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SERVICE:
- Director
of Education, American Society for the Advancement of Project
Management, 2005-2006
- Sponsor, Project
Management Institute, California Inland Empire Chapter, 2002
- Board
Member, Product Development and Management Association, Southern
California Chapter, 2001 to 2003.
- Board
Member and Vice-President of Professional Development, Project
Management Institute, Orange County Chapter, 1999 to 2003
- Board
Member, Newsletter Publisher, and Specialty Show Secretary, Irish Setter
Club of Greater Kansas City, 1974 to 1976.
- Board
Member and President, Country Club Homes Association, Kansas City, 1973
to 1982.
ASSOCIATIONS:
EDUCATION:
- Master of
Science in Technology Management, Pepperdine University, 1992
- Project
Management Professional, Project Management Institute, 1998
- New
Product Development Professional, Product Development and Management
Association, 2003
PUBLICATIONS
- Time-to-Profit Project Management: A Primer for
Project Managers in Commercial Project Development,
Time-to-Profit, 1999 published in English, Russian, Romanian, and
Brazilian Portuguese
- Six Steps to the Future: How Mass Customization Is
Changing Our World, Time-to-Profit 2003 published in
English, Russian, Romanian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
- "'Time
to Market Project Management: Expanding the Role of Project Management
in Commercial Product Development," PM Network, January, 1999
- “Successful Innovation Management: System or
Serendipity?” Cutter IT
Journal, November 2004, with Vladimir Liberzon.
- “How Words Limit Our Thinking” PM
Practice Magazine, December 2007
- “How Words Limit Our Thinking, Part 2”
PM Practice Magazine, February 2008
- "Opportunities in a Problem" PM
Practice Magazine, April 2008
- “Completion Confidence Measurement Tractatus”
PM World Today, January 2011, with Mojtaba (Moj) Zarei-Kesheh
- “Humility: A Project Management Skill” PM
World Today, February 2011
- "Efficiency vs. Effectiveness" PM
World Today, May 2011
- "Credible Physical Percent Complete: The Pillar of
Earned Value (EV)!" PM World Today, May 2011, with
Mojtaba (Moj) Zarei-Kesheh
EXPERIENCE:
1994 to Date - Time-to-Profit,
Inc.
President and Principal Teacher and Consultant
- Provide
process improvement, project management and product development training
and consulting for the following clients:
- Ural Federall University School of
Business (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
- Kazakhstan National Technical
University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
- Project Management Research Committee (Beijing,
China)
- Mxi
Technologies (Ottawa, Canada)
- X.25 and
Petrobras (Brasilia, Manaus, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil)
- L-3 Communications
– WESCAM (Burlington, Canada)
- Russian
Aluminum (Moscow, Russia)
- Institute
for Sustainable Development (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Spider
Management Technologies (Moscow and Chelyabinsk in Russia,
Minsk in Belarus, Kiev and Odessa in Ukraine, Bucharest in Romania)
- Technopark Idea (Kazan,
Russia)
- Kavaq Business Intelligence (Kuala
Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore)
- United States Navy Region
Southwest – NAVAIR (San Diego, CA)
- National Oilwell Varco (Anaheim,
CA).
- Lawson
Software (Irvine, CA)
- Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (Norwalk,
CA)
- Los
Angeles County Information Systems Advisory Board (Cerritos, CA)
- Motorola
Corporation (San Diego, CA)
- Aztec
Engineering (Irvine, CA)
- The
Orange County Register (Santa Ana,
CA)
- The Irvine Company (Newport
Beach, CA)
- American Graduate University (Covina, CA)
- University
of California at Irvine, Riverside, and San Diego Extension Divisions
- RCG Information Technology (Irvine,
CA)
- Management Concepts, Inc. (Tysons Corner, VA)
- The Eastman Group (Irvine,
CA).
- Sprint
(Overland Park, KS)
- Southern California Gas Company (Monterey
Park, CA)
1992 to 1994 - Infonet Services
Corporation (British Telecom)
Director,
Network Engineering and Operations
- Improved
Infonet’s European marketing effort by implementing a second
"showpiece" Network Control Center in Brussels.
- Enhanced
Infonet’s domestic marketing effort by building a new
"showpiece" Network Control Center in El Segundo.
- Introduced
an SNMP manager of managers to monitor and control network elements.
- Optimized
Infonet's network topology to reduce circuit costs from 30.4% to 25.6%
of network service revenue.
1987
to 1992 - TRW,
Information Services Division (Experian)
Director,
Data Services
- Implemented
the Bankruptcy Notification product which reduced the average personal
bankruptcy notification time from six weeks to seventy-two hours. This
product generates in excess of $100K per month.
- Created a
certification program to validate third party systems used by customers
in buying and evaluating credit reports and influencing credit report
buying decisions in excess of $15 million each month.
- Consolidated
data entry operations from eleven locations to a single operation.
Eliminated a customer disturbing 42 day backlog and reduced staff by
34%.
Director,
Network Services
- Integrated
the voice and data networks of two nationwide credit reporting entities,
driving combined operating expenses and head count down by nearly 17% in
the post-integration year.
- Re-engineered
the distribution network to provide diverse data paths to volume
customers while reducing running rate costs by 20%.
- Initiated
outsourcing of the X.25, dial portion of the network to achieve a 60%
operating cost reduction.
- Led the
disaster recovery team that restored network service within 17 hours
following the 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake.
Manager,
Advanced Technologies
- Introduced
DB2 to rewrite the billing system to meet customer demand for enhanced
reporting capabilities, consolidation, and volume discount flexibility.
1985 to 1986 - Control Data Corporation
Marketing Services Consultant
- Provided
presales marketing and technical support for the Supra-Link product for
the electronic circuit design simulation, nuclear power plant, and
petroleum reservoir modeling markets.
- Prepared
technical responses to requests for proposals, involving mainframes,
operating systems, applications and telecommunications.
1973 to 1985 - United Telecom,
Inc. (Sprint)
Director, Systems Development
- Developed
Supra-Link, an integrated hardware and telecommunications software
system service offering which provided remote access to United's Cray super
computer from user VAX operating system environments.
- Managed
twenty-two systems analysts responsible for maintenance and enhancement
of a proprietary operating system software.
1974 to 1986 – Residential
Investment Associates
Founder and
Managing Partner
- Arranged
financing, acquired, and managed residential rental properties.
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