Kwana Felton

Project Controls Lead at Luster National
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Location
College Park, Maryland, United States, US
Languages
  • Spanish (a little) -

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Experience

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Controls Lead
      • Feb 2022 - Present

      Responsible for providing program control management and leadership support on all reporting of cost controls, master program schedules and risk management for the Link 21 program. This position provides support, analytics, and perspective to cost metrics and schedule work breakdown structures, collects performance data, tracks data, analyzes earned value, productivity, and risk, and reports on findings. Responsible for analyzing and upholding the existing project controls system and document controls to ensure documents are filed appropriately and work processes are used according to project procedures. Show less

    • United States
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Program Controls Analyst/ Scheduler
      • Jan 2020 - Feb 2022

      Assigned to a field construction site to support the Program Controls Team in planning, organizing and tracking of program projects and tasks; on a large, complex and politically sensitive program. Maintain Resource and Cost Loaded Project Schedules in P6 (daily user). Assist in the development of program-specific deliverables, reports, presentations and written information related to the program. Analyze, Maintain and disseminate large amounts of data to different audiences/departments. Support tracking of cost, invoice development, program schedules, EVM and reporting. Serve as Lead Document Controls Analyst with the maintenance of document management systems and collaborative workspaces like SharePoint and Primavera Contract Manager. Research and analyze system data to create valuable reports and actionable insights. Champion data integrity across project management tools; Primavera P6, Primavera Contract Manager, Excel, Power BI, SharePoint and SQL. Maintain SQL database with program data. Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing program-related results as needed. Ability to work independently, demonstrates problem-solving abilities, is detail-oriented and highly organized. Ability to understand architectural and engineering concepts and designs for facilities. Show less

    • United States
    • Technology, Information and Media
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Project Controls Analyst/ Program Planner
      • Oct 2017 - Sep 2020

      Industry Type: Software Development, IT Operations & Support, Audio-Visual/ IT Management & Support (Operations & Implementation), General Business Management Support (Corporate Office). Managed a portfolio of up to 50 active Task Order Projects. Federal, State, City and County Governments, and Commercial Contracts. Values ranging up to $40M. Provided Total Project Controls Services for all projects under the Program Management Office (PMO). Experience with Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies. Created and managed an internal Process Management Group to develop and manage organizational processes, standard operating procedures, templates, forms and formal training. Coordinate with Executive Team and Internal Departments to help define standards of quality for organizational and project deliverables. Successfully organized and lead the effort to achieve the CMMI DEV Level 3 Certification Common Clients included: US Department of Transportation (DOT), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Show less

    • France
    • Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
    • Project Controls Professional/ Team Lead
      • Feb 2007 - Oct 2017

      Provided Total Project Controls Services for Transportation Programs & Projects (Highway & Bridge, Transit, Airports and Ports), throughout the United States and Caribbean Islands. Experienced with Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Studies, Design and Design/Build project Types. Experience reviewing Specifications, Calculations, Drawings and Reports Cultivated strong rapport with clients, project stakeholders, partner companies and other consultants Ability to understand and explain technical information (such as standards, specs, designs & etc.). Common Clients included: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX), Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and US Department of the Navy. Show less

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Document Controls Assistant/ Logistics Coordinator
      • Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

      Responsible for maintaining engineering document and drawings related to catalyst regeneration projects for the Detroit, MI Oil Refinery. Documents included Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Request for Information (RFI) Forms, Scope Change Request (SCR) Forms, and etc. Assisted with the Primavera Project Schedule and attended daily project status meetings. Served as the Logistics Coordinator during major construction projects. Managed the delivery and disposal of all equipment and hazardous waste from various contractors and vendors. Responsible for assigning Laydown Areas for large shipments and Contractor Work Trailers. Show less

Education

  • Western Michigan University
    Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Concentration: Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Technology
    2005 - 2010
  • Webster University
    Master of Science - MS, Management and Leadership
    2015 -

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