Management Project

Peter Adams

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720-***-**** • ******@*****.***

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Strategic organizational leader with over twenty years experience in leading complex multi-

location environments with distributed staff and large interdisciplinary teams. Seeking an

opportunity to work in a strategic planning or operations leadership capacity.

•Skilled leader with proven success in vision, strategy, execution and organizational change

management on a national scale.

•"Systems thinker" with an ability to shift perspectives from tactical implementation to

understanding implications of international competitive pressures.

Forecasting • P&L Administration • Financial Analysis • Cost-Savings Initiatives Risk

Assessment • Change Management • Strategic Alliances/Partnerships • Facilitation

Team Development • Contract Negotiations • IT Infrastructure Analysis •Collaboration

Knowledge Management • Continuous Process Improvement • Project Management

Total Quality Management • Communication • Strategic Planning • ERP and CRM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal

Strategic Scenarios, LLC Boulder, CO 2/2009 – Present

Principal in regional consulting firm providing facilitation for strategic planning oriented

towards organizational performance. Developed a comprehensive strategic planning process

including scenario planning, SWOT, internal/external trend analysis, competitive market analysis

and branding strategies, performance metrics, budget and resource analysis, organizational and

staff competency analysis/planning, organizational structure analysis, balanced scorecard,

benchmarking, alignment, performance dashboard development, and iterative process design for

ongoing evaluation and refinement of plan execution.

Chief Information Officer

Design Workshop, Inc. Denver, CO 2/1996 – 2/2009

Primary leadership role in all aspects of Information Technology team as well as organizational

leadership as a Principal, Management Team Leader and Economics Thought Leader in this

International Planning and Design firm.

Strategic Planning

•Developed comprehensive strategic planning process that incoporates Scenario based

assessments of future uncertainties, mission/vision/values, objectives, strategies, performance

metrics, staff and organizational competencies and intervention planning, alignment, change

management and ongoing monitoring of execution. This comprehensive process addresses

many of the failings of traditional strategic planning and is ultimately based on

methodologies to successfully move from vision to execution.

•Created financial projections, proformas, variance analysis and other reports.

•Initiated and led annual strategic planning process for all departments firm-wide.

•Used scenario based planning to create a mission critical systems plan leading to 99.9%

information system uptime.

•Created a process and system for implementing goal based metrics including baselines,

benchmarks and targets for all projects.

•Worked with consultants to implement an alignment based action planning methodology

involving all employees throughout the firm.

Organizational Change

•Envisioned and led an initiative to create an action-based metrics process to elevate and align

the design process for all projects nationwide. Design Metrics have since become a key

marketing highlight for the firm.

•Built a comprehensive national Knowledge Management System including Communities of

Practice, Learning Systems, Physical Environment, IT Infrastructure, business process

improvement and behavioral change management.

Business Results

•Initiated and led a multi-disciplinary project to implement a ERP and CRM systems including

Finance, Human Resources, Quality Management, Administration, Marketing and

Information Technology. This initiative was the primary cause of an increase in profitability

from 9% to 17% of revenues in one year.

•Envisioned and led a firm-wide initiative to develop a disciplined Project Management system

to be implemented on all projects throughout the firm. This initiative was the primary cause

of an increase in profitability from 17% to 25% in one year.

Technical Results

•Developed an enterprise portal based on Microsoft Sharepoint 3.0, X1 Search and NSI

Autostor, including operational information, knowledge management resources, enterprise

search, wiki and blog sites, training materials, document management and more.

•Led and mentored Information Technology Project Managers through the implementation of

complex projects such as VOIP, a National Wide Area File Network, Network Management

Systems, Security Planning, Centralized backup and Mission Critical Systems monitoring.

President

CFI, Boulder, CO 9/1993 - 2/1996

Founded CFI as a Venture Capital and business finance firm procuring venture capital for startup

and later stage firms in the Denver area and providing business plan writing and consulting

services. Business development responsibilities for signing new clients and developing

presentations to investors. Produced a monthly newsletter with venture investment opportunities

for investors.

President

User Friendly Computers, Boulder, CO 6/1985 - 8/1993

Led regional computer systems and network integration firm with offices in Boulder and

Downtown Denver. Grew revenues by over 50% per year for eight successive years. Established

partnerships with companies like Kroger and Prodigy to develop in-store computer retail outlets.

Led a team of over thirty marketing, service, quality control, product development and finance

staff.

Vice-President

Signature Systems, Inc. Westminster, CO 7/1986 - 6/1990

Co-owner of national level computer systems integrator. Responsible for operations and supply

chain management. Developed extensive national accounts and grew revenues. Won sole-

supplier contract to the State of Colorado (Universities, agencies, lottery, prisons, government.)

Established retail markets through Software Etc. stores.

EDUCATION

M.B.A. Masters of Business Administration, Regis University, Denver, CO

Bachelor of Arts. Philosophy, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

University of Colorado, Boulder. Completed all coursework towards PhD in Philosophy and

graduate coursework in business administration.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Harvard University: ExecEd Leadership

Harvard University: ExecEd Knowledge Management

Leadership Strategies: Facilitation

PSMJ: Project Management

The Ascent Group: Strategic Alignment

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