Dawn West

Background

About Dawn West

Professional with over 15 years experience across IT, Logistics, Education and Finance. I have strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to analyze, present solutions and manage multiple projects through to completion-Lead medium to large size projects using a standard project management tools and methodology-Interact with the client and third parties/vendors on project deliverable's and activities-Work directly with all areas of the company on all phases of the project life cycle, from Concept through Post Implementation-Coordinate meetings for internal, external, and international project teams, updates project repositories and meeting notes, and track project artifacts-Perform project management / analysis duties in all phases of the project life cycle: plan the project, determine the resources, tasks, and timelines, identify issues, risks and put together mitigation plans, develop and execute a communications plan, manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs, and provide ongoing status reports to senior leadership. Knowledge Areas Tandem (OSS/Guardian), Unix, HTTP, RMI, CORBA, MQ Series, C++, Java, XML, SQL, Nortel DMS250/DMS300/DMS500 (NGVN) Switches, Class 4 Network Provisioning, Class 5 Network Provisioning, WinCVS, Mercury Interactive Tools (Test Director, WinRunner), Rational Rose, Casewise Corporate Modeler, Telelogic (DOORS, CM Synergy), Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, PeopleSoft, Project Management, Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile and Waterfall Methodologies, Jira