SUMMARY:

• Confidential is a talented program and project manager, certified PMP, an accomplished organizational, engineering and cultural leader, a valued business advisor, a skilled product development and R&D leader, a customer - oriented businessman, and a leading practitioner in system performance optimization.
• Confidential is well respected for his thought leadership and innovation, his problem solving and planning skills and resourcefulness, his cultural leadership and consensus building capacity, and his genuine interest in the success of others. He is an accomplished public speaker and enjoys executive and client facing roles.
• Led $20M portfolio of technology program design, capital investment proposals, enterprise architecture, and system development for web portal based services delivery of wealth management services
• Profitably managed a $75M program for system engineering, enterprise architecture (EA), and IT development services delivery in a highly matrixed, multi-vendor environment critical to national security
• Conducted Portfolio, Program and Project Management Assessments for executive leadership of leading materials manufacturer, identifying EA, structural and process weaknesses; built remediation roadmaps
• Led the engineering development for web-enabled environmental monitoring and energy optimization products and embedded control systems for a commercial Energy Management services firm
• Guided customer’s Executive Management in justification and acquisition of $100M+ in specialized image processing capital equipment for mission critical operations; built services revenue via process improvement
• Helped leading computer manufacturer win $250M in DARPA funding through effective product, system and network scaling research, operations analysis, and predictive modeling and simulation
• Managed 10-year contract for system engineering development to the Federal Government in Washington DC
• Led product development on one of the first desktop blood chemistry diagnostic systems for the physician office market - Delivered 20 FDA approved product releases in 5 years; invented a hemoglobin analysis tool
• Directed staff and program activities and teams for team of 75 project managers, system architects, engineers, operations analysts, and process designers, for the nation’s largest automated biometric identification system
• Worked with board of directors to write business and marketing plans for a product-centered high-technology venture built around own product and process optimization concepts; spearheaded 3-company alliance
• Championed advanced engineering techniques, tools and processes for model-based system engineering
• Developed key facilitative relationships with business, engineering, quality and operations leadership to drive acceptance of best-practices engineering frameworks for product quality and service delivery improvement
• Remedied process flaws in a 160-person business process re-engineering program, saving an estimated $9M-$12M in system development for a $50K investment
• Corrected early design flaws in flagship product redesign, saving the company an estimated $4.5M in schedule/cost overruns and preserving market share ($100Ms)
• Reorganized startup engineering to establish methodology-based practices, reducing product development time and error rates 30% and 50% respectively
• Led optimization research on high performance computing operating system and high speed network development for next generation computing solutions
• Created dynamic artificial intelligence performance improvement solutions for Intel microprocessor and Microsoft Windows architectures using novel combination of neural network and fuzzy logic techniques
• Spearheaded Smart House home automation and energy management system architecture and hardware/software R&D for global controls systems leader - awarded patent for distributed control concepts
• Awarded Best Paper, MODSIM World 2009 Conference, Homeland Tract for “Modeling and Simulation Using the ITIL Capacity Management Framework”
• Recruited engineers, research scientists and product developers, growing staff from 3 to 22 people over the course of 2 years - promoted several individuals
• Built the engineering department of a biomedical startup into a staff of 25 mechanical, optical, electronics, and software engineers and managers
• Mentored diverse product development staff for career growth and advancement; executed staff salary administration and annual performance appraisal process

KNOWLEDGE & SKILL AREAS:

• Program Management Office (PMO)
• Project Management / PMI-PMP
• Scheduling/ MS Project
• Work Breakdown Structures
• Budgeting / Risk Management
• Earned Value Methods (EVM)
• Project & Product Roadmaps
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Requirements Analysis
• System and Software Development
• Process/Algorithm Development
• System/Process Validation, QA
• Agile/Scrum, Agile/SAFE, IterativeWaterfall, Stage Gate
• ITIL v3, Service Level Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Capacity Planning and Management
• System and Software Optimization
• Process and Resource Optimization
• Continuous Improvement
• Quality Assurance, JIRA
• System Architecture
• Business Analysis / UX & UI
• Information Security & Assurance
• SaaS, Business Intelligence
• Embedded, Real-Time Systems
• Cross Functional Team Leadership
• Global Team Management
• Resource Management
• Recruiting, Hiring, Terminations
• Staff Mentoring and Development
• Salary Administration
• Customer Relationship Management
• Client and Vendor Relations, CPQ
• Business Development
• Contract Negotiation and Mgt
• SOW, WBS, SLA Management
• Technology Licensing
• Intellectual Property Leadership
• Engineering Management
• R&D Management
• Strategic Planning
• P&L Reporting / Project Recovery
• Business Plans, Marketing Plans
• Proposals / Executive Analysis
• Systems Research
• Analytical Modeling
• Performance Engineering
• System Modeling and Simulation
• Hardware and Software Modeling
• Network and Architecture Modeling
• Resource and Process Modeling
• Workload / Stochastic Modeling
• Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, WordPress
• MS Project Pro, Clarity, SharePoint Communications, Speaking
• Writing, Presentations, MS Office
• White Papers, Articles

WORK HISTORY:

Executive Program Management Consultant

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• IT Portfolio and Program ROI analysis; cost-benefit justification for program and project planning; financial analysis and reporting; operations planning
• Business case and use case analysis for Digital Sales Automation IT Platforms, Customer Experience Optimization, and Quote to Cash Solution services delivery
• Technology and IT partner evaluation, negotiation and development; strategic roadmap development and execution for IT services and delivery
• Sales automation platform evaluation and tools selection process development
• Project planning and execution process improvement initiative leadership; process modeling and optimization; system/software lifecycle management
• Cross-department coordination for project, resource and information sharing including IT/development, QA sales, services delivery, and operations
• Project budget/schedule management, communications management, stakeholder management, risk/change management, and quality management

Program Director & Management Consultant

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with CIO and senior portfolio management on program planning and remediation
• Collaborate with system architects to optimize record matching logic solutions for inter-vendor database record sharing automation to achieve $3M reduction in operating costs
• Collaborate with senior business line leadership to improve customer service and delivered product quality
• Troubleshoot program execution flaws and determine back to green plans for stalled and over-budget programs
• Assess, analyze, and reforecast program and project financial plans and burn rates - improve resource planning and optimize resource loading
• Coordinate with program management leadership to identify, clarify and reduce cross-program dependencies and triple constraint impacts
• Direct tactical planning and remediation activities of software and business project managers
• Negotiate and oversee vendor work orders, contract, and software development

Principle Program Manager

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• EPMO Agile Management advocate; Continuous Program process improvement championing and mentoring including advanced estimation/modeling techniques, iterative/agile/waterfall processes, and Earned Value Management
• Collaboration with Business, Technical and EPMO Senior Executive Management for portfolio planning, capital authorization, program and product roadmaps, project scoping, estimation, scheduling, execution, monitoring, and reporting
• Cross-organizational Program, Methodology and Process coordination: Business Units/BA, User Experience Design, EA, IT/Dev, IT/Infrastructure, Shadow IT/UA, QA
• Corrected program and project management planning processes; remediated program execution, monitoring and reporting flaws - returned programs to green
• Program and project capital and expense modeling, financial planning, analysis, management, and reporting - governance and investment committee support
• Full lifecycle application system & software requirements, design, development, test and delivery management for ~24 current and future projects in technology
• Matrixed management of project managers, enterprise architects, business analysts, development managers, QA/test managers, and operations leads
• Vendor management including User Experience Designers, on-shore/offshore software development contract resources, and professional services
• Program and project design, task delineation, scheduling, resource loading, budgeting, status reporting, and process adherence/auditing support
• Client Relationship building and Stakeholder Management; Risk analysis, management and reporting, mitigation and contingency planning, issue escalation

