Sherryl Schown

About Sherryl Schown

What Drives Me: Tackling challenging projects and guiding them to success. How I…

Experience

1. Technology Services Lead

   Environmental Science Associates

   Jul 2020 — Present

   Remote Senior Project Director and Management Consultant of a diverse portfolio of complex projects ranging from project oversight to custom software applications. Develop, manage, and own project budget, schedule, scope, and quality for portfolio in excess of $5m. Meeting burn down, financial reporting, and managing to target margins. People manager that advocates for team members\' career pathways, time off, compensation, and bonuses - mentoring and coaching them to success.\\\\nIdentify, schedule, and track project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks and measure and report progress toward completion for both company and client projects, programs, and portfolios.\\\\nExpert problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement.\\\\nOversee all aspects of complex projects or programs, such as a change in direction, scope, benefits, costs, and timing while minimizing financial risks oversees the project activities of multiple project managers and works closely with management to ensure successful delivery of the project to department standards.\\\\nContribute to the development of, and ensure adherence to, company-adopted project management methods.\\\\nPlanned, direct, coordinated, and reported project management activities in accordance with ESA\'s Program Management Office policies and standards.\\\\nOversee multiple projects, the overall project plan(s), reporting, status reports, organizational leadership, project teams, and client/customer groups.\\\\nExecution of large-scale, concurrent projects with greater than $1 million contract values.\\\\nMember of several employee affinity groups: Project Management Forum, Product Owner Community of Practice, JEDI, African American (B7ack), and LGBTQ+\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n