Experience

California Department of Technology

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project Approvals and Oversight (PAO) Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Sacramento, California, United States PAO Manager for CalSTA (DMV) projects. Digital Experience Platform (DxP) is a multi-year, multi-phase, mega project with multiple mandated implementation deadlines and a budget of $414M.



LeightonOPS

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Senior Information Technology Consultant

  • Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

  California, United States - Performed IT Management Transformation Project for medium-sized SaaS company, providing staffing recommendations to move enterprise to a more mature IT org structure



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Portfolio Director - Customer Insights and Analytics PMO

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2017

  Roseville, CA • Managed a portfolio of analytics platform projects that lived on private and public cloud, using custom and commercial-off-the-shelf COTS products • Led a global, multi-disciplinary and cross-functional team of data scientists, analytical business consultants & program managers • More than $8B USD in revenue managed by the platform • Improved customer engagement by uncovering insights and driving action across organizational boundaries • Managed scope, schedule and resources for a… Show more • Managed a portfolio of analytics platform projects that lived on private and public cloud, using custom and commercial-off-the-shelf COTS products • Led a global, multi-disciplinary and cross-functional team of data scientists, analytical business consultants & program managers • More than $8B USD in revenue managed by the platform • Improved customer engagement by uncovering insights and driving action across organizational boundaries • Managed scope, schedule and resources for a Tableau Mobile solution utilizing Big Data and traditional tools (Hive, Sqoop, Flume, SAS, etc.). The real-time customer insight dashboards on both Mobile and desktop enabled Sales executives to be more effective in serving strategic customers (accounts in excess of ~100M). • Built an effective team, assigned tasks to team members, and evaluated outcomes • Negotiated matrixed resources and defined roles and responsibilities • Documented risks and developed mitigation plans • Communicated status, issues and risks to stakeholders and sponsor • Identified, tracked, and ensured resolution of issues and removal of barriers • Provided input on complex application features and technical designs • Provided technical support to project team members • Helped fine tune processes, including requirements gathering, functional specifications templates and testing models

• IT Portfolio PMO Director - Showcase Projects

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2017

  Roseville, CA • Created function and drove projects to showcase internal success using HPE solutions in the areas of hybrid infrastructure, Cloud, big data, security protection and workforce enablement • In year one, revenue enablement exceeded $1.24B, year two exceeded $1.6B • Measurable, direct impact was $665M • Drove projects to foster co-innovation between IT and product teams to enable competitive advantage • Managed scope, schedule and resources • Team produced 25+ pieces of… Show more • Created function and drove projects to showcase internal success using HPE solutions in the areas of hybrid infrastructure, Cloud, big data, security protection and workforce enablement • In year one, revenue enablement exceeded $1.24B, year two exceeded $1.6B • Measurable, direct impact was $665M • Drove projects to foster co-innovation between IT and product teams to enable competitive advantage • Managed scope, schedule and resources • Team produced 25+ pieces of collateral/year • Team beta tested 20+ products/year • Managed roadmap of projects • Tracked issues and risks and reported to stakeholders and sponsor • Supported market/event strategies and worked with all relevant stakeholders (operations, research, marketing, sales, finance, etc.) for global HPE Discover events • Established an executive dashboard • Oversaw the development of Marketing content for conferences, along-side analysts • Managed collateral project team across IT, marketing, operations, sales and business partners in the US, Asia Pacific, and Europe • Produced marketing thought leadership materials to support event promotion, external sponsor coordination, internal and external speaking engagements • Wrote and managed all marketing messages with corporate marketing team • Chose and managed vendors

• HPIT PMO Liaison/Portfolio Manager and HPIT HQ Work Force Planning/Finance Lead

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

  Roseville, CA • Project Managed the submission of 59 FY13 non office Global Real Estate requests • PM'd multiple escalations and high visibility requests • Provided communications submitted to the Global CIO • Defined and documented the engagement model and approval process

