R. Mikki
Smith-Vanterpool, PMP
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Strategy. People. Progress. Real Impact.

Turning Strategy
Into Measurable
Results.

PMP-certified Project & Program Management leader with 10+ years delivering complex technology initiatives, enterprise transformation, implementations, PMO governance and cross-functional programs—with $141M+ in realized value.

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R. Mikki Smith-Vanterpool, PMP
$141M+Total Realized Value
10+ YearsProject • Program • Portfolio Leadership
Enterprise PMOLeadership & Strategy
People-CenteredProcess & Change
Project Management• Program Management• Technical Program Management• Enterprise PMO• Transformation & Implementation
$141M+Career realized value
$85MAileron-associated value
$22.7MPortfolio budget baseline
20+Initiatives governed
How I Lead

I lead the system around the work.

My lane is where strategy meets execution: portfolio direction, governance, roadmaps, decision rights, financial stewardship, risks, dependencies, executive communication and organizational alignment. I enable engineering, product, data, operations and vendor teams to do their best work without confusing technical leadership with being the individual contributor.

Technical Program ManagementPMO GovernancePortfolio StrategyEnterprise TransformationExecutive CommunicationsRAID & DependenciesFinancial OversightAgile / HybridSDLCCloud & DataUAT & Go-LiveRisk & Compliance
Selected Work

Scale is only meaningful when it produces outcomes.

PMO Transformation

Creating an operating model executives can actually use.

Standardized governance across 20+ initiatives, strengthening KPI visibility, escalation paths and delivery controls while improving reporting-cycle efficiency by 30%+ and reducing delivery variance by 20%+.

Governance • Executive Visibility • Portfolio Controls
Technology + Analytics

Turning technical complexity into executive decisions.

Directed up to five concurrent enterprise IT and data analytics initiatives and governed delivery against a $22.7M project/portfolio budget baseline, connecting technical progress, financial considerations, risks and dependencies.

Data • Delivery • Financial Stewardship
Selected Programs & Projects

Real work. Complex environments. Governed execution.

Representative implementations from my factual project portfolio spanning conversational AI, AWS cloud transformation, enterprise PMO, CRM, data & analytics, and multi-workstream migration.

01

Conversational AI & Amazon Lex Modernization

Led implementation governance for an AWS-based conversational AI capability in a large public-sector library environment, coordinating requirements, conversational flows, API dependencies, testing and deployment readiness.

Amazon Lex • AWS Lambda • APIs • NLP • CloudWatch
02

AWS Cloud Transformation & Implementation

Managed a public-healthcare AWS transformation through integrated planning, testing, cutover coordination, executive governance and post-go-live stabilization.

AWS • Migration • RAID • Cutover • Stabilization
03

AI-Enabled Enterprise PMO & Portfolio Intelligence

Designed an enterprise PMO operating model centered on portfolio visibility, standardized governance, prioritization, decision intelligence and AI-assisted executive reporting.

PMO • Portfolio Analytics • AI-Assisted Reporting • Governance
04

Enterprise CRM & Customer 360 Transformation

Led and supported enterprise CRM transformation connecting customer workflows, integrations, UAT, deployment readiness, business adoption and operational transition.

CRM • Salesforce-Aligned • UAT • Adoption • Change
05

Enterprise Data & Analytics Modernization

Managed enterprise IT and data-analytics initiatives across business, analytics, engineering and operations, including UAT, go-live and measurable value realization.

Data Analytics • Jira • Smartsheet • SDLC • Go-Live
06

Multi-Workstream Cloud Migration & Operating Model

Structured integrated cloud migration roadmaps across infrastructure, applications, data, security, testing and operations, with readiness gates and transition-to-operations governance.

Cloud Migration • Dependencies • Readiness • Operating Model

Executive Project Portfolio

Explore the full factual portfolio deck with program context, leadership scope, technology environment and delivery significance.

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Career Story

Leadership built across technology and regulated environments.

Aileron Consulting Firm, LLC

Senior Program Manager / PMO Consultant

Enterprise transformation, portfolio governance, executive decision support and technology-enabled change.

GEICO

Licensed Insurance Agent — Personal Lines

Current frontline perspective into regulated operations, enterprise applications, risk, compliance and digital customer workflows.

TEKsystems

Senior IT Data Analytics Project Manager

Enterprise IT/data programs, portfolio financial oversight, UAT, release readiness, governance and executive reporting.

Aspen Technology Group

IT Project Manager

Technology delivery, cloud/contact-center implementation, SDLC, compliance, testing and operational readiness.

Credentials

Credibility behind the leadership.

Project Management Professional (PMP) • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) • AWS Cloud Practitioner • Lean Practitioner • Licensed Personal Lines Insurance Professional

Delivery Environment

Technically fluent. Leadership focused.

Jira • Salesforce • Smartsheet • Microsoft Project • Power BI • Tableau • SharePoint • ServiceNow • Visio • AWS • Microsoft Dynamics • CRM Platforms • PMO Dashboards

Connect

Looking for leadership that can bring structure to complexity?

Open to senior program, technical program, portfolio, PMO and director-track leadership opportunities.

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