Brian Carvajal

Experience

1. IT Project Manager

   Caterpillar Inc.

   May 2017 — Present

   Took ownership of the project process, project deliverables, and communication frameworks, including the administration of project collaboration tools• In collaboration with project teams, created and maintained project plans, milestones, and schedules, including deliverables across all impacted areas of assigned projects. Provides oversight and leadership during project execution to ensure alignment with project deadlines• Facilitated the definition, management, and negotiation of project scope and scope change controls between the project team and key business stakeholders for traditional SDLC projects. Worked directly with the Product Owner for backlog management and prioritization for Scrum teams• Tracked and resolved project issues/impediments and team conflicts. Facilitated escalation of issues not resolvable by the project team to the appropriate business or IT sponsor and track to successful completion• Managed project resource budget and addressed discrepancies between baseline and actual time reporting and expenses• Identified risks in conjunction with the project team and stakeholders. Worked with the project team and stakeholders (based on the risk) to define mitigation plans and ensure plans are tracked and status of the risks are reviewed on a regular basis• Worked with the Change Management team to assess necessary business readiness activities and integrated them into project plans. Managed change management and communications outreach efforts across the broader organization in support of project implementations• Created and maintained all required project artifacts and documents. Communicated assumptions, decisions, issues, risks and drives for resolutions and mitigations. Documented lessons learned for all completed projects