David Salmon, MSW, PMP
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Education:
Master of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington -
1990. Emphasis on Children, Youth and Families.
Career-specific, job-related training and skills:
. Project Manager for Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice's re-design of
its Juvenile Offender Management Information System
. Business Analyst and Design Manager for Alaska's Statewide Automated
Child Welfare Information System (ORCA)
. Project Management Professional certification and member of Project
Management Institute
. Many continuing education courses to maintain licensure as a clinical
social worker (LCSW) 1992-2006
. Practicum supervisor and provider of clinical supervision for social work
students 1999-2002
. Lecturer at University of Alaska's Southeast and Mat-Su Valley campuses -
1996-2002. Excellent oral/written communicator.
. Proficient in Microsoft Project, SQL Server Management Studio, Visual
Studio, Reporting Services, Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook,
Visio, Access, Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint
Employers:
Employer: Alaska Dept. Of Health & Social Services, Juneau and Anchorage,
Alaska - since March 1998
Job Titles: Social Worker, Juvenile Probation Officer, Business
Analyst, Design/Test Manager, Project Manager
Employer: Tongass Community Counseling Center, Juneau, Alaska - August
1994 - March 1998
Job Titles: Program Director, Executive Director
Employer: Covenant Children's Home & Family Services, Princeton, Illinois
- July 1990 - July 1994
Job Titles: Treatment Unit Coordinator
Positions Held:
Project Manager - 9/1/2006-present - State of Alaska Division of Juvenile
Justice - Salary $7088/month.
In 2006 I accepted the challenge to act as Project Manager for the
Division of Juvenile Justice to upgrade their existing information system
to a web-based system. This included adding new functionality, reworking of
the database architecture and a full data conversion. I worked through all
phases of the project including all project management process groups. I
guided a team of DJJ staff and contractors through the processes of:
. identifying stakeholders, collecting requirements and defining the
project scope,
. determining the budget, creating the contract, establishing
deliverables for each phase of the project, selecting a vendor,
. acquiring and developing a project team, chairing weekly project
management meetings, establishing policy for an advisory group and
creating a change control process and board,
. planning for communications, human resources and procurements,
. monitoring and controlling the schedule, costs, scope and assuring
quality,
. analyzing and responding to project risks and managing stakeholder
expectations,
. testing and approving deliverables and developing a training plan for
the entire Division,
. and closing the contract and negotiating a maintenance and enhancement
contract with the vendor.
As Project Manager I have guided the Division through the numerous
challenges of managing the competing demands of scope, time, cost and
quality that have presented themselves. These have included:
. quality service delivery to slow-speed, rural Alaska locations
connected to the network via satellite,
. tension over data consumption needs of state office versus data entry
duties of front-line workers,
. requests for increase in scope midway through the project,
. coordinating statewide training for 400+ people with Alaska's unique
geographical challenges,
. a buy-out of the vendor by a competitor and funds not yet payable to
the contractor expiring at the end of the fiscal year,
. a shortage of labor on the project team and the challenges of using
volunteer testers and temporarily reassigned workers,
. overly optimistic timeline projections by the contractor,
. delays between training and implementation of the new system,
. leadership change resulting in a major component being scrapped as it
was nearing completion,
. coordinating with partners agencies who consume our data and helping
them through the transition to the new system.
Other projects I have overseen or are underway for the Division
include:
. the selection, configuration, deployment and upgrade of room check
system/database used at eight facilities around the state,
. development of a web-based information system for use by Alaska's
Independent Youth Court agencies,
. training of Divison staff in video-conferencing and tracking of
frequency, location and purpose of use,
. replacement of aging desktop and laptop computer hardware including
definition of an image of needed software.
Design/Test Manager - 3/1/2003 - 8/31/2006. State of Alaska Office of
Children's Services - Salary $5200/month.
After fifteen years in the social services field, including five years
as a Social Worker and Juvenile Probation Officer for the State of Alaska,
I was asked to join a team of Subject Matter Experts advising the
development of a Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
dubbed the ORCA Project. This comprehensive SQL database with a web-based
user interface was built in large measure with federal funds and replaced
numerous aging, stand-alone, mainframe databases.
I started as a Subject Matter Expert and Business Analyst in the
fields of Social Work and Licensing, acting as liaison between policy
makers and practitioners in child protection/welfare on the one hand and
software engineers, programmers and database administrators on the other.
The task was to adapt an existing Power Builder system used by the state of
Wisconsin for Alaska's business practices. I was with the project from
award of the contract to a vendor, through design and testing, training,
implementation, user acceptance, maintenance and support phases. I was a
chief trainer during the implementation phase and transitioned into the
role of Design/Test manager and wrote the chief design documentation for
new enhancements to the system and mapped out test strategies including
test plans and scripts.
Juvenile Probation Officer/Social Worker - 3/16/1998 - 2/28/2003. State of
Alaska Office of Children's Services & Juvenile Justice.
I began my career with the State of Alaska in 1998 investigating
reports of child abuse and neglect, evaluating risk to children,
developing, implementing and evaluating case plans, and collaborating with
other agencies. I gave testimony in Child In Need of Aid proceedings in
court. I supervised visits between children and parents, handled
requests/demands from clients, attorneys, judges, supervisors, and
community agencies. I had to understand and implement Alaska statutes and
agency policies and procedures and maintain thorough, detailed
documentation.
From March 2000 to May 2002 I elected to work in the child welfare arm
of the agency which included collaborating with tribes, families and
service providers to develop case plans, decide on permanency goals and
placement for children, and facilitate permanency by motivating and
monitoring parents and/or by developing alternative permanent homes. Other
duties include guiding caretakers through guardianships and adoptions,
preparing cases for review by internal case reviewers, reporting to the
court on progress toward permanency goals, identifying funding, placement
and treatment resources for special needs children, stabilizing placements,
and chairing and participating in multidisciplinary case meetings regarding
clients.
From May2002 through February 2003 I worked for the Alaska Division
of Juvenile Justice as a specialized mental health juvenile probation
officer as part of a federal grant funded position. The program was aimed
at helping juvenile offenders remain successfully placed at home. I was
teamed with a mental health clinician to conduct intensive home-based
counseling-probation interventions with a small caseload of delinquents
with mental health or substance abuse issues and their families
Executive Director/Program Director - 8/14/1994- 3/15/1998. Tongass
Community Counseling Center - Juneau, Alaska.
As Program Director I supervised clinicians in providing treatment
interventions to perpetrators of domestic violence and sexual assault in
community- and corrections-based settings. I was also a therapist in sex
offender treatment program. I evaluated program effectiveness, created
quarterly reports to funding sources, did grant writing, public speaking,
evaluated employees, and did program development. I was interim Executive
Director from August 1995 until March 1996. During this time I also
independently performed emergency on-call mental health evaluations at the
local hospital, including decisions on voluntary and involuntary
commitments.
Treatment Unit Coordinator - 7/1/1990 - 7/31/1994. Covenant children's Home
and Family Services - Princeton, Illinois.
I designed and implemented a residential treatment program for
adolescent sex offenders within a residential treatment center for
emotionally-disturbed, behavior-disordered youth. I supervised adolescent
treatment professional staff; provided individual, group and family
therapy; wrote progress reports and discharge summaries; and conducted
treatment planning sessions and case reviews.