Summary

• I have been a consultant/contractor for over 30 years.
• Over the past 20 years managed a variety of large integration projects with a number of diverse organizations.
• Past success has been based on my ability to adapt my expertise to my customers' situation/environment and IT maturity level.
• 18 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture initiatives.
• Most recent experiences have been in the areas of program/project management, master data management MDM , requirements identification and definition, and solution architect.
• Have directed projects and divisions with staffs of 5 to 105 people over the past twenty-five years.
• Extremely strong interpersonal and communicational skills.
• Developed a CMMI based Maturity Model based on IT quality
• Developed a method to measure Information Quality
• Heavy experience in application development SDLC utilizing the waterfall, agile, extreme programming and spiral methods , enterprise architectures specifically data architecture utilizing the Zachman methodology , master data stewardship/management, and process improvement

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Team Building
• Organizational Management
• Team Mentoring
• Customer Contact/Positioning
• Team Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Team Coaching
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Strategy
• Business Architecture
• Information Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Integration
• Business Planning
• Business Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Process Improvement
• Master Data Management
• Master Data Governance
• System Development Lifecycle Methods
• Requirements Management/Analysis
• Onshore/Offshore Sourcing
• Leadership/Management Development
• Management Development
• Cost Reduction
• Change Management
• Program/Project Management
• Risk Management

Professional Experience

Confidential

Chief Architect and Project Manager

• Developed product definition through focus group facilitation and interviews with the principals of the company for an online medical registry. This included special security and compliance with HIPAA requirements.
• Developed all product requirements data architecture, logical data model, process model, functional requirements, screen designs and wire frames.
• Managed development effort utilizing agile techniques.
• Managed multi level testing of product and product production implementation.
• Managed a second release of software that dealt with third party payment functionality.
• Currently working on the requirements and design of a third release that deals with discharge care transition

Confidential

Program/Project Manager

• Managed an agile systems development area for a business process management system BPMS . As part of this assignment I developed a method for agile systems development. It includes deliverables, deliverable content with timing as well as, examples of the key deliverables. This was done through extensions to a COTS product.
• Led the initiative to determine how the corporation could implement a truly global strategy. I developed the overall methodology to plan, define, and implement this strategy. This effort included the development of cross-functional process architecture along with the enabling technology required to improve global capabilities and effectiveness. This effort spanned all functional areas and all regions the company currently operates within.
• Led initiative and developed a new process flow to change the way Product Development operated. The goal of this overall Engineering initiative was reduced cycle times and process integration. The premise dealt with beginning with an overall coarse view and working toward a fine level view. This incorporated new job positions as well as, a more commodity view rather than an Engineering Program view.
• Led a business and technology initiative to provide access to key Engineering Business Systems to Asian Joint Ventures in China, Japan, and South Korea. This was the first GM technology implementation with Asian Joint Ventures.
• Led initiative and adapted a Strategic Master Data Management methodology for developing the Information Architecture for the Global Product Development area of the business. The domain covered was Product only this included classification systems for applications, development projects and data. Inventories of applications and data were included in this initiative
• Developed architecture strategy for a Data Warehousing effort for the Sub Domain of Part. This was the first cross-functional, cross business and data entity initiative. Access was developed based on user views by role and responsibilities.

Confidential

Enterprise Data Architect and Program/Project Manager

• Managed the year 2000 conversion program of retail store applications approximately 600 programs . This program was seven weeks behind schedule when I was re-assigned to this effort. The program came in on time.
• Provided MDM lead services in developing a strategic data and systems architecture that spanned the entire enterprise as well as all domains. This information model facilitated the management of the year 2000 conversion.
• Mentored and developed the management team of the Data Administration organization. Also, was responsible for educating the managers of the organization, developing organizational goals and to align those goals with those of the business and other information services organizations.
• Led an initiative regarding streamlining internal processes, defining how the organization fit within systems development and maintenance as well as, creating an education program for the business units on sharing information and the impact of quality data on operational costs.
• Assigned the responsibility for business to business e-commerce information architect. Authoring two papers, one pertaining to the impact this initiative would have on the corporate strategic objectives and the other on business to business e-commerce guiding principles became a key member in preparing the company for the changes required to implement business to business e-commerce.

