James Fox Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

In 2024, created and optimized four successful e-commerce platforms on Amazon Marketplace, Walmart Marketplace, and Shopify, rapidly growing to over $20,000 in sales per month within three months with continued sales expansion.

IT Project Managements Consultant with PMP, eCommerce Store Owner, Investor

IT Project Management Consultant with PMP, eCommerce Store Owner, Investor

Austin, Tx, Us

Plano, Texas, Us

Senior Project Manager, Australia Victoria Public Transport Division – Sep 2022 to Present• Prepared master program schedule proposal including 3-year detailed schedule in Oracle Primavera P6 submitted to the Australia State of Victoria Transport and Planning Division for new smart ticketing system encompassing the rail, tram, and bus networks made up of more than 480 trams, 265 train stations, 800 retail outlets and 2,400 buses.• Named as PMO Manager for the Program.Senior Project Manager, Texas DOT IT Division – Aug 2016 to 2022• As Scrum Master, successfully facilitated two ERP customization and integration projects with Oracle PeopleSoft in 2021 and 2022. Fixed Price projects were completed on schedule, under budget, with many customer accolades. • Project Manager with PMO that provides IT Services to TxDOT for Application Development, Security, Customer Service, and Infrastructure business areas. Estimated value $372M.• Organized and led multiple enterprise transformation projects including ERP Integration, Microsoft Active Directory Upgrade, Azure/AWS Cloud Deployment, Windows 10 Deployment, Tableau Rollout, Cisco Umbrella's Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Upgrade, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Deployment, Novell Replacement.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Us

•Project Manager, PMO Kuwait, 2011 to 2015• Championed $1.3B government program to operate, maintain, and defend U.S. Army’s telecommunications network spanning seven countries and comprised of 1,800 employees providing IT services to 80,000+ users.• Oversaw complete lifecycle for software development, infrastructure, and business process improvement projects from scope development through to execution of project plans.• Steered complete recruiting and transition process for 900 new employees per year to work in the Middle East.• Orchestrated project to create a request system for hiring managers to acquire additional employees according to workload.• Led team in developing and deploying customized applicant tracking and monitoring system in SharePoint and .NET for integration with other custom-built software.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Us

• Guided team in network management of 15 IT service centers in Iraq and 20 IT service centers in Afghanistan. • Joined forces with military leadership to reduce outages and downtime by 15% within six months by fostering and emphasizing cohesive problem solving among diverse and dispersed technical teams.

West Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Project Manager / Scrum Master, State of Iowa IT Division, Des Moines, IA, 2006 to 2009• Drove seamless transition to Agile project management with Scrum methodology and processes at the State of Iowa. Rewrote the SDLC documentation to include Agile and Scrum procedures, ceremonies, and artifacts. • Authored documents which enabled state agencies to obtain funding for software development projects resulting in State of Iowa IT’s division to win additional business exceeding $3.2M+ in revenues.• Salvaged relationship with major customer (state agency) which resulted in additional projects and revenues for State’s IT division, effectively partnering with product owner to implement Scrum principles, planning, processes, and ceremonies. • Planned and navigated 14 software development projects throughout complete SDLC encompassing Health & Human Services, Student Loans, Inspections & Appeals, Auditing, Budgeting, and Logistics & Transportation.• Exhibited proficiency in stakeholder relations, business analysis, risk management, change management, testing, security/vulnerability analysis, user training, and timely deployment. • Transitioned organization to Agile methodology and Scrum principles and values, and educated product owners and team members to ensure adherence to new process.

• Launched and evolved technology consulting firm for Ankeny Group to produce $600K annually by recruiting qualified staff and promoting project services among a vast range of industries and companies. • Assembled offshore software development team in India which considerably lowered costs. • Secured $900K contract to re-write and modernize legacy software system and oversaw SDLC.• Instituted Agile process and best practices including iteration planning, time boxed iterations, delivery of functioning software at the end of each iteration, pair programming, backlog task list, Kanban and Kaizen, and ‘lessons learned’ discussions.

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Led and managed cross functional teams to build software and hardware for installation on mobile service vehicles to monitor work orders, GPS locations, and work fulfillment by mobile workers. • Led enterprise-wide IT software development projects for the largest railroad system in North America, Union Pacific Railroad. Projects included transportation, logistics, supply chain management, human resources, and finance. Recruited by the Vice President IT to organize 17 discrete projects with 14 different project managers; reviewed project plans and contacted project sponsors; established and managed the Project Management Office (PMO) to coordinated projects with standard processes, technologies, and architectures; authorized business case and ROI to obtain umbrella funding for projects. Projects delivered functionality to meet customers’ requirements and achieved 20% ROI on the projects completed. • Led technology group to launch industry's largest national customer call center supporting 110 branches across 21 states. Reduced cost by $100 million annually by streamlining operations and boosting productivity.• Recruited, mentored, and directed project managers and personally managed several large multi-year IT projects.