Manager Project

Dan Ballard MBA, PMP

H: 713-***-**** C: 832-***-**** ***********@*********.***

Summary: Dan Ballard is a polished, senior-level professional with broad

customer experience in construction, information technology, telecom,

supply-chain and consulting. A comprehensive set of computer competencies

are anchored by strong analytical skills: estimating, auditing and progress

billing.

Objective: Broad hands-on management role in the day-to-day activities of

a small to mid-sized Houston area firm. Ideal position has strong

component of interaction with customers, vendors and peers.

Servicing Clients: Fluor, IBM, CompuCom, Shell, NextiraOne, Williams

Communications, John Hancock, Washington Mutual, Knoll Furniture, Valtec

Consulting (commercial construction accounting), Santa Fe Railroad, Dycon

Industrial Construction, Allied Industries, Master Tank & Welding

Education/Professional Membership

PMP 2/21/02 - 2/20/12, Currently serving on PMI Houston membership

committee

MBA University of Houston, Houston, TX

BA Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Computer Applications: 25 years of personal computer experience including:

Office 2003 Strong Excel skills, MS Project 2000, MS Outlook, MS Visio,

Adobe Writer, Remedy ticketing system, GSAP, Cisco VOIP networks

Positions:

Fluor Construction (Taneco refinery project) Project Information Manager

. Single point of contact for all project information technology

including outsourced vendors, problem escalations and electronic

deliverables for the construction of a large petrochemical complex at

Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan, Russia

. Direct experience estimating IT resources/costs for a major engineering

project

. Successfully implemented Fluor's ISO 9001 baseline-centric project

automation practices and methodology

. Authorized IT requestor - cost conscious steward of out-sourced IT

resources

. Hands-on experience solving IT challenges for a fifty-person Russian

translation department

Shell Oil (SAP data migration project) Project Manager/Lead Database

Analyst

. Database project - lead US analyst working with a worldwide team

migrating product packaging data from legacy Trident systems to a new

GSAP structure

. International team - a contributing member of a global team based in

London, I was the project eyes and ears for the US needs and

requirements

. Reporting - created simplified project reporting to identify

milestones, deliverables and tasks

. Mapped entire US product line (70% of world sales) to a new relational

database

. Data migration/normalization - provided the US team with training and

direction to bring a troubled database implementation back on-track

. Excel skills - eliminated data redundancy by providing Excel training

to team members

NextiraOne (Network / VOIP rollouts) Telecom Program / Client Manager

. Working for a telecommunications integrator (Cisco Gold partner) in a

network operations center (NOC), I provided project acceptance

standards to a nation-wide team of network project managers and managed

our larger data customers

. Managed services - successfully used Scorecards to chart project

deliverables for a nationwide rollout team Outcome: doubled our

project acceptance rate

. Account management - reconciled billing systems and eliminated A/R

Result: saved in-jeopardy national accounts; collected receivables > 90

days

. Network security - leader of a crisis team impaneled to solve network

connection challenge Result: our solution enabled persistent

connections to highly secure customer networks

. Software development - developed response metrics for network

management and customer reporting. Outcome: met industry-leading

service level agreements

. Database Management - successfully integrated SAP and legacy systems

Self-employed /Contract Positions, Houston, TX

. Earned an MBA from the University of Houston and worked for various

temporary agencies in the Houston area performing a wide variety of

short-term administrative assignments

. Published writer with articles published in local papers and

periodicals

Construction management - Estimator / Material Control / PM - Cost

Consultant

. Progressive front office responsibilities with Master Tank & Welding

(Dallas), Dycon Industrial Constructors (Dallas), Allied Industries

(Houston) and Valtec (Dallas)

. Cost consultant - my billings put me among the leaders in our firm

. Cost engineering - provided the Santa Fe railroad a 100% increase in

track cost tax deductions

. Material control - involved in layout, build vs. buy decisions and

purchasing

. MEP estimator on the bid team awarded the DOE centrifuge building in

Piketon, Ohio My contribution: mechanical take-off and successful

estimate consolidation

. ASME estimator - won multiple contract awards for pressure vessel

fabrication

. Hard hat experience in both fabrication shops and construction sites

Employment Summary:

Fluor Construction (Taneco Project) - Project Information Manager May 2008

- May 2009 Project

Shell Oil - Project Manager/Lead Database Analyst September 2006 -

October 2007 Project

NextiraOne - (Williams Communications) - Telecom Program Manager June

1997 - Feb 2006

Self-employed - with MBA from the University of Houston; various Contract

Projects 1986 - 1996

Fabrication and Construction - Estimator / Material Control / PM - Cost

1976 - 1986

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software, SW, Network, NOC, 24X7, auditing, generally, Trident, GSAP, SAP,

accounting, GAP, earned value, progress billing, generally accepted

accounting procedures, billing, auditing, budget, estimating, construction

accounting, AIA documentation, business manager procedures, GAAP, vendor

manager, service manager, estimator, department manager, ASME, section 8,

refinery, pressure vessels, PM, PMP, MBA

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