David Bolden, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

Leading Project Management Community of Practice with >50 membersResponsible for program and project management activities and driving transparency/results inIndustrial Worker business vertical including resource, budget, timeliness, quality, and other KPI'sKeep all stakeholders updated on program/project changes or issues and provided details for resolutionResponsible for cross-functional collaboration, transparency, and alignment of execution of strategy

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

• Developed and executed a comprehensive global strategy for project management including vision, mission, objectives, and key strategic action items. This strategy has led to a 42% reduction in time to market and a 35% improvement in our accuracy to predict launch dates.• Successfully leading a global staff of ~20 project managers in multiple global locations resulting in a multi-cultural team that can successfully lead projects as business and portfolio needs change.• Leading the Project Management team to be great leaders. The project management team has achieved 13 career ladder promotions and 8 cross functional promotions within MSA.• Leading a project management global steering team to align all program managers on our strategy. This has enabled all project managers to develop necessary and advanced leadership & technical skills to successfully lead projects and innovative products that exceed customer expectations.• Leading the global team and setting high team expectations to have 100% PMP Certified NPD Project Managers• Leading the global team to implement standardized tools and processes including scope change management, risk management, schedule development, project budget, planning, spending, reporting templates, and dashboards.• Leading the team through a strategy refresh for next 5 years to "raise the bar" for continuous improvement. The team will execute the existing strategy and focus on 2 main areas, advanced leadership skills and efficiency.

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

• Promoted to lead both NPD Project Management team and NPD Verification in Cranberry.• Increased the project management team from 8 Project Managers in Cranberry to 21 Project Managers Globally in 2 years.• Led the product verification team to develop four automated test systems that have increased efficiency by nearly 2500%. weeks.• It has been data proven that the team achieved 1 years' worth of labor-intensive verification work in just 2 years

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

Lead an Engineering staff including Engineering Technicians, Software Verification Engineers, and an EMC/RFI/ESD Engineer focused on Verification and Validation of New Products being introduced to ensure the Quality of the Products meet or exceed Customer and/or Technical requirements.Our team developed an Automated Test System that has increased efficiency by nearly 2500%.This efficiency was gained by performing tests that were originally completed manually are now completed automatically, without user intervention; therefore capitalizing on 168 hours per week rather than 40. We have bench-marked this efficiency and determined that we did 1 years worth of work in 2 weeks!

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

Lead the development, launch, and support of 3 global, new product development projects simultaneously; cumulatively resulting in 10 separate products, consisting of 30+ team members over the course of 36-month development and production schedule. Ensure highest standards of production and design while coordinating cross-functional teams including experts in electrochemical, software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and approval engineering disciplines. Direct all aspects of project life cycle; including schedule, budget, cost, risks, milestones, and exceeding customer expectations while traveling internationally to liaise with overseas development teams. Additionally, due to extensive experience of engineering discipline requirements, specifically selected to deliver key oversight for intensive, 20+ team member, 12 phase building renovation & construction project; including two distinct buildings, all offices, labs, common areas, and positively affecting 200+ associates.• Simultaneous Project Management for 3 global, new product developments• Consistently overseeing multimillion-dollar high profile project budgets• Accomplished renovation scheduled for 21 months in 14 through capable scheduling and management.• Reviewed, negotiated, recommended, and approved multimillion-dollar capital equipment purchases

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

Promoted to manage portable gas-detection product line in order to analyze and extrapolate market strategies while developing short- and long-term strategies, pricing, and prioritization for global initiatives. Supported sales organization and expansion of client base through product training, technical support, marketing collateral, and product documentation. Directed product business development through applying engineering knowledge base to analysis of competitor status, products, emerging technologies, and market trends.• Improved overall sales of product group, including 8 new products launched during tenure.• Grew Homeland Security product line through expansion and products developed specifically for this market.

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, Us

Spearheaded new product development projects as technical lead and embedded software design engineer, including leading team and developing software for highly innovative, portable multi-gas detection instruments. Overall, developed 6 new, very successful products from conception to launch, including single and multi-gas portable instruments, as well as automated calibration systems.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electronic Engineering