SARA NUÑEZ, PMP OPM CC 39 Gathering Hill Court Glenmont Commons (201) 707-0000 Cell Morris Plains, NJ 07950
[email protected] _____________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY A leader in organizational development effectiveness utilizing project, program and portfolio management integrated solutions to improve business strategy performance at all levels of the organization. Additional experience in operations management, information systems, marketing, product development and business re-engineering in the telecommunication and hi-tech industries.
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SKILS AND QUALITIFATIONS Executive/Organizational Level: Experienced Senior Team leader in all operational aspects of Portfolio Management best practices: Selecting, Prioritization, Balancing, and Controlling projects with excellent stakeholder management skills. Proven improvements to decision making process and business results.
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Business Unit Level: Experienced facilitator of the Theory of Constrains Thinking methods for problem solving and business process improvement assessment. Strong analytical, quantitative, detail, and technical aptitudes with excellent business communication and process oriented skills.
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Expert in teaching, coaching and mentoring groups ranging in size from 5 to 200 people with dissimilar backgrounds in all aspects of project, program, portfolio management, product life cycle and system development life cycle. Experienced using OPM3 to assess portfolio management, program management and project management best practices to determine organizational project maturity.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Cadence OPM Certified Consultant 2009 – Present • Perform OPM assessments in the most effective and reliable matter. • Provide a mechanism to advance your organization’s strategic interests through the efficient and successful execution of products. Verizon Corporate, Basking Ridge NJ 2007 - 2009 Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency Expert • Established a performance based services team to focus on business results and enablers to be effective and efficient meeting organizational objectives. Ensure portfolio of products and services, processes and tools are good enough for Verizon to meet their business objective in the next 5 years. • Established a portfolio management process and built capabilities to support effective business decision and enhance business performance by managing the early stage funnel of the product development life cycle for a portfolio of $300M and $92B in return. • Performed organizational assessments to formulate effective solution to develop the organization to the next level of maturity and drive better business results. Intel Corporate, Santa Clara CA Senior Project, Program Management Solution Deployment Expert
2005-2007
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Deployed Intel Integrated Program Management Solution for a corporate $287M revenue generating program with about 200 team members located in Malaysia, India, and multiple sites in the US.
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Lead the Corporate Program Management Efficiency effort to drive 2% administrative overhead reductions and improve efficiency in 6 months.
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Facilitated multiple TOCPM Schedule and Risk Management Workshops with global project teams managing Intel product initiatives improving project predictability with potential savings of $8M with a portfolio of 17 projects.
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Performed an OPM3 organizational project management maturity assessment and formulated improvement opportunities and establishment of a program management office.
UBS Financial Services, Secaucus New Jersey, 2004-2005 Senior Program Manager, Information Technology • Managed PMO effort to support Web Admin Application. Liaised with Product Development, IT corporate to recommend program priorities. • Coordinated and managed complex technology initiatives that required interfaces across multiple development areas delivering on time and within budget. NUNEZ `AT&T Wireless Services, Seattle Washington Senior Portfolio and Program Manager - 2 years Marketing Operations Project Manager – 3 years IT Senior Project Manager – 8 years
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Project managed the Implementation of the 2003 Budget Process at AT&T Wireless in alignment with best in class product portfolio management solution provided by IDeWeb. Received the Vice President Performance Plus Award.
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Contributed to the implementation of the AT&T Corporate-wide Project Management Methodology. Received an AT&T Corp. 2000 Award.
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Influenced the creation of two Project Management Offices at AT&T Wireless.
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Over 10 years experienced in leadership position responsible for managing and monitoring software releases and marketing programs including prepaid wireless, credit card payment, timebank promotions, data services and many others.
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Designed and developed the Mass Data Entry system, an automated data entry tool. This tool saved the company $4 million in operational expenses the first year it was deployed. System is currently in place since 1995. Received two Circle of Excellence awards.
PMI OPM3 Volunteer, Worldwide Team • Worked with the Business Case -1 team updating OPM3 maturity model for new 2008 version of the OPM3 Fundamental Knowledge. Recertified through PMI as an OPM3 Certified Consultant in 2009. Currently (May 2009) working with PMI creating our first OPM Virtual Community. EDUCATION Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck New Jersey Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies Degree, Major: Business May 17, 2004 With 18 MBA credits completed on international business. summa cum laude graduate, 3.63/4.00 GPA scale. Steven Institute and George Washington University, May 1999 Project Management Master Certificate Program, sponsored by AT&T School of Business Dover Business College, Paramus NJ Graduated 1995 Business Computer Programming Diploma SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS Programming Languages: UNIX, AS400, COBOL, JCL, RPG, C, C++ Smartcode, StartSmart, Business Object, and Visual Basic. Computer Programs: Macrosoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, and MS Project), Vision, Dreamweaver, and Firewall. Databases: Oracle and Sybase. 'eRoom documentation management. Mainframes: AXYS, Sieble, CBIS. Language: Fluent in Spanish. Affiliations: PMI Project Management Institute, United Who’s Who, and American Management Association. Certified as a ProjectFRAMEWORK Assessor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., September 2000 PMP Project Management Professional Certification, PMI Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania 1999
OPM3 PMI Organizational Project Management Maturity Model, PMI ProductSuite 2007 and Recertified March 15, 2009.