Project Manager Resume

Title
Project Manager

Primary Skills
* Risk Mitigation * Critical Path Methodology * Leadership * Supervision * Documentation * Data Analysis

Location
US-CA-San Diego

Posted
Aug-10-08


PROJECT MANAGER

A Project Manager experienced in strategic planning, relocation, furniture installation, tenant improvements, earned value analysis, risk mitigation and project scheduling. Passionate and excited about project management and its versatility to be used in any organization. Strong communication skills used to clarify business requirements perform gap analysis, project scope and necessary improvements which increase productivity and reduce costs. Additional areas of expertise include:

* Risk Mitigation * Critical Path Methodology * Leadership
* Supervision * Documentation * Data Analysis
* Microsoft Office * Time Management * Consulting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MYOFFICE FACILITY SOLUTIONS, San Diego, CA 2007-2008
Project Manager
Managed cross-functional Relocation / Installation team. Responsible for quoting and closing sales for San Diego, and Los Angeles based relocation projects. Consulting, on-site project management, earned value analysis, space planning, and programming. Communications management, determining resources, equipment, and manpower. Prepared budgets, lead cross-functional subcontractor and vendor teams, on-site project management, forecasting, and database management. Tracked and reviewed status for each project to ensure all deliverables were met. Developed client specific training based on need and delivered the training. Attended lead generating community events.
* Gross profit average for year of service was 58%.
* Customer Service indicator ranked 9 out of 10, 95% of the time. Internal Service indicator ranked 9 out of 10, 93% of the time.
* Provided leadership, direction, and supervision of team resources and internal staff.
* Responsible for hiring/firing and performance appraisals for the Relocation department.
* Streamlined project management processes and developed systems which effectively managed and controlled the Operations department.
* Prepared and ensured compliance within division budget.

Ir2-INTERIOR RESOURCE, San Diego, CA 2005-2007
Strategist III
Responsible for managing long term tenant improvement projects to include furniture installation, white noise assessment and installation, cabling, relocation, fixtures, alcoves, electrical, vendor management and city permitting. Project scheduling, implementation, space occupancy planning, forecasting, data analysis, best practice and benchmarking. Determined risk when assessing client downtime requirements and provided solutions.
* Performed as the client representative and spent one year on-site for a tenant improvement project. This project finished on time and 3% under budget which left the client able to make further modifications.
* Responsible for securing resources to staff and schedule tenant improvement projects.
* Prepared and maintained migration planning and project schedules for multiple projects.
* Created forecasting tools for clients that assisted them in a five-year plan.
* Generated meetings with client executive teams to identify needs, risk and determine scheduling that fit the downtime requirements.






CANDICE D. COOLEY Page Two
INVITROGEN CORPORATION, Carlsbad, CA 2004-2005
Senior Sales / Marketing Project Coordinator
Performed day-to-day Sales and Marketing requests generated by internal clients. Managed product launch communications, managed collateral: idea, submission, proofing, printing and distribution to ensure quality-marketing efforts. Responsible for coordination of global cross-segment projects.
* Realigned 90 Supply Centers' staffing needs to improve excellence and automation. This project saved the organization 1 million in overhead.
* Successfully managed the United States catalog distribution project of 100 thousand catalogs with a .07% return rate.
* Organized and implemented company Intranet strategy for the US Regional Marketing department. Developed user-friendly sales interface for sales and marketing communications.

ERICSSON WIRELESS, San Diego, CA 1999 - 2004
Project Assistant 2002 - 2004
Responsible for aligning global projects via project scheduling, creating and maintaining engineering metrics, maintaining decision support database, reporting project status, preparing risk-mitigation plans and schedules.
* Editor of the Base Station Controller weekly newsletter.
Telecom Coordinator 1999 - 2002
Responsible for all cellular choice, plan determination, hardware upgrades and repairs, PBX and land line upgrades, technical pager, cellular and land line daily support.
* Organized the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games cellular and paging coverage to ensure maximum coverage. Ensured communication 24/7 with zero downtime.
* Launched, processed and maintained a quarterly evaluation system for business unit cost centers which saved the San Diego business unit 200k per quarter in cellular debts.

QUALCOMM, INC., San Diego, CA 1994 - 1999
Training Coordinator 1998 - 1999
* Maintained all engineering learning requirements, scheduling, and certifications.
Travel Coordinator 1996 - 1998
* Developed pre-departure checklists that provided engineers with safety requirements while working in other countries. Worked with consulates, embassies to ensure safety of the engineers while abroad. Managed personal business for engineers, visas and immigration status.
Secretary, Intermediate 1995 - 1996
* Provided departmental services. Published weekly staff minutes and kept daily calendars.
Secretary 1994 - 1995
* Provided administrative support to the Senior Secretary.

EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS

Project Management Certificate- University of Phoenix, San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Business Administration-University of Phoenix, San Diego, CA
Masters of Arts in Management-University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Whitehead Leadership Society-University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

2008 ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bidding and Estimating-San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, CA
OMMA-Goodness! Project Management Framework-Pete Fowler Construction Services, San Clemente, CA
Project Management for Consultants-San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, CA

Certifications
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