Project Manager II at IGT
Reno, Nevada Area
- Current
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- Project Manager II at IGT
- Nutritional & Holistic Health Consultant at USANA Health Sciences
- Past
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- Sr. IT Project Manager at Covance Cardiac Safety Services
- IT Project Manager at Covance Cardiac Safety Services
- Business Analyst at Covance Cardiac Safety Services
- Education
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- University of Phoenix
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Jennifer Jones’s Summary
• I am a senior-level project manager establishing a culture of project management best practices in the gaming industry through the creation of a Project Management Office / Center of Excellence.
• I have championed key, critical project management capabilities, with a focus on timely and complete project delivery.
• I have developed comprehensive yet efficient process improvements with a continuous eye on quality, subsequently establishing a reputation for excellence in my work.
• I have managed and coordinated many local and remote-based, international project teams of varying levels of responsibility and technical aptitudes, e.g., analysts, developers, staff- and executive-level managers from IT and the business, as well as external contractors/vendors.
• I continuously develop and refine communication methods in order to assist project team members and keep key stakeholders regularly apprised of project status.
• I place increased importance on project lessons learned in order to foster enthusiasm amongst team members and set them up for success on future projects.
I am also a nutritional and holistic health consultant specializing in:
• health, fitness & wellness
• business startup & operation, with a focus on helping the young and new entrepreneur
• internet and social marketing using Web 2.0
Jennifer Jones’s Specialties:
• Project management
• Process improvement
• Organizational skills
• GTD
Jennifer Jones’s Experience
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Project Manager II
IGT
(Public Company; IGT; Gambling & Casinos industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
• Develop National Casino Service Project Center of Excellence / Project Support Office, including PMO foundation
• Developed National Project Management Information System in Sharepoint, a source of project management collaboration, documentation, guidance, and metrics as well as central location for all project documentation
• Develop nationally administered project management processes, standards, tools and templates
• Provide PMI standards-based project management consulting for national installation projects
• Mentor and develop project managers and non-project managers in the project management role
• Administer national Casino Service Project Server rollout
• Represent Casino Services in the Server-Based Gaming Experience project, a mission-critical enterprise effort
• Drive cross-organizational project execution, from sales order (requirements) definition to installation
• Define and maintain project management processes, documentation, standards, tools & templates for use within the casino services organization
• Drive continuous process improvement through the promotion and development of a process improvement task force, utilizing the cumulative lessons learned from projects -
Nutritional & Holistic Health Consultant
USANA Health Sciences
(Public Company; USNA; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
In a partnership with the industry's leading nutritional programs, products, and practitioners, provide education in and access to a fully integrated cellular health protection system that:
- has been proven in clinical studies to significantly reduce the risk of acquiring degenerative disease
- provides optimum weight loss and maintenance without dieting
- takes all the guesswork out of internal and external nutritional supplementation
- increases vitality, fitness, energy and immunity
Provide inspiration and empowerment to others who wish enhance their greatest asset – their health – in order to live their best lives.
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Sr. IT Project Manager
Covance Cardiac Safety Services
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CVD; Pharmaceuticals industry)
March 2007 — November 2007 (9 months)
• Successfully planned/managed medium to large projects
• Assembled and led several local and worldwide virtual cross-organizational teams, including external vendors
• Created and successfully adhered to strict project budgets and schedules
• Developed detailed yet efficient methods for providing continuous and regular project status communication
• Utilized mature risk management methodologies to manage and mitigate project risks
• Employed and implemented lessons learned from project reviews, promoting team growth /project excellence
• As a result, established and led IT leadership process review and improvement team
• Mentored all team members in complex regulation-driven documentation and process requirements -
IT Project Manager
Covance Cardiac Safety Services
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CVD; Pharmaceuticals industry)
September 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 7 months)
• Successfully managed medium-large IT projects
• Served as the Regional Software Engineering Process Group representative for Covance Unified System Life Cycle project
• Developed and maintained project documentation: work plans, budgets and other project deliverables
• Resourced, managed and motivated project teams, planned work assignments and schedules -
Business Analyst
Covance Cardiac Safety Services
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CVD; Pharmaceuticals industry)
February 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 8 months)
• Successfully managed several smaller projects
• Represented four business areas: Finance, Study Implementation, Study Management, Data Management
• Member of several global & local teams and committees, including the Covance Unified System Life Cycle project
• Elicited and documented user requirements
• Represented the IT department in pharmaceutical client audits
Jennifer Jones’s Education
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University of Phoenix
Degreee in progress , Business Administration
• Currently a senior in college with the goal of finishing up at a traditional university.
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Jennifer Jones’s Interests:
PROFESSIONAL: Project Management, Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, GTD, Web 2.0, Social Media PERSONAL: My Family, My Dogs, Health, Wellness & Fitness, Skiing, Backpacking, Hiking, Peak Bagging
Jennifer Jones’s Groups:
Project Management Institute
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