Project Manager Management

HANY ATCHAN, Ph.D., PMP

*** *. ******** ***, ******, CA 91767

626-***-**** - **********@*****.***

. PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a successful

track record in advanced technology programs research and product

development, customer requirements, strategic assessment & planning,

human factors, performance optimization, staff development, risk

mitigation, and business execution.

. Deep knowledge of various software technologies (web development, SaaS

architectures, JAVA, PHP, Database Management Systems, C++, C#, .NET,

J2EE, Scalability, Redundancy, Fault-tolerance, etc) and development

methodologies (SCRUM, Agile, Waterfall, Spiral, etc)

. Mature understanding of business issues including P & L responsibility,

operating budgets, benefit realization, six-sigma and quality

optimization, technical research, competitive analysis, marketing and

positioning, new product introduction, process optimization, governance,

regulatory compliance, accounting, cash flow analysis, sales, marketing,

and intellectual property protection.

. Broad knowledge in multiple industries (software development, utilities &

smart grid, construction, insurance, retail, manufacturing, government,

education, and non-profit)

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

PEOPLE SERVICES MANAGER 2010 - Current

Southern California Edison (SCE), Information Technology and Business

Intelligence

. Led resource and project managers within the Information Technology and

Business Intelligence group

. Led and organized the Project Management Center of Excellence and other

PMO activities within SCE-IT&BI

. Developed Key Performance Indicators and optimized the various resource

management processes for IT managers

. Developed and maintained the Work Force Forecast, Space Allocation plan,

and IT Governance for the division

. Led and facilitated the strategic transition of 160 contractors while on-

boarding two new strategic resource vendors.

. Developed a significant portion of the General Rate Case testimony for

the California Energy Regulatory Commission.

SENIOR TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT 2009 - 2010

GE Energy, Smart Grid Technology Group

. Led the technology specification and strategy for the Demand Response

and Advanced Metering System technology team within the Smart Grid

footprint

. Developed standardized processes for new product development with

blended agile techniques.

. Led an international team overseeing requirement specification using

Rally, defining architecture, adopting technical standards, and

evaluating technology and architectural options for GE Energy Smart Grid

Solutions.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2006 - 2009

ROSEKAY, INC. (a real estate development corporation), Monrovia, CA

. Successfully led the company for 3 years, increasing sales and

profitability, year-over-year, more than 60%.

. Defined the business strategy and solution portfolio, developed the

organization and its functional departments, and standardized the

processes of the company.

. Led sales and customer interactions, including design, project planning,

and management of customer experience.

. Acted as a senior project manager for various critical projects, reduced

risk, improved sourcing, strengthened regulatory compliance, while

increasing the profitability of the company.

. Invented, developed, manufactured, and took to market "green" products

for the construction industry.

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 2005 - 2006

PROCESS CLAIMS, Manhattan Beach, CA

. Successfully led the product management, development, and deployment of

the ShopFlow product, a web-deployed B2B software system (C#, .NET

architecture) brokering transactions between insurance companies and

their service providers.

. Implemented the agile software development methodology and formal

usability testing.

. Established professional engineering processes that made the company more

cost effective, nimble, and customer-responsive.

. Executed organizational changes that enhanced the operations of the

company and that positioned the company for profitability and eventual

merger with a much larger corporation. Company was sold in 2006.

INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 2004 - 2005

VARIOUS CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS

. Consulted with several client organizations regarding their strategic

plans, their project management, their commercial footprint, their team

composition and resource utilization.

. Led training seminars and workshops for requirements gathering and

specifications, Agile methods, Leadership and Performance Optimization

Training, etc

. Participated in conferences and hosted various international guest

speakers and corporate leaders.

. Developed business plans and marketing strategies for clients.

ENGINEERING DIRECTOR 1999 - 2003

ORACLE Retail, Minneapolis, MN

. Organizational responsibility for 7 largest Oracle-Retail software

products. These 7 products accounted for more than 75% of Oracle-Retail's

annual revenues.

. Set the direction, and led the Merchandising Software Products

development group, including project management office (PMO), scope &

requirements, technical architecture, design & development, quality

assurance, deployment, and customer service. Led a large department of

100+ engineers, managers, and QA specialists, organized into 6 sections.

. Developed and successfully instituted the Multi-lab, XP methodology which

allowed the agile software development techniques to be applied across

massive (60 person plus) teams.

. Successfully drove the conversion of several software products from older

technologies to web-based platform. Instituted software toolset including

Rational, UML, Eclipse, J2EE, etc.

. Negotiated and closed 6 major customer contracts with total revenues in

excess of $30 Million including Sainsbury's (UK), Best Buy, GAP, Family

Dollar, Carrefour (France), and COSCO (Hong Kong).

. Established intellectual property protection procedures for proprietary

research and technologies

. Led/participated in several strategic partnerships, merger and

acquisition discussions with B2B and e-commerce companies. Negotiated and

implemented a reseller agreement with a B2B integration product vendor,

increasing company's competitiveness and license revenues by $10 - $20

Million per year.

PROJECT MANAGER, TECHNICAL MANAGER 1989 - 1999

3M - Engineering Systems and Technology, St. Paul, MN

. Program manager for an $8 Million Manufacturing Execution System deployed

at 30+ 3M plants and operating divisions.

. Project Manager for a 26 person cross-functional international team

tasked with developing and implementing a product data and document

management system.

. Negotiated vendor contracts, set up teams, developed and optimized

processes, and conducted training across the world.

. Led and facilitated 3M's Corporate Modeling Technology Advancement Team

. Led the company-wide roll-out of the Six Sigma quality improvement tools

resulting in tens of millions of savings.

Various Positions in the IT and Technology industries 1981-1989

SUMMARY OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

University of Minnesota Ph.D., Software Engineering (Project

Management, Development Methodologies, Data Modeling, and Requirement

Specifications)

University of Minnesota M.S., Computer Science

Lebanese American University B.S., Computer Science

Numerous courses, seminars and workshops in Project Management, Strategic

Planning, Team Performance and Facilitation, Human Factors, Six Sigma,

Intellectual Property, Business Law, Creative Thinking and Processes,

Innovation Management, Accounting, Business Administration, Leadership,

Mergers & Acquisitions, etc.

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