Primary Skills
Global Project Management, Strategic Planning, Research and Analysis, Programming/Development, Graphic Design
Location
US-VA-Herndon
Posted
Dec-01-08
RESUME DETAILS
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Versatile, results-driven Project Manager with 10+ years experience in global and domestic environments, including 3+ years managing multinational programs at WorldCom. Proven ability to identify business goals, envision the solution, develop strategy, estimate resources, and deliver projects on time and within budget. Broad background in programming and graphic design. Fluent in Spanish. * Innovative contributor, persuasive communicator and skillful negotiator, with a tenacious focus on objectives, an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction and the ability to execute on multiple priorities. * Highly effective in working constructively with people of diverse cultures and across all functional areas. * Consistently achieve results that exceed quality, quantity and time standards.
KEY COMPETENCIES Global Project Management Strategic Planning Research and Analysis Programming/Development Graphic Design Vendor Management Sales/Marketing/Advertising Training and Education Contract Negotiation Client Relationship Management
TECHNICAL SKILLS Software: MS Office Suite, MS Power Point, MS Project 98, Visio, iWork Suite (Keynote, Numbers, Pages), Appleworks, Adobe Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Acrobat) Distiller, Corel Draw Suite, Paint Shop, Print Shop, Maple, Claris Works Platforms: Windows, Macintosh, UNIX (Linux), SPARC Programming: C/C++, Open GL, Tcl Tk, HTML, HomeSite, Java
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ENVIRIAN OF RESTON, Reston, VA; 01/2005 - Present CONSULTANT; 3 years 10 months Meet with regional, national and global clients to identify needs and guide them through residential real estate process. Manage multiple concurrent client projects from start to completion, entailing listing, selling, leasing, advertising, contract writing and negotiation. Coordinate inspections, applications, contract deadlines, title searches, repairs and improvement project quotes. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Created market analysis reports to educate clients on purchase/sale price and applied industry expertise to negotiate favorable prices. * Solely designed all marketing materials, property brochures, ads and Website. Utilized strategic marketing plans to facilitate prompt sale of properties in tight markets. * Consistently met strict, time-sensitive deadlines and provided outstanding customer service, leading to numerous referrals and repeat business. Environment: Windows, Macintosh, MS Office, iWork, Abobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat
DAYSPRING SCHOOL, Bostwana, Africa; 07/2006 - 08/2006 GRAPHIC DESIGNER; 1 month KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT: Directed the design, layout, approval and delivery of a school yearbook within short timeframe. Completed yearbook with 97+ pages and 550+ student pictures in less than 6 weeks, with little knowledge of the school, culture, teachers or software. Environment: Windows, Macintosh, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Corel Draw Suite, MS Office
HEBRON SCHOOL, Guatemala City, Guatemala; 02/2003 - 10/2003 GRAPHIC ASSISTANT; 8 months KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT: Core member of team producing graphics for international school History and Literature textbooks. Met tight deadlines for delivery of textbooks to students. Environment: Windows, Macintosh, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Distiller, Corel Draw Suite, Paint Shop, MS PowerPoint, Word, MS Office
VERAXX ENGINEERING, Chantilly, VA; 08/2002 - 01/2004 JUNIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER; 1 year 5 months Key Project Accomplishments: Worked with project team of 12 engineers on 3 business- critical projects: * Tactical Display Graphics: Created graphics for Tactical Display use by the Marine Corps CH-46E and CH-53E Aircrew Procedures Trainers (APTs). Mirrored the Tactical Display from pictures on documentation to a simulated cockpit display. Successfully created radar icons and new font libraries with 50+ characters and images for 2 ALE 47 cockpit displays in Marine Corps bases worldwide. * Mapping Waypoints for Tactical Environment: Worked with tactical environment networking team to map waypoints for flight simulation testing at various Marine Corps bases. Created test flight navigation scenarios/routes for defined locations. Various simulators were going to use the same tactical environment for flight simulation. * GUI Interface for Socket Networking: Created a GUI interface for instructors to easily initiate and control the MV-22 simulator. Environment: Windows, Razor, UNIX, C++, OOP, Open-GL, Tcl/Tk
PROJECT MANAGER, MULTINATIONAL PROGRAMS (01/2000 - 07/2002) Promoted to lead team of offshore developers in build of international sales-critical database through the life cycle. Effectively managed/coordinated both back-end and front-end support. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Successfully built a user-friendly interface to the GPS (Global products and solutions) database used 24/7 by sales staff worldwide. * Recruited and trained 2 new employees to populate database with influx of new products, contracts and countries. * Increased number of countries included from 12 to 30+, as well as product lines, such as Dedicated IP (T1/E1), VPN, Hosting and Managed Services. * Positioned site as internal sales Website, increasing user base over 150%. * Streamlined data entry process by enhancing user administration sites to accommodate integration of hundreds of new products. * Kept all users thoroughly informed of Website enhancements/updates. * Communicated with management, DBA, Network Engineering, Network Operations (NOC) and Helpdesk to ensure live, test, and back-up servers were monitored/maintained for optimum system performance. * Traveled to UK to train GPS team members on new features and administration sites for all data housed on site. * Authored comprehensive training manuals for Helpdesk and troubleshooting.
PRODUCT INTEGRATION MANAGER, MULTINATIONAL PROGRAMS (01/2000 - 07/2002) Served as global coordinator of all sales data, products and contracts housed in database. Communicated regularly with Business development Manager and local/regional product marketing managers for countries in Americas, Canada, EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Worked closely with teams in England and USA to add entire Latin America region and additional countries in EMEA and Asia-Pacific to Database. * Instrumental in creating a global "look and feel" for products that were not yet "global." Products were named differently in the various regions/countries, but were given a "global" name to establish a consistency in terminology for the sales staff. * Provided quality assurance testing to ensure products were fully supported. * Effectively coordinated problem resolution with developers in India.
INTERN, MULTINATIONAL PROGRAMS (06/1999 - 01/2000) Environment: HTML, UNIX, Windows, SPARC, Macintosh, HomeSite, MS Office, MS Project 98, Visio