Manager Management

Rob Colwill

Highlands Ranch, CO

303-***-**** (cell) 720-***-**** (home)

**********@*******.*** www.linkedin.com/in/robcolwill

EXPERIENCED SENIOR TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Eleven years experience managing the research, planning, development, and

implementation of complex and innovative software projects. Experience

includes enterprise software, software as a service (SaaS), database

applications, and productivity software using various tools and

methodologies. Demonstrated ability to understand business requirements

and technical architecture driven by a passion to create superior

solutions.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Leadership: Experienced in all aspects of managing software development

with cross-discipline and cross-geo teams. Dedicated to equipping teams by

researching and teaching new technologies and mentoring other project

managers. Adept at representing teams by presenting at conferences and

large internal meetings.

Technical Project Management Skills Technologies

Driving architectural design Visual Studio Team Foundation

consensus Services

Write technical design specification Advanced SharePoint experience

Microsoft Office / Microsoft Project

Information architecture

UI Design/usability studies UI prototyping, various tools

SDLC/PMP Certified/Agile/SCRUM Working knowledge:

Conduct focus groups, survey XBRL

creation ASP.Net

Writing reference documentation Silverlight

Product launch planning SQL Server/Reporting Services

Release management Web Services/Web applications/IIS

Sustained engineering

planning/costing

Running internal and external

customer programs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Corporation since 2001

Senior Program Manager, SQL Server

. SharePoint implementation, configuration, and feature design expert

for Master Data Services team

. Design of client to for configuration of MDS including

. Design and standardization of PowerShell cmdlets and snapin

. Microsoft Business Intelligence platform experience

. Integration with SharePoint Business Connectivity Services

. WCF Data Services specification and project management

Program Manager II, Office Business Applications

. Architectural leadership integrating features into SharePoint 2010

. Integration features for PerformancePoint and Management Reporter

products

. Represented Microsoft at Convergence 2007 as a speaker on XBRL

technologies

Program Manager II, Windows Live Events and Calendar 2006-2007

. Designing architecture for large scale web services in Windows Live

. Investigation and planning for mapping events in Live Maps

Program Manager II, Windows Live Toolbar 2005-2006

. Requirements gathering, customer research, usability studies, focus

groups

. Feature prioritization and selection for release timeframe

. Product release management for the toolbar (August-September 2006)

. Quality management through organizing and conducting cross-discipline

bug triage meetings

. Managing vendor relationship (Exploratory UI research with FROG

Design)

. Owned all search related innovations in Windows Live Toolbar 3.0

release

Program Manager in Microsoft Office 2001 - 2005

. Research, planning, and project management of various aspects of the

Microsoft Office Open XML file formats

. Focused on graphical object (charts, diagrams, shapes, etc.) with

input and review of features supporting in MS Word, Excel, and

PowerPoint

. Ownership of large cross-group and cross-geography tasks including

schema standardization reviews, file format converter project,

compatibility tools for all Office apps

. Large architectural feature management including PowerPoint and

OfficeArt object model, copy/paste support between Office applications

. Customer research with the U.S. government, U.S. military, and

investment banking firms regarding highly structured PowerPoint

documents, content reuse, privacy and security needs,

programmability/solution requirements

. Assisting with hiring decisions and interview loops

. Design and management of SharePoint Picture Libraries project.

Covering both the user interface and the architectural aspects of the

feature

. Microsoft Picture Manager, various feature designs and project

management including compression, email options, client/server

communications

. In charge of PowerPoint's beta program for the 2003 release. This

included weekly customer meetings and large audience presentations

. Research and planning for digital asset management within Microsoft

Office

Database Application Developer -CHAMP Software (Home health care solution

provider)

. Designed and developed immunization tracking software for Women,

Infants, and Children (WICs) program using dBase

. Authored help content using Robohelp

. Developed reports using Crystal Reports

EDUCATION

Project Management Professional (PMP) certified

B.S. Minnesota State University, Mankato: Computer and Management

Information Sciences

Currently enrolled in MBA program with emphasis in Project Management

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Patent Award related to MS Office Open XML file formats

Microsoft Gold Star Award

Received multiple Microsoft "Ship It" awards:

Office 2003, Windows Live Wave 3, Management Reporter, Office

PerformancePoint

Excellent annual review track record

RECOMMENDATIONS

Professional and personal recommendations are available upon request or on

Linkedin at: www.linkedin.com/in/robcolwill .

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