Akilah Pennington

About Akilah Pennington

As a Project Manager at Connexall, I’m passionate about delivering innovative healthcare…

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Connexall

   Jun 2022 — Present

   Define the projects scope and determine what resources are available, estimating time and financial commitment • Act as a leader in assigning project tasks and determining deadlines. Meet regularly, get status updates to chart progress while reallocating resources as needed. • Monitor actual spend as compared to the planned budget including travel expenses, resource time allocations, project support and customer training. • Take ownership of all project related activities including monitoring progress, project tasks, timelines, escalations, reallocating of resources and updates to project team. • Adhere to Statement of Work (SOW) and create project related documentation such as(but not limited to) project plan, project implementation checklist, project change orders, technical design documents, project acceptance documents. • Develop the project delivery schedule which includes identification and logical sequencing of activities needed to complete deliverables and to identify critical paths. Identifies risks and develops mitigation plans. • Proactively leads the communication of project plans, project status and issues to all stakeholders including executive management and project team. Engage guidance from mentors as appropriate. • Perform monitoring and controlling functions- monitors and acts upon project metrics, develops and manages the project plan, business case, resource plan, etc. • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, understanding interdependencies and constrained resources. Phase projects accordingly to meet client needs as they affect direct patient care. • Assist on Project Implementation when required: actively follow through with customers and vendors to implement software. • Lead UAT with end users including coordination and user acceptance sign-off. • Follow up and assist customers and vendors to help them successfully test and implement our software solutions.