Renata Weir, PMP, , 714-480-7861
 Differentiating Value from other Applicants:
 *  As the incumbent for the position I am applying for my differentiating
value(s) are: successful translation of enterprise strategic direction into day
to day operational effectiveness.
 *  I strive to create a collaborative team environment with the intention of
coaching and mentoring my teams, my definition of success is to have a team based
on self sufficiency and empowerment. 
 *  On numerous occasions in the role of consultant I have used this approach
and empowered the team to the point of not requiring my services. 
 
 Key Accomplishments:
 *  Provided complex project and program management services in application
development, infrastructure, data warehousing, data center migration, global
reference architecture, data center governance, ITIL/ITSM service level
agreements, SOX compliance/remediation, change management, focusing on
improvement in projects cost, time, quality and performance to quantifiable
measures 
 *  Ability to accurately analyze information, integrate people, processes,
systems and technologies and make strategic decisions regarding project scope,
impact, policy development and implementation and interact with all levels of
management to develop solutions that ensure stakeholder buy-in 
 *  Provided project plans for PM processes of initiation, planning, executing,
controlling and closing on projects of over 3 months duration and budget of 8.5
million of medium to critical risk for Apache, Trans Alta Utilities and Trans
Canada Pipelines 
 *  Used six sigma methodology to provide project execution support for quality
planning, performance improvement and identification of value added processes 
 *  Exceptional negotiation and communication skills, utilized in issue
resolution of cross functional needs and requirements of key stakeholders and
supervision of vendors for Apache Canada and Encana
 *  Coached staff to meet financial objectives by forecasting and tracking
expenditures and monitoring earned value, creation of project baselines, clearly
reporting results and escalating issues to mitigate risk for Apache Canada, Trans
Alta Utilities, Prescription Solutions and Amgen.

Work Experience
Westjet Airlines, Sr. Project Manager, Dec 2008 - April 2009
 *  Utilized leadership and negotiation skills to resolve a logjam in the
negotiation process to the mutual satisfaction of the client and vendor
 *  Coached and mentored project team to create project artifacts and a project
delivery process in a fledgling project environment
 *  Resolved contentious misunderstandings with the SOW between Vendor and
Client
 *  Directed Jr Project Manager on the creation of an ITIL project plan through
initiation to closing
 *  Through coaching and mentoring empowered a highly capable project team to
independence for the implementation of a Call Center Implementation Project when
all major systems were being upgraded or replaced within the enterprise

Prescription Solutions, Sr. Project Manager, March 2008 - current
 *  Responsible for ensuring programs for mergers and acquisitions and business
intelligence are completed within time, budget and on schedule within corporate
strategic priorities
 *  Leadership and budget experience, creation of project plan for measuring six
sigma continuous improvement
 *  Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), and other regulatory requirements
 *  Prepared and managed project budgets and evaluates new equipment and other
capital expenditures and submits purchasing recommendations
 *  Experience with statistical and data analytics for process improvement and
six sigma 
 *  Interact through project status updates and reviews at all management
levels
 *  provide clear direction on key product attributes & product development
requirements to meet expectations of external/internal customers and key
functional area & business stakeholders
 *  act as coach & consultant to peers and have opportunities to manage lower
level direct reports

PMI-Orange County, Vice President of Programs, Board of Directors
 *  Managed 6 different work streams and over 30 volunteers for the purposes of
providing professional educational opportunities to the membership 
 *  Clearly communicate the overall area strategy to all team leads and work
with them to create an operational plan
 *  Applied sound knowledge of change processes toward supporting program and
chapter objectives
 *  Prepare and submit an annual budget of over 250K/annum
 *  Oversee strategic planning and development of new products and services in
area of responsibility based on membership feedback, stakeholder needs and PMI
direction 
 *  Appoint and oversee appropriate operating committees composed primarily of
PMI-OC member volunteers 

