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DANA WOODWARD, PMP

Alexandria, VA 22315
703.994.8563 | dana.woodward@ymail.com

SR. PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGER


20+ Years of Impactful, Cross-Industry Leadership Experience
Influential, growth-minded leader with extensive experience planning, executing and directing enterprise-wide
technology projects within Fortune 500 environments. Strategic change agent skilled in identifying and
overhauling systemic deficiencies to boost productivity and capture cost savings. Powerful negotiator proven in
striking profitable partnerships with vendors, ensuring quality products and elite service. Engaging mentor, trainer
and director of multidisciplinary teams against aggressive cost, time and quality requirements.

A REAS O F EXPERTISE

Program Management
Project Life Cycle
Project Management
Quality Assurance

Team Training & Leadership


Constructive Coaching
Agile & Lean Methodologies
Continuous Improvement

Budget Oversight
Vendor Negotiations
Cross-Team Collaboration
Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM MANAGER, Information Technology Project Management
2009 2014
Navy Federal Credit Union
Vienna, VA
Tactical, strategic Program Manager managing the daily operations of a top strategic program for Information
Services and was a key person in planning and initiating a strategic program for Branch Operations. Mentored,
trained and directed virtual teams of up to 20 members in line with all project management methodologies and
objectives. Devised and deployed sophisticated approaches to impact program effectiveness.
Key Achievements & Engagements
Authority over 5-year, $40M Member Experience Data Program comprised of business intelligence,
infrastructure and data governance initiatives
Co-founded and launched innovative Navy Federals Program Management Life Cycle
Co-created and chaired Navy Federals PM Professionals Forum, a monthly forum for active project
managers and for people interested in the project management field
Spearheaded launch of HPs Project & Portfolio Management Center
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Information Technology Project Management
2007 2009
Ernst & Young
Washington, DC
Oversaw and coordinated complex project portfolio consisting of four business projects, a hardware
infrastructure project and a CRM project. Authority over geographically dispersed teams of up to 13 members,
including developers, engineers and quality staff.
Key Achievements & Engagements
Directed $20 million electronic knowledge management project portfolio consisting of four projects in
which Documentum software was heavily modified to provide monitoring of stored documents, reporting
to various tax business partners, and specific email notifications based on monitoring component
Researched various methods to allow scanning from firms multi-functional devices (combination of Ricoh
and Xerox); wrote project charter and managed project through all phases, from initiation through
controlling
Seamlessly guided enterprise-wide replacement of aging Cisco servers with new Cisco servers for missioncritical tax software

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Alexandria, VA 22315
703.994.8563 | dana.woodward@ymail.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (C ONTINUED )


PROJECT MANAGER CONSULTANT
2007
InPhonic, PROLink
Reston, VA
Gathered, assessed and translated client requirements into customized project management solutions. Utilized
PMI standard project management framework to manage all projects.
Key Achievements & Engagements
Led cross-matrixed team to establish electronic storefront on Best Buy site
Directed implementation and training of Microsoft Project Enterprise
PROJECT MANAGER
2004 2007
FINETRE / EBIXExchange
Herndon, VA
Concurrently led 15+ projects aimed at customizing and integrating brokerage and annuity insurance clients onto
proprietary platform. Served high-visibility clients, including Fidelity Insurance Services, Wachovia Insurance
Services, R.W. Baird, Hartford Life Insurance Company plus smaller brokerage and life insurance clients. Oversaw
small project teams of one to three developers.
Key Achievements & Engagements
Enhanced efficiency and regulatory compliance for Fidelity and other clients by championing migration
from paper-based systems to proprietary AnnuityNet software platform

E ARLY C AREER
PROJECT MANAGER, Texel Corporation
Simultaneously managed 10+ large and small cable infrastructure and network hardware projects.

Reston, VA

PROJECT MANAGER, Star Chef Alliance / Fiveleaf.com


Alexandria, VA
Developed product branding, negotiated vendor contracts and secured new business development opportunities.
PROJECT MANAGER, INSURANCE SERVICES, NOLHGA
Herndon, VA
Managed multiple multi-million dollar projects with risk to the organization ranging from $10M to $400M+.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Microsoft (Project, Project Server, SharePoint, Office, PowerPoint, Visio, Access), Data Warehousing,
J2EE, SDLC, Agile, Scrum, RUP, Waterfall, Visual Source Safe, Web Browsers, Windows

E DUCATION
MBA Coursework, Management, Strayer University
BA, Radio, Television and Film, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

C ERTIFICATIONS
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance

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