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Management Project Manager

Location:

Denver, CO

Posted:

October 17, 2012

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JOHN SCOTT CHRISTIAN

(please call me "Scott")

New York, NY 10015 • Denver, CO 80202

Mobile: 812-***-****

Email: ab8was@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

An innovative, strategically-focused executive with extensive consulting and management experience in

visionary, results-driven solutions to complex problems. I believe in relentless curiosity and in the revolutionary

potential of the collaborative economy. Exploring the economic and social value provided by peer-to-peer

exchange is a way of life for me.

For nearly thirty years, I have offered differentiated, value-added advisory and strategic planning services. My

unique approach to creating value combines a comprehensive understanding of each client’s business and

goals with extensive tactical expertise, unparalleled personal engagement and proactive, professional

execution. I deliver results that routinely exceed client expectations.

You want better performance. I can make it happen.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Decision Logistics Corporation

New York, NY and Denver, CO

04/1983 - 12/2011

Owner/President

Mr. Christian leads this consulting practice with foresight and innovation drawn on 30+ years of broad

consulting, management, entrepreneurship, and project leadership roles for firms ranging from venture-backed

start-ups to global enterprises (GE, United Technologies, Saab, Continental Airlines, Swissair, SAS, Cathay

Pacific, USAir, LAN, CSA, Tech Group). Our clients are the leaders in their respective industries and our work

plays a pivotal role in the development and implementation of their strategies.

He stands out as a leader with the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

Experience in management science and complex analysis; deep innovation; process architecture,

development and commercialization; facilities/space planning and construction; and key strategic studies has

provided Mr. Christian with skills for achieving positive change in companies, agencies, and private-public

partnerships. He has demonstrated experience and skill in the effective design and implementation of IT, FP&A

and marketing strategies to meet the organization's mission, vision and goals. He has been responsible for

leading large strategic or marketing transformation projects that deliver tangible and sustainable results.

Leadership qualities:

• Innate relationship builder, connector of people.

• Demonstrated ability to gather and motivate teams based on shared goals.

• A leadership style that is inherently collaborative, accessible, visible, and flexible, that inspires trust, respect,

and confidence from others. Respected for exercising judgment, tact and discretion.

• Strong relationship management skills with demonstrated ability to work across global/functional lines.

• Entrepreneurial energy and demeanor.

• Leads and develops professional staff through performance management, consistent feedback,

developmental opportunities, and helping each toward professional goals.

• Promotes an open working environment where opinions, views and ideas can be shared.

• A concept pioneer in executive thought leadership.

• A great sense of humor and an ease with people.

• A role model of ethics, positive values, and transparency.

• Understands that by helping teammates, colleagues, and clients succeed, he succeeds.

• Earns a high degree of influence and ability to impact team performance of cross functional groups,

subordinates, peers, and senior management; including the ability to gain acceptance of others in sensitive

situations.

• Synthesizes business insights derived from analysis, innovation, and BI into high-impact and targeted

recommendations and presentations for senior management review and decision making.

Key experience:

• 30+ year track record of continual delivery of products, solutions and deliverables on time and on budget.

• Creative and visionary leader with strong skills who can deliver results at both a macro and micro level.

• Exceptionally strong communication skills with executive and C-level constituents and with colleagues.

• Efficient, flexible, innovative problem-solving using state-of-the-art analytical/research methods and tools.

• A strategic thinker and an innovator. Able to formulate and present proactive and creative solutions. Driven

by intellectual curiosity.

• Demonstrated success supporting business leaders in transforming cost and revenue structure to

significantly improve the profit and growth trajectory of the business.

• Outstanding project leadership/management skill in driving and delivering end-to-end solutions: from

gathering and definition, project planning and project guidance, to process test design and execution.

Provides persuasion through writing and speaking, presentation, listening, and conflict resolution.

• Superior process development, management and execution skills and experience with large scale technology

implementations. A highly-experienced change management leader.

• Ability to quickly grasp and assimilate complex information throughout multiple business units and make

data-driven decisions. Driven by intellectual curiosity.

• Experienced at assembling multi-cultural teams and improved organizational collaboration. He has a strong

international background with over 30 years work, residence and education in France, UK, Germany,

Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Czech Republic, Hungary, Canada, and Chile.

Key skills:

• Ability to promptly discern client/organizational requirements and to quickly develop critical-process

optimization. Long experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Multi-industry long-term expertise in process optimization (Agile, Six Sigma, PMO).

• Ability to set and manage clear priorities and to work under high stress while responding to frequent short

deadlines and changing circumstances and priorities.

