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(various projects)

Project Planning Manager, Queensland Rail, (various projects)

START Date: 
July, 2017

Lead and Manage Planning Services (Team of 7) for Rail Projects

Establish and enhance planning assurance and governance frameworks, procedures, and practices

Develop and improve on planning framework, standards, practices including alignment with corporate requirements such as SAP

Manage Enterprise planning system and process

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
900
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
200
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
100

Program Management Consultant, Ikkyo Consulting, (various projects)

START Date: 
August, 1989
END Date: 
July, 2017
  • Help companies improve their program and project management capabilities, including planning, controls, and portfolio / demand management.

Principal Consultant, Price Waterhouse, (various projects)

START Date: 
January, 1994
END Date: 
April, 1997
  • Project management, project auditing, software quality management, and software configuration management.

Senior Manager, Accenture, (various projects)

START Date: 
April, 1997
END Date: 
April, 2002
  • Manage complex systems integration and business change programs, and help companies improve their program and project management capabilities.
  • P&L Accountabili

Director - Project Management Office, TIAA, (various projects)

START Date: 
April, 2005
END Date: 
January, 2009
  • Project Portfolio Governance: Created and presented Program and Project performance metrics to Executive Steering Committees that influenced portfolio governance recommendations (funding, scope, schedule, budget, go/no go, etc.) for more than $1 billion of Programs and Projects over a four year period.
  • Project Portfolio Management: Created and integrated project portfolio governance and management methods for IT and business projects including marketing, public affairs, web design, ecommerce, IT infrastructure an

Senior Director of Project Services, Freddie Mac, (various projects)

START Date: 
December, 2009
END Date: 
November, 2010
  • P&L Accountability: Led a department of 50+ staff and consultants with a budget of $9.5 million consisting of the Project Management Center of Excellence (CoE), Resource Management CoE, Software Testing CoE, Requirements Management CoE, Methodology and Best Practices, and Tools teams.
  • Achieve More, Faster, for Less: Developed and applied program and project governance and management methods to improve product quality, time to market, and cost efficiency for $250 million of IT and business projects.
  • Project Standards and Audit: Drove the evolution of project manageme

Director - Consulting, Cognizant, (various projects)

START Date: 
August, 2012
END Date: 
August, 2015
  • Program “Rescue”: Took command of three different Programs that were failing in all dimensions and got two of them back on delivery and schedule targets; the third Program was cancelled per my recommendation.
  • Program Governance: Set up governance processes and tools for a Program to integrate licensing and commissions management across six lines of business of a Fortune 50 insurance company.
  • Requirements Management: Planned and drove improvements to the requirements development and management process for a large health insurance company.

Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting, (various projects)

START Date: 
July, 2017
  • Manage complex systems integration and business change programs, and help companies improve their program and project management capabilities.
  • P&L Accountability: Responsible for business development, engagement management, and account profitability targets.

Senior Estimator, Cahill Group, (various projects)

START Date: 
October, 2017

Fill lead estimating and cost engineering role

Generate project controls plans, processes and procedures aligned with industry best practices.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
50
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
450

Construction Project Planner / Senior Planner, Henry Boot Construction Ltd, (various projects)

START Date: 
October, 2017

Senior planner using my construction knowledge and experience i have transfered over into planning.  Currenlty i am working in preconstruction on vairious tenders

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