Amgen, Sr. Project Manager, July 2007  *  March 2008
 *  Project Manager for the remodel of a data center and migration of servers to
other global data centers, the implementation of HP  ™s proprietary data center
cooling technology, the creation of a global reference architecture, the creation
of a global data center governance program tying into service and operational
level agreements
 *  Interface with the Company's management and with consulting engineers,
construction managers for data center remodel 
 *  Lead a team responsible for the installation and validation of equipment,
processes and systems in compliance with cGMP and validation protocols
 *  Provided process review and redesign support for an infrastructure tactical
stabilization, strategy and governance and application hosting work streams in an
Infrastructure Transformation Project 
 *  Responsible for reviewing and maintaining process improvement methodologies,
tools and techniques 
 *  Creation of project plans for the ratification of Sop  ™s and Standards for
a global implementation of a SLA infrastructure under ITIL methodology to achieve
reference architecture
Southern California Edison, Manager Programs and Contracts, January 2007  * 
April 2007
 *  Define system requirements, design test plans, data validation routines
using structured design and analysis methodologies for reporting processes and
practices for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response programs for data extracted
into a data mart
 *  Analyzed and negotiated data, document processes and design reports that
represent complex technical data in a non technical way
 *  Positively impacted the morale of the team created a common consensus and
direction among the team and set a new proactive direction.
 *  Facilitated meetings, Joint Application Development sessions to design
reports to represent Energy Efficiency data
 *  Created a project plan for measurement of sales representative  ™s data
using six sigma methodologies
 *  Analyzed and understand the business requirements, mapped current processes
to new systems and services and facilitated resolution of existing data input
issues

Latham Watkins, Senior Data Delivery Engineer, November 2005  *  April 2006
 *  Met users  ™ information requests by re engineering processes, designing
data queries and reporting architectures for data extracted into a data mart
 *  Planned data delivery by establishing data and meta data architecture,
developed data models, best practices, delivery strategy, developed business
case, negotiate project commitments, determine resource allocations, change
requests, created BI solution delivery strategy
 *  Responsible for requirements gathering, analysis, design, technical reviews,
formal change control process
. 
Duke Energy, Sox Compliance Engineer, October 2005
 *  Ensured operations department was in compliance with federal and corporate
SOX policies and standards
 *  Served as the liaison to the Internal audit team as well as IT staff, vetted
   As is    processes from 5 business units to resolve bypass processes to a
centralized change management process 
 *  assisted with audit remediation, exception tracking, business process
continuity, re-engineering and disaster recovery planning, GAP resolution by
identifying value adding processes that resulted in policy modifications
 *  assisted with the Forward Schedule of Changes, Process adherence, creating
collaboration between key stakeholders and Audit Staff

Port of Los Angeles, Project Manager, Business Intelligence Engineer, February
2005  *  September 2005
 *  Achieved strategic operational objectives by contributing information and
recommendations, for data delivery and ETL processes for data mart prototype
 *  Created project plans in areas of BI solution delivery using the SDLC
methodology, integration, scope, schedule, budget, quality assurance, resources
for A/P and A/R systems prototype of reporting architecture
 *  Prepared and completed project plans, identified trends and determined
system and process improvements through the identification of value added
processes
 *  Coached and mentored the implementation of a Crystal Enterprise/BO reporting
system, portal(web reporting) and dashboard solutions, by leading port staff on
measuring baseline performance
 *  architected Business Objects solutions to various RFP  ™s complimenting the
clients long-range strategic plan 
 *  Client was so impressed by our team  ™s ability to develop internal design
specifications that we were invited to bid on process improvement project.
 *  delivered software solution by managing all phases of the project life
cycle, lead a team and supervised vendors

Department of Corrections, Virtual Project Manager, February 2004  *  September
2004
 *  Delivered software data warehouse metrics reporting solution, lead and
mentored a matrixed team of developers 
 *  Lead resolution of organizational information problems and requirements for
strategic enterprise management 
 *  Coached and mentored data warehouse, ETL, and business intelligence
initiatives