Tony Ellis Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc

IT Project Manager for the Agencies Public Website Sec.Gov. Responsible for the full lifecycle development of all application and oversight of contractor team resources to include program schedule and budget, information and quality assurance, configuration management, user acceptance testing and training, and coordination with operations. Manage projects through various phases of the Software/Project Life Cycle using the Agile methodology. Prepared and presented project to the required governance boards for reviews and approvals. Ensured projects compliance with applicable security, engineering, and technical, policies/directives.Program Manager for the ServiceNow platform. Responsible for the full lifecycle development of all application and oversight of contractor team resources to include program schedule and budget, information and quality assurance, configuration management, user acceptance testing and training, and coordination with operations. Manage projects through various phases of the Software/Project Life Cycle using the Agile methodology.

Washigton Dc

IT Project Manager for the most critical intelligence application at the National CounterTerrorism Center. Responsible for the full lifecycle development of all application and oversight of contractor team resources to include program schedule and budget, information and quality assurance, configuration management, user acceptance testing and training, and coordination with operations. Manage projects through various phases of the Software/Project Life Cycle using the Agile methodology. Prepared and presented project to the required governance boards for reviews and approvals. Ensured projects compliance with applicable security, engineering, and technical, policies/directives. • Managed project/program execution, monitored and reported status to both project level and senior level management at Project/Program Review Boards, In Progress Reviews, and Customer Status Meetings. • Managed progress ensuring validated and approved requirements were being delivered, project/Program milestones were being met, Control Gates were approved, and organizational goals and objectives were being achieved.• Regularly analyzed Contract Status Reports, reconciling with Project Status Report ensuring Earned Value was properly recorded, reported, and managed. • Fostered and maintained continuous and open communications with stakeholders by providing numerous project briefs and demonstrations to customer groups• Developed and obtained customer approval of a detailed project plan outlining project timelines, goals and objectives and project milestones. Successfully briefed, and obtained approval from the Architectural Engineering Review Board to proceed with the project• Successfully managed an IT portfolio valued at $20M comprising two projects providing IT capabilities improving the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization to meet daily and time sensitive mission requirements

Information Technology Project Manager for a Multi-Government Terrorist Screening Center responsible for managing five terrorist screening center IT applications. Managed projects through various phases of the Software/Project Life Cycle using Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Prepared and presented project to the required governance boards for reviews and approvals. Ensured projects compliance with applicable security, engineering, and technical, policies/directives. Directly responsible for oversight of contractor team resources to include program schedule and budget, information and quality assurance, configuration management, user acceptance testing and training, and coordination with operations. I ensure that the systems are in compliance with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) policies and guidelines and support all Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD) pertaining to information sharing. • Managed the development of estimates for project cost, schedule, and performance. • Managed project/program execution, monitored and reported status to both project level and senior level management at Project/Program Review Boards, In Progress Reviews, and Customer Status Meetings. • Analyze organizational policies and procedures, and make recommendations for improvements. • Research and/or analyze problems, issues, or program requirements. • Performed daily hands-on management monitoring and reporting on project/program scope, schedule, cost, staffing, quality, and risk.• Successfully managed an IT portfolio valued at $15M comprising five projects providing IT capabilities improving the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization to meet daily and time sensitive mission requirements

Arlington Va

Managed numerous projects ranging in size from small to large and complex enterprise-wide multiyear IT implementations. Directly responsible for all coordination, monitoring, and software development in accordance with the DEA System Development Lifecycle (SDLC). I was also designated as the Release manager which included working with other internal organizations such as the Integration and Management (SIG) Unit and Operations and Support (SIO) Sections to ensure Concorde Releases are deployed on-schedule and working with project managers to develop integrated release schedules, and to create build processes and scripts. •Developing and maintaining project Work Breakdown Structures and associated schedules•Developing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs)•Scheduling, coordinating and participating in all JRP and JAD sessions for assigned projects to gather and finalize requirements•Coordinating all project meetings with Program Offices and other stakeholdersPlanning for, managing and executing assigned project(s) according to approved project schedules and budgets while adhering to Concorde PMO and SI standards, guidance and direction•Creating, updating, and reviewing workbooks to include: WBS, budget sheet, risks matrix, issues log, action log, milestones sheet, communications plan, CM summary sheet, and deliverable acceptance sheet with the Project Management Unit Chief on a bi-weekly basis

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Deputy Project Manager for the State of Indiana Family Social Services Administration (FSSA) modernization systems.•Directly responsible for controlling the development team $15.6 million budget to include all vendor invoicing.•Maintained the development team Microsoft Project Plan to include work breakdown structure (WBS), scheduling, resource leveling, and critical path methods.•As deputy project manager, chaired the issues, risks, and change request (CR) weekly meetings.•Weekly brief the Project Executive on the overall status of the Development Team to include financials, workplan, issues, risks, and CRs.