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Robert D. Watkins

Senior Project Manager Consultant IT Project Manager PMI Certified PMP Information

Technology

Cumberland, MD 21505

tel: +1-301-***-****

Email: **@*********.***

Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rdwatkins

Resume: RDWatkins Project_Manager_Resume

Summary

Collaborative and process oriented project management professional since 1997 with core

experience in rigorous requirements elaboration/project definition, initialization and

planning as well as delivery of complex and technical project implementations. Proven

tenacity in pursuing stakeholder commitment to objectives, clarifying definition of

misaligned projects and initiatives within strategic portfolios and conflict resolution

across cross-functional teams.

Past Projects

Global Service Request & Fulfillment Process Development

Multi-regional DR Requirements Gathering & Continuity Process Design

Americas Disaster Recovery for MS Exchange/Blackberry

Corporate User Demographics Data Warehouse Design

Sun Identity Manager Design & Deployment

ISP Division Sale & Acquisition Transition (Mindspring)

Data center Network Backbone Vendor Transition

Offshore Scripting Resource Training & Mentoring

Gentran EDI Windows NT to AIX Transition

Oracle Database Infrastructure Consolidation & Migration

Disaster Recovery projects:

- DR for DMZ

- DR TWS process design

- DR RFP for Americas a Data center Tape Backup Solution Design, RFP and Implementation

Data center-wide AIX Version upgrades Initiative

Unix and Windows Server builds

Legacy Server Decommissioning Initiative

Tivoli Infrastructure Design & Implementation (TPC, Tivoli & TWS)

ISP Customer Hosting Infrastructure Migration

North American Email Infrastructure Installation (Cluster Architecture)

North American Email User Migration (10,000 plus seats)

North American Desktop Applications Scripting & Deployments

Mid-Atlantic Manufacturing Plant and Office Y2K Remediation

Co-Authoring Cisco and Microsoft Technical Certification books for Syngress Media

NA Video Conference Capability Deployment

Specialties

Project Scope/Planning Foundations a Global Integration Planning a Collaborative

Management a Virtual Project Teams a Consultative Problem Solving a Cross-Functional

Team Coach a Process Design/Redesign a Strategic Planning a Risk & Change Management

a IS & IT Infrastructure Build-out a Data Center Move/Consolidation & Infrastructure

Optimization a Web Development a Mass User Migrations a Network Management & Ops a

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) a Scripted Application Packaging a

Work History

Relationship Capital Institute

Virtual Global Jan 2009Sep 2009Project Manager Consultant

My role in the Relationship Capital Institute organization was to bring strategic

planning and innovative collaboration management to focus the efforts of several start-up

initiatives.

Those initiatives were as follows:

Develop web presence concept as well as plan and execute on delivery of the same

Train editorial staff/contributors in blogging technology and administration

Train staff in SEO concepts, methodology and aid in development of strategy to use same

Coordinate and manage volunteer activities related to project and content creation

Support development of long term vision and potential value add projects for portfolio

Developed strategy and delivered presentations regarding the high level business plan for

RCI

Of worthy note is the fact that RCI is a totally virtual effort with contributor and

management having never met face to face and existing almost wholly in Skype conferences

and cloud computing document shares. The new complexity of virtual collaboration and

volunteer boot-strap efforts to support this start-up were often encountered, conflicts

resolved and cultural norms established without the physical presence of any participants.

Relationship Networking Industry Association

Los Angeles, CA May 2008Dec 2008Project Manager Consultant

I have been supporting the Relationship Networking Industry Association (RNIA) since May

of 2008. I was originally engaged as a volunteer to consult on project management elements

of the start-up.

My Roles and Responsibilities within RNIA were as a Consultant:

Project Management

Internal Volunteer & Offshore Resource Management

Innovation Consultation

Business plan development contributor

Content Creation and Business Processes Review

Creative online marketing approaches and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

RNIA is dedicated to helping individuals and entities learn how to build healthy and

supportive personal and business relationships. Relationship Capital and Reputations are

the core measurement of networking value. RNIA seeks to embed these concepts and processes

into the networking industry. The RNIA Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) best practices

standard was assembled from time tested processes of communication based in values. RNIA

has existed for several years as a nonprofit organization building relationships with

thought leaders and visionaries.

These activities spawned the development of a commercial start-up entity called

Libertango. The entity structure, approach, product lines and services plans were created

in parallel to the RNIA project efforts.

Group Technology of Trumbull Inc

Shelton, CT Oct 2007Dec 2007Project Manager

/ Web Design

Strategic web content and design consulting, including Search Engine Optimization plan

for the creation of a site to support Group Technology s business growth strategy.

