STEPHEN P SIMMONS, PMP 3921 Biddle Street North Las Vegas, NV 89032 702-443-4480 ss11f7864@westpost.

net ________________________________________ Program / Project Management * Knowledge / Performance Management * Information Technology ________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY * Organizational leader with over 20 years of Information Technology experience. * Extensive background and proficiency in developing strategies and action plans to achieve high quality deliverables and continuous improvement. * Committed to the utilization of Capability Maturity Modeling, Lean / Six Sigma principles and team-centered leadership quality models for achieving organizati onal goals, growth and sustainability. ________________________________________ EXPERIENCE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY Knowledge Management (2008 - Present) * Successfully scaled the maintenance management program for the department resu lting in the integration of 5 functional divisions and achieving individual stak eholder business objectives as steering committee coordinated benefits in less t han 1 year. * Chairing 5 improvement teams utilizing the Integrated Knowledge Change Managem ent Plan designed to capture and manage knowledge assets, streamline effective c ommunication channels and facilitate business intelligence. * Facilitating the department O&M Performance Management Program resulting in on -demand performance metrics, monthly compliance reporting and departmental solut ions strategy for key performance indicator modeling. * Managing a 5-member business-knowledge work group with a comprehensive work ma nagement plan, desktop solution strategies, enterprise application repurposing a nd role-based development plans in support of the director's office and 5 improv ement teams under a restrictive annual budget. * Managing the Quality Assurance Program resulting in the Quality Assurance Poli cy, CMMS Usage Agreement and Knowledge Base designed to sustain quality, manage continuous process improvement, safeguard enterprise data, report compliance to quality and communicate initiatives emerging from the improvement teams. * Developed and facilitating the comprehensive Business-Knowledge Management Pro gram through integration and alignment of the Quality Assurance Program, Integra ted Knowledge Change Management Plan, Performance Management Program, Training P rogram and CMMS Asset Change Management Plan resulting in process normalization and standardization; process waste identification and reduction; process maturit y; and organizational business intelligence capability. * Facilitating the Information Technology support strategy resulting in the re-c entralizing of technology solutions and management. Program Management (2007-2008) * Successfully designed and piloted the Maintenance Management Integration & Sup port (MMI&S) Program initiative for the Production & Distribution Division. * Utilized the Six Sigma Breakthrough Strategy to identity process issue and was te sources resulting in a comprehensive program business process plan. * Facilitated an improvement and retention team strategy for implementing the De fine-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control strategy resulting in continuous improvemen t through feedback, buy-in and input.

* Applied Lean principles to maintenance management processes resulting in impro ved maintenance productivity, achieved manager objectives, and reduced turnaroun d for improvements integration. LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Information Technology Project Management (1999-2007) * Managed a series of projects with varying complexity in support of the Lakelin k Program using PMBOK processes. * Directed and lead technical team with development frameworks, deliverable requ irements, project management processes, data trend reporting, zero defect proces ses, and knowledge management maturity. * Managed key stakeholders at the director, manager, supervisor, superintendent and operational levels of the organization. * Managed coordinated benefits for the Director, Production & Distribution and T reatment divisions in support of wholesale billing, data quality certification, chemical dosage, environmental and state regulations, and water production and d elivery performance. * Recruitment responsibilities for attracting and hiring team members. * Designed and implemented security framework providing encrypted access to know ledge assets and multi-level access control lists to services optimizing the del ivery of the security requirement. * Designed and lead implementation of reporting framework reducing delivery time and increasing productivity by minimizing iterations to achieve fitness for use . * Speared-headed technology development techniques leading the project teams tow ard object-oriented business solutions. * Designed the Data Certification Philosophy and Methodology achieving consensus from key stakeholders. * Transitioned project team to knowledge asset identification and management str ategies. ________________________________________ EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION BS in Management Information Systems, University of Las Vegas, Nevada 1997 Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute 20 08 Masters of Project Management (MPM), Keller Graduate School of Management (gradu ation 2013) Masters Business Administration (MBA), Keller Graduate School of Management (gra duation 2014)