Project Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
BILL MEACHAM, PMP
Drive, Austin, TX 78748-2424
Voice:
512-***-****; Fax: 512-***-****
Mobile:
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http://www.bmeacham.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Requirements Analyst:
Interfaces with IT and end users to develop requirements for mission-critical software systems.
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Project Manager:
Project Management Professional (PMP), certified by the Project Management
Institute (PMI). Carefully discovers and documents functional and technical
requirements, then estimates accurately the effort, cost and duration needed to
implement the project. Consistently brings projects in on time, within budget
and with required functionality.
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Process and
Quality Improvement Trainer and Auditor: Develops curriculum, delivers
training, documents and improves processes. Teaches the SEI Software CMM.
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Information
Systems Architect: Extensive experience designing relational databases,
Internet systems, user interfaces, web sites and client-server systems.
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Extensive experience in manufacturing, banking, public
safety and government
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Software testing and quality assurance
EXPERIENCE
Requirements Analyst, Dell, Inc., 4/05 - Present
Analyze business needs and develop software requirements for mission-critical software systems. Responsible for projects lasting several years and costing up to ten million dollars. Interface between end users and software developers.
Independent Consultant, Austin Texas, 1/02 3/05
Provide managerial and technical
advice, perform software quality assurance, design and build web sites for
various clients.
Project Management and Business
Process Improvement
Worked with project managers and
engineers to create a standard schedule template for new product development at
a major computer manufacturer. Customized Microsoft Project Server 2003 to
support the effort. This initiative will reduce project ramp-up time,
streamline status reporting, provide unified executive reports and reduce
process inefficiencies. The client expects cost reductions of over $1 million
annually. Was given an award for exceptional contribution to the project.
Project Manager
Planned and
tracked the production of a major research report for a not-for-profit
affiliation of University of Texas and private-sector personnel promoting clean
energy as a viable economic activity in the Central Texas area. The report won
consistent praise from entrepreneurs, policy-makers and educators, resulting in
increased funding and expanded outreach activities for the affiliation.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Verified compliance of software
development processes to published standards and provided guidance in process
improvement to a large state agency. Trained and coached project managers,
software designers and programmers in effective software development
techniques. Instigated and oversaw publication of standards documents that had
been stalled in bureaucracy for over two years. Created, implemented and
conducted a post-project lessons-learned review process for project managers,
findings from which decreased cost over-runs by 25%.
Conducted independent verification
and validation (IV & V) of a mission-critical mainframe computer system for
another state agency. Extensive data analysis using Business Objects.
Consultant, Renaissance Worldwide
(formerly Sterling Information Group), Austin, Texas, 8/91 - 12/01
Project Manager, Software
Designer and Developer
As project manager, directed a
team of six developers to create a web-based Virtual Event application. (A
virtual event is an on-line analog to a real-world event such as a conference
or trade show.) The application enables users to create and attend virtual
events over the Internet. The application was built with Microsoft technologies
including Site Server, IIS, SQL Server, ASP and COM+. As project manager,
oversaw the entire project and tracked it to successful completion. Estimated
effort, defined software requirements, scheduled work, assessed risk, tracked
ongoing progress, tracked expenditures against the budget, applied contingency
plans to mitigate risk, and resolved technical and personnel conflicts, working
very closely with the client s program manager. The project was completed on
time and on budget, and the client was very pleased with both the result and
the manner in which it was accomplished.
Acted as project manager, database
designer, Oracle database programmer and Tango web site programmer to create an
e-commerce (Business to Consumer) web site. This site aggregated inventory and
sold items from a great many resale, thrift and antique stores on the web.
Managed the database and web application group, and coordinated the efforts of
that group with graphics designers, telecommunication programmers and desktop
application programmers in four separate cities. The project plan was based on
functional requirements and effort estimates which I gathered in a prior
engagement with the same client, and which resulted in my company s being
retained to develop the product. As part of this effort I designed and built
the database, specified the interfaces between the various components, and wrote
the system test plan. As a result of the site s going up on time and with full
functionality, the principals were able to secure round-two funding.
Acted in a dual capacity as
project manager and Oracle database designer and programmer to create a secure
e-commerce web site for the client s customers done in WebObjects. The project
plan was based on functional requirements and effort estimates which I gathered
in a prior engagement with the same client. That engagement resulted in my
company s being retained to develop the product. My team of five programmers
and web site designers completed the project ahead of schedule, and our client
was extremely pleased with both the quality of the delivered product and the
professionalism with which we executed the project.
Provided Information Technology
expertise in a number of consulting engagements, including the following:
Documented the IT infrastructure of a major Austin
computer manufacturer in order to facilitate the rollout of a new consumer
product. Identified several bottlenecks and inefficiencies among the components
of the client s legacy systems and Web storefront and made recommendations for
improvement. A key benefit was to provide an overview of the interactions among
various systems, which had been hidden from those in charge of each individual
system. This engagement was in conjunction with the Renaissance Business Solutions
Group.
Assessed the IT infrastructure and the IT Department
management practices of a Colorado school district. Identified best practices
and made recommendations for improvement in a report to the district school
board. This engagement was in conjunction with the Gibson Consulting Group.
In several small engagements,
gathered functional requirements, analyzed and developed software requirements
and derived estimates of the effort required to implement and deliver the
product. In one case the client decided to pursue an option that would require
less effort and retained my company in a different capacity. In another, the
client praised the professionalism of my report and retained my company to
develop the product.