Experience:

PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Brought into client to lead project that was six months behind schedule. Reorganized staff, reset priorities, and managed effort. Improved project schedule by 22 weeks and within budget. Staff included 106 Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and IT personnel.
• Led initiative to implement supplier site direct access to engineering system through a high speed network. This effort had failed four times previously. The project was completed successfully within 6 months.
• Led initiative to implement rapid application development in an environment accustomed to large poorly delivered systems. Conducting the overall project strategy/plan and selecting key personnel from the business as well as, IT side were instrumental to our success.
• Led initiative that provided joint venture access to key engineering applications and web sites. Security, network, language, and export compliance were keys to the success of this project. Applications provided included web based, fat clients and mainframe applications.
• Managed multiple simultaneous efforts, defining and implementing strategic services, as well as hands on management for tactical delivery of requirements and testing activities
• Accountability for team and performance for Load/Stress Testing and E-Commerce/Business internet based applications.
• Led numerous contextual and conceptual enterprise modeling efforts spanning business, data and applications.
• Identified 17 risks at project initiation. Developed contingency plans for each and implemented all of the contingency plans. This led to the project still being implemented on time and within budget even though all risks came to fruition.

ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Have led over 20 enterprise architecture initiatives.
• Led over 20 initiatives that led to the development of contextual and conceptual business, data and application architectures spanning numerous industries. These were foundational for future MDM and IT strategy planning efforts.
• All of the architecture initiatives are either extensions or adjustments to the Zachman Framework.
• Led the marketing and initial release of a Part data warehousing effort. This data is now used across functions throughout the enterprise.
• The business models / architectures developed also led to led to numerous process improvement and cost reduction efforts.
• Develop a process improvement methodology as an extension of architecture development.
• Developed a method for tactical IT planning. This provided a smooth transition from IT Strategic planning to project level planning efforts. Numerous companies implemented this method to replace their annual IT budgeting/planning initiatives.

LEADERSHIP / TEAM BUILDING / COMMUNICATION:

• Developed method and led cross functional team in establishing standard processes, applications and data corporate wide across all regions
• Established and led initiatives for Leadership and Management Development. This included reading selected books, and having group discussions on lessons learned.
• Moved IT staff to user organization so they could understand the impact they were having on their customers
• Mentor staff on understanding their customers, their customers point of view, and value system
• Mentor staff on selling. Trained staff on understanding the different market segments, and the motivations of each segment.
• Developed tips and techniques book for staff. Trained staff on how to perform their job.
• Developed communications plan by market segment to ensure buy-in for new testing environment.
• Conducted training on the following subjects: project management, capturing requirements, preparing for interviews, conducting interviews, post interview process, process modeling, and data modeling.
• Developed and trained staff on seven different process modeling techniques that would affectively communicate, not only with the development staff, but with business customers as well.

MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT

• Developed Part and Product / Product Component domains, three levels, for major corporation. Concurrently, inventories of current and under development tables were mapped to the domains. This allowed for addressing inconsistencies and redundancies of the current data while providing a framework in which to manage future data efforts.
• Developed numerous enterprise wide contextual and conceptual data architectures.
• Led the marketing and initial release of a Part data warehousing effort. This data is now used cross functions throughout the enterprise.
• Led MDM effort in doing analysis on the Supplier Domain. We found numerous redundancies in purchases and lost opportunities in reducing costs through quantity purchases.
• Developed product component classification system that led to managing product components something the company did a poor job of prior to this initiative. This initiative led to the discovery of duplicate/obsolete information. This led to numerous initiatives that reduced purchasing costs, elimination of superfluous engineering information, and the reduction of staff to support the engineering function.
• Identified and marketed MDM efforts with business priorities and values by conducting value criteria analysis and problem/opportunity and risk impacts to the business.
• Established and socialized Data Governance at numerous clients through working with business executives.
• Educated customers on the integration of master, operational/transactional and analytical data.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND COST REDUCTION

• Develop and implemented two different process improvement methods. One is based on process while the other is based on information quality and its impact on productivity.
• Led process improvement effort that reduced engineering drawings by 40 .
• Led process improvement effort that eliminated the Manufacturing Engineering organization of a vehicle manufacturing company.
• Led process improvement effort that reduced premium freight costs by 17M annually. Developing short term and long term solutions led to a quicker return on investment for this company.
• Identified annual cost savings of 42M in processing and logistics functions for a major food processing company.
• Led initiative that reduced white collar labor costs by 30 . This initiative was based on business process modeling, and process cost versus value.
• Led process improvement initiative that identified the need for a shared data solution. Developing a short term solution as well as, a long term solution led to immediate savings. While the long term solution was a new computer system, we implemented the short term solution. It was move the two organizations that needed to share the data next to each other, install file cabinets with sign out sheets to allow a managed sharing environment.

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE MEHTODOLOGIES

• Developed three SDLC methodologies. The methods varied by one including base development method, one that included data modeling, and the third method was developed for rapid application development.
• Developed closed loop Portfolio Lifecycle Management solution that captures development costs, projected value and actual return on application development projects.
• Developed materials and conducted training on the following SDLC subjects: project management, risk management, capturing requirements, preparing for interviews, conducting interviews, post interview process, communicating requirements to different audiences, process modeling, and data modeling.
• Implemented a simple modeling technique to identify integration points to help understand external dependencies and risks.