H. Otto von der Hoff II, PMP

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Minneapolis, MN 55412

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INTRODUCTION

Mr. von der Hoff is a talented program and project manager, certified PMP, an accomplished organizational, engineering and cultural leader, a valued business advisor, a skilled product development and R&D leader, a customer-oriented businessman, and a leading practitioner in system performance optimization.

Otto is well respected for his thought leadership and innovation, his problem solving and planning skills and resourcefulness, his cultural leadership and consensus building capacity, and his genuine interest in the success of others. He is an accomplished public speaker and enjoys executive and client facing roles.

Mr. von der Hoff graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He resides in Minneapolis MN.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Program & Project Management

Led $20M portfolio of technology program design, capital investment proposals, enterprise architecture, and system development for web portal based services delivery of wealth management services

Profitably managed a $75M program for system engineering, enterprise architecture (EA), and IT development services delivery in a highly matrixed, multi-vendor environment critical to national security

Conducted Portfolio, Program and Project Management Assessments for executive leadership of leading materials manufacturer, identifying EA, structural and process weaknesses; built remediation roadmaps

Led the engineering development for web-enabled environmental monitoring and energy optimization products and embedded control systems for a commercial Energy Management services firm

Product & Services Development

Guided customer’s Executive Management in justification and acquisition of $100M+ in specialized image processing capital equipment for mission critical operations; built services revenue via process improvement

Helped leading computer manufacturer win $250M in DARPA funding through effective product, system and network scaling research, operations analysis, and predictive modeling and simulation

Managed 10-year contract for system engineering development to the Federal Government in Washington DC

Led product development on one of the first desktop blood chemistry diagnostic systems for the physician office market – Delivered 20 FDA approved product releases in 5 years; invented a hemoglobin analysis tool

Engineering & Organizational Leadership

Directed staff and program activities and teams for team of 75 project managers, system architects, engineers, operations analysts, and process designers, for the nation’s largest automated biometric identification system

Worked with board of directors to write business and marketing plans for a product-centered high-technology venture built around own product and process optimization concepts; spearheaded 3-company alliance

Championed advanced engineering techniques, tools and processes for model-based system engineering

Developed key facilitative relationships with business, engineering, quality and operations leadership to drive acceptance of best-practices engineering frameworks for product quality and service delivery improvement

AREAS OF EXPERTISE - continued

Process & Quality Improvement

Remedied process flaws in a 160-person business process re-engineering program, saving an estimated $9M-$12M in system development for a $50K investment

Corrected early design flaws in flagship product redesign, saving the company an estimated $4.5M in schedule/cost overruns and preserving market share ($100Ms)

Reorganized startup engineering to establish methodology-based practices, reducing product development time and error rates 30% and 50% respectively

Innovation & Creativity

Led optimization research on high performance computing operating system and high speed network development for next generation computing solutions

Created dynamic artificial intelligence performance improvement solutions for Intel microprocessor and Microsoft Windows architectures using novel combination of neural network and fuzzy logic techniques

Spearheaded Smart House home automation and energy management system architecture and hardware/software R&D for global controls systems leader – awarded patent for distributed control concepts

Awarded Best Paper, MODSIM World 2009 Conference, Homeland Tract for “Modeling and Simulation Using the ITIL Capacity Management Framework”

Team Building & Mentoring

Recruited engineers, research scientists and product developers, growing staff from 3 to 22 people over the course of 2 years – promoted several individuals

Built the engineering department of a biomedical startup into a staff of 25 mechanical, optical, electronics, and software engineers and managers

Mentored diverse product development staff for career growth and advancement; executed staff salary administration and annual performance appraisal process

WORK HISTORY

Executive Program Management Consultant 7/2016 – present

Discern Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Digital Sales Automation Program Development Executive Consulting:

IT Portfolio and Program ROI analysis; cost-benefit justification for program and project planning; financial analysis and reporting; operations planning

Business case and use case analysis for Digital Sales Automation IT Platforms, Customer Experience Optimization, and Quote to Cash Solution services delivery

Technology and IT partner evaluation, negotiation and development; strategic roadmap development and execution for IT services and delivery

