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Managing process improvement projects for the Operations Excellence group and PMO.

Project coordination/scheduling for Real Property Services. Coordinating and scheduling the land rights acquisition process for transmission lines.

Project management of a small ecommerce website update. Brought in development resources and then managed them for this project.

Contrator At Yesmail/Infogroup

• Determined resource needs for 2 different email messaging groups. Researched and narrowed down tools selection for Yesmail to continue on their own with Resource scheduling.• Worked with Yesmail on process improvements and initiative, finding numerous improvements for timelines and reducing errors.

• Built, directed and managed a nationwide development team to execute our software projects. This includes development and quality assurance resources both FTEs and contractors. • Successfully managed development team costs, budgets and forecasts, consistently meeting forecasted goals.• Worked with upper management to define and refine project/product requirements through an iterative approach to deliver their product needs for the markets we were selling into.•… Show more • Built, directed and managed a nationwide development team to execute our software projects. This includes development and quality assurance resources both FTEs and contractors. • Successfully managed development team costs, budgets and forecasts, consistently meeting forecasted goals.• Worked with upper management to define and refine project/product requirements through an iterative approach to deliver their product needs for the markets we were selling into.• Delivered projects successfully, to allow the company to get a number of product versions out to market and continue to increase sales. • Met numerous can’t miss deadlines with ever changing requirements and requests.• In addition to other projects, managing the Cuattro side of the Windows Embedded 8 TAP (Technology Adoption Program) group with Microsoft to be on the leading edge with an embedded solution for the Cuattro products, as well provide feedback to Microsoft. Show less

• Managed numerous projects from presales requirements, definition and estimation through final release and deployment. Interacted and coordinated with customers, project teams, other company departments and outside partners on projects that ranged from two to sixteen team members and had budgets from $10k to over $2 million. Successfully delivered almost all projects.• Managed and mentored numerous project and development teams including teams where members were physically located… Show more • Managed numerous projects from presales requirements, definition and estimation through final release and deployment. Interacted and coordinated with customers, project teams, other company departments and outside partners on projects that ranged from two to sixteen team members and had budgets from $10k to over $2 million. Successfully delivered almost all projects.• Managed and mentored numerous project and development teams including teams where members were physically located over different regions. Successfully created trust, stability and cohesiveness within the teams achieving better project delivery and reducing turnover of resources.• Most recently managed and mentored project management and quality assurance groups and resources. Gained consistency across projects.• Lead the definition, creation and improvements of Resolute’s SDLC and software delivery processes to yield much higher project success rates.• Created resource allocation processes to assure highest billable utilization of resources. The new processes also assured that the appropriate engineers were placed on projects thus yielding better solutions and higher project success.• Responsible for creation and review of project bids and SLAs. Assisted Business Development group with other presales activities.• Responsible for hiring, developing and evaluation of resources. • Lead the Estimation Process Improvement Group developing guidelines and tools that resulted in accurate project estimates and major cost improvements. • Performed and lead Portland based project estimates• Consulted on and created and worked on numerous software and web applications in ASP.NET with VB.NET and C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic, TCL/TK, and assemblers. This role quite often overlapped project management and engineering management responsibilities. More than satisfied all client needs and built strong working relationships with all. Show less

• Successfully project managed development of Model 4000A, 4200, and 4000 Wide Field laser trimmer products. Managed software, electrical, and mechanical engineering resources and project tasks as well as interfaced with manufacturing engineering for release of projects.• Designed and implemented real time embedded servo control and communications software in C, Pascal, 68008 and DSP56000 assembler for the part handlers and linear laser beam positioners . • Designed… Show more • Successfully project managed development of Model 4000A, 4200, and 4000 Wide Field laser trimmer products. Managed software, electrical, and mechanical engineering resources and project tasks as well as interfaced with manufacturing engineering for release of projects.• Designed and implemented real time embedded servo control and communications software in C, Pascal, 68008 and DSP56000 assembler for the part handlers and linear laser beam positioners . • Designed, implemented, and administrated fifty node Novell LAN . • Designed the hardware and the image scanning software for an automatic field linearization tool. Show less