Summary of Richard Tesmer's Project/Portfolio Management Skills
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Strategic Project/Program Planning
- Created measurable KPIs for the accountability of the enterprise programs for SAP, Salesforce, and SAP eWMS to drive decisions, exceeding budget targets by 20%.
- Documentation of management strategy through SWOT and GAP analysis.
- Support the creation of the project or program charter, project initiation documentation, project planning documents, and business processes aligned with expectations.
- Skills in talent management through recruitment and strong relationships with developers (on and offshore), IT professionals, security specialists, logistics, and procurement resulting in teams with the lowest turn over rates in the companies history.
Budget Management and Cost Reduction
- Expertise in increasing sales targets by 10-20% through creating and using collaboration platforms.
- Managed five major programs simultaneously, ensuring all deliverables met timelines and quality
- standards; established effective feedback loops with clients, improving project alignment within
- strategic direction by over 30%.
- Highly skilled at managing active projects portfolio valued at $15M annually, with medium ($500K
- to $1.5M) to large-sized projects/programs ($1.5M to $5M).
Team Leadership and Development
- My plan to overcome resistance to Agile, was overcome by creating a hybrid approach called ScrumFall. This allowed an iterative approach while working within the project's triple constraints.
- I am a specialist at implementing new technologies, improving projects, automation, customer engagement, customer relationship management, and performance.
- I lead local and global project teams as shepherd leader, a servant leader, and a mentor.
- I have built PMO teams of twelve senior-level project managers, paired with six junior project managers, four business analysts, and onshore/offshore development teams, elastically sized to high of 90 programming resources.
- I excel at leading self-organized, agile, high-performing teams with a hands-on approach to building relationships, supporting end-to-end customer success stories, and resolving real-time issues.
Silos and Collaboration
- With technology changing so quickly, Agile's use of Kanban and Scrum was added to replace most Waterfall projects, which led to smoother collaboration between matrixed teams.
- I take pride in the development of global multicultural staffing of project resources with a high cultural empathy and sensitivity, which contributed to a 90% year-over-year retention rate of clients.
- Through the combination, I was able to lead the combined efforts of Professional Services with Project Management teams. Resulting in an improved environment for custom applications, business units breaking down silos, and collaborating for improvement in communication.