• In support of executive decisionmaking, 30+ years in precedent-setting FP&A innovations for financial

analysis and modeling; strategic planning; budgeting rationale, variance, and trend analysis; cash flow

forecast; and pricing models, revenue and expense forecasting.

• A thorough understanding of finance and accounting principles including discounted cash flow analysis;

budgeting and cost-allocation techniques; and advanced analytical (linear algebra, optimization theory,

numerical/statistical analysis), modeling and forecasting techniques.

• Drives financial performance target setting through business and competitor analysis, external benchmarks,

and enterprise buy-in of goals.

• Experienced decision support SME on M&A activities including valuation, discounted cash flow, leveraged

buyout, accretion/dilution, and company financials of potential acquisitions.

• 25+ years of experience executing business intelligence projects.

• Ability to logically structure analysis of complex issues and develop creative solutions to business, financial,

and operational challenges.

• 30+ years exptertise in the development, implementation, and enhancement of IT systems, and in providing

experienced UX-driven oversight of IT systems development.

• 9+ years experience in applying a human-centered design methodology to all phases of the web and mobile

application design and development process.

• 30+ years experience in global product/service marketing. Proven track record of marketing to B2B as well

as B2C. Develops metrics and success criteria for all marketing programs and activities.

• Adept at leading multiple marketing and product initiatives and working in tandem with a sales organization.

• Designs and oversees media strategies and plans, fostering positive press overage for U.S. and

international businesses. Often serves as spokesman to senior management, government officials, the public

and the press, promoting client actions and policies.

Mr. Christian is a high-impact, creative and solution-driven innovator, a collaborative project manager, and

drives innovation by introducing game-changing solutions into mission critical environments. His consistent

aim is to make complexity understandable and actionable. His unique, higher-level mission: to change the

world by changing the way client leaders and their organizations think, work and communicate.

Self-employed Commercial General Contractor

Bloomington, IN 47407

06/1998 - 12/2008

Owner/President

• Commercial general contractor specializing in the renovation of mid-size commercial, institutional and

industrial properties.

• Project experience and SME knowledge of all construction trades; design-build and fixed-price contracting;

CAD planning/interpretation; specifications; estimating; competitive marketing and bidding; materials and

properties; construction standards and methods; and high-order project management.

• Extensive experience with space planning, move management, facilities management, and budget

management.

Chicago Airholdings Corp. / Chicago Air

5370 South Cicero Ave.

Chicago, IL 60657

09/1985 - 08/1986

Executive Vice President

• Co-founder and Executive V.P. Had CMO/CPO/CIO portfolio responsibility for this large regional air carrier

operating from Midway Airport.

• Responsible for strategic planning, including fleet and route plans, scheduling, revenue management,

marketing, advertising and promotions; facilities plans and construction; government and industry relations.

• With partner, raised $9 million capital from investors in less than 60 days.

• Received FAA part 121 Air Carrier Certification in less than 90 days (this remains an FAA record for speed of

completion.

Continental Airlines

900 Grand Plaza Drive

Houston, TX 77210

091984 - 09/1985

Senior Director - Future Automation

• Directed a complex project involving high-technology development of the first airline industry E-ticketing

process. Led the cost analysis, capital justification, system specification and design, and defined technology

requirements (HW/SW).

• Wrote definitive reports outlining manpower/capital requirements, work timelines, testing methods, marketing

strategy (re: industry inducements). Led industry meetings (IATA, ATA) describing concept and initiating

standards.

• Served as the operations research, financial analysis, technology development SME for all facets of the E-

ticketing innovation. E-ticketing has reduced industry material and direct labor costs by 86%, from the

1985 baseline.

New York Air

La Guardia Airport

Queens, NY 11371

09/1980 - 12/1981

Senior Director - Economic Planning

• Was a co-founder of New York Air, responsible for resource planning, scheduling, route planning and

expansion. During this period, NYA was the fastest-growing air carrier in the U.S.

• Represented NYA in intricate negotiations to obtain "slots" for operations its initial services between

LaGuardia, Boston, and Washington (these airports are capacity-controlled, and airlines allocate slots under

USDoT anti-trust immunity). This was a high-profile position within NYAir, and my activities and statements

were very closely scrutinized by the FAA and national press.

Booz Allen Hamilton

Transportation Consulting Division

1 West Fourth Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202

11/1978 - 02/1980

Principal Consultant

• Developed mathematical demand modeling re: predictive forecasting of passenger volumes, aircraft types,

gate requirements, air carrier flight frequencies, schedule forecast simulation, and simulated peak-hour traffic

analysis for "Chicago O'Hare Airport Master Plan." Client: City of Chicago Department of Aviation.

