Tom Spitz (Him/His) Email & Phone Number

Augusta, ME, US

San Francisco, California, US

I review and edit large, or complex professional services contracts and statements of work (SOWs) - before they are shared with our Customers - with the objective of creating clarity and identifying and mitigating areas of risk that might derail the project or inhibit our Customers from being successful with their Salesforce implementation. Using my.

San Jose, CA, US

• Working with County CIO and PMO Director to modernize the Information Services Division Project Management Office (PMO) and extend the successful transformation program developed at Santa Clara Valley Health and.
• Achieved trusted advisor status with County’s Business Executives to extend deployment of transformation program - created for the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System (SCVHHS) - and its associated processes.
• Aligned IS investments with County strategies by implementing a disciplined, yet agile project request, scoring and governance process
• Extending the implementation of the cloud-based Planview Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool across the entire County Information Services Department (ISD)
• Coaching project teams, resource managers, anc capacity planners in adoption of Planview to support transformation of County project management, resource management, and investment and capacity planning processes.
• Providing engaging training and agile coaching to project teams focusing on $40M, multi-year Public Safety and Justice system modernization program

Tower 3 provides consulting services to organizations to help them refine their business, information technology, portfolio management, and consulting delivery processes. We provide direct consulting or work with other consulting organizations to provide services related to our depth of experience with IT processes and agile methodologies. Our goal is to.

San Jose, California, US

• Working with Chief Health Technology Office (CHTO) and PMO Director to establish Project Management Office (PMO) and create a project-centric organization for healthcare system supporting fifth largest county in.
• Developed end-to-end IT processes including Governance, IT Portfolio Management, Project Management life cycle, and Systems Implementation life cycle that have Privacy and Security as core components
• Aligned IS investments with Healthcare System strategies by implementing a disciplined, yet agile project request, scoring and governance process
• Increased project delivery success and improved IT investment returns by implementing Planview Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool.
• Used Planview to solve critical resource demand and capacity planning challenges
• Moved the project management organization up the maturity curve by providing professional development support, mentoring, and agile coaching to project managers and project teams.

Austin, Texas, US

• Streamlined the delivery of professional services by unifying delivery methodologies across Oracle’s services organizations in response to its acquisition of over 75 companies. Developed, fielded, and supported the.
• Envisioned and designed the methodology unification program.
• Recruited senior-level team that enlisted field expert support to develop high-value guidance, estimating models, and proposal tools.
• Delivering highly-effective training, knowledge transfer, and organizational transformation support to Oracle Business Unit Consulting organizations.
• Established Oracle’s Global Project Management Office (PMO), including PM standards and best practices, training and certification, portfolio management, and governance.
• Reduced redundant costs by over $11M annually and improved project outcomes by >0.5 margin points on a $1B consulting business providing ROI of >570% on a $2.8M annual investment.

Austin, Texas, US

• Reduced costs and risk for software implementation and development projects through methodology and estimating support for the entire Oracle product and services portfolio. Led the Global Methods organization in.
• Reduced implementation costs by moving the Oracle ecosystem toward solution-driven implementation projects utilizing iterative prototyping and conference room pilots (CRPs).
• Developed the iterative AIM for Business Flows methodology to modernize and replace Oracle’s waterfall approach.
• Enabled Oracle Consulting to remain cost competitive by enhancing all estimating tools and methods to support blended delivery channels and material reuse.
• Facilitated professional services growth and ongoing relevance by initiating iterative and incremental, object-oriented, and internet-enabled method development efforts.