Project Manager Management

JAMES N. MORTON, PMP

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QUALIFICATIONS:

A well-rounded professional with a proven track record of leadership,

initiative, team building, coaching, risk management, strategizing,

trust, collaboration, and follow-through with over 24 years of new

product development experience including management and supervisory

responsibilities; strong formal presentation and communication skills;

Strong Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, and DMAIC tools experiences. Key

qualifications include:

o Masters Strategic Leadership (MSL)

o Project Management Professional (PMP)

o Value-based Six Sigma Black Belt (VBSS)

o Strategic business/marketing consulting

o Experience with full product lifecycle

o Strong technical competencies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Program Manager - Interdivisional Programs, ITT Industries, Geospatial

Systems 2009-present

. Increased revenues by growing business between Geospatial Systems and

other value centers. Managed cost, schedule, and technical deliverables

to deliver on-time projects. Negotiated resources, timelines,

expectations, statement of work, and subcontracts. Increased revenues

from $0.5M to $10M in 6 months.

VBSS Specialist (Value Based Six Sigma), ITT Industries, Geospatial Systems

2007 - 2009

. Delivered over $2M in cost savings by improving manufacturing processes

related to subcontract management, direct vs. indirect work and Rough

Order Estimates (ROM) processes

. Attained $1.3M cost savings avoiding data spills, with a second year 80%

reduction of costs.

. Uncovered Net 45 vs. Net 30 accounts receivable issues yielding a $30,000

increase in monthly cash flow

. 20% improvement of integration and test phase through value stream

mapping and leaning out schedule.

. $10M identified savings through value stream mapping of primary mirror

build kaizen. Included the end customer (Voice of the Customer) and

prime supplier.

Project Manager Office of the Chief Engineer, ITT Industries, Geospatial

Systems 2005 - 2006

. Implemented a company-wide Product Data Management system over five

geographic locations converting forty-two programs and over 400,000

documents.

. Trained and supported 3,000 users.

. Re-negotiated vendor subcontracts saving over $100,000 from original

contracts and increasing functionality.

. Delivered on time and under budget by 5% and met all bounding box goals

given extremely tight resource constraints.

Program Manager - New Product Development, KODAK 2002 - 2004

. Managed $40M global project, delivering final results three months ahead

of schedule in time for a strategic market window that increased NPV of

business case by $30M.

. Lead the core team of Marketing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Service,

Quality Assurance, and Finance to deliver the product including the

sales, and service groups in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom

and the European countries.

. Instilled strong process adherence with heavy emphasis on risk management

& scenario analysis to beat schedule.

Product Development Manager, KODAK 1998 - 2002

. Lead the development and delivery of multiple releases of a product that

handled data capture, manipulation, and storage both short-term and

archival.

. Managed the data definition, database design, architecture, and interface

specifications.

. Lead a team of 21 employees handling requirements management, planning,

scheduling project tracking and control, software configuration and

management, architecture, design, risk management, and release

coordination.

Project Leader, Programmer/Analyst

KODAK 1986 - 1998

. KODAK CS1200 Conversion System. This was a product running on a

Macintosh that captured data from various inputs, transformed the data

through various algorithms, and transferred the data to CDs.

. Defined the system requirements, interface specifications, and design of

the data workflow between scanners, data rendering engine, printers, and

CD Storage devices.

. Developed the architecture, design, implementation, and delivery of

various products through all the stages of the development lifecycle.

RECOGNITION:

Rochester Area Colleges Outstanding Adult Student, RACCE Committee,

2010

Distinguished Leadership Award, MSL Group 52, Roberts Wesleyan

College, 2010

EDUCATION:

Master of Science, Strategic Leadership, March 2010, Roberts Wesleyan

College, Rochester, NY

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Mathematics, 1985, Roberts

Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY

CERTIFICATION:

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Value Based Lean Six Sigma (VBLSS) Certified Black Belt

Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) for access to Sensitive

Compartmented Information (SCI)

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Director of Technical Teams, Pearce Memorial Church 2005-present

. Webmaster and leader of web team: www.pearcechurch.org

. Technical Director and leader of technical teams for musical productions:

Lighting, Sound, Video, Stage

. Video Producer and leader of video team for storyboard, shooting,

editing, and producing videos.

Tutor/Mentor, Rochester City Schools #8, 2009 - present

. Tutored/mentored elementary kids in all subjects focusing on

math/science.

Chairman of the Board, Pearce Memorial Church 1995-1998, 2000 - 2003

. Responsible for fiscal management, staffing, capital resources and

strategy planning.

. First 3 year term oversaw $1 million capital campaign and sanctuary

renovation.

. Second 3 year term oversaw implementation of $4 million capital

improvement of gymnasium, lobby and two story educational wing.

Soccer Coach, Churchville Youth Soccer Organization 1996-present

. Motivate, excite, assess skills, teach skills, plan, coordinate and enjoy

leading various teams.

REFERENCES: Available upon Request

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