SUMMARY:

• 30+ years of professional experience
• 18+ years successful Project/Program Management of multi - million dollar web-based and real time embedded development projects with teams ranging from 5 to 60+
• 7+ years experience as a successful Software Department Manager
• Includes personnel development, establishing application development processes
• 20+ years experience of negotiating requirements, creating project plans, managing scope, risk management, Product and Portfolio management
• 15+ years of customer/vendor management, both OEM and End User
• 11+ years experience championing process development and implementation(CMM, PMI, SEI, TQM, Agile, Six Sigma, Lean)
• Diverse industry experience including Insurance Telephone, RF, Broadband(cable),, Ecommerce, Automotive, DOD, Aerospace, and Energy
• Successfully managed to conclusion large software development/deployment of diverse systems, such as Guidewire implementations (configuration and integration), Data warehouse and analytics, Enterprise web applications, Weapons Systems, Element Management Systems, Telephone services, Broadband, Enterprise Management Systems, Flight Control/Management Systems, Communications systems, Health Monitoring Systems, Satellites, and Automated Test Systems
• 4 years teaching Operations Management and Statistics as an adjunct faculty member
• Experienced “on site” consulting project manager and customer interface
• Communicating and presenting to Executive management
• Experienced managing remote sites, including Off-shore and Mexico

SKILL:

• Cradle to grave knowledge of Functional Management, Project Management, Program Management, and Product Management
• Expert knowledge of processes, proficient with CMMI, EVMS, PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum
• Includes hire/fire, reviews, personnel development, Profit & Loss, Scheduling, Planning, Earned Value Management
• Extensive Operations Management Knowledge and skills, including Supply chain management
• Proficient at understanding organizations, mentoring and developing personnel and process improvement
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Rally, Jira, Clarity and SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hastings, Mi

Project Manager/Scrum Master (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager/Scrum Master as part of enterprise Business Transformation Program:
• Implementation(thru go live) of Guidewire Billing Center, including General Ledger balancing
• Development of Data Warehouse and reports to support financials and analytics
• Development of Thunderhead and Solimar to support Guidewire rollout
• Project management in an Agile development environment

Tools: Rally, SharePoint, Microsoft Excel and Project

Confidential, Madison, Wi

Project Manager/Scrum Master (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for enterprise state rollout of configured/customized Guidewire policy center.
• Full Life Cycle project management in an Agile development environment
• Tools: Rally, SharePoint, Clarity, Jira, Microsoft Excel and Project
• Successfully managed an enterprise state roll out from inception to production of Guidewire Policy Center
• Managed a follow-on multiple state rollout to System Integration

Confidential, Dearborn, MI

Project Manager (consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Functioning as a Project Manager and Business Analyst for web-based enterprise software applications for Global Supply Chain Management.
• Responsible for Program execution of multiple development programs
• Responsibilities included staffing, customer interfacing, risk mitigation, planning, execution, and monitoring
• Managing a global team

Tools: SharePoint, Clarity, Microsoft Excel and Project

Confidential, New York, New York

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Introducing project management processes and managing ecommerce web development projects for Rockbeam Solutions.
• Managing projects for such customers as F Goldman, Synergy and Macho

Tools: Microsoft Excel and Project

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

Delivery Director

Responsibilities:

• Mentored the Project Manager of the Confidential team working on the Confidential project for Hamilton Sundstrand at Rockford
• Full Life Cycle Embedded Software development under Confidential levels A and B.
• Communicated with all layers of management, negotiated scope changes and performed program reviews

Tools: Jira, Microsoft Excel and Project

Confidential, NY

Software Manager/IPT Lead (Project Manager)

Responsibilities:

• Special assignment to manage 50+ systems and software engineers to develop Confidential Level A Fly by Wire software for the Sikorsky S92 Helicopter
• Included schedule, cost, scope negotiations
• Functional Manager for 30+ Real Time embedded Software Engineers
• Management Responsibilities include, Hire/Fire, Performance Reviews, Professional Development, process improvement, Bid and proposal supporting multiple DO-178B software development programs

Confidential, Binghamton, NY

Adjunct Faculty

Responsibilities:

• Teaching Business Statistics and Operations Management
• Subject matter: TQM, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, Supply Chain Management, Off-shoring, Lean, JIT, MRP, ERP, Scheduling, Inventory Control, Forecasting, probability, and basic statistical theory

Confidential, Grand Rapids, Mi

Associate Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the development of the Health Usage and Monitoring Systems for Agusta Helicopters using Agile
• Managed hardware, software, quality, reliability, product engineers, and additional support personnel as well as transition to manufacturing
• Software developed under DO178 B level D, Hardware qualified under DO-160, ( common criteria)
• Managed the development and implementation of Smiths embedded Common Operating Environment

Confidential, Columbus, GA

Technical Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Full Project management Life Cycle: Plan, Budget, Schedule, Execution
• Managed the implementation of Standardization and Product Release procedures Confidential ’s distributed applications
• Included customer outfacing and Profit & Loss responsibilities
• Contract negotiations for follow on work

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Technical Project manager Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Full Project management Life Cycle: Plan, Budget, Schedule, Execution
• Managed Projects for Devon Energy
• Enterprise Network Management Systems
• Developing business processes for level 1 through level 3 escalations

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Manager of Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for hiring, reviewing, employee development, budget, staffing, and assigning tasks
• Managed permanent employees and contractors
• Contributed technically by reviewing requirements, design, and code; also did some coding in VB and access
• Built and maintained customer relationships.
• Responsible for planning and directing MI-Technology’s software products
• Planned and developed schedules using EVMS methodology
• Implemented Software development Processes, including test, quality assurance, maintenance, and release
• Responsible for determining and planning R&D for all Confidential software products
• Software products were custom Antenna Measurement Systems, including Acquisitions, Antenna characterizations and test.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Manager of Software/Firmware Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for hiring, reviewing, employee development, budget, staffing, and assigning tasks
• Planned and executed several firmware and software development projects
• Built and maintained customer and vendor relationships
• Implemented Software development Processes, including test, quality assurance, maintenance, and release

Confidential, Roswell, GA

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manager of core Artificial Intelligence technology
• Program Manager for customer projects
• Involved in schedules, proposals, staffing, and costing
• Implemented Project Management processes
• Supported Unmanned Aerial Vehicle team by writing and testing several objects in c++ under Unix

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed and supervised team across functional boundaries(Systems Engineering, Software Development, Software System Test, Network Integration, Software Quality, and Software Configuration.
• Significant contributor to CMM2 certification and Team Lead for Software Engineering Process Improvement
• Introduced EVMS to BellSouth and used it for planning and monitoring

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Software Technical Lead/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and Monitored software schedules and Budgets for 8 Software packages.
• Defined the software development and test process for the packages.
• Contributed technically and supervised a team of 5 software engineers.
• Full software Lifecycle, including presentations to customer and management
• Involved with customer interface and interfacing with other Brimstone teams.
• Responsible for requirements analysis and software design for reuse.
• Developed ATE and engineering tester software in C that executed under Windows 95, developed software using LabWindows/CVI and developed embedded real time C software for the TI DSP C31.