-Professional Experience-
Program, Project & PMO Excellent sales support Team Building: Engagement
Management Professional and strong negotiation management and planning
skills
IT Management & Solution Focused: Project Consulting: Prioritizing &
Outsourcing National and Auditor w/ Risk Planning problem solving
International PMBOK, ITIL & Methods Business Planning
CRM, WFM, & CSR Skills
Project and Program Manager
. Over 20 years' experience as a Project and Program Manager in
Information Technology with the following skill sets: Directed,
consulted, and developed business/project planning for multi-million
dollar IT projects (national and global projects). Maintained deadlines
for complex projects to include: software, hardware, database,
language, program, and platform developments.
. Streamlined corporate policies to improve production strategies by
incorporating the right professionals (consultants) and/or applications
(received award recognition documented last page).
. Personable with concentration in customer service-established reputable
relationships with customers, management team, and vendors. Increased
sales through strong/diverse marketing strategies and technical
knowledge.
. Managed over 140 employees directly and (40 indirect reports) with a
focus in team building and mentorship. Diverse in leadership
methodology by using a hands-on approach to improve team dynamics and
group morale leading towards effective productivity.
Business Technical/Management Consulting
. Maintained a corporate and personable reputation to provide management
consulting services nationally and internationally. Took contracts
independently and established reputable vendor and Client
relationships. Capable of traveling globally and comfortable in diverse
settings.
. Assessed and analyzed projects for proper adherence to the methodology,
directed project risk planning, offered supportive feedback on
financial compliance/budgeting.
. Direct corporate presenter-Created numerous (hundreds) presentations in
discussion of budget projections, project design, team approaches, and
in teaching students.
. Strong decision making skills in support of project completion/fluid in
approach and conflict resolution (received award recognition documented
last page).
. In Educational Capacities: Experienced as an Instructor/Trainer in
project management and relational databases.
- Industries-
. Healthcare, Telephony (Wire & Wireless), Engineering, Utilities,
Mining, Insurance, Banking, Consulting, Airlines (USAF)
- 02/11-06/12-Project Manager, Business Telephone Systems, Full time,
Raleigh, NC
- 01/05-01/10-Program & Customer Management, Mincom, Full time, Denver, CO
- 04/04-01/05-Program Manager, Technisource, Full time, Denver, CO
- 11/02-04/04-Account/Program Manager, Virtusa, Full time, Westborough, MA
- 07/96-11/02-Management Consultant, Computer Science Corp, Full time,
Boston, MA & Colorado
- 07/93-08/96-Director of Consulting Services, PSDA, Full time, Denver, CO
- 06/89-07/93-Consulting Services Manager, IBM, Full time, Denver, CO
- Education and Training Courses-
- B.S. Mathematics, Delaware State University, Delaware
- Technical and Project Manager Advancement Courses (IBM)/Project, Denver,
CO and Boston, MA
- ITIL Foundations certification and PMP Project Management Courses
- Air Operations, U.S. Air Force, Honorable Discharge
-Database/Software/Language Experiences-
- DB2, IMS, SQL/DS, DATACOM, ORACLE - DBA ON DB2 AND SQL/DS
- Microsoft-MS Excel/MS Project, Timeline, Visio
- Capable of understanding development languages/tools including- PL/1,
PL/AS, COBOL, JAVA, C, C+, HTML, Dreamweaver, CSS, CICS, JCL
- Project Awards-
- Two- IBM Division Awards
- Three - IBM Technical Writing Awards
- Four- IBM 100% Clubs (As manager of IBM Consulting Services)
- Three- IBM Patents/ Eight Disclosures (RDBMS & Artificial Intelligence)
- One- IBM Invention Achievement Award
- GTE Software Vendor of the Year Award
-Professional & Personal References-
Brian Powell: Mincom EVP, Sydney, AUS
Contact info: +614-***-***** (call after 4pm EST) Email:
***********@**********.***
David Coulter-VP NYNEX (Ret)
Contact info: 506-***-**** Email: ************@*******.***
Jim Hill: Director, Arch Coal
Contact info: 314-***-****
Frank Konieczny, Management Consultant
Contact info: 303-***-**** Email: ***********@*******.***
44 South Horne Rd., Mesa, AZ 85204
Tele: 919-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
NEIL H. CLAYTON