Software Development Executive and Leader

• Program Leadership and Vision. Proven track record of translating concepts into program plans and well functioning systems. Adept at envisioning solutions to complex problems, identifying critical issues, attracting talented staff and focusing them to exceed customer expectations.
• Extremely creative, yet grounded in the practical aspects of system design. Highly regarded software risk management and software process improvement practitioner with a wide variety of development experiences who understands the difference between theory and practice and can apply practical methods to real - world situations. Have spoken at national conferences.
• Setting Project Standards and Managing Deliverables. An enthusiastic innovator and creative problem solver with over thirty years of experience bringing products to life while enhancing productivity and corporate financial position P/L responsibility . Experience managing sub-contractors, vendors, and enforcing development rigor and effective testing programs.

Core Strengths

• Program Project Management
• Systems Design and Architecture
• Strategic Vision Planning
• Fixed-Price Project Management
• Systems Integration
• Software Risk Management
• Software Process Improvement
• Systems Analysis
• Technical Staff Management
• Proposal Management Costing, Pricing, Writing, Presentation
• Subcontract Vendor Contract Management and Negotiation
• SDLC Management including Agile
• PMO Training Coaching
• Regulatory Compliance PCI Ada

Technical Expertise

• VB.Net and .NET Framework
• Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Visio
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Office tools

Confidential

• Managing the Application Rationalization Project: identification and execution of decommissioning of systems and platforms no longer viable as well as creation of a decommissioning process.
• Confidential
• Completed PennDOT Efficiencies project on time and on budget to customer rave reviews.
• Assisted in implementing a Program Management Office PMO . Developed and reviewed standards within projects, mentored project managers, and constructed and delivered courses.

TransCore A leader in Toll Systems and Intelligent Transportation Hummelstown, PA

• Confidential
• Successfully crafted responses to proposals, identified requirements and derived requirements, risks, and mitigations, and managed technical feasibility studies and prototype efforts for proposals. Adept at costing, performing technical and feature trade-offs, pricing, conducting technical and pricing reviews, and delivering written and oral customer presentations.
• Successfully completed transition effort from legacy toll system lane, plaza, back office, training, disaster recovery to new system deployment for West Virginia Parkway.
• Successfully completed AVI Automatic Vehicle Identification expansion program for Reagan Airport Ground Transportation System. Inherited 6 gross margin final was 25 gross margin.
• Confidential
• Completed back-office systems toll host and audit system development effort for the Ohio Turnpike Commission toll system replacement project on time.
• Successfully led development of Toll Host Back Office System for Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission new. Completed on time / on budget 0 post-warranty defects.
• Led re-engineering of TagTeller, a prototype internet customer service kiosk with vending capability into a production system. System is PCI Payment Card Industry compliant. Effort cost 25 of original and per unit costs were reduced by 60 . New system has higher capacity, better reliability, lower maintenance costs.
• Led development of a Toll Host Back Office System for a middle-eastern toll collection system. Completed task on-time and on budget. System processes 3.8M vehicle transactions / day.
• Led the visioning, architecting, and implementation of a complete hardware and software upgrade of the Toll Host Back Office portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Fare Collection System, which is used daily by more than 500,000 motorists. Implemented E-ZPass across all of Pennsylvania during this deployment. Entire system continued to operate 7x24 during the 6 year upgrade. Achieved a 28 aggregate profit margin for the effort.
• Confidential

Senior Automation Specialist II , Automation Systems

• Responsible for attracting factory automation customers to company's Year 2000 solutions:
• Taught and enhanced How to 2000 Methodology a Y2K solution for factory automation.
• Selected to make internal training film for all Raytheon companies for this method.
• Confidential

Senior Technical Staff Member, SEI Software Risk Management Program

• Responsible for the development, advancement, and dissemination of software risk management as a technology for the advancement of the state of the practice of software engineering
• Led a six-person team of peers in the development, field-testing, and marketing of Software Risk Evaluation SRE product.
• Led or participated in eight SREs for DOD contractors, US Navy and US Air Force in depth risk identification, analysis, and mitigation efforts for government, contractor, and commercial software development projects. Please see
• Won Teamwork Award for Risk Identification Analysis Training Course.
• Chaired 2nd SEI Conference on Software Risk in 1993 which resulted in doubling of attendance and attracted an international audience and presenters.
• Presented risk management topics at national conferences and meetings
• Confidential
• Developed, advanced, and disseminated software process improvement as a technology for the advancement of the state of the practice of software engineering
• An Authorized Lead Assessor who led, coached or participated in 10 Software Process Assessments pre-cursor of CBAIPI techniques .
• Taught Software Process Assessment Training Course to licensed vendors.
• Acknowledged original contributor to the SEI Capability Maturity Model for Software v1.0, v1.1 .
• Presenter on assessment theory and practice at national conferences.
• Confidential

Technical Staff Member Design Team Leader

• Responsible for procurement and / or development of a common services layer of functionality for a large government system TS Clearance .