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Providing analysis to redefine business processes that assist clients in achieving improvements in service, efficiency, and quality. Building the supporting applications to ensure client's success by specializing in quickly driving projects from concept to implementation.

Oak Ridge, Tn

Non Project Management Related

Chattanooga, Tn

Site Lead Procurement Engineer and Project Manager for a project to quantify and qualify over 36,000 commercial grade spare parts for use in nuclear power plants owned and operated by The Tennessee Valley Authority. This project saved the Utility Co. approximately $150 million in inventory and the potential loss of $1 million per day in revenues by having to shut down nuclear plants.

Blare, Ne

Non Project Management Related Omaha Public Power District (OPPD).

Irving, Tx

Managed for 4 major Internationalization projects to facilitate new store openings in French Canada. These projects set the footprint to allow Michaels Stores to open stores in foreign countries. These projects established a data warehouse to store SKU translations and conversions to user interfaces for POS, Supply Chain, and In-Store Dashboard programs. Net profits were increased by approximately $18 million for opening of nine new stores.

Txu Energy, Irving Tx

Managed the DSM Portfolio consisting of 27 projects completing 15 projects in 5 months. Performed Project Management and Resource Management functions for WSS (Web Development Portfolio), created WBS templates, financial reports, 5 Dashboards, and Excel spreadsheets to directly extract and manipulate data from HP PPM for reporting purposes, and interacted directly with Onshore / Offshore/Third Party Vendors, QA Testing, System Architects, Business Analysts, Resource Managers, Business Owners / Directors / VPs, and Release Management for all projects. Net profit: approximately $2.5 million in revenue.

Department Of Energy, Piketon, Oh

Performed Project Management functions for delivery of a custom software package developed to track materials, requisitions, purchase orders, work orders, and bills of material for DOE Uranium Diffusion Facility. Created all QA and Procurement processes and procedures to ensure adherence to DOE (NQA-1) regulatory requirements for procurement and qualification of commercial grade spare parts/equipment. Wrote over 200 Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) and Engineering Evaluation (EE) packages for new and spare parts. Net profit was approximately $250,000.

Dallas, Tx

Managed third party On-shore / Off-shore software development teams and a Project Manager for development of a materials used, projects, costs, and inventory tracking system. Performed requirements gathering, project scope, and completed all project deliverable documentation. Project budget totaled approximately $250,000.

Oncor Electric Utilities

Delivered 41 projects to production in 33 months involving legacy systems, new DWH system, Smart Metering apps, and SharePoint / .NET development. Managed 12 to 15 projects concurrently during the 33-month time period. Involved in creating software development standards and procedures, best practice business processes, and improved communications for On-shore and Off-shore software development teams. Projects totaled approximately $2.9 million.

Addison, Tx

Performed Project Management functions to ensure on time, smooth product implementations for clients, managed implementation problems and bug tracking fixes, and directed client and development interfacing to resolve open implementation issues. Company profit: $1.2 million

Plano, Tx

Managed associates converting problem ticketing program supporting over 8300 global users from a Remedy platform to a MS .NET development platform. Performed Business Analysis and managed project schedules, and manpower estimates for custom software development, participated in creating the company’s initial Enterprise PMO, and lead a Management and Development teams in achieving CMMI ML3 and ISO 9001:2000 certification. Managed P&L and budget of $3.5 million at a 22% profit.

Dallas, Tx

Created and managed projects for legacy programs, data conversions, and software implementation projects. Wrote over 200 programs and reports for Payroll, Human Resources, and Financial Departments.

Richardson, Tx

Created project schedules in MS Project for 10 software development managers and over 150 developers worldwide, prevented 40% ($60 million) of potential loss revenues by resolving customer issues, reduced software open deficiency reports by 62% (1800 items), re-negotiated third party software licensing contracts saving the company over $4 million in costs, and formed and hosted the first product user-group conference with 60% of customers in attendance. Total Net Profit: Approximately $64 million.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Hired 15 IS / IT professionals for product redesign, development, QA, and implementation of an International Criminal and Terrorist Tracking system which included facial biometric recognition. Performed business analysis and project management functions to ensure new products met Department of Justice, Europol, and Interpol specifications. Created all software development and QA testing procedures and processes for this company. Total Profit: Approximately $3 million.

Clearwater, Fl

Re-negotiated client contracts saving the company over $6 million in pending litigation costs. Created development processes, procedures, project schedules, and manpower estimates for the rescue 3 Healthcare / Managed Care commercial software products. Recruited, hired, and managed 75 IS / IT and Professional Services personnel. Products Revenues: over $2 million, Total Net Profit: $8 million.

St. Petersburg, Fl

Formed / managed the Professional Services Group for Company’s flagship web-based HRMS, Payroll, and Workforce Management programs. Performed Project and Resource Management functions for implementations and end-user training. Wrote all data conversion programs. Total Net Profit: $2.5 million.