Sales automation platform evaluation and tools selection process development

Project planning and execution process improvement initiative leadership; process modeling and optimization; system/software lifecycle management

Cross-department coordination for project, resource and information sharing including IT/development, QA sales, services delivery, and operations

Project budget/schedule management, communications management, stakeholder management, risk/change management, and quality management

Program Director & Management Consultant 1/2016 – 7/2016

United Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota

UHC EPMO - Program lead for UHC’s Military & Veteran Healthcare Portfolio:

Collaborate with CIO and senior portfolio management on program planning and remediation

Collaborate with system architects to optimize record matching logic solutions for inter-vendor database record sharing automation to achieve $3M reduction in operating costs

Collaborate with senior business line leadership to improve customer service and delivered product quality

Troubleshoot program execution flaws and determine back to green plans for stalled and over-budget programs

Assess, analyze, and reforecast program and project financial plans and burn rates – improve resource planning and optimize resource loading

Coordinate with program management leadership to identify, clarify and reduce cross-program dependencies and triple constraint impacts

Direct tactical planning and remediation activities of software and business project managers

Negotiate and oversee vendor work orders, contract, and software development

Principle Program Manager 9/2014 – 12/2015

US Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota

US Bank EPMO - Program leadership for USB’s $20M Global Corporate Trust Services portfolio:

EPMO Agile Management advocate; Continuous Program process improvement championing and mentoring including advanced estimation/modeling techniques, iterative/agile/waterfall processes, and Earned Value Management

Collaboration with Business, Technical and EPMO Senior Executive Management for portfolio planning, capital authorization, program and product roadmaps, project scoping, estimation, scheduling, execution, monitoring, and reporting

Cross-organizational Program, Methodology and Process coordination: Business Units/BA, User Experience Design, EA, IT/Dev, IT/Infrastructure, Shadow IT/UA, QA

Corrected program and project management planning processes; remediated program execution, monitoring and reporting flaws – returned programs to green

Program and project capital and expense modeling, financial planning, analysis, management, and reporting – governance and investment committee support

Full lifecycle application system & software requirements, design, development, test and delivery management for ~24 current and future projects in technology

Matrixed management of project managers, enterprise architects, business analysts, development managers, QA/test managers, and operations leads

Vendor management including User Experience Designers, on-shore/offshore software development contract resources, and professional services

Program and project design, task delineation, scheduling, resource loading, budgeting, status reporting, and process adherence/auditing support

Client Relationship building and Stakeholder Management; Risk analysis, management and reporting, mitigation and contingency planning, issue escalation

Portfolio, Program & Project Management Consultant 10/2013 – 8/2014

Trissential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Led Program, Portfolio, and Project Management Advisory, Assessment, Project Management, and Vendor Relationship activities for Executive and Senior Management clients at Andersen Windows and Image Sensing Systems:

Collaborated with Executive, Operations, and PMO leadership to identify shortcomings in organizational structure, program control and project execution, and to recommend remediation steps and roadmaps

Provided program and process improvement leadership in Supply Chain Integration, Enterprise Architecture, ERP, WMS, and Sales Automation

Advised senior Business, Engineering and IT Management on risks, issues, and weaknesses common across programs and functional orgs

Conducted assessments and audits of program and system development activities against budget and schedule plans and reporting mechanisms, identifying holes in relevant management control structures

Led project chartering, estimating, planning, scheduling and management activities for 6 engineering development R&D projects in US and UK for video imaging, traffic management products

Managed contract manufacturing program activities and vendor interfaces for a European manufacturing organization

Participated in next generation architectural development for video, radar, and license plate recognition products and roadmaps

Sr. Project Management Consultant 4/2013 – 9/2013

Beacon Hill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Led agile project execution of product and system development services for EngagePoint and the State of Minnesota clients:

Inter-vendor liaison for partner management and product development coordination across 4 organizations plus the State of Minnesota

Managed agile design, development, testing and quality assurance project team of system architects, engineers, developers and analysts

Managed cross vendor relationships and system integration activities for complex service oriented architecture development

