Kimberley Higgins

5851 Anderson Ave SE Apt.16 khb92aaa@westpost.net

Albuquerque, NM 87108 321-480-8561
PROGRAM SCHEDULER / PROJECT PLANNER
Positive, results driven and well-organized Project Professional who gives 100%
to any employer using the best of my abilities to achieve both company and perso
nal success. Project qualifications combined with ability to develop and impleme
nt technical solutions to meet critical business needs. Possess outstanding lead
ership and interpersonal skills resulting in effective working relationships and
top performance with program office, financial team, engineering team, and exte
rnal customers.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Microsoft Project (MSP)
* Steelray Project Analyzer
* Cost and Schedule Integration
* DCMA 14 pt Analysis
* Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
* Granada Dynamic
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Harris Corporation, Palm Bay, FL 1988-2010
Program Scheduler (2004-2010)
* Developed top level, intermediate and detailed schedules, in conjunction with
IPT leads, at a level sufficient to depict a meaningful critical path and perfor
mance for Integrated Master Schedules, Studies, IR&Ds, and special projects.
* Developed and maintained an 18,000 line item network logic schedule for a $210
M program.
* Managed the preparation of contract implementation schedules and validated con
tract baselines
* Ensured that the IMS can be cross-referenced to the Statement of Work, Integra
ted Master Plan, and Work Breakdown Structure.
* Ensured that the IMS can be verified to be compliant with internal, SOW and CD
RL requirements.
* Ensured that the IMS is compliant with the Earned Value Management System (EVM
S) policies and scheduling best practices.
* Established, collected, and reported of schedule metrics to assess schedule pe
rformance, including the analysis of variances between actual performance and pl
anned performance within the IMS.
* Created weekly custom reports for IMS analysis for formal program reporting to
the customer in compliance with CDRL requirements.
* Facilitated weekly Integrated Master Schedule meeting with Control Account Man
agers, Project engineers, and Program Managers.

Harris Corporation, Palm Bay, FL

Project Coordinator (2000-2004)
* Maintain Baseline in M*PM.
* Run and Distribute open commitment reports, weekly labor reports, headcount re
ports, cost statements to Cost Account Leaders (CAL's) and program management.
* Update Estimate at Complete (EAC) and Variance at Complete (VAC) with CAL's.
* Support Program Financial Analysts (PFA's) with Rolling Waves and Re-plans.
* Status of Milestones and other activities with cost and schedule integration.
* Support PFA's, Program Management and CAL's as requested.
* Run proposals in scores/pacer cost and pricing tool.
* Update program reviews.
Harris Corporation, Palm Bay, FL
Program Administrator (1986-2004)
* Support all team members on Program.
* Arrange all travel arrangements and expense reports for team
* Update Program Reviews in Power Point for customer submittal.
* Make arrangements for customer meetings with security and catering
* Control documents for classified storage
Education
University of Phoenix Online, 160 Hours Course work completed toward BA in Busin
ess Administration
Brevard Community College - Melbourne, Florida AA Degree - General Studies 2004
References
Available upon request