I have 15 years of liaison / Project Management experience between engineering and management. I analysis the clients’ needs and make sure they are meet by implement a value stream delivery though out the project life cycle.
Example I took on a project at Daimler North America in New Product Design and was able to complete my project schedule in 6 months ahead of time, saving over half million dollars in labor cost. At JTS as Business Process Analysis, I was able to improved their operation efficiency by 25 percent with a predicted cost saving of $75,000. Seattle Give Camp I co-lead 28 projects with over 200 students and professionals to create websites for nonprofit organizations. At Siemens Westinghouse, as Project lead, I lead team of 10: engineers , craft workers, and suppliers by implementing changes management resulting in 47% reduction of rework. Achieved cost savings of $800,000 using techniques such as Lean and Kaizen, continuous improvements.
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1. RENA CUMMINGS, M. S.
Seattle, WA
rcummings43@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/projectmanager3/
Cell (360) 550-8216
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• 10+ years of front-line work experience with a distinctive record of achievement and impact.
• Prepared extensive cost - benefit analysis to support system and process changes
• Experience with product benchmarking and continuous improvements
• Removed team impediments to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Improved documentation process in Share point, with predicted cost savings of $75,000
• As Scrum Master,created sprint stories, kept tasks moving throughout the production pipeline.
• Co-managed 25 teams of Web Developers, to update 25 nonprofit organizations website
• MS in Project Management and Technology Management
• BS in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
• Veteran, 164th Tennessee Air National Guard (TAG), 20 years of service, specialty in Flight Operations
KEY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Process Improvement Enterprise Architecture Project Management
Bench-Marking Change Management Google Docs
Gap Analysis Kanban Software Development
Life Cycles (SDLCProject Analysis Resource Scheduling Value Chain
EDUCATION
● Masters of Science in Technology Management, City University 2014
● Masters of Science in Project Management, City University 2011
● BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Memphis 1998
● BS in Manufacturing Engineering, University of Memphis 1998
● IT Security Networking Certificate, Edmonds Community College 2015
● Scrum Master, CSM, Nityo Infotech expected completion 2015
● Project Management Professional, PMP, Nittyo Infotech 2015
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Licton Springs P-Patch; North Seattle Community College; Se a ttle , WA
Construction Project Lead, volunteer November 2013- Present
Licton Springs P-Patch division of the City of Seattle Neighborhood needed to construct four compost bins for the
community garden.
As Project Lead, managed 10 to 12 members on design, construction and building four compost bins within 6
months.
Monitored work flow, complete project within community budget.
Project Managed team of 10 for community garden modification,
Seattle Give Camp: Microsoft Commons, Bellevue, WA
Scrum Project Manager, volunteer October 2013 - 2015
2. Co-managed 28 teams of Software Developers, Web Developers, Database Administrators to update or create webpages
for 28 nonprofit organizations using Agile and Sprint application. As Scrum Master, created sprint stories, kept tasks
moving throughout the production pipeline.
Providing continuous feedback to teams and web-site stakeholders.
Maintained task board and produced daily burn down charts.
Acts as the liaison between the nonprofit owners, and the technology web development teams
JTS Ma na ge Se rvic e s ,Seattle, Washington
B us ine ss Pro c e ss Sys te m Analyst November 2013 - August 2014
JTS needed to update its document control operations to meet increased production demands and allow additional
collaboration amongst employees and contractors. New system had to be compatible with the needs of JTS various
clients.
• Applied Business Architecture Enterprise methodology to identify inefficient process operations
• Applied meticulous GAP analysis to key business processes with a predicted cost savings of $75,000.00.
• Created and documented work flows using Visio and workflow process modeling diagrams
• Increase operation effectively by 25 percent.
• Project lead and coached team of five in the predicted improvement of operation effectiveness by 25 percent.
• Gather data and provide Agile metrics
Daimler North America,Portland, Oregon January 2011 - January 2012
Senior Electronic Development Engineer
New Product Design Project: Linde Gas Gate-lift project required a specially designed battery to accommodate their new
design lift-gate to retrofit 300 trucks. As PM, I led a cross-functional team, to create a project plan to retrofit 300 trucks.
Planning the lift-gate from pre-production phrase,production phrase and deliverable phrase.
● Coordinated and verified design expectations and requirements within Linde Gas Company stakeholders.
● Exceeded the project delivery schedule deadline by 6 months
● Improved resource and inventory scheduling, with cost saving $500,000 in labor.
Boeing, Seattle, Washington July 2008 - June 2010
Manufacturing Flight Test Operations & Validation Engineer
Led a cross-functional team of ground engineers, design engineers and production engineers to manufacture 747, 777 and
737 parts in support flight test operations.
● Implemented a change management to secure new part specification.
● Secured a supplier within 30 days despite varying deliverable schedule.
● Created flight test plans for operational readiness of the plane.
IMC - Infinite Minde Concept, Seattle WA January 2005- September 2015
CEO/Project Manager Consultant
● Proposal to install solar panels ---Good Hope Baptist Church, Seattle WA.
● Implemented project impact analysis with predicted sales and cost increased of 46.7 percent
● Submitted bid of $478,000 to install solar panels and windmill
● Project Manager of The Great African Cook-In event, with 300 attendants.
● Modified tamale machine to meet 45 percent sales increased demand.
Siemens Westinghouse, Fort Payne,AL March 2002-March 2004
Project Manager, Product Design Engineer
As project manager, assignments included:
● Chaired multiple data review and change management “solution meetings”
● 47% reduction of rework in corrosion of Main and Neutral Leads
● Achieved cost savings of $800,000 in rework of Main & Neutral Leads
● Improved operational workflow efficiency by 25 percent in 12 mos.
Graduate Dissertation:
City University October 2011
MS in Project Management
3. Project Lead - Cloud Web: Based – Hospital Patient Billing System
● Managed two global teams; project scope to created a patient web based health care billing-system
● Collaborated on the planning and execution phrase of the cloud base application
● Used Microsoft Azure: Cloud Base Database to create the web based system
MS in Technology Management October 2014
Daimler North America: Technology Pilot Infrastructure Proposal
Mercedes Benz parent global company of Daimler North America was conducting an extensive global infrastructure upgrade using
cloud-based technology to synchronize their business around the globe.
● Created a cloud technology SQL Azure application proposal that would implement SQL database technology and provide a
seamless cloud integration that synchronizes and connects all employees and instances globally
● Identified core issues identified throughout Daimler’s global work force that impedes IT infrastructure production
● Created Service and Technical Enterprise Architecture solutions on IT infrastructure cloud-based upgrade proposal