Aug 2021 – Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos · United States

Apr 2012 – Mar 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead vertical projects as well as horizontal programs across distributed cross functional teams to deliver key features and project goals, prioritized on the Walmart.com product roadmap.
• Develop and manage end to end project plans highlighting key milestones, dependencies and risks and communicating/escalating to key stakeholders as required.
• Coach UX, product, business, engineering teams and 3rd party vendors on agile methodologies and tools in order to build and nurture high performance agile teams.
• Drive internal process improvements across multiple teams and functions. Provide continuous feedback and work with PMO Manager/Director to improve project management processes, implement new standards and practices and drive new initiatives that define strategic direction and propel productivity/efficiency.
• Use company tools and other standard project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project) systems to measure project performance and report variances to key stakeholders
• Build strong partnerships with business, product and engineering organizations to ensure successful, timely delivery of projects.

Nov 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Developed project execution plans and maintained them through the duration of the projects.
• Maintained project deliverable through all phases of development and execution of large utility scale solar projects.
• Coordinated project tasks between cross functional onsite and remote teams. Supervised procurement of equipment and materials, conducted design reviews, measured progress against baseline schedule and cost.
• Coordinated design discussions between geographically dispersed design teams and the client.
• Conducted regular meetings with stakeholders, customers, design team and other delivery groups to assess progress and prepared status reports to communicate updates.
• Analyzed requirements on projects, developed work estimates, negotiated scope, changes and timelines for projects with stakeholders
• Prepared and communicated project performance reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Focused on building great interpersonal relationships for successful project delivery.
• Escalated issues to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner to obtain support in resolving issues and mitigating risks on projects.

Dec 2006 – Dec 2010 · 4 yrs

• Strategized with clients to determine project needs, define their goals, and provide workable solutions during project execution.
• Developed the project management plan covering scope, quality, budget, risk, procurement, communications, resources and time management for the $46M water treatment plant expansion project in Fairfield.
• Supervised work on the fast-tracked, constraint driven project to ensure work was delivered as per contract requirements and met the client’s satisfaction.
• Facilitated timely resolution of project and startup related issues between designers, vendors and contractors during project execution and plant launch.
• Established an online document management system using Microsoft SharePoint for a $46M project. Trained project teams, in the use of the system.
• Established configuration/change management procedures for both projects. Managed and controlled changes using an integrated approach.
• Reviewed and negotiated over 400 change requests on the project. Successfully reduced contractor’s labor risk amount down from 40% to 20%.
• Helped client with go/no-go decisions on changes and additional work to ensure that project costs did not exceed the 10% contingency limit established by City.
• Prepared weekly and monthly progress reports and communicated project metrics to stakeholders

Aug 2002 – Nov 2006 · 4 yrs 3 mos