Drove release and project planning, task scheduling and execution for final product development sprint prior to production release

Championed predictive system capacity and performance optimization to identify performance bottlenecks and workload capacities

Worked with Program Management Office, system architects, and product development teams to identify and drive timely completion of critical product functionalities and services

Positions & Roles

EPMO/PMO

Executive Program Consultant

Program Director

Principal Program Manager

Portfolio & Program Management

Director of Modeling & Simulation

Director of Business Development

Manager of Engineering R&D

Manager of Technical Architecture

Manager of Service Quality

Sr. Project Manager

System Architect

Sr. Principal Research Engineer

Sr. Software Engineer

Sr. Electrical Design Engineer

Performance Engineer

System, HW/SW/Network Modeler

Business Analyst

Operations Analyst

Community of Practice Lead

Management Consultant

Engineering Consultant

Education

BS Electrical and Computer Engineering – University of Wisconsin

Associate in Electrical Engineering Technology – Waukesha County Technical College

Project Management Training – 40 hours coursework, SRA International

Certifications & Honors

Certified PMP, 2010

Best Paper Award MODSIM 2009

BSEE with Honors

Associates Degree with Honors

Tau Beta Pi Honor Society

Companies & Clients

SRA International

Department of Homeland Security

Cray Computer

United Healthcare

Johnson & Johnson

St. Jude Medical

Prime Therapeutics

Lockheed Martin

Honeywell

US Bank

Sequent Computer

Andersen Windows

Image Sensing Systems

Unisys

MCSB Technology

Trissential

Designed Energy Savings

Instrumental

Carlson Wagonlit Travel

State of Minnesota

University of Wisconsin

Industries & Markets

Digital Sales Automation

Wealth Management

Health Insurance

High Performance Computing

Information Technology (IT)

Operating Systems & Utilities

Data Storage

Biometrics

Biomedical Instrumentation

Industrial Controls, Aerospace

Environmental Controls

Manufacturing Automation

Embedded Systems

Modeling & Simulation (M&S)

Home Automation

Traffic Management

Professional Services

Government Consulting

Knowledge & Skill Areas

Program Management Office (PMO)

Project Management / PMI-PMP

Scheduling/ MS Project

Work Breakdown Structures

Budgeting / Risk Management

Earned Value Methods (EVM)

Project & Product Roadmaps

Software Development Lifecycle

Requirements Analysis

System and Software Development

Process/Algorithm Development

System/Process Validation, QA

Agile/Scrum, Agile/SAFE, Iterative,

Waterfall, Stage Gate

ITIL v3, Service Level Management

Enterprise Architecture

Capacity Planning and Management

System and Software Optimization

Process and Resource Optimization

Continuous Improvement

Quality Assurance, JIRA

System Architecture

Business Analysis / UX & UI

Information Security & Assurance

SaaS, Business Intelligence

Embedded, Real-Time Systems

Cross Functional Team Leadership

Global Team Management

Resource Management

Recruiting, Hiring, Terminations

Staff Mentoring and Development

Salary Administration

Customer Relationship Management

Client and Vendor Relations, CPQ

Business Development

Contract Negotiation and Mgt

SOW, WBS, SLA Management

Technology Licensing

Intellectual Property Leadership

Engineering Management

R&D Management

Strategic Planning

P&L Reporting / Project Recovery

Business Plans, Marketing Plans

Proposals / Executive Analysis

Systems Research

Analytical Modeling

Performance Engineering

System Modeling and Simulation

Hardware and Software Modeling

Network and Architecture Modeling

Resource and Process Modeling

Workload / Stochastic Modeling

Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, WordPress

MS Project Pro, Clarity, SharePoint Communications, Speaking

Writing, Presentations, MS Office

White Papers, Articles

WORK HISTORY – continued

Program Manager 2/2012 – 2/2013

Emtec, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Spearheaded service delivery of Emtec’s managed global product development contract for its client in the international travel management industry:

Delivered 14 products in 12 month period - responsible for full life cycle innovation, development and validation across 5 product areas

Reorganized technical leadership for more intelligent and effective project management and execution

