Darrin L Brooks

About Darrin L Brooks

Seasoned professional in IT Project Management with experience using Waterfall, AGILE and…

Experience

1. Sr IT Project Program Manager

   Leica Biosystems

   Dec 2020 — Present

   Managing all globe aspects of assigned programs throughout project lifecycles and ensure completion within the defined scope. • Developed and improved end to end vendor life-cycle management processes • Managing regular senior level collaborative meetings between vendor and business, ensure there are metrics across all KPIs to ensure performance management • Performed cost managed purchase order management tasks • Managing IT system implementations system maintenance activities • Managing the development and monitoring of key performance indicators intended to measure • Tracked and reported on program milestones and provided status reports to project sponsors leadership and stakeholders. Reviewed deliverables prepared by team before submitting to clients. Ensured that all projects (releases) are proceeding according to timelines, meeting targets and expectations. • Lead in identifying elements of risk in a project. Analyze and prioritize and consolidate project risks and assess its potential impact to the client and/or vendor. Develop and maintain risk plans, processes and systems in order to mitigate risk, with assistance from SMEs. Maintained issues list, proactively escalating issues to project and departmental leadership to mitigate risk. • Budget management costs associated with a project/program including physical, financial and human capital costs. Integrate cost baselines from multiple projects (releases) into overall program cost budget. Refined project/program cost estimates and confirm funding sources. Monitored the actual cost of project/program versus the budget continuously throughout lifecycle of the project/program. Defines and evaluate factors that may potentially cause cost changes. Conduct in-depth root cause analysis of project/program budget throughout lifecycle. • Weekly/Bi-Weekly team report out of progress of the overall project status and discuss obstacles and risks that need to be addressed.

Education

• (MPOi) Management Professionals International

  SAP/PMP/BA Certification, SAP-FI/CO/MM Certification

  2009 — 2010

• University of Michigan-Dearborn

  Bachelor' degree Supply Chain management, Supply Chain Management

  1987 — 1990

• University of Phoenix

  Bachelor's Degree, IT eCommerce, 3.6

  2002 — 2004