BDG, LLC

Herndon, VA Jul 2007Aug 2007Sr. Project Manager Consultant

US Government ALUI Project RFP Response

Develop Project Management/Agile SDCL Approach Response to RFP

Participate in RFP Oral Q&A Interviews hosted by House of Reps

Co-develop rigorous questionnaire to elaborate RFP/Project scope

Co-develop portions of second and third responses to RFP

Outline Risks related to project

Group Technology of Trumbull Inc

Shelton, CT Jan 2003Jul 2007

Sr. Project Manager Consultant

Client: Unilever Home & Personal Care North America,

Inc

. Trumbull, CT

Completed feasibility study of vendor outsourced DR solutions for MS Exchange and

Blackberry for 25,000 email clients in North and Latin America. Final recommendation

supported by Global and Regional Architects.

Reviewed, re-engineered, negotiated Disaster Recovery Policies and Procedures to support

multi-regional reorganization and creation of a unified contingency response team across

North and Latin America. Team members were geographically separated throughout discussion

and negotiation processes.

Managed Tape Consolidation RFP and subsequent vendor contract negotiations. Vendor

proposed designs were to support 2000+ servers data protection requirements. Drafted and

presented business cases based on final responses and architect recommendations. Delivered

two finalist proposals to stakeholders featuring a consolidated Virtual Tape disk array

and secondary LTO3 tape architecture.

Group Technology of Trumbull Inc

Shelton, CT Jan 2001Jan 2003

IT Project Manager Consultant

Client: Unilever Global Infrastructure Organization (GIO)

& Best Foods

Trumbull, CT

Initiated, designed, planned and executed processes & procedures for migration of 15,000+

email clients in North America. Clients were migrated from old systems at a max rate of

1200 users per 4 day weekly cycle.

Managed 8 Indian offshore resources, for a full year, to deliver North American scripted

applications supporting 10,000+ desktop deployments. Created and delivered scripting

training to offshore resources.

Managed QA of packaging outputs prior to deployment. Managed, scheduled and coordinated

User Acceptance and IT applications group testing facilities.

Drafted policies, procedures and processes for onshore requirements gathering and

scripting submission. Transferred inputs to offshore resources resulting in delivery of

quality application packages.

Marathon Oil Corp

. Findlay, OH Jan 2000Dec 2000QA Project Manager Consultant

Managed the QA processing of approximately 1700 scripted applications for automated

deployment, most of which were in-house or legacy software.

Coordinated the processing of outputs from 20+ scripters; 4 of which were QA team direct

reports and tasked with the UAT and Quality control relative to these scripts. Project

outputs supported the deployment of applications to 10,000+ desktops.

NovaCare, Inc., Physical Rehabilitation and Occupational Health Business

Pittsburg, OH

Mar 1999

Sep 1999IT Project Manager & Network Engineer

Evaluated and Performed Y2K remediation of hardware and software as required across 56

external offices and main office. Developed and deployed appropriate backup plans and

disaster recovery processes and procedures.

Diagnosed and documented network issues, designed and implemented project plan to resolve

as necessary. Coordinated installs, upgrades and consolidations of new and redundant

databases in remote offices.

Micro Integration Corp

. Frostburg, MD Feb 1997Mar 1999ISP Network Engineer

Managed ISP dialup customer base of 4,300 clients. Planned and implemented backup

strategy for servers hosting 400 websites.

Performed due diligence on transfer of ISP backbone provider to more cost effective

vendor. Planned and executed parallel IP environment to minimize customer affects during

migration.

Coordinated technical aspects of divestiture of ISP division to MindSpring.com via

customer base acquisition. Completion of this project resulted in 400,000.00 infusion to

core business.

Network Engineer & Project Consultant

Client: Kraft Foods Inc. Winchester, VA

Project Engineer Consultant

Managed plant communications network upgrades in parallel with Y2K Remediation and

Compliance project execution. Coordinated vendor upgrades of plant mixing software and

Allen Bradley PLC logic controllers.

Supervised fiber network installations during manufacturing plant physical expansion to

support CAPRI SUN ALL NATURALr juice drinks and new capabilities to produce OSCAR MAYERr

LUNCHABLESr.

Education

American Sentinel University

Apr 2004Nov 2009

Bachelors of Science

Business Administration Curriculum

In fall of 2007

I took a sabbatical from my consulting career to retool and complete my

formal education via American Sentinel University (A.S.U.). My focus was on business and

project management thus ensuring my capabilities to deliver maximum tangible Project ROI

to clients and employers. These capabilities include Web 2.0 tools and processes

supporting cost effective remote/virtual capabilities and creating cost efficiencies for

my clients. The intention was to improve skills in manage project requirements gathering,

team development, plan execution and strategic business planning and integration

activities.