Spearheaded process improvement initiatives for Agile software product planning, development and execution; consulted on deployment of key operational metrics; improved estimation techniques

Directed design, development, testing and quality assurance staff of 25 software engineers, developers and analysts plus 7 subordinate PMs

Participated with product and application architects on advanced product designs, platform evolution, and product/program roadmaps

Mentored staff for career development and advancement; executed staff salary and annual performance appraisal process

Program Manager, Principal 2007 – 2011

SRA International, Inc., Washington DC, Arlington VA

Smart Border Alliance EPMO

P&L responsibility for SRA’s $75M contract for system engineering and enterprise architecture services for the Dept. of Homeland Security’s US-VISIT program (now the Office of Biometric Identification Services). This is a national security mission-critical, performance-reliant and innovation-sensitive program. US-VISIT operations dictate an ongoing re-optimization of enterprise architecture, system architecture and designs, security needs, system performance and capacity, technology, service level management, and of operating configurations under dynamic workload conditions:

Planned, managed, and successfully executed a portfolio of system engineering and agile software development projects and budgets averaging $7.5M to $15M per year

Guided Executive Management (CIO, CTO, Chief Engineer) in justification and acquisition of $100M+ in specialized image processing computers

Directed cross-functional engineering program activities and teams comprising staff of up to 75 system architects, engineers, analysts, and developers

Participated in architectural and system design proposals and activities for Enterprise Business Analytics solutions

Led organizational and cultural innovation and developments accompanied by engineering process evolution

Championed use of Model Based System Engineering for optimizing system scale, quality and performance vs. cost; led extensive program of HyPerformix and OpNet simulation/analytical model development

Awarded Best Paper, MODSIM World 2009 Conference, Homeland Security & National Defense Tract for “Modeling and Simulation Using the ITIL Capacity Management Framework”

WORK HISTORY – continued

Principal 2003 - 2008

Siilogy LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota

An engineering consultancy providing professional services to leading high-technology organizations including Lockheed Martin and Cray Computer, delivering engineering capabilities that included concept and architecture development, performance engineering, product design and optimization:

Led the engineering development for web-enabled environmental monitoring and energy optimization products and embedded control systems for a commercial Energy Management services firm

Created embedded system hardware and software architecture models, component-level behavioral models and stochastic workload models for client’s advanced embedded image processing system platforms

Equipped clients to validate architectural designs, research performance characteristics, and optimize software-hardware resource tradeoffs

Applied performance engineering techniques to identify and correct process flaws in a 160-person business process re-engineering program, saving an estimated $9M-$12M for a $50K investment

Senior Principal Research Lead for System/OS Performance – Cascade Program 2005 - 2006

Cray Computer – Siilogy Client, Mendota Heights, MN

Cray designs, develops and manufactures supercomputing products and solutions critical to national security interests and high-powered research organizations worldwide. Cray's Cascade Program participated in a $500M R&D program to develop next generation large-scale high-performance computing platforms:

Led project team development of software architecture models of Linux and proprietary OS layers, delivering a predictive simulation framework for validating and optimizing system performance

Spearheaded system scaling research to predictively demonstrate successful system performance under extreme workload conditions – these results helped Cray win $250M in DARPA funding

Developed simulation models of Lustre/VFS file system services, RAID striping configurations, and system I/O –established a platform for optimizing high-performance data storage I/O architectures

Designed high-speed network communication models to analyze and predict capacity and performance under varying traffic patterns and workloads, yielding a network optimization platform

Director of Modeling & Simulation Business Development 1999 - 2002

Instrumental Inc., Bloomington, Minnesota

Driving champion behind this firm’s endeavors to create a new product, process and system optimization tool-suite targeting data storage industry manufacturers with tools for rapid development and deployment:

Worked with board of directors to write business and marketing plans for a product-centered high-technology venture built around my product and process optimization concepts

Spearheaded a three-company alliance to integrate technology, engineering and development resources needed for cooperative product R&D for launching a $10M/yr new business program

Conceived and prototyped a simulation based “virtual laboratory” and experimentation tool suite for predictively optimizing complex product and system performance-cost-schedule tradeoffs

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