SHARON L. KEIL, PMP, MBA, Secret Clearance
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Ms. Keil has consulting experience including 12 years of telecommunication and
information technology management as well as 8 years experience with government
and Aerospace programs. Experience ranges from Program/Project Management to
Business Development and Analysis, Program Planning including Integrated Master
Plan/Integrated Master Schedule (IMP/IMS), Risk Management, Earned Value
Management (EVM), Process Engineering, Systems Engineering and Test, Cost
Estimation, Data Management, Product Management, and Call Center activities. Ms
Keil can claim fourteen years of program and project management success with
ventures ranging from product and IT systems development to network
infrastructure upgrades, federal mandates, and government contracts. She is well
versed in the project management principles (PMI PMBOK) of time, cost (earned
value), scope, risk, quality, communications, human resource, contract and
procurement management as well as project integration. She has been responsible
for tracking key business and financial indicators. Management activities have
also included the establishment of organizational controls, organizational and
process development (including CMMI and Six Sigma), business analysis and audit,
marketing, financial analysis and EVM, cost estimation, scheduling, risk,
contract administration, training and mentoring, supervision, knowledge
management including database development, requirement analysis and validation,
quality assurance including performance-based metric development, as well as
vendor assessments and negotiations. In addition, Ms. Keil has practical
experience in business process development, improvement, and management (Visio)
for the purposes of streamlining and maintaining business practices as well as
ensuring service quality. She has practical experience in software evaluation,
source selection, development and test. She has received practical exposure to
the design of databases (Access) for information retention and reporting, and has
had practical training and exposure to business and technical requirement
analysis, proposal development and RFP response, as well as business plan
development. Member of PMI. 

 *  Managed service and operational projects including the development,
revision, and implementation of IT systems, hardware/software upgrades, and
implementation of process improvement methodologies
 *  Launched product requirement validation procedures through business and
technical requirement assessments and User Acceptance Test (UAT) planning.
Developed job templates for cost benefit analysis, UAT, document archival
procedures, and various associated documents. 
 *  Implemented several IT environments including Production, User Acceptance
Test, Configuration, Staging, and System Test for a large scale re-engineering
effort replacing legacy insurance industry systems and replacing with customized
Trizetto software products covering several facets of business at Great West
Life
 *  Development and implementation of Risk Management Plan (RMP), processes and
database (Oracle) for Northrop Grumman. Led risk review teams and reported risk
progress to senior management.
 *  Development and management of integrated master plan (IMP) and schedules
(IMS) for Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Honeywell. Prepared customer
presentations for progress reporting. Gained practical experience in Earned Value
Management (EVM). Familiar with DCMA tripwire metrics. Experience in program
re-planning including working with Cost Account Managers in the forecast of
future work, resource and financial needs
 *  Spearheaded PMO, IMP, IMS, and risk development assistance for a contract
associated with the 30th Space Wing; performed project scheduling and training
for the USDA; and conducted a software evaluation for the Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command (SPAWAR). Developed IMS training material as well as process
plans for Honeywell (CMMI/Six Sigma)
 *  Lead Risk Management efforts including the development and implementation of
Risk Management Plans (RMP), processes and databases (Oracle, SQL) for Northrop
Grumman as well as Lockheed Martin. Led risk review teams and reported risk
progress to senior management
 *  Developed training programs for Project Management, Risk Management, and
Schedule Development
 *  Provided support for reviews including Integrated Business Review (IBR),
Joint Surveillance Reviews (JSR), Program Management Review (PMR), Preliminary
Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR). Experience in briefing all
levels of management as well as customers as well as coordinating project needs
will all levels of management and staff.
 *  Participant in proposal development teams responding to RFPs/ RFIs for
business capture. Developed proposal pricing through the development of financial
targets, schedule/resource requirements, basis of estimates (BOEs), and an
understanding of the Statement of Work (SOW). Served as volume lead for small
proposal efforts and tracked proposal inputs, reviews, as well as created and
managed a proposal development schedule. 
 *  Served as Process Manager creating process flows starting at Level 0 down to
the documentation of work-steps. Identified process improvement recommendations
and identified metrics for process performance tracking. Participated in CMMI
audits for level certification. Authored operational audit procedures. 
 *  Performed business and technical management evaluation for the state of
Colorado, including the evaluation of cost recovery procedures, technical
management methods, technical architecture assignments, customer service
evaluations, and contract management capacities
 *  Recipient of a President  's Club nomination as well as several Spot Awards
for excellence in project execution as well as process improvement efforts that
lead to more streamlined business practices and reduced costs
 *  Member of Lockheed Martin  's Nova Award winning proposal team. Award is the
highest given for excellence in teamwork and professionalism. Received
recognition from clients in award fee assessments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ISYS Technologies, Littleton, CO
Project Management, Planning and Controls Consultant 2008 - 2009
Serving as Planning and Project Controls consultant for the Raytheon IIS Space
Systems organization. Planning services provided include Schedule, Critical Path,
Performance Metrics (DCMA), and Earned Value Analysis. Additional services
provided include Status Schedule Reviews (SSR) Support, Program Re-planning and
Program Management Review (PMR) Support, Risk Schedule Analysis (Monte Carlo) and
Risk Integration (IMS with Program Risk Management), IMP/IMS Development and
Narratives for Proposal Initiatives. Worked with developers to create or
customize existing tool sets to better address schedule analysis needs. Supported
weekly/monthly business rhythm cycles in coordination with Engineering, Finance
and the Program Office. Programs supported: 
 *  The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
(NPOESS) Program. A low earth orbiting environmental satellite array responsible
for providing global coverage, monitoring environmental conditions, collecting,
dissemination and processing data about the Earth  's weather, atmosphere,
oceans, land and near-space environment
 *  The GPS-OCX Program. A two part program that 1). calls for a trial
management of a new system design for the next-generation global positioning
system control segment (GPS OCX), which will enhance both warfighter and civilian
GPS performance, and 2). a proposal for the implementation of the design
 *  Planning support to Raytheon for the development of the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) proposal. GOES-R is a
series of satellites used in weather forecasting and to observe meteorological
phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property, and
ultimately, economic health and development

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), Denver, CO
Project Management Consultant (6 mo contract) 2007-2008
Provided Project Management services for a major non-profit organization, the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Managed to completion a major data
conversion & migration effort worth ~$500K that involved the transitioning of
over 36,000 records from one instance of Convio to another. Activities included
the development of a Project Plan and Schedule, Process Flows, Test Planning and
Execution, as well as Data Conversion, Loads and Validation. Performed Lessons
Learned. Gained exposure to the following systems: Convio, Altair, Business
Objects, and Merkle Response Services (MRS).

Managed to completion the source selection for a Customer Relations Management
(CRM) toolset. Activities included the identification of business strategy,
business and technical requirements, identification and evaluation of available
toolsets, conducted interviews with potential vendors. Provided Project
Management and Recovery services for Data Caging. Project lacked direction and an
understanding of needed deliverables due to insufficient project planning.
Project had missed several due dates, required additional resources as well as
budget. Facilitated a planning meeting where outstanding work activities were
identified. Developed and managed a project schedule for remaining project
activities. Developed business rules, process flows, work instructions for
activities in support of the data caging effort. Instituted document and
communication controls for all documents developed and instructions issued to
field. Developed and executed test plan for the validation of systems and
processes developed.

Lewis & Fowler, Englewood, CO
Project Management, Planning and Controls Consultant 2007
Supporting the Honeywell Program Office in preparation of the Integrated Master
Plan (I