Project Manager Quality Assurance

John H. Walton

*** * **** *, ****, UT. *****

E-mail: ***********@*****.*** Cell: 801-***-****

OVERVIEW

Sr. Program / Project Manager / Consultant / Business Analyst with

extensive experience managing domestic and offshore teams through the

entire life-cycle of multiple infrastructure, product development and

technology integration solutions for government, defense, health-care,

financial services, banking, manufacturing, aerospace, petroleum,

telecommunications, and semi-conductor industries.

SUMMARY

Global Focus - Developed multiple application and system solutions for

international markets.

Growth Oriented - Expand product markets 60%, increase revenue by $10M,

and reduce costs $1.2M.

Bus. Acumen - Accelerate product development, negotiate partnerships,

minimize staff requirements.

Technical - Author business requirements, organizational procedures,

white papers, case studies, architect solutions, collaborate on designs,

use cases, test plans, and perform system analysis.

Adaptive - Facilitate self-organizing & disciplined teams that envision,

explore, and adapt to change.

Accountable - Spearhead multi-million projects to on-time delivery, and

rescue failing projects.

Innovative - Pioneer alternative solutions that open new markets while

leveraging existing technology.

Leadership - Directed over eighty (80) personnel, multi-site, multi-

cultural, domestic and offshore teams.

Effective - Champion organizational change management strategies

improving productivity 150%.

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS & SKILLS

* Strategic & Tactical Planning * Proposal Development * RFI / RFQ /

RFP

* Scheduling / Tracking * Software Dev. Life-cycle (SDLC) * Program /

Project / Product Mgmt.

* Scope Management * Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) * COTS Application

Integration

* Statement of Work (SOW) * System Architecture & Design * Technical

Writing / Doc. Mgmt.

* Vendor / Subcontract Mgmt. * Process Dev. / Re-engineering *

Training / Course Dev

* Offshore Development * Configuration Management * Business

Development

* Use Case Development * Business / Requirements Analysis *

Financial and Cost Analysis

* Quality Assurance & Testing * Oracle Environment * Embedded Software

* Risk Management. * SQL / SQL Server / Relational DB * CMMi / Lean

/ Six Sigma

* Linux / UNIX / Windows * Iterative / Agile / RUP / Waterfall * MS

Project / Primavera

* Multi-site development * Enterprise Application Integ. (EAI) * .NET

environment

* MS Word, Excel, Power Point * Visio / Web Development * Adobe

Framemaker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

05/08 - 07/09 Sr. Project Manager / Consultant / Business Analyst

VeriSolv Technologies, Salt Lake City, UT

Spearhead a federal government contract providing independent quality

assurance, analysis and assessment for the production readiness of the

Veterans Healthcare Data Repository, and application interface systems.

* Developed and conducted presentations to executive team, including

findings and recommendations.

* Provided business develop activities, researching opportunities,

develop proposals for federal contracts.

* Researched and wrote technical articles, white papers, case studies,

documents on IT network security.

* Demonstrated techniques to increase productivity by 1000% utilizing

automation tools and techniques.

05/07 - 01/08 Consultant / Financial Advisor

Prudential Financial - Salt Lake City, UT

Consult with business executives and clients on financial products and

services relative to building personal wealth, retirement planning,

minimizing tax liabilities, business transference, and estate protection.

03/04 - 05/07 Independent Consultant / Program Manager / Analyst

Blue Ocean Consulting Services

Provide consulting & program / project mgmt. services through corporate &

professional staffing entities.

Business / Requirements Analyst

ConsultNet, Salt Lake City, UT

Facilitate analysis and requirements gathering for a web based

enterprise staffing system used to manage placement of healthcare

providers addressing credentialing, licensing, housing, travel, and

contracts.

Implementation Consultant

Raine Media, San Ramon, CA

Design and implement web based applications for Fortune 500 clients

using offshore development teams.

* Designed a web based marketing campaign tracking and fulfillment

system for a Fortune 500 bank.

* Devised web based enterprise credit card application and tracking

system for a major oil company.

* Deployed a financial services database transition solution to

upgrade a financial services organization.

Senior Proposal / Program Manager

Linux Networx, Bluffdale, UT

Orchestrate RFQ proposal responses and directed manufacturing of

custom multi-million dollar Linux High Performance Computer (HPC)

Clusters for defense, aerospace, and oil exploration.

* Coordinated infrastructure upgrades at client facilities including

build out, power, and cooling.

* Directed design, manufacturing and deployment of three $10M HPC

systems to major aerospace firm.

* Instituted process improvements that lowered production costs saving

$500K annually.

10/01 - 02/04 President / Business Analyst / Consultant

Summit Enterprises LLC, Chandler AZ

Owner and operator of a nationwide independent business development

consulting franchise.

* Instituted marketing strategies that produced an 80% increase in

qualified leads.

* Developed training and educational seminars for state and federal

government agencies.

01/01 - 08/01 - Director Western Region

MGB / Roadrunner Software, Tucson, AZ

Direct regional office and coordinate a portfolio of multiple U.S.

government and defense projects.

* Developed embedded software applications for identifying liquid

substances through sealed containers.

* Implemented strategies that increased the organizations productivity by

300%

02/00 - 08/00 General Manager Research & Development

NCC LLC, Scottsdale, AZ

Direct the integration of voice recognition applications with web

technologies for healthcare, legal, and law enforcement industries

involving digital audio transcription, medical billing, and data

archival.

05/94 - 05/00 - Senior Program Manager / Systems Engineer

Motorola Inc., Chandler, AZ

Spearhead multiple telecommunication projects of a five billion dollar

global wireless communication network, managing international contracts,

and budgets ranging from $20-$40 million.

* Directed recovery effort of a project six months behind schedule

achieving a $10M on-time delivery bonus.

* Instituted an issue tracking and resolution system that improved

overall team efficiency by 250%.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake

City, Utah

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute,

Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

President Tucson Chapter, Project Management Institute (PMI), 2001

SECURITY CLEARANCE

ADP2

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