Amr / American Airlines / Sabre Work Values

Daily Duties at Amr / American Airlines / Sabre:

SABRE Product Marketing Business Planning – SABRE, Inc. 1997-2000 Manager/Sr. Process Management Specialist/Quality Team Lead/Facilitator • Resolved and optimized Sabre corporate Y2K enterprise program integration with early certification completion. • Customized audit mechanism with SEI CMM and internal processes assessing VP divisions for go to green plans. • Managed assessment team and consulted on project management practices, tools and project office startups. • Served as representative in multi-company requirements gathering improvement and certified in new approach • Coordinated executive’s enterprise portfolio review meetings, facilitated objectives and integration sessions. • Trained Sr. /Middle Management in business and project management System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). SABRE Technology Solutions - FT. Worth, TX 1994-1997 Sr. PM Consultant Lead/Project Manager • Led selection and development of SABRE/American Airlines corporate project management curriculum. • Assessed 99 vendors and led cross departmental team to select final vendors and assisted with contract negotiations and vendor management while training 4,000 staff enabling better execution of project management disciplines for increased on time, within budget, quality delivery, and satisfied clients. Streamlined approach $20M labor savings. • Led project management consulting and Microsoft Project Office tool support, clarified corporate requirements. • Developed and leveraged “Building a Project Office (PO)”/PMO process and packet for need of structured PMOs   SABRE Development Services – American Airlines - Carrollton/Dallas, TX 1992-1994 Co-Project Manager • Achieved on-time project delivery, regaining 3-month slippage and contributing to $200M savings. • Managed internal team of 16 IT / business professionals with 2 supervisors and helped reorganize staff of 160. • Developed and managed project plan and coordinated litigation expert analyst schedule and tracked deliverables. • Led case preparation process improvement, provided orientation training, and jointly built a very effective team. AMR Information Services (AMRIS) - Carrollton/FT. Worth, TX 1990–1992 Sr. Project Management Consultant • Hired to evaluate and improve existing program office practices and did so maintaining existing team. • Achieved fully integrated and 600 resource leveled schedule leveraged by 4 partners and 30+ project managers. • Served as implementation manager/trainer for View Point used on $100+ million project and national instructor. • Established and maintained the logistical schedules for migration of employees during project close down. • Tackled cultural roadblocks to provide more effective planning, scheduling, and tracking. Grew issue awareness, structured action teams, standardization and presented at DOD Veterans Affairs National Project Management Conference on importance of scheduling, project close-downs, and enterprise scheduling. • Managed VHA migration of 350 schedules using limited resources and still achieved desired quality on time.

What they like about Amr / American Airlines / Sabre:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

Tags

Management, Project Management, Data Management, Disaster Recovery, Merchandising, Planning, SCRUM, Scrum Agile Methodology, Senior Project Manager, Agile, Lean and Kanban Techniques | IdeaBoardz | MS Office Suite( MS Team, MS Project, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access), Visio, SharePoint | XPERT | Primavera | Artemis | CA Super Project | Monte Carlo Technique | Critical Path Method(CPM) | Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) | Arrow Diagram Method (ADM), “Qik” | ReFund Pro | Cirrus | Southwest.Com | Sky Speed/Sky Port | Field glass | SCRUM | Rally | Jira | Plan View | Learning Python, Agile / Scrum Project Management, Traditional Project Management, Information Technology | IT, MS Office Suite ( MS Project | Excel | Word | Visio | PowerPoint |Outlook | Access )

Skills

Traditional Project Management, Agile/Scrum Project Management, Problem Solving, Communication - All Levels, Boosting Team Morale, Team Leadership, MS Office Suite (MS Project, Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Office Suite (MS Team, Access, Visio, Outlook), Lean and Kanban Techniques, Critical Path Method (CPM) Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT), SharePoint, XPERT, Monte Carlo Technique, IdeaBoardz, Artemis, Primavera, CA Super Project, Plan View, Jira, Rally, Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM), "QIK", ReFund Pro, Cirrus, Southwest.com, Sky Speed, Sky Port

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