1. Accomplishments as Director, PM Systems
 Provided tools to support 150 – 200 projects and portfolio management across School
Line of Business, aligning to Pearson’s global strategy.
 Assisted development of network of 10 School Project Management Offices into team,
applying enough uniformity of process for visibility, connecting team to Pearson’s
global project and portfolio management efforts.
 Oversaw Pearson School’s Project Management Academy program, developing project
management capability and community within Pearson, delivering training services
valued at $76K in year 1.
 Partnered with Workforce Education product division, establishing project
management professional (PMP) and certified associate in project management
(CAPM) training with potential cost savings of $700K.
 Developed and improved project management visibility through metrics capture and
analysis.
 Sponsored and guided development of Pearson School’s 2nd-generation Risk and Issue
Tracking Tool, modernizing and enhancing risk and issue tracking throughout project
lifecycle and incorporating early warning to executives for sensitive issues.
 Sponsored and guided continuing development of Pearson School’s Project Metrics for
Program Managers (PM4PM) business intelligence tool, providing business-critical
information to project managers and portfolio stakeholders, using business
intelligence model to address many systems in place across organization.
 Delivered advance notice of schedule deviation, resource constraints, risks and issues
(heat maps), and visibility both to trends and statistical process control data for
Pearson’s School Assessment Business.