Chris G

Senior Project Manager

Kirkland & Ellis • Fulltime

Jul 2024 - Aug 2025 • 1 yr 1 mo

Shaped the world's leading law firm’s AI strategy by leading proof of concept and pilot initiatives for Microsoft Copilot, delivering the data needed for a go/no-go enterprise adoption decision. Strengthened CIO decision-making with strategic insights by analyzing pilot testing for adoption readiness and business alignment. Standardized future non-production refreshes by delivering a comprehensive runbook with defined processes. Ensured stable deployment, system integrity, and user readiness by directing the Elite 3E SaaS upgrade. Managed budget tracking and vendor coordination for the Elite 3E upgrade, ensuring delivery remained within approved financial and timeline constraints. Reduced potential production downtime by ~40% by architecting a streamlined UAT environment refresh process, enabling more comprehensive pre-deployment activities across multiple verticals. Aligned stakeholder needs and streamlined integration by implementing ServiceNow Vulnerability Response module. Led end-to-end SaaS implementation of ServiceNow Vulnerability Response module, managing vendor SOWs, internal resourcing, and delivery milestones for 50+ users.

Consulting Project Manager

Microsoft • Fulltime

Nov 2021 - Jul 2024 • 2 yrs 8 mos

Secured executive buy-in for a modern data strategy by leading an 8 week Agile accelerator program that defined business priorities, aligned stakeholders, and produced a full Azure architecture roadmap. Served as Scrum Master across four 2 week sprints by driving backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and daily stand ups. Maintained sprint velocity and removed delivery blockers for engineers and architects. Coordinated Synapse, Purview, and Power BI alignment by guiding cross functional teams through iterative design and feedback cycles. Read out and deliverable docs served as a precursor for a follow up 6 month engagement to implement the suggested unified architecture. Led a 8 month multimillion dollar cloud migration using a hybrid Agile approach. Served as Project Manager and Scrum Master for multiple technical workstreams. Facilitated end to end Agile ceremonies, structured feature and story creation, and supported continuous reprioritization based on stakeholder needs and sprint capacity. Strengthened delivery predictability by implementing consistent sprint cadences, tracking team velocity, and surfacing impediments early to the client CTO and leadership teams. Coordinated 15 plus developers and architects from Microsoft and client teams using Microsoft cloud adoption framework to keep scope, timelines, and dependencies under control. Led the end to end implementation of Azure and M365 services for a major enterprise client, aligning architecture, security, and governance with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework. Delivered a fully operational Azure environment with core landing zone components, security baselines, and governance policies with Synapse, Purview, and Power BI. Led the end to end implementation of Azure and M365 services for a major enterprise client, aligning architecture, security, and governance with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework.

Project Manager / Senior Technical Consultant

DXC Technology

Jul 2018 - Nov 2021 • 3 yrs 4 mos

Served as lead consultant transitioning DXC from testing to application support team at LPP. Managed three consultant teams developing knowledge of MES, ERP, and HR systems for support. Developed comprehensive knowledge base with walkthroughs, guides, and diagrams for enterprise application support. Served as product owner delivering 300+ ERP test cases, scenarios, and scripts successfully. Managed four consultants supporting deliverables critical for ERP testing and deployment success.