• PMO Portfolio Planning Director

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2012

  Roseville, CA • Received "Every Minute Matters" L3 Award for leadership • Interfaced between IT and the business function for purposes of IT planning • As a key member of the Global PMO, improved annual IT planning processes, including “Interlock” pan-IT matrixed resource and project dependency processes • Facilitated project assessment, selection, allocation/prioritization: Drove ITIL Process Managers to generate 63 project requests with approximately $1.6M in direct benefits and $155M in indirect… Show more • Received "Every Minute Matters" L3 Award for leadership • Interfaced between IT and the business function for purposes of IT planning • As a key member of the Global PMO, improved annual IT planning processes, including “Interlock” pan-IT matrixed resource and project dependency processes • Facilitated project assessment, selection, allocation/prioritization: Drove ITIL Process Managers to generate 63 project requests with approximately $1.6M in direct benefits and $155M in indirect benefits. 31 requests made the Plan of Action • Introduced a business planning methodology, capability roadmaps and capacity/demand planning to the function, strategically improving the quality of project requirements • Oversaw workforce/capacity planning requirements for annual IT investments • Tracked the realization of expected benefits defined in business use cases • Conducted regular project reviews with business leadership and adjusted portfolio

• Change and Resource Program Management Lead

  • Jul 2007 - Nov 2010

  Roseville, CA • Received DMITS Outstanding Leadership and Teamwork Award • Managed high visibility projects for the DBA team • Worked with Global PMO to define requirements for portfolio management solution • Assisted managers with allocating 200 resources to a portfolio of 700 projects • Drove the creation of a pan HPIT staffing demand Change Management Solution



SoftMatrix

• Project Manager and PMO Lead

  • Jun 2003 - Jun 2005

  Roseville, CA • Directed the work of several PM’s and their associated six-million-dollar work portfolio • Provided release management oversight and managed the Plan of Record • Managed the resource allocation and actuals collection process, coordinated status and metrics collection, and acted as an escalation point for issues. Also helped coordinate numerous process designs, re-designs and roll-outs.



Volt

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

  Roseville, CA * As the Program Manager for the Supply Chain portfolio, launched projects, created and tracked project plans, managed risks, issues and escalations, closed out projects and worked extensively with the customers. There were typically three large projects operating concurrently that corresponded to approximately one million dollars' worth of IT resources annually.



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Oct 1998 - Nov 1999

  Sacramento, California Area • Led the $8M Medi-Cal Renovation. Delivered on time and on budget • Managed the several million dollar Y2K Decentralized Systems Compliance project, as well as managed the Contingency Planning effort • Managed 10 direct reports • Led the $6M dollar Public Health Y2K project, supervising up to 12 people • Defined deliverables, establishing procedures, managed the budget, staffed, and tracked



JK Corporate Services

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Project Manager

  • Jun 1997 - Oct 1998

  Sacramento, California Area Contracting with IBM, held two positions on the Year 2000 Centralized Project Team: • Led the assessment effort on the complicated Medi-Cal portfolio • Team Lead for the $6M dollar Public Health Renovation, supervising up to 12 people and 16 subsystems. Was responsible for creating and managing the project plan for 31 subsystems, using 36 resources over a 10-month timeframe. Assisted the management team with defining deliverables, establishing procedures, managing the budget, staffing… Show more Contracting with IBM, held two positions on the Year 2000 Centralized Project Team: • Led the assessment effort on the complicated Medi-Cal portfolio • Team Lead for the $6M dollar Public Health Renovation, supervising up to 12 people and 16 subsystems. Was responsible for creating and managing the project plan for 31 subsystems, using 36 resources over a 10-month timeframe. Assisted the management team with defining deliverables, establishing procedures, managing the budget, staffing, and tracking work to the MS Project plan Show less



Carerra Consulting Group

• Project Manager

  • Jun 1996 - Jun 1997

  Sacramento, CA Technical Lead for two Y2K conversion projects.



Phoenix Software Company

• United States
• Software Development

• Technical Sales Representative

  • Aug 1988 - Aug 1989

  Greater Los Angeles Area Marketed mainframe systems software products to Fortune 500 firms.



Hughes Aircraft Company

• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Logical DBA

  • May 1986 - Apr 1988

  El Segundo, CA Designed Logical Database Structures for Engineering, Inventory, Configuration Management and Accounting applications. She assisted in converting logical models to IDMS/R physical structure, and prepared monthly departmental statistics on machine and database availability using SAS.



Alcoa

• United States
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Sep 1984 - May 1986

  West Lafayette, IN Analyzed information flows in the Packing, Shipping and Manufacturing Departments