Designed, developed and managed a
mission-critical client/server database application to track discrepant
material non-conformances for a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry
using Delphi for the user interface and Oracle for the database. This
application won consistent praise from users and was selected for
implementation worldwide in all the client s manufacturing sites. Planned and
managed the development, installation and integration with the client s
business process.
Designed a Microsoft Access-based
Pending and Closed Sales Tracking database and reporting system for a large
computer manufacturer.
Acted as project leader for the
development of an Informix-based product definition database and specification
management system for a major semiconductor manufacturer. Designed and coded
the application in Informix 4GL.
Analyzed, designed, coded, tested
and installed enhancements to a large-scale manufacturing support system
utilizing an SQL database and client/server architecture on a multi-user Tandem
mainframe. This system was awarded the client s Quality Award and was
instrumental in the client winning the Greater Austin Quality Award for Highest
Achievement.
Process Improvement Change
Manager
Oversaw and implemented cultural
change strategies for a highly-successful software consulting company and for
that company s clients. As chair of the Software Engineering Process Group, was
instrumental in bringing software developers from SEI Level 1 to Level 2 in
only ten months. Consulting company s reputation for employing excellent
software development process and producing excellent results caused its annual
revenues to grow 700 percent in three years and to be acquired by a national
leader in software consulting services.
Software Quality Assurance
Auditor
Monitored software developers
adoption of and adherence to a defined development process. Acted as coach and
trainer in process improvement based on the Software Engineering Institute s
Software Capability Maturity Model.
Trainer and Curriculum Developer
Developed and presented a two-hour
mini-workshop on Estimating Software Projects for the Austin Chapter of
the Project Management Institute. The text is available at http://www.bmeacham.com.
Co-developed and co-taught a
30-hour course for Sterling employees and clients titled Software Engineering Methodology. This covers all phases of a
software project, including project management, feasibility analysis,
requirements gathering, requirements analysis, design, implementation and
post-implementation review.
Developed and published a 34-page Software Development Process Guide for
use internally by Sterling Information Group.
Developed a 16-hour course on Evolutionary Rapid Prototyping as a
software development life cycle.
Developed and delivered an 8-hour
course, Introduction to Process Improvement
Based on the Capability Maturity Model.
Taught numerous courses on
improving software quality to clients employees in Austin, Fort Worth and
Seguin, Texas, and Schaumburg, Illinois. Examples of these courses include Developing Quality Software, a two-day
survey of software development methodology, and Introduction to SEI CMM, a three-day, in-depth introduction to the
Software Engineering Institute s Capability Maturity Model.
Systems Analyst, Sheshunoff Information Systems, Austin, Texas, 7/83 -
8/91
Designed microcomputer software
for banking applications, including Call Report Preparation, Safe Deposit
Operations, Financial Planning & Budgeting, Financial Statement Analysis
and others. Had extensive involvement with users, translating user desires into
structured systems specifications. Translated Federal banking regulations into
rules-based software systems.
Wrote extensive technical and user
documentation including user manuals for ten software products.
Programmer/Analyst, Austin National Bank (now NationsBank), Austin,
Texas, 4/81 - 6/83
Designed and coded mainframe
banking applications, including Installment Loan, Commercial Loan and
Certificate of Deposit systems. Oversaw implementation of systems, wrote
technical documentation. Was trained in structured design techniques.
EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING
Rational Unified Process and Object-Oriented
Analysis and Design official Rational on-line training materials,
self-study.
Project Management Professional Preparation,
Austin Project Management Institute
Hatley-Hruschka-Pirbhai methodology Process for System Architecture and
Requirements Engineering, self-study
Software Estimating for Small Projects, Software
Quality Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Software Scheduling and Cycle Time Management,
Software Quality Institute, University of Texas at Austin
XML Boot Camp, XML Solutions
Introductory and Intermediate Tango Development,
official Pervasive Software training
Programming WebObjects I, official Apple
training program
Software CMM Instructor Training, Software
Engineering Institute
Software Engineering, Sterling Information Group
internal consultant training
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
MA, Philosophy of Religion, Columbia University, New
York
BA, Philosophy, Williams College, Massachusetts
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
Arena
Skill Set
Project Management
Project Management
Professional (PMP), certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Software Development Methodology
Hatley-Hruschka-Pirbhai methodology: Process for System Architecture and Requirements Engineering
(New York: Dorset House, 2000). This methodology uses Data Flow Diagrams,
Control Flow Diagrams, Object-Relationship Diagrams and Information
Architecture diagrams to define software (technical) requirements, all of
which are rigorously traceable to functional requirements.
Rational Unified Process, industry-standard development
process for object-oriented systems.
Tools
Microsoft Project
Project Server 2003
ERwin
BPwin
Oracle SQL-Plus
UNIX system utilities
Microsoft Office
Visio
Business Objects
Photoshop
Database Management Systems
Oracle
SQL Server
Microsoft Access
MySQL
Borland Database Engine
MS/DOS Batch
Operating Systems
UNIX (Solaris 7)
Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP
Macintosh
MS/DOS
Hardware
Sun
HP
IBM PC
Macintosh
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Webmaster, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
Member, Austin Clean Energy Initiative
Chairman and Treasurer, East-West Center
Computer and software troubleshooter, numerous
nonprofit organizations
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