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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.

Change Management

Custom solutions using COTS and/or customized Power Apps for data warehousing, defining and executing infrastructure plans, and working with projects leads to controlling scope and maintaining business priorities.
I place emphasis from day one on a project that Project Sponsors and stakeholders will need to create a Change Control Committee.

Risk Management

Balanced all project crises and, as needed, escalate executive leadership.
Using historical data analysis, complex project risk registers are part of project coordination, management, data integrity, directory services, business processes, mitigation strategies, and escalation points.

Stakeholder Management

As a leader filled with intellectual curiosity, on top of customer risk management, I led the teams to keep all project timelines under control.
Meeting business needs with solid customer feedback loops to build upon user experience and create alignment with strategic direction.
Managed teams in a matrixed environment using cross-functional collaboration to build and maintain various projects and technologies.

Center of Excellence

I dealt with daily prioritization by monitoring the PMO dashboard: a pipeline of 300 NGO, NPO, and For-Profit clients with an average of 65 active projects.
I ensured all team members, especially project managers, continue developing skills with additional training.
I analyzed workflows and established priorities for daily operations.
Commercial software such as Nintex Workflow and Microsoft Power Platform tools in Microsoft 365 are used for continuous improvement and future-proofing.

Richard Tesmer's Biographical Resume

15Jul

MadWolf Technologies: Director of Project Management Office

What a rollercoaster MadWolf was for me, and I love rollercoasters! Upon being laid off from Astoundry and their complete surprise collapse, I wasn't sure what my next chapter in life would be. It didn't take long before I faced a choice between the West and East Coast. The West Coast, California, was the sunshine state and looked so inviting. Until you try to find a place to rent or buy- then it loses that luster. But the job would have been exciting. The East Coast, Washington, DC, is the USA's capital, with its history and beauty. Well, it won me over. But there would be many ups and downs (that rollercoaster) that would make for an exciting and, at times, challenging career.

When I first applied, the Job Title was Senior Project Manager. I did not yet realize that I would be part of a project manager team of one. All other resources for project management and development were offshore in India. This made sense for MadWolf, which is predominantly a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and specializes in supporting the network, security, and sometimes applications for NGOs and NPOs. It is prevalent that the NGOs and NPOs would have a tiny footprint in DC (office space is costly) and that small teams in DC would support hundreds or thousands of staff globally dispersed attacking various philanthropic efforts. It was that rollercoaster of a ride; no two clients were alike in their charitable goals and how they wanted to achieve them. At any given time, MadWolf would have 300 clients and over 60 projects on the project board.

SAMPLE PROJECTS

PROJECTS: STATE, FEDERAL, & NGO

PROJECTS: INTEGRATIONS
Asana
Dynamics
Integrate Enterprise Software
NetSuite
SAP 4 Hana
SAP 4 Hana: eWMS
Teams

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