Daniel Pacholski, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Midwest Us

Responsible for field deployment of new and upgrades to computer aided dispatch (CAD) and Records Management Systems for Public Safety.

Schaumburg, Il.

Project management for Public Safety video surveillance product development

Helping establish a Program Management Organization for the Volunteer Center

Quality and Performance Data AnalysisCoordinated the yearly department quality goal planning and process improvements for the 100 engineer Mission Critical Transport department. Managed project planning for the Advanced Technology Department.• Reduction in top software defect occurrence by 5X and development efforts by 20% through use of Six Sigma and DMAIC process improvements resulting in the department receiving a Division Quality Award in May, 2009.• Identified and shared software management best practices with other departments through active collaboration in Division level Software Process and Defect Prevention Councils.• Championed the identification and implementation of streamlined software development processes through coaching and training of new engineers.

Directed a staff of up to 100 engineers in eight key product releases representing $200 million per year for APCO 25 Mission Critical Communications Systems. Responsible for the project planning, risk management, communication, schedule creation, tracking and close-out of highly complex private network Mission Critical Transport development.• Savings of 5 to 10 staff months and up to $200,000 per project due to application of Critical Path Scheduling techniques and active Risk Management.• Realized 5-10% reduction in project management overhead per project through standardization and efficiency improvements via establishment of a Project Management Community of Practice.• Coordinated frequent online conferences with nationally and globally distributed team members (California, Europe and Middle East).• Resource Portfolio Planning implemented resulting in improved tracking of project scope changes and staff planning for the 150 member Advanced Technology Department.

Supervised software development producing mission critical telecommunications products for Government and Public Safety markets. Coordinated scheduling, budget monitoring, staff career management and coaching.• Managed the software development activities of 50 engineers for major enhancements and defect repair activities of Base Station products used in APCO 25 and ASTRO communications systems. • Technical Change request approval cycle time decreased by 200% and change scope analysis efforts reduced by half through creation of Department Change Control and Approval process for committing to and staffing of feature requests.• Staffed a new development team of 25 software engineers. Organized the team via functional areas and identified qualified sub-team leaders to grow next team leaders.

Coordinated an engineering development team creating a PC-based configuration tool for Motorola Base Station Products.

Developed electronics and control software for Color Television Tuning Systems. Verification of operations of systems developed for Zenith by overseas vendors via overseas trips to perform quality inspections and acceptance testing of the developed control software.

Project Management

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Six Sigma Masters Program

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