Portfolio, Program & Project Management Consultant

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with Executive, Operations, and PMO leadership to identify shortcomings in organizational structure, program control and project execution, and to recommend remediation steps and roadmaps
• Provided program and process improvement leadership in Supply Chain Integration, Enterprise Architecture, ERP, WMS, and Sales Automation
• Advised senior Business, Engineering and IT Management on risks, issues, and weaknesses common across programs and functional orgs
• Conducted assessments and audits of program and system development activities against budget and schedule plans and reporting mechanisms, identifying holes in relevant management control structures
• Led project chartering, estimating, planning, scheduling and management activities for 6 engineering development R&D projects in US and UK for video imaging, traffic management products
• Managed contract manufacturing program activities and vendor interfaces for a European manufacturing organization
• Participated in next generation architectural development for video, radar, and license plate recognition products and roadmaps

Sr. Project Management Consultant

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• Inter-vendor liaison for partner management and product development coordination across 4 organizations plus the State of Minnesota
• Managed agile design, development, testing and quality assurance project team of system architects, engineers, developers and analysts
• Managed cross vendor relationships and system integration activities for complex service oriented architecture development
• Drove release and project planning, task scheduling and execution for final product development sprint prior to production release
• Championed predictive system capacity and performance optimization to identify performance bottlenecks and workload capacities
• Worked with Program Management Office, system architects, and product development teams to identify and drive timely completion of critical product functionalities and services

Program Manager

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• Delivered 14 products in 12 month period - responsible for full life cycle innovation, development and validation across 5 product areas
• Reorganized technical leadership for more intelligent and effective project management and execution
• Spearheaded process improvement initiatives for Agile software product planning, development and execution; consulted on deployment of key operational metrics; improved estimation techniques
• Directed design, development, testing and quality assurance staff of 25 software engineers, developers and analysts plus 7 subordinate PMs
• Participated with product and application architects on advanced product designs, platform evolution, and product/program roadmaps
• Mentored staff for career development and advancement; executed staff salary and annual performance appraisal process

Program Manager, Principal

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Planned, managed, and successfully executed a portfolio of system engineering and agile software development projects and budgets averaging $7.5M to $15M per year
• Guided Executive Management (CIO, CTO, Chief Engineer) in justification and acquisition of $100M+ in specialized image processing computers
• Directed cross-functional engineering program activities and teams comprising staff of up to 75 system architects, engineers, analysts, and developers
• Participated in architectural and system design proposals and activities for Enterprise Business Analytics solutions
• Led organizational and cultural innovation and developments accompanied by engineering process evolution
• Championed use of Model Based System Engineering for optimizing system scale, quality and performance vs. cost; led extensive program of HyPerformix and OpNet simulation/analytical model development
• Awarded Best Paper, MODSIM World 2009 Conference, Homeland Security & National Defense Tract for “Modeling and Simulation Using the ITIL Capacity Management Framework”

Principal

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• Led the engineering development for web-enabled environmental monitoring and energy optimization products and embedded control systems for a commercial Energy Management services firm
• Created embedded system hardware and software architecture models, component-level behavioral models and stochastic workload models for client’s advanced embedded image processing system platforms
• Equipped clients to validate architectural designs, research performance characteristics, and optimize software-hardware resource tradeoffs
• Applied performance engineering techniques to identify and correct process flaws in a 160-person business process re-engineering program, saving an estimated $9M-$12M for a $50K investment

Senior Principal Research Lead

Confidential, Mendota Heights, MN

Responsibilities:

• Led project team development of software architecture models of Linux and proprietary OS layers, delivering a predictive simulation framework for validating and optimizing system performance
• Spearheaded system scaling research to predictively demonstrate successful system performance under extreme workload conditions - these results helped Confidential win $250M in DARPA funding
• Developed simulation models of Lustre/VFS file system services, RAID striping configurations, and system I/O - established a platform for optimizing high-performance data storage I/O architectures
• Designed high-speed network communication models to analyze and predict capacity and performance under varying traffic patterns and workloads, yielding a network optimization platform