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Program Manager at a Fortune 100. 

Responsible for one of the largest Enterprise sectors, Healthcare and Hospitality. Optimize and improve project cycle times for 70 project managers and manage large-scale strategic programs. 

• Managing a nationwide $10m infrastructure upgrade across 600+ locations.
• Addressing escalations and improving project cycle times on $16m in new client implementations.
• Support my team of project managers that implement over $70m in new client onboarding per year.

Group Program Manager / Operations Program Manager / Product Program Manager

Sparrow Song Designs

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IT Project Manager for GE's Global businesses within Source to Pay.  Work closely with Executives and Senior Leadership to transition the business from their "as is" Source-To-Pay process to the Global Operations "enterprise standard."

• Completed extensive business analysis of GE Power and GE Renewables operations regarding processes and IT systems in the United States, Canada, France, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, South Korea,, and India.  Evaluated feasibility of programs for United Kingdom and Germany.
• Successfully installed a BPO and upgraded software that reduced the cost per invoice 80% in United States and Canada.
• Built metrics reporting data sheets using SQL, Access, Rally, Excel, and Smartsheet to identify projects at risk for on time completion and data collection for more accurate project forecasting.

Project Manager - Lead Project Initiatives Specialist

Subject-matter Expert, Project Manager for GE's North American businesses within Source to Pay.  Building real time data analytics regarding performance metrics of GE's NAM businesses.  Reducing waste through building robotic process automations.

• Lead NAM optimization project that realized $1.9m per year involving Trade Payable Services.  Assisted in Global Implementation that resulted in over $12m per year.
• One of two selected subject matter experts from Sourcing to Payment; we reported $1.35m in productivity improvements in two months.
• Part of initiative migrating GE's largest acquisition to GE's SOPs.  Lead design of several projects regarding robotic process automation, resulting in eliminating manual work.
• Lead audit of international BPO resources.  Resulting in a 13% increase in productivity and established core accountability metrics.
• Recruited by three crash teams to fix the most critical and difficult challenges within NAM B2P.

Project Manager - Advanced AP Operations Specialist

Assisted in final transfers of work within Accounts Payable in the North American Markets regarding GE's acquisition of the Alstom business.     Applied continuous process improvements and waste reduction (lean principles) to current AP processes.

•	Lead optimization project improving AP lead time for invoicing process of 90k GE suppliers.
•	Initiated a large global cash optimization project.
•	Assisted with internal payment audits for US and Canadian businesses.
•	Provide daily payment processing to energy connections sector suppliers.

Business Analyst - AP Analyst

Cincinnati Lean Consulting

Executive Management Consultation services augmenting client’s profitability and operational enhancements through Lean and Six Sigma methodology.

•	Raised sales $41,000,000 for Cintas utilizing six sigma project design, implementation, and management.
•	Gained $11,200,000 for healthcare organization using six sigma methodology to implement productivity improvements and change management.
•	Produced DMAIC, Six Sigma Methodology, for UPS reduced vehicle downtime 24% in Midwest Region.
•	Saved $730,000 providing change management in the supply chain for the Human Resource Department of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
•	Applied six sigma tools to reduce licensing time from 6 months to 1 month for Farmers Insurance.
•	Delivered supply chain management training to over 2000 business professionals.

Sr. Project Manager - Contractor 

Sheakley

Sheakley is an outsourced human resources specialty firm dedicated to meeting the growing needs of employers.  They offer tailored solutions helping clients attract, care for, protect, manage, and reward their most valuable asset/their employees.

•Saved clients over $7,500,000 in workers' compensation premiums.
•Sold 573 commercial accounts in three years.  Over $1,000,000 in personal sales per year.
•Awarded Top Producer for new accounts in 2007 and 2008; competing against 43 and 37 salesmen.
•Managed a team of 7 inside sales representatives, 2007 through 2009.
•Promoted rapidly from inside sales to outside sales to sales manager.
•Exceeded 107% of quota for the division I managed.
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