annette murrell

washington d.c metro area

About

Ms. Murrell has more than 16 years of experience in systems engineering, risk management, and program management supporting IC customers. She is a recognized SME in program management encompassing project planning, execution, monitoring, risk, schedule, and resource management. She functions as a senior staff member providing mentorship, guidance and training to other team members. She is a seasoned professional, with outstanding resource balancing skills with ability to support multiple simultaneous projects in a matrix organizational structure. Ms Murrell possesses strong business acumen and understanding of the unique nuances of supporting systems engineering and software development activities in various industries. Certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Country

united states

City

washington

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

strategic planning, program management, project management, process improvement, business process improvement, government contracting, management consulting, budget process, budget monitoring, cost control, financial analysis, variance analysis, financial reporting, eac, month end close, proposal support, proposal writing, ms project, scheduling management, project planning, project governance, requirements gathering, process flow charts, requirements management, requirements analysis, readiness assessments, test planning, test cases, software deployment

Experience

washington d.c metro area

finance manager

verizon fns

2005-10 - 2006-9 · 1 yr

Managed program cost on $64M fixed price contract in support of system engineering program to influence organization's financial profitability. Provided recommendations to Program Manager on budget development and execution activities, subcontractor administration; managed monthly actual cost/commitments, analyzed planned vs. actual FTEs and performed profitability analysis. Provided budget and operations management for corporation financial reporting to including preparing financial forecasts, performing overhead rate, ETC/EAC and receivables analyses as well as assessing planned vs. actual costs.

business manager

l-3 communications

2004-7 - 2005-9 · 1 yr 3 mos

Provided financial management and program control for system architecture development effort. Developed cost baselines using both analogous and “bottoms-up methods” of estimating, monitored actual costs/commitments and reported EAC/ETC and profitability. Prepared weekly financial status reports and generated monthly Contract Funds Status Report and program financial performance status report in accordance with the SOW.

systems engineer and scheduler

ross technologies, rtgx

2003-5 - 2004-7 · 1 yr 3 mos

Researched project portfolios to identify system engineering and architecture projects within various phases of the SDLC lacking WBS documentation. Developed major milestone schedules in support of quarterly program performance status to Congress. Maintained IMS analyzed milestones and tracked project performance. Tracked program actions, analyzed schedule dependencies and provided status report of conflicts to ensure timely responses or resolution. Developed quarterly Schedule Analysis Report detailing program activities, milestones and completions.

project manager

magnumhouse

2010-10 - 2012-1 · 1 yr 4 mos

* Managed multiple related project activities directed towards the strategic business and organizational objectives. Provided ongoing project status reports, periodic dashboard reports and response to action items * support engineering team resolve tier-3 issues with emphasis on system development lifecycle (SDLC) activities * Oversaw IT system installation activities for desktop applications, upgrades, patches and deployment efforts in support of SDLC activities for 21,000 user-based community * developed, tracked and maintained integrated project schedules, provided weekly status and schedule updates to client for reporting scorecard deliverables to division management * Provided business operations support to client in response to division requirements * developed executive level briefings, standardized milestone templates for Project Management Framework (PMF) control gates, created notional schedules for branch-wide usage and program charts for division level governance boards

associate

booz allen hamilton

2006-9 - 2010-10 · 4 yrs 2 mos

project control manager

northrop grumman corporation

1995-10 - 2003-4 · 7 yrs 7 mos

* Managed a staff of Project Control Analysts with oversight of 10 projects with an annual value in excess of $60M * coached, mentored and led personnel within business operations to support the organizations financial objectives * Prepared monthly financial reporting deliverables in accordance with SOW, analyzed ETC/EAC, project spending and funding status. Performed analysis of programs' financial data, trends and identify potential financial issues