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD Jan 1994Dec 1994

Physical Sciences Curriculum

US Navy C-School

San Diego, CA Oct 1990 Oct 1991

Advanced Medical Laboratory Technician Curriculum

US Navy A-School

San Diego, CA Jan 1990May 1990

Hospital Corpsman Curriculum

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ Sep 1984Aug 1987

Physical Sciences Curriculum

Brigham Young University

Idaho Rexburg, ID, Sep 1981 May 1982

Liberal Arts Curriculum

Project Management Certifications & Training

PMP [Project Management Professional] (Project Management Institute) Apr 2005 Apr

2012 PMP Number: 226081

Project Planning and Program Control Processes, Project Management [PMTOnline.com] June

2008

Sep 2008

Project Planning and Program Control Processes is a comprehensive 45-hour workshop taken

to fulfill Project Management Institute PMP renewal PDU requirements and to explore at a

working level the fundamental processes of planning a project thoroughly and then manage

the project to the plan (Program Control).

- project planning payback the investment and the return

- Defining, managing, and modeling project work scope, work inter-dependency

(relationships)

- Developing effective time and resource project models

- The time analysis process (float analysis / critical path management / etc.)

- The resource planning process

- Project change control establishing and managing project baselines (technical /

schedule / cost)

- Measuring and managing performance, risks and opportunities

- Using project management software as a project planning and program control tool

PMP Boot camp [Cheetah Learning] Apr 2005

Microsoft Project 2003 Level 1 Training [ElementK] Jan 2005

U-Plan / Clarity Training Process (Workflows) Jan 2005

U-Plan / Clarity Training Timesheets Jan 2005

U-Plan / Clarity Training Properties and Document Manager Jan 2005

U-Plan / Clarity Training Look and Feel Dec 2004

U-Plan / Clarity Training Team and Tasks Dec 2004

U-Plan / Clarity Training Project Lifecycle Awareness Dec 2004

IT Project + Certified Professional (Comptia, Inc.) Feb 2002 ID Number: COMP10062604

Legacy Information Technology & Other Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate [CCNA] (Cisco Systems, Inc) Oct 1999 Cisco ID:

CSCO10038752

MS 1567 Microsoft Windows Professional Course [HTR, Inc.] Dec 1999

MS 1594 Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows 2000 File, Print and Web Server

[HTR, Inc.] Dec 1999

Microsoft Certified Professional [MCP] (Microsoft) Jul 1998 Microsoft Certified

Professional ID: 1057977

Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet [MCP+I] (Microsoft) Jul 1998 Microsoft

Certified Professional ID: 1057977

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [MCSE] (Microsoft ) Jul 1998 Microsoft Certified

Professional ID: 1057977

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCSE NT 4.0 Bootcamp [ICTS] Mar 1998 Apr 1998

A+ Certification (Comptia, Inc.) Dec 1997 Candidate No. 1C6AE5

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (Atwood Institute for Research and Education) Dec

1995 Certificate Number: W79-2913

Skill Levels

Project Manager (Expert) 10+ Years Experience, (Last Used

Consulting (Expert) 10+ Years Experience, (Last Used

Virtual Project Team Management [Offshore] (Expert) 7-9 Years Experience, (Last Used

Collaborative Project Management (Intermediate) 1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used

Information Technology (i.e. Hands-On Engineer MCSE NT 4.0, CCNA, A+, Wise Scripting)

(Expert) 6 Years Experience, (Last Used >7 year ago)

Accomplishments, Achievements, Published works and Contributions

Together We Can Change the World, Inc. D.B.A. My Power Mall

Bellingham, WA Mar 2007

Present

Independent Contractor Support the philanthropic goals through social media promotion

and management of personally sponsored independent contractors using my project management

& IT experience

Co-Authored MCSE Migrating from Windows NT to Windows 2000 Study Guide (Exam 70-222)

Co-Authored CCNA Test Yourself Practice Exams, 2nd Edition (Exam 640-507)

Hospital Corpsman A-School

Graduate with Honors US Navy San Diego, CA May 1989

Advanced Laboratory Technician C-School Graduated with Honors US Navy

San Diego, CA

Oct 1990

Served as a Japanese speaking missionary in Sapporo, Japan 19821984

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About RDWatkins.com

RD Watkins is a PMI Certified PMP Senior Project Manager with experience in information

technology infrastructure, IS development, user migrations and business processes related

initiatives. Using a firm technical foundation built on Microsoft, Cisco and Comptia

certifications Robert can quickly develop project core knowledge and adeptly communicate

across all levels of stakeholders and resources. Past more