SUSAN VAUGHN

Susan has over 10 years of consulting experience with the 8th largest CPA and consulting firm.  She has worked as a project manager, business analyst, change management agent, process improvement analyst, risk management analyst, product specialist, systems testing manager, trainer, technical writer, sales person, coach/mentor, and programmer.  She has a proven track record of managing challenging information technology projects and is a results-driven professional with experience leading multifunctional teams of experts in initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing complex projects. 

She founded a project management consulting company in 2000.  Consulting has given her experience with multiple clients, which allowed her to better handle client issues as they arise.  She is also excellent at building client relationships and maintains personal relationships with her past clients.  She is an excellent communicator with demonstrated performance in interacting with all levels of management, clients, contractors, end users, and customers.

She has expertise in facilitation, requirements gathering, and design documentation and possesses great analytical skills and is a creative problem solver.  She is well versed with Capability Maturity Model (CMM) as a project manager, process implementor, process trainer, and process definer.  She assisted an organization in achieving CMM level 2 certification.  She provides innovative leadership and builds teams who think creatively and is an excellent mentor for others.  Susan has done training for over 16 years and is an enthusiastic and effective speaker.

She is dedicated to continuous improvement of project management systems and is an advocate of the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodology, for Project and Program Management.  She has been involved in numerous firm wide initiatives relating to project management due to her passion in this field.  Susan is Project Management Professional (PMP) certified with Project Management Institute (PMI).  Susan is a certified corporate project management trainer for Boston University and ESI.