• Served as the senior air service development consultant on Booz Allen's ASD practice, providing consultation

to a dozen principal U.S. airports, and participating with Delta Airlines in the inception and development of their

Cincinnati hub concept, which was implemented in 1982.

Texas International Airlines

8450 Travelair St.

Houston, TX 77061

01/1977 - 11/1978

Director - Passenger Service Planning

• Directed system-wide functional airport passenger services (ticketing, check-in, new technology and software

projects, agent training). Responsible for capital forecasting, budgeting, new technology leadership and

change management.

• This included complex transition from existing system to American SABRE system (1978), requiring re-

training the entire airport/reservations workforce, extensive new construction and capital equipment

installation. Reduced cost/passenger airport-service costs by 28% during my tenure at TXI.

Continental Airlines

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

Los Angeles, CA 90045

08/1974 - 12/1976

Manager - Passenger Service Planning

Assisted Director-Passenger Service Planning, with project responsibility for system-wide functional aspects of

airport passenger service, ticketing, automation systems and passenger security screening.

Prepared, reviewed and justified capital budgets, automation planning, and industry/FAA liaison.

Continental Airlines

Stapleton International Airport

Denver, CO 80238

12/1970 - 08/1974

Passenger Service Agent

• CSA (ramp agent, 8 mos.) and then PSA (passenger agent, 3 yrs.). Worked every kind of airport passenger

and ramp operations, including ticketing, check-in, departure control, baggage service.

• During the last year here, served as training agent responsible for agent training in ticketing, tariffs, new

technology (automated check-in, ticketing), and then newly-mandated FAA airport security screening.

Simultaneously a full-time student at University of Colorado. Promoted after graduation to management

position at headquarters in Los Angeles.

EDUCATION:

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN 47402

Master's Degree (M.A., ABT), 12/1996

GPA: 3.8 of a maximum 4.0

Program: Russian and East European Studies

Graduate studies in the history, politics, economics, language, culture and literature of Russia and the former

Soviet Union. Fully-funded scholarship: Social Sciences Research Council. ABT status.

St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg Russia

Language Certificate, 08/1996

GPA: 5 of a maximum 5

Program: Russian language and culture.

Russian language studies in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Phoenix Seminary

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Master's Degree (M.Div.) 05/1994

GPA: 3.6 of a maximum 4.0

Program: Theology

Theology, Old and New Testament, Greek, Hebrew, counseling, ministry and leadership.

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ 85287

Graduate studies: Russian Area Studies, 05/1994

GPA: 3.9 of a maximum 4.0

Program: Russian language and area studies.

Russian language, literature, history and cultural studies. Graduate-level production of research papers and

seminar performance.

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH 45222

MBA studies, 12/1979

GPA: 3.7 of a maximum 4.0

Program: MBA - Management

Coursework in Finance, Marketing, Operations Research. Two semesters prior to my relocation to New York

as a consultant for Texas Air Corporation and co-founder of New York Air.

University of Colorado - Boulder

Boulder, CO 80303

B.S. - Business Administration - Management, 06/1974

GPA: 3.4 of a maximum 4

Majors: Finance and Marketing -- Minor: Operations Research

Honors program. Finance (financial mgmt., financial analysis, investment mgmt., financial planning);

Accounting (financial, cost); Mathematics/statistics (quantitative methods, calculus, math analysis); Operations

Research; Business law and Contracts (advanced); Marketing (advertising, public relations, market research,

international marketing, consumer behavior, market nalysis, market planning); Entrepreneurship;

Transportation (air transportation, transport planning, logistics), Organizational behavior.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Proficient in French, German, Italian and Russian. Learning social Mandarin.

OTHER RELATED EXPERTISE:

• Solid expertise with Oracle and with data manipulation tools (SAS, SQL, SPSS, Hyperion, Essbase)

• Extensive experience with BI visualization and analytics tools (Spotfire, Tableau, Qlikview, Cognos)

• Advanced Microsoft expertise: Excel, Visio, Project, Word, Powerpoint, Schedule, Dynamics CRM, Access.

• Demonstrated ability with Microsoft Business Intelligence Technology Stack.

• Expertise in UX software platforms like Omnigraffle and Axure.

• Expertise with Ariba spend-management SW.

• Expert user of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yelp, FourSquare.

• Expert SME - Long-term expert in physical, site, and document/data security for industrial, government, and

institutional clients worldwide.

• Expert SME - Disaster recovery planning, disaster recovery management, and emergency protocols

oversight.