Kerry Smith

Background

About Kerry Smith

IT Senior Advisor with: Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) Six Sigma Lean Green Belt Certification Project Management Certification Competent Toastmaster Certification 25+ years of IT large enterprise experience 10+ years of Transmission & Distribution and IT Infrastructure project management experience 5+ years in a PMO management leadership role 3+ years of Oracle Exadata and Citrix project management experience Senior project manager/project coordinator leading cross functional organizational unit teams on projects ranging from 25K to 10M with durations of 3 months to 5 years. FEMA NIMS - Incident Management Team - Operations Section Chief IT Diversity and Inclusion Team Lead Successful, motivated, innovative, results-oriented, high-energy technical IT Senior Advisor with over 25 years in IT. Technical leader with strong business skills and vast experience and knowledge in all aspects of technology project delivery. Stakeholder satisfaction achieved by proactively coordinating, motivating and leading multiple teams to complete projects on-time and within schedule and budget. Skill set includes the ability to coordinate among project managers and resource managers to establish goals to achieve successful outcomes. To do this I rely on my experience to integrate multiple project schedules including tasks milestones, resource assignments, and task dependencies resulting in a clear understanding of critical path activities for each project. In addition have the ability to identify risks and issues that may affect project deliverables and targets, and interact with project team to develop and implement mitigation strategies and corrective actions to ensure minimal impact to the project. I have strong change management skills with respect to resource planning, resource allocation, schedule and scope change. I excel at establishing and maintaining regular communication with project teams and stakeholders to update project health according to project baseline.