Advisicon, Inc.

Cindy M. Lewis, MCTS, MCITP, MCT, PMP, PMI-SP
Senior Project Advisor

Cindy M. Lewis

Cindy is a Senior Project Advisor at Advisicon, Inc. She brings 17 years of experience in training and managing large projects. As a professional project manager, Cindy has focused her career on Information Technology projects specializing in company-wide system implementations spanning industries such as financial, manufacturing, medical, education and high tech. Cindy has in-depth expertise in lifecycle management, organizational project/portfolio process development and management, and customized curriculum development and execution.

Cindy has been a sought-after consultant called on to help numerous companies both locally and across North America to assist and rescue failed Project Server implementations in Project Server 2002, 2003, and 2007. In Project Server 2010 Cindy has captured complex business requirements and delivered a best in case solution recommending features that derive value for the business and provided consultative training to apply these features immediately. She has deployed Project Server 2010, deployed Proof-of-Concept instances and has directed Project Server 2007 to Project Server 2010 upgrades.

Cindy also enjoys leading large groups and has provided extensive training on Microsoft Project via both live and virtual classrooms. In addition to teaching, she has taken a role as the lead author on courseware development for new courses on Microsoft Project and Project Server.

Accomplishments

  • Co-authored Managing Projects using Microsoft Project Server 2010 published by MVP-Press.
  • Invited by Microsoft to participate in a forum of Subject Matter Experts to provide expert knowledge on Project 2007 and 2010.
  • Contributed as an author and technical editor for Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2007 and 2010
  • Developer of custom curriculum and co-authored all of the Microsoft official courseware for Project and Project Server 2007
  • Sought after speaker and featured presenter at events such as Microsoft Project Conference and the PMI Global Congress several years running

Certifications

  • MCTS: Project and Project Server
  • MCITP: Project Server
  • MCT
  • Project Management Institute PMP
  • PMI-SP

Education

  • MBA, inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society, Regis University, Denver, CO
  • BBA in Business Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Experience

  • Deployment
    • Deployed a new Project Server 2010 solution for DTS at their international headquarters.
    • Implemented a Project Server 2010 proof-of-concept solution and then managed a Project Server 2007 to 2010 upgrade for a major super grocery store chain in the Midwest.
    • Helped numerous companies through a project management lifecycle process improvement strategy in their conversion from Project Server 2007 to Project Server 2010.
    • Provided configuration and administration mentoring to a team of IT PMO members in Project Server 2010.
    • Implemented a Project Server 2010 solution in both a hosted and in-house environment.
  • Training
    • Provided Project Server 2010 process improvement and productivity training for DTS, Inc. after gathering complex business requirements.
    • Delivered a knowledge transfer training session for a Project Server 2010 implementation for Terasen Gas (largest gas supplier in British Columbia, Canada).
    • Taught multiple Project 2010 hands-on labs for Microsoft at PMI Global Congress in Washington, DC.
    • Selected as featured presenter for numerous presentations on “Best Practices” for various associations and special events including: PMI Global Congress, PMI Seminars World, PMI Chapter Events, and Microsoft Trade Show Events.
  • Project Management/Organizational Development
    • Analyzed complex business processes and established project management solutions to reduce project delivery variances.
    • Spearheaded several key company-wide software upgrade projects instrumental in boosting overall performance levels.
    • Appointed to lead committees in proactively addressing emerging corporate initiatives.
    • Served as key technology consultant to critical project teams.
    • Deep knowledge of lifecycle management techniques.
    • Expertise in project-specific and enterprise-wide process improvement methodologies.

Contact

Email

Call Cindy on her cell 616-446-8569 or at work 360-317-6702

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