Candi Randolph

Charter Performance Management Group LLC

Charter Performance Management Group LLC

Charter Performance helps companies improve their project performance results and meet goverment compliance standards for earned value management through training and implementation of ANSI-compliant earned value management systems (EVMS).

• Startup type: Company
• Status: Active
• Stage: Growth

For more than 20 years, Ms. Randolph has been involved with and managed programs using Earned Value Management methodologies. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and is certified as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. She has a strong background in the management of Information Technology projects and has a special interest and diverse experience in the implementation of Earned Value Management Systems, Earned Value Management Consulting, Earned Value Management Training, Project Management Office Implementation and Project Management Training.

Employer:	Charter Performance Management Group, LLC
Position:	Principle / Senior Consultant
Description:	Principle and Senior Consultant providing Earned Value Management System (EVMS) support for government contractors and commercial companies. Primary activities include performing EVMS Compliance Assessments involving detailed gap analyses of the company’s organization, business processes, and technologies measured against the ANSI/EIA 748A Standard; design and development of compliant EVM systems including the development of processes and procedures, selection and implementation of tools, development of interfaces between tools; development and delivery of project management and earned value management training; surveillance of EVMS compliance; and providing Project Management support in the areas of Project Initiation, Project Rescue, and Business Process Modeling. Lead instructor for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Boot Camp.

Employer:	DFAS Transformation, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Position:	Senior Project Management Consultant
Description:	Senior Project Management Consultant providing support to the DFAS Transformation Project Management Office leadership team with Portfolio Management responsibilities for DFAS eCommerce, Technology, and DoD System Implementation initiatives. Instrumental in establishment of the DFAS Transformation Project Management Office (PMO), project management methodologies, earned value management strategies, and project management mentoring initiatives.

Employer:	ePortal, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Position:	Senior Technical Project Management Consultant
Description:	Senior Technical Project Management Consultant for the planning, implementation and operational support of an enterprise portal solution integrating portal, project collaboration, content management, workflow, Common Access Card, and single sign-on technologies for a user base of 30,000+.

Employer:	P2 Project Management System, US Army Corps of Engineers
Position:	Senior Technical Management Consultant
Description:	Senior Technical Project Management Consultant for project startup of the Corps of Engineers P2 Project Management System with responsibility for developing project startup and transition plans and schedules, establishing a software lifecycle and implementing configuration and quality management processes. Project scope included the implementation of earned value on all U. S. Army Corps of Engineers projects and the integration and implementation of Primavera, Oracle Portal, Oracle Financials, and a custom-designed U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Financial Management System.

Employer:	Defense Joint Accounting System, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Position:	Senior Technical Program Management Consultant
Description:	Member of the senior management team, technical advisor and program controls specialist for a 300+ person project team engaged to develop and implement a custom ERP solution for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. Advised on project management methodologies, work breakdown structure development, project tracking and oversight, earned value management strategies, requirements traceability and management, and provided technical direction for the project. Led teams through SEI CMM Level 1 through Level 4 assessments. Participated on numerous task forces including participation on a three-person Technical Focus Group team responsible for short-range and long-range planning for technology infusion.

Employer:	DBsign Data Security Suite, Gradkell Systems, Inc.
Position:	Project Management Consultant
Description:	Project Management Consultant to the technical development team responsible for the product design, development, testing, documentation, training, delivery/implementation, and customer support of Gradkell’s DBsign Data Security Suite products. Developed the plans and led the initial effort to achieve the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) certification of the product suite.

Employer:	Gradkell Systems, Inc.
Position:	Managing Director
Description:	Managing Director for the Midwest operations of Gradkell Systems, Inc. with responsibilities for directing company operations and as many as 100 employees engaged on numerous projects in geographically dispersed locations, strategic planning, software process development and improvement, developing and maintaining customer relationships, project planning, tracking and oversight, staffing, employee development, proposal development and contract negotiations.

Employer:	Business Intelligence Systems, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Position:	Technical Project Manager
Description:	Technical Project Manager for the implementation of a corporate standard web-based business intelligence system designed to enable users worldwide access to and retrieval of graphical and text-based project information stored in a number of data warehouses located nationwide. Responsibilities included identifying the technical scope of the project, planning project resources, and assembling the technical team; estimating project cost, negotiating budgets, and defining the project schedule; managing the day-to-day activities of the technical team and providing technical guidance to ensure the project milestones were accomplished on schedule and within budget; reporting project status to all stakeholders.

Employer:	DoD Acquisition Programs, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Position:	Business Manager
Description:	Business Manager for several medium-sized Department of Defense acquisition programs requiring the use of a validated Earned Value Management System. Responsibilities included the development and management of integrated performance baselines, scope definition, planning and management, and monitoring and reporting of program technical, cost and schedule performance.

Employer:	Contract Management Information System, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Position:	Project Manager and Chief System Architect
Description:	Project Manager and Chief System Architect for the design, development, and implementation of a large-scale automated Earned Value Management System that satisfied the requirements of the corporation’s Tri-Service validated Cost/Schedule Control System Description. The resulting system was used by the corporation’s major aerospace and defense programs requiring earned value reporting. Responsibilities included managing the project cost, schedule and performance baselines and the software engineering teams through all phases of the software development and implementation lifecycles for many system releases over a period of eight years, the development and execution of training curriculum, marketing the system to internal and external customers and managing all aspects of customer service and support.

Employer:	Hubble Space Telescope Management Information System, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Position:	Project Leader and Chief System Architect
Description:	Project Leader Chief System Architect for the initial design, development and implementation of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Management Information System. Responsibilities included defining the initial system and database design and leading the design, development and implementation teams through system development, implementation, and production support. The HST-MIS gained national attention resulting in requests for demonstrations by many government agencies and other aerospace and defense contractors.

Employer:	Advanced Solid Rocket Motor, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Position:	Master Scheduler
Description:	Master Scheduler for the development of the master schedule for the NASA Advanced Solid Rocket Motor included in the ASRM proposal. Responsibilities included working with project engineers and cost account managers to define project scope and develop work breakdown structures, cost accounts, work packages, schedule activities, activity durations and activity network relationships.

Employer:	Intergraph Corporation
Position:	Financial Systems Programmer/Analyst
Description:	Financial Systems Programmer/Analyst responsible for providing general programming support for all corporate data processing systems including finance, accounting and Manufacturing Resource Planning systems.