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James Vervilos

First Name: 
James
Last Name: 
Vervilos
  • Experience in scope cost and schedule integration and Earned Value Management on small ($28M) to large ($4B to $6B) DOE Capital construction projects, Environmental, M&O and Telecommunications projects
  • Performed supervision, cost & schedule proposal support, risk management, six-sigma quality improvement, engineering planning, EVMS compliance, automation, rate analysis, lifecycle cost baseline development, key metrics, rates, benchmarking and presentation responsibilities
  • Meets project objectives and Implement schedule and cost accounting procedures and methods
  • Works well on Integrated / matrix project teams, small groups ad hoc committees or independently
  • Takes direction from project managers and understands proper client communications and client satisfaction
  • Subscribes to a zero accident safety philosophy that all accidents are preventable
  • Scope, schedule and cost integration - Understands hierarchical Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Organization Breakdown Structures (OBS) and charge code structures with intelligence
  • Comfortable training and mentoring in project controls subjects also involved with AACE certification training
  • Supports properly resource loaded, detailed, logically tied network / critical path schedules
  • Prepares performance measurement baselines (PMB), life cycle cost baselines, basis of estimate documents, reviews budgets for completeness, accuracy and conformance to procedures and budget documentation
  • Preparation and analysis of summary & detail cost and schedule reports for management and project stakeholders, burn rate analysis, assessments & audits, ad hoc queries, schedule, cost or budget reports
  • Project status analysis & reporting, variances, trends, ad hoc requests, baseline change control, forecasts and EVMS reporting; Identify and explain variances across departments and systems, monitor expenditures and investigate and reverse invalid charges 
  • Drill down into unusual / unexpected cost records, ensures that data is collected and or allocated properly or corrected and that performance issues identified and corrected where possible
  • Maintain the Estimate to Complete Forecast, EAC or ETC, for quantities, labor hours, and costs for all elements of the project per procedures; maintain project functional cost control measures including staffing, man-hours, non labor quantities and dollars and productivity analysis
  • Applicable Software: Windows, MS Office Suite, Visio, EVMS Software, Risk Management software, QI Macros, Cognos, Prism, Primavera P3/P5/P6, MS Project, Micro Frame MPM, Deltek Cobra, Databases, SAP and Oracle
Professional Since: 
Aug-1996 (27.7 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Aug 1996 (27.7 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
22
Guild Accreditation: 
GPC Member
GPC Member Since: 
Wed, 2016-05-25 (All day) - Wed, 2055-05-05 (All day)

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