Project Manager Management

ROBERT STEPHEN MECHAM, PMP, CSM, NPDP

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SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

"Do the right projects right!"

Award-winning leader with history of successful global projects, technical

leadership and driving change and improvements. Balance big-picture

strategic objectives with tactical business requirements to meet or exceed

program goals. Uncover and defuse technical and organizational landmines,

streamline operations. Manage customer and vendor relations. Delivers

value:

Project Management: Drive complex software and hardware development,

integration and system conversion projects across geographically

dispersed teams. Maintain scope from initiation to customer delivery,

consistently completing on schedule and within budget. Effective risk

management, stakeholder relations management, negotiation, interpersonal

skills and communication. Manage vendor selection, performance and

contracts. Utilize project management best practices, iterative

development (e.g. Agile, Scrum) vs. waterfall and reporting (e.g. Earned

Value, burn-down chart) as appropriate. Tools: Clarity PPM, Open

Workbench, IBM Rational DOORs , MindManager, MS Project, SharePoint ,

Excel , Visio , general MS Office, Wikis. Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and

Project Management Professional (PMP).

Define and Select the Right Projects: Strategic planning, business case

analysis (BCA), product portfolio management (PPM), roadmap definition.

Manage need analysis, change requests, product launch, full software

development life cycle (SDLC). Drive RFPs, proposals and SOWs. Customer

advocate. Certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP).

Process Definition and Improvement: Spearhead development and business

process redesign, ISO 9001 certification and continuous improvement. Use

Lean and Six Sigma tools.

Technical Leadership: Initiate technical strategic planning, roadmaps.

Manage customer programs in semiconductor, storage, networking and

telecom markets. Lead team of software system architects, manage and

mentor software and test engineers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LSI CORP., ENGENIO SYSTEMS GROUP (ESG), Longmont, CO 2008-2009

CONTRACTOR/SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO)

. Completed definition of strategic product portfolio process aligning

three hardware and software data storage system product lines and

advanced development to one master product and technology roadmap to

improve portfolio balance, match to strategic objectives and sharing

of technology and development. Included portfolio balance analysis,

resource demand forecasts, capacity planning, rough budgets, match to

strategic objectives.

. Established program management for advanced development and strategic

planning projects. The phase-gate process, project scoring, and

dashboard status reports soon improved project selection, monitoring

and control, and technology transfer to product lines.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, Fort Collins, CO 2006-2008

CONSULTANT/SR. PROJECT MANAGER, SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER

. EDA Software Company: Tested software functionality, evaluated fit in

mainstream design systems. Corrected user documentation and training

labs. Edited promotional materials, recommended refinements for target

markets and users, product positioning, roadmaps.

. Two Nonprofit Organizations: Defined and improved multiple processes,

including design and implementation of a major new program. Simplified

flow/documentation for volunteers.

ROBERT STEPHEN MECHAM, PMP, CSM, NPDP

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, Continued

LSI LOGIC CORP. (previously SYMBIOS LOGIC), Fort Collins, CO 1994-2006

SR. PROJECT MANAGER, DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER - DESIGN SYSTEM ARCHITECT

Managed large, mission-critical projects and portfolios of software,

hardware, methodology and infrastructure projects in a fast-paced,

dynamic, cross-functional organization. Some projects served major

customers, but most were in a 'horizontal' global (including India and

Europe) technology division serving multiple 'vertical' business

units/divisions and working with global marketing, sales, technical

design services and manufacturing groups.

Architected, designed and drove implementation of multiple software

system and methodology advances. Managed customer programs in

semiconductor, storage, networking and telecom markets. Directly managed

and mentored up to 16 software and test engineers.

Spearheaded re-design of multiple development processes and continuous

improvement.

. Awards for program success, technical customer support and technical

leadership.

. Managed 20+ complex, global software and hardware projects from

concept through release, consistently delivered within 10% of baseline

schedule and budget. Captured stakeholder requirements, closed

charter, project approval and resource commitments with senior

executives across multiple divisions, drove planning of tasks,

schedule and resources, managed execution through development, testing

and launch. Managed risks and issues, coordinated communications, led

weekly status meetings and periodic executive-level reviews, drove

cross-functional core teams overseeing the projects. The largest

program contained six sub-projects with complex inter-dependencies,

involved over 100 engineers in five global locations, major in-house

methodology and software development, procurement and integration of

vendor applications and conversion of legacy systems.

. Advanced portfolio management with marketing and product management.

Initiated roadmaps to include technology planning, vendor roadmap

coordination, full product lifecycle management, resource demand

forecasts, capacity planning, rough budgets.

. Instituted best practices in project initiation, planning, estimating,

requirements and risk management. Established technical reviews and

change management system to manage risk, schedule and budgets.

Introduced iterative development (Agile).

. Rose from developer to Design System Architect. Founded and led Design

System Architecture team to oversee technical change management,

system architecture, data flow, design flow and user documentation.

. Championed development process definition, ISO 9001 certification and

continuous improvement for three R&D organizations. In one 4-year

period, reduced customer problem issues 75% through lessons learned,

root cause analysis, process improvements.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, & MEMBERSHIPS

MBA coursework, Texas Tech University and Colorado State University

BS Engineering Technology, Electronics Emphasis, Texas Tech University

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

New Product Development Professional (NPDP) Certification

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Professional Memberships: Project Management Institute (PMI), Product

Development and Management Association (PDMA), Scrum Alliance, IEEE, IEEE-

DASC

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