David Phillips Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

London, Gb

As a Technical Project Manager at PEARSON EDUCATION, my role was to facilitate the seamless communication and project management of state educational assessment platforms. This involved coordinating with cross-functional teams and addressing technical challenges to ensure the successful and timely delivery of our products.• Project Management: Developed and maintained detailed project schedules to ensure all key deliverables and milestones were met on time.• Stakeholder Communication: Successfully managed and facilitated ongoing communication across multiple teams to address and proactively prevent project roadblocks and delays.• Technical Support: Served as a key point of contact for state department of education teams, assisting with support, delivery, and issue resolution for assessment platforms.

New York, Ny, Us

I served as a Digital Integration Project Manager at McGraw Hill Education, overseeing the development and implementation of technology integrations for a diverse portfolio of school districts and charter schools across the state. By leveraging agile methodologies and strategic relationship-building, I played a key role in optimizing processes, driving sales, and expanding our digital integration footprint within the education sector.• Optimized Integration Processes: Led the development of integration solutions for 500+ school districts and charter schools, streamlining workflows and enhancing the overall implementation experience.• Agile Implementation: Introduced agile and project management processes to the digital integration team, resulting in a 146% increase in the number of integrated school districts from 2018 to 2019.• Proactive Sales Support: Collaborated with the sales team to implement a proactive integration model, providing critical insights on incomplete integrations and enabling targeted sales efforts that drove revenue growth.• Team Development: Facilitated the successful expansion of the digital integration team by hiring and training new staff, ensuring the delivery of high-quality service across multiple regional segments.• Engineering Collaboration: Worked closely with engineers to align integration timelines with school district requirements, fostering a customer-centric approach and maximizing project success rates.

New York, Ny, Us

As a Solution Architect at McGraw-Hill Education, I contributed to the digital integration of numerous school districts, spearheaded strategic initiatives, and effectively collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth.• Project Management and Agile Implementation: Orchestrated integration protocols and introduced agile methodology while leading the digital integration team, doubling the number of successfully integrated school districts by year's end.• Expansion Management: In response to increased integration demand, dissected the region under management and bolstered the team with new hires and resources to optimize customer service delivery.• Proactive Sales Support: Pioneered a model where potential integrations that were left unfinished were relayed to the sales team, enabling them to pursue additional opportunities effectively and thus increasing overall revenue.• Competency Development: Conducted comprehensive training for new team members to align them with strategic objectives and inculcate industry best practices for seamless service delivery.• Stakeholder Management: Cultivated productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly the sales department, to guide product positioning efforts and ensured client needs were efficiently communicated to the engineering team for execution.

I am an adjunct faculty mentor in the Master's in Entrepreneurial Leadership program at Tabor College.

Newberg, Or, Us

I work as secondary and expert adviser in the Doctor of Ministry program.

I was responsible for the development of software and database applications to ensure that the school district's technological needs were met. This required liaising with multiple stakeholders, and I also worked closely with external vendors to source and implement new solutions, as well as ensuring the integration of all systems with the existing infrastructure.• Stakeholder Training: Conducted comprehensive training sessions to ensure that all end-users were able to effectively leverage the applications developed.• Vendor Collaboration: Worked in tandem with external software vendors to introduce new systems and seamlessly integrate them with the existing technological framework.• Systems Integration: Focused on achieving a high level of synchronization among the array of databases, systems, and applications employed by the School District.• Solution Implementations: Spearheaded the implementation of key technological solutions, ensuring that each one was meticulously curated to address the precise requirements of the institution.• Server Deployment: Led the self-directed development and configuration of a cluster of database servers on SharePoint, enhancing the infrastructure's robustness while significantly reducing latency and overall response times.

I managed all operations for an automobile dealership, overseeing technology, operations, and financial initiatives. I optimized the use of available data to drive informed marketing and sales strategy, achieving significant improvements in online sales and inventory management. My efforts led to a 20% increase in used car sales and a 400% boost in online sales within the first six weeks.- Developed strategic relationships: Established and nurtured partnerships with large online car sales services to access valuable search data, influencing regional Toyota leadership to increase marketing investment by 10%. - Advanced auction strategy: Devised an optimal auction location identification system using data from Manheim Auto Auctions, enhancing the dealership's capacity to buy specific car models for maximum profit. - Utilized data for inventory optimization: Leveraged publicly available data to refine the dealership's used car inventory, transitioning to a multi-brand approach and realizing a 20% increase in used car sales. - Technology solutions: Coordinated the research and implementation of key operational technology solutions, including CRM, SEM, and sales websites, to support efficient and effective operations. - Team leadership: Led a team of 30 individuals, overseeing IT infrastructure, sales processes, and marketing activities to drive organizational success. - Sales and marketing analytics: Conducted extensive market analysis and trend monitoring, enabling data-driven decision-making to enhance advertising allocation and market penetration.

1. Worked with non-profit organization to assess potential employees and partnerships. My success rate was 100%2. Coaching leaders of non-profit organizations through transitional periods in both life and leadership.3. Created a publishing platform for emerging leaders to express their ideas and visions that allowed them to expand their platform, credibility, and influence4. Worked with businesses to increase efficiency through the implementation of hardware and software solutions

1. Transitioned a ministry with very little structure into an organization empowering others to use their unique skills, gifts and passions.* Reorganized the entire leadership structure* Implemented a leadership development process that encouraged and empowered leaders2. Rebranded the Church with a new name, location, and focus. The church had a negative reputation when I arrived and the result was a more community-focused ministry that worked to build the community as a whole through service.

I served as the senior web programmer, network administrator and project manager for this internet startup.1. Business Analyst, project manager and programmer for an insurance initiative for RSM McGladrey. Our company developed a process to web-enable executive benefit scenarios that included life insurance. I led a team to re-engineer licensed, 3rd party desktop software for the web, incorporate our own business intelligence and market it to other companies.2. Business Analyst, project manager and programmer for our own company that re-engineered a Microsoft software package for content management.

1. Managed a data-gathering project that helped create a database for Microsoft2. Developed an extranet for Holland & Knight LLC, a law firm headquartered in Tampa, FL.3. Worked with the National Retail Federation to provide internet services for their members

Research Doctorate, Leadership In The Emerging Culture

M.Div., Biblical Languages, Preaching And Evangelism

Bs, Computer Info Systems

Computer And Information Sciences, General

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