
Eamon Sousa
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
São José dos Campos - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since January 17, 2019
Eamon is a passionate Agile project manager with more than a decade of experience in software development. He has managed over 200,000 project hours for the automotive, aerospace, telecommunication, and electronic industries. He has an academic background as a project management instructor and coordinator of a project management MBA. Eamon loves a challenge and looks forward to working with new clients on projects at Toptal.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Business Development
- Project Management
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Scrum
Work Experience
Project Manager
PTC
- Implemented the customer-facing deployment of PTC products (PLM and SLM) for the aerospace and automotive industries.
- Promoted industry best practices while delivering customer value through process improvement.
- Oversaw and led policies for the installation, configuration, deployment, integration, testing, and user adoption.
- Delivered projects on schedule and within budgets ranging from $80,000 to $1 million.
Instructor
Clarify Treinamentos
- Worked as a project management instructor in advanced project management and Scrum programs.
Project Manager
Venturus
- Managed several mission-critical projects for cost reduction, process optimization, manufacturing planning, and supply chain management.
- Oversaw the development and deployment of an MRP system to support supply chain planning and directed distributed teams from different companies with a $6 million budget. The new system led to a 1,000% performance improvement for scenario planning (what-if analysis).
- Oversaw and was accountable for the management of a $5 million testing project, leading distributed teams. This project resulted in the reduction of the number of product faults by 20%.
- Managed and produced the Toad Escape game (for both Android and iOS platforms, Facebook.com/ToadEscape).
- Oversaw the development of several mobile application projects, including Android customization, application development and support, and content creation.
Instructor
Dinamus Consultoria
- Acted as a project management consultant and instructor in leadership and executive coaching programs.
Post-grad Coordinator
Faculdades Integradas IPEP
- Acted as the overall coordinator for a post-graduate program at IPEP and ensured that the students completed their current classes and oversaw the strategic and operational planning for the new courses.
- Coordinated the academics for the Project Management MBA.
- Oversaw the definition of the MBA curriculum structure, classes schedules, and the selection of professors.
- Worked as a professor for the project management and strategy modules for all of the MBA courses.
Project History
Supply Chain System Development
Managed the development and deployment of an MRP system to support supply chain planning.
• Managed a budget of $6 million.
• The new system led to a 1,000% performance improvement for scenario planning (what-if analysis).
Services Management Project for the Aerospace Industry
A parallel implementation of a spare parts planning system to two different business units.
• The project involved both on-premise and cloud hosting.
Creation of Training Material for a PMI GO Chapter
Wrote two chapters myself—Risk Management and Human Resources Management—and reviewed three chapters.
• The training material is currently being reviewed to be published by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Joint Function Test
Managed geographically dispersed teams to create a new testing department.
• A major result of this project was that it reduced the number of product faults by 20%.
Toad Escape Mobile Game
Managed and produced the Toad Escape game (for both Android and iOS platforms).
Ecompensa
Managed the software and hardware development project.
Education
Master of Business Administration Degree in Business Administration
Fundação Getulio Vargas - Campinas, Brazil
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
UNICAMP - Campinas, Brazil
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
Trello, Trac, Jira
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile, Agile Project Management, Kanban
Platforms
Android
Industry Expertise
Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Electronics, Telecommunications
Other
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management, Discovery Workshops, Business Development
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