Charles F Kunkel

Senior Software Project Manager @Enel X

US

Manage a varied renewable software project portfolio for the Storage Engineering Battery Business Unit, focused on BESS, BESS + Solar, DRP & DMP program participation and coordinate, lead and report on projects to meet quality, schedule and budget requirements. Gather needs from internal and external customers, rank projects ROI, assess expected benefits, scheduling and allocate resources based on the priorities of the department near and long term.Define project scope and objectives in collaboration with key stakeholders, provide technical support to ensure viability and feasibility and liaison with other internal departments, contractors, and external entities.Create detailed and project specific schedules in Aha and dashboards for measuring resource allocation to the relevant activities monitoring progress, forecasting delivery, identifying bottlenecks, removing obstacles while providing visibility to stakeholders via Confluence documentation. Lead Release Management on twice weekly cadence for Site and Cloud micro services SaaS, ensuring documentation, Bitbucket commits, and continual process improvement on over 250 version updates.Lead rapid response task force for production issues driving to resolution, documentation, and process change.Define project scope and objectives in collaboration with key stakeholders, provide technical support to ensure viability and feasibility and manage project interfaces with other internal department, contractors and external entities;Develop a detailed work plan (Springlab JIRA) to monitor and track progress that identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully deliver the project and guarantee quality of the delivery;Manage contracts and associated procurement process through the various steps of a contract: specifications, tenders, award, and execution. Act as main point of contact for contract execution;Support for onboarding major new processes related to the digital hub activities

Western Governors University

Master's degree, Data Analytics

Whitworth University

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Organizational Leadership

Whitworth University

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business Administration, Management and Operations