical project documents for multiple projects and coordinated reviews between stakeholders.• Attended meetings with the Group IT Project Manager, including a trip to Washington, DC, where I assisted with facilitation and recorded meeting minutes.• Assisted in producing multiple required business analyses for a $19M project.• Partnered in establishing the software quality assurance testing for a safety software project that ensured adherence to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA)-1.• Assisted in creating a software roadmap for DOE-IN that laid out their planned deliverables and capabilities and how those aligned with DOE-IN strategic themes. Show less

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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Nov 2018 - now

  • Routinely address and solve a variety of issues and complex problems on projects I lead and support that range from financial concerns, scope management, schedule issues, and one-off questions that span the broad umbrella of project management.• Maintain daily interorganizational contacts with subcontractors, multiple national labs, and NNSA HQ for the projects I lead and support. In each of those interactions, I represent not just myself, but also ORNL.• Regularly advise and coordinate with my group leader on projects managed within our group.• Responsible for the capital reporting for 3 DOE investments with combined annual budgets over $24M. Changing rules and guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the NNSA OCIO requires addressing new reporting requirements on an annual basis.• Author or provide substantial contributions to formal documents on projects I manage and support.• Lead process improvement initiatives within my group that contribute to more efficient and effective IT business solutions.• Formally facilitate a range of project ceremonies; these ceremonies range from daily standups to project-wide meetings with numerous external stakeholders.• Mentor staff in my group and section on project management standards, financial management basics, and ORNL software quality assurance processes and procedures. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Software Process Analyst

    Nov 2018 - Jan 2021