Cort Esch, D.Sc., M.B.A., Pmp Email & Phone Number

Tupelo, Ms, Us

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Lead the company’s team of project managers, business analysts, and software testers while removing barriers to successful project completion.• Greatly improved the company’s business development and project management processes and procedures with project work flows, reliable burdened (loaded) rates, utilization calculations, profitability analyses, and sophisticated project budget trackers.• Directly manage key multi-year, multi-million-dollar projects including resourcing, scope, schedule, and budget.• Serve as a key member of company’s leadership team, providing guidance on tactical and strategic decisions.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Provided I.T. project management services to an Atlanta-based management consulting firm, an investment professional certification institute, and a California-based technology solutions firm.• Conducted commercial and state government business development.

Richmond, Virginia

• Provided IT and business recommendations for the implementation of the Change Management module of TrackWise LinQMS, a multi-company Quality Management System (QMS) with 780 users.• Identified process improvement opportunities, conducted software testing, security and account management, and training, and prepared system/process documentation and reports.• Knowledgeable in all aspects of the TrackWise QMS including audit and customer complaint modules, as well as the impact of U.S. FDA requirements and guidelines.• Wrote IT governance documentation for Altria’s Quality Management System.• Coordinated with Quality Compliance, IT/IS, and RD&E personnel from Altria and its operating companies.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Managed $10M+/year portfolio of 20+ projects with responsibility for Profit & Loss and performance.• Led implementations with requirements gathering/analysis, system architecture design, integration and testing, data conversion, data migration, and system cutover components.• Developed project budgets and performed contract review, subcontract drafting, and profitability calculations.• Monitored and managed contractual compliance of project deliverables and performance of services with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).• Ran Managed Services engagements consisting of U.S. and foreign service desks providing application, server, and network support.• Assisted company’s ISO certification, served as ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) auditor, and worked with QMS Coordinator on continuous improvement initiatives.• Directed configurations and services for Oracle Engineered Systems (Exadata, Exalogic, ODA, and ZFS).• Led large, cross-functional implementations including PeopleSoft, Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS Financials and HR), Oracle Work and Asset Management System (WAMS), Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Database.• Executed entire project lifecycle from Initiation through Closeout.• Worked with various state and federal acquisition procedures and vehicles, such as GSA Schedule and VITA.• Worked with Finance in a maturing consulting organization to identify, measure, and analyze project financial and performance metrics for a range of engagement types.• Frequently presented technical and financial reports to internal and customer stakeholders using project meetings, In Progress Reviews, and Steering Committee meetings.• Constantly drove scope/schedule/cost, conformance to contractual obligations, early dispute resolution, and customer satisfaction.• Utilized tools including MS Project, MS Visio, NetSuite, Confluence, JIRA, and HP Quality Center.• Ran consulting services for federal, state and local, and commercial clients.

Roanoke, Virginia Area

• Conducted intense IT system analysis and market research for IBM and the U.S. Army for an Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS).• Performed business development in federal and state government spaces.• Analyzed business needs of various agencies as stated and implied in Requests for Proposal, etc.• Teamed with other companies to provide best-fit solutions based on skill sets, rates, resource availability, etc.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked closely with the Director of Engineering to align worldwide engineering and IT efforts to the organization’s strategic vision and goals.• Coordinated with the Director of Engineering to develop IT and engineering operating budget requests to the U.S. Congress and final operating budgets aligned with budget directives.• Drafted strategic and operational plans for Commission Headquarters engineering department as well as European, Mediterranean, and Pacific regional headquarters engineering departments.• Wrote engineering department responses to the U.S. Congress regarding multi-million-dollar budget.• Led Commission-wide Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) effort, performed needs analysis, vendor review, and drafted statements of work, requests for proposal, and decision papers.• Utilized IT and engineering background to integrate input from multiple finance and engineering departments and software systems.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed 23 experienced software developers (including 12 matrixed engineers) for priority strategic projects.• Directly managed or served as technical lead for vital Member-facing and standalone projects such as ACS Aruba (major product release), WebUtil, ACS Test Suite, and Diagnostic Tool for AOL Connectivity.• Managed projects through complete software development life cycle.• Utilized probability and mathematical models to develop “learning” troubleshooting procedures that were utilized by call centers world-wide.• Led team through performance trend analysis and action to improve connectivity problem areas such as abnormal disconnects, connect failures, and general protection faults.• Interfaced with Member Services to review operational performance, educate key senior management personnel on Connectivity initiatives, and reduce or eliminate connectivity problem areas.• Strategized to identify opportunities for new business, more effective architectures, and patents.• Microsoft certified in Visual Basic and SQL Server, including GUI design, client/server and desktop applications, COM/DCOM, transactions, and database design, interfacing, and querying.

Groton, Ct

Worked with U.S. Navy to develop standards for “interactive electronic technical manuals” and programmed test versions.

New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area

Coordinated $2M renovation project through contractor scheduling, materials ordering, work inspection, cost tracking and reporting, and unit handoff to sales department.

Guilford, Ct

Coordinated all shop work and tracked all materials for high volume dealership and oversaw customer service operations as backup Service Manager.

Various

Various jobs including:• Officer Training Program Manager/Special Projects Officer for Submarine School• Main Propulsion Assistant/M-Division Officer• U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman• Machinist's Mate (Nuclear)

Doctor Of Science (D.Sc.), Engineering Management

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), History