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Jones, PMP
Houston, TX 281.451.7108 Connie.JonesPMP@gmail.com LinkedIn Profile
IT PMO Director
Transformational Global Risk Mitigation
Senior leader with a strong background in developing and growing Program Management Office (PMO) and
applications team capabilities with a focus on complete business solutions. Years of experience working with
projects of all sizes to lead teams to successful implementation and value realization for the business. Skilled at
team building and mentoring employees and contractors to ensure IT solutions, business applications and
process improvement projects are delivered in a quality manner.
Connie did an amazing job balancing multiple competing interests to deliver a complete solution to
our business challenges. Justin Beres, President, Air Liquide Electronics
Technology-Business Leadership
CAREER
CAREERMILESTONES
MILESTONES&&EXPERTISE
EXPERTISE
Business Partnership. Recovered failing Oracle Supply Chain Planning project and
realized business goals of consistent business processes, greater transparency
into customer demand profiles and reduction in inventory levels freeing capital.
PMO Transformation. Collaborated with business leaders to formulate new PMO
work intake process into clear, simple steps. Brought greater definition to roles,
scope, process and reporting. Structured, defined and managed collection of
initiatives needed to achieve high-level business goals.
PMO Execution. Achieved project execution excellence through expansion of
holistic, repeatable, consistent project management practices. Implemented
Lessons Learned process and repository, rigorous risk mitigation, and defined
roles and responsibilities resulting in on schedule/on budget delivery.
Global PMO Creation. Challenged with creating innovative approach to global IT
Sarbanes-Oxley PMO structure, governance and methodology across 5 business
lines and 18 countries. All application and infrastructure controls assessments
completed ahead of schedule and under budget.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Program / Project Management Consultant
Houston, TX | 2003-2007 & 2009-present
Simplified PMO Process: At Air Liquide, created Project Management Center of Excellence for the Americas.
Streamlined work intake process reducing ambiguity and effort required by business partners resulting in increased
customer satisfaction. Developed business cases, secured funding approvals, and negotiated contracts.
Built Global PMO Organization: At Hewlett-Packard, created global IT SOX PMO organization, governance and
methodology across 5 business lines and 18 countries. Teams evaluated manual and automated controls such as
intrusion prevention/detection, data encryption, recovery process and physical data center security. All application
assessments performed remotely without any travel expenditures.
Partnered with Internal Audit to identify improvement to HP Global IT Policy and Procedures.
Responsible for $10M annual operating budget with 25 FTEs located in 7 HP offices globally.
PMO Development
Mission, vision,
objectives
Team structure
PM tools & practices
People Management
Mentor team
Foster strong
relation- ships with
business & IT
Develop & manage
reporting to sponsors
Team Leadership & Development: Responsible for E&Y staff development. Assigned 5
staff and managers level employees to counsel in their career progression resulting in all
receiving at least 1 promotion. Active in quarterly and annual staff performance
evaluations.
UT graduate and under-grad recruiting manager coordinating on campus events
and in-office interviews resulting in over 30 hires.
Financial Management
Manage & drive
budget
Track & report on
financial health of
portfolio and IT
resources
Manager
Fast-tracked Power Trading Application: Accelerated adoption of power trading system using focused process design
to substantiate risk controlled trading 2 months earlier than required allowing company to grow power trading book
earlier than expected.
IT Strategy Development: Led team to develop IT strategy for global chemicals business which rationalized customer
information systems giving an integrated view of global sales.
Deloitte Consulting/DRT Systems
Houston, TX | 1995-1997
Responsible for multiple client initiatives in the energy sector. Included companies involved in energy commodity trading,
natural gas pipeline operations and E&P.
Manager
Supported New Business: Led team to implement natural gas transportation system including SCADA, contracts,
scheduling and invoicing for new Anadarko gas gathering business.
Sustained Business Expansion: Designed, developed and implemented custom developed multi-commodity risk
management system for Duke Energy resulting in accurate reporting of positions and risk.
Other Positions Held
Coastal Corporation, IT Director, Houston, TX 1991-1995; El Paso Corporation, Project Leader, El Paso, TX 1988-1991; KPMG
Peat Marwick, Manager, Senior Consultant, Consultant, Dallas, TX 1978-1988
TECHNOLOGY
Software Life Cycle Methodologies
Waterfall
Agile
Rapid Application Development
PPM/Project Tools
Microsoft Project/Server
Computer Associates Clarity
ServiceNow Project Portfolio
Mgmt
HP Project Portfolio Mgmt Center
Prototype model
HP Quality Center
Cleanroom
Rally Software
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 1978
AFFILIATIONS
Project Management Institute, Project Management Professional, 2010
Women in Computing
Association of Information Technology Professionals