Douglas H. Hook (********@*******.***)
New Milford, Ct. 06776
Business Phone 860-***-****
Home Phone 860-***-****
Career Summary:
I am a Driven, Analytical, Financial Planning Professional, with team lead experience in
all aspects of Project Portfolio Management. This includes Business Case creation and
measurement, Operations, Strategic and Tactical Planning and Coor dination, Monthly
Closings, Financial Measurement and Forecasting Processes. I have detailed financial
analysis skills in variance and root cause analysis. I possess strong communication skills
and interact with several levels of management in performing t hese roles. Daily interaction
with Organization Executives, Finance Management, Development and Operations Team
Leaders is the norm. I currently manage a portfolio of WW/Global IT projects totaling over
100 M$.
Career Objectives:
To obtain a challenging position that allows me to apply my Financial, Planning and
Project Management skills. My desire is to utilize these skills to quickly contribute, and
grow into an executive level Financial Planning / Portfolio Management assignment.
Education:
MS - Information Technology Management, Syracuse University, 1995 -1998
MBA - International Business, University of New York @ Binghamton, 1986 -1988
BS - Electronic Engineering Technology, Colorado State University (Pu eblo) 1982-1985
Employment History:
Senior Financial Planner IBM ( June, 2000 to April, 2009)
Responsibilities: Currently manage all aspects of the IT Web project portfolio of more
than 30 projects and a budget of more than 100 M$. This includes da ily interaction with
the executive support functions of the organization and the development communities.
My responsibilities also include plan coordination, the month-end closing process, the
measurements process and expense control and variance analysis as well as reporting
detailed forecasts on a monthly basis. I also present these findings and perform several
special analyses for project /initiative owners and executives. I am highly skilled with
Excel and Microsoft Power Point for executive presentatio ns.
Advisory Pricing IBM (1998 to 2000)
Responsibilities: I was the circuit board pricer for all the IBM Endicott, New York
produced electronic circuit boards. This included both internal and external customers
and several large complex systems such as SUN. I have created and implemented several
management and IBM legal approved, pricing models and tools for use in this
assignment. I met with and presented detailed pricing results and analysis regularly with
the Endicott executive site management team.
Douglas H. Hook (********@*******.***)
New Milford, Ct. 06776
Business Phone 860-***-****
Home Phone 860-***-****
Staff Business Office Product Planner (1995 to 1998)
Responsibilities: I supported the IBM Endicott manufacturing site backpanel
(motherboard) circuit board business in establishing and maintaining the product
financial plans. This included P&L responsibility for the entire product line of circuit
board products including revenue/cost forecast and measurement. Also, the reporting of
actuals and forecasts to the Plant General Manager on a monthly basis or as needed. I
performed special assignments as requested from the site executive staff.
Staff Project Marketing Support (1990 to 1995)
Responsibilities: In this role I developed and created a number of marketing items to
support the release of the Midrange System 390 announcement. I attended tr ade shows
and assisted potential customers and business partners to obtain the latest product
education and product associated materials.
Staff Reliability Engineer (1986 -1990)
Responsibilities: As a reliability engineer I developed a military handbo ok (217E)
methodology of measuring and comparing computer power supplies for mid range
computers (ex. System 9370). I created and performed an in-situ test process for
establishing power supply failure rates and failure rate analysis. I wrote detailed reports
on the testing of the power supplies and the results found. I documented required changes
in component sets to increase reliability and performed failure analysis on electrical
components when needed. I also presented these reports and documents to the senior
project engineering team.
I will supply Appraisals, References and Additional Job History on request.