Project Manager Management

marshall jones

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

Address: *** ****** ***

City: oak park

State: CA

Zip: 91377

Country: USA

Phone: 818-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $100,000

Willing to Relocate

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Marshall T. Jones

537 Savona Way Cell: 818-***-****

Oak Park, CA 91377 *************@*******.***

Career Summary

Senior executive team leader with a proven record of high performance in identifying the right technology to meet the needs of changing business and consumer trends. Extensive experience in senior leadership roles across diverse industries. Well versed in current computer applications and systems integration processes. Demonstrated record of achievement in creating strategic plans, operational concepts, and management practices to meet profitability objectives. In-depth management experience including profit and loss responsibility for operations, staffing, professional development, performance management and exceptional motivational programs.

Areas of Expertise:

Team Leadership Development IT Strategic Planning Merger Integration

IT Modernization Enterprise Architecture Financial Performance

Communication Skills Developing Business Strategies Meeting Aggressive Schedules

Top Management Interaction Building Relationships Full P&L Responsibility

Professional Experience

Mid-America Consulting Group Inc. (Cleveland, OH) 2002 to Present

MACG is management consulting company. MACG provides consulting, project management services, information technology hosting, data management solutions and staff augmentation to its customers.

Part-time Consultant

Contract interim advisor to provide strategic planning and direction. Provided outside expertise in information technology organization management and information strategy development for client engagements. Maintained relationships with key clients to assist in engagement planning and sales.

* Assisted The Boeing Company, by improving the supplier management process for its more than 35,000 suppliers. Recommendations as well as implementation of MACG proprietary software resulted in improvements in cycle times of more than 80 percent, a drop in supplier rejection rates from .9 to .8 percent and on time delivery from 75.9 to 99.8 percent.

* Utilized MACG proprietary product SupplierGATEWAY to achieved better pricing for Major League Baseball teams, by improving the monitoring the performance of suppliers and streamlining their procurement processes.

Wellpoint Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA) 1999 to 2002

$15 Billion leading health benefits company serving over 35 million members nationwide, offering a broad range of medical and specialty insurance plans for individuals and employer groups.

Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer

Established the first strategic IT architecture, including data center consolidation, IT modernization, and a $100 million telecommunications outsourcing agreement. Developed, sponsored and participated in a project manager certification program to significantly improve skill sets of both IT and non-IT project managers. Managed a $500 million IT and telecommunications budget for all divisions.

* Led successful technology and business integration of several acquisitions totaling more than $1 billion, including Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Georgia, Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Missouri, Healthlink, and Precision Rx. Merger integration included data centers, applications, employees and network infrastructure.

* Enabled company to surpass targets for reductions in overall administrative costs for three consecutive years through completion of key IT projects; per-member administrative costs were reduced by more than 10 percent each year.

* Led successful negotiations, resulting in a 15 percent reduction in telecommunication rates.

Amoco Corporation (Chicago, IL) 1997 to 1999

$29 Billion integrated petroleum and chemical company. Merged with British Petroleum in 1999.

Vice President/Chief Information Officer

Provided worldwide oversight and strategy for all IT activities. Managed an internal outsourcing IT organization that performed application development, desk top management, office automation, and computer operations services. Served as chief executive officer for the department with responsibility for profit and loss, marketing of services, product development, and standards implementation. Participated in and approved IT plans for international IT organizations for both company and joint venture activities.

* Completed the world`s largest SAP/R3 installation, resulting in an annual savings of $200 million in accounting costs and $200 million through reengineered business processes.

* Directed a series of process improvement initiatives focused on cost reductions and accurate pricing of IT products and services.

* Launched a training program for high potential IT managers focusing on communications and marketing to more effectively guide the organization, resulting in turnaround initiatives, which reversed a $50 million deficit into a $15 million surplus on a $450 million budget.

* Utilized activity-based costing processes to identify non-value added activities to be eliminated. This allowed for a reduction in unit costs 10 percent for all computing products and services.

* Established system of metrics focused on customer service levels. Developed Service Level improvement plans with input from key customers and increased customer satisfaction index from 56 percent to 82 percent.

McDonald`s Corporation (Oak Brook, IL) 1990 to 1996

$20 Billion leading global foodservice retailer serving more than 50 million people daily.

Department Director

Provided leadership for the information processing/technology development division with full P&L responsibility for a budget exceeding $40 million. Directed the activities of approximately 300 professionals with an annual budget exceeding $20 million.

* Implemented all major financial, site development, replenishment ordering, and executive information systems. Enhanced decision making ability resulting from these systems allowed for faster restaurant startups, reduced cycle times and improved inventory management for store supplies and improved marketing plans and promotions.

* Directed the development and installation of the company`s distributed computer network. This allowed for the introduction of regional office productivity tools as well as regional decision support capabilities which permitted more operations decisions to be made in the field as opposed to corporate headquarters.

* Instituted process improvement initiatives, resulting in best-in-class designations for help desk and computer operations.

* Completed a technology refresh, including replacement of both mainframe and distributed computing hardware and software, resulting in a 20% reduction in hardware and software costs.

* Deployed information engineering concepts and technologies, which yielded a 15% increase in on-time project completion and a reduction in project defects.

Mid-America Consulting Group Inc. (Cleveland, OH) 1986 to 1990

MACG is a management consulting company that assists clients in both the public and private sectors, with clients in local, county, state, and federal governments as well as Fortune 500 companies.

Partner-In-Charge

Responsible for full P&L with a budget of $5 million, providing management services to clients in information technology implementation, operations improvement (business re-engineering), and financial analysis. Key clients: Major League baseball, British Petroleum of America, the State of Ohio, and the State of Indiana.

* Implemented Major League Baseball statistics and player personnel systems. This allowed MLB to bring player statistic record keeping in house and improved the monitoring of player contract information and human resource information.

* Developed the vendor selection process and participated in the vendor selection for the State of Indiana lottery.

* Performed statistical analysis on the effects of heat pumps on consumer energy bills for the State of Ohio. As a result of this analysis, the state developed programs to provide assistance to homeowner for purchasing heat pumps

Deloitte & Touche (Chicago, IL) 1979 to 1986

$26 billion professional services firm providing audit, consulting, financial advisory, and tax consulting.

Senior Manager

Overall responsibility for engagement planning and management as well as marketing and sales. Engagements were in both the public and private sectors including transportation, healthcare, food service, insurance, agribusiness and manufacturing industries. Engagements ranged from organizations with mini-computers to an organization with the world`s largest online text database.

* Transformed logistical management department and systems for Ocean Spray resulting in reduced production costs and improved customer fulfillment capabilities

* Developed security plan for Mead Data Central insuring continued operation of the data center and ongoing business operations

* Designed the sales compensation plan and system for Healthcare Services Corporation. The sales plan and system allowed for introduction of incentives programs for the sales force resulting in improved sales results

Education and Professional Development

MBA - Finance and Management

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

BS-Engineering and Applied Physics

Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)

Board of Director Training Program

UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management (Los Angeles, CA)

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