Project Management
Resume:
John A. KaiKai, PMP
**** ****** *****, *********, ******** 20187
Mobile: 301-***-****; email: ****.******@****-***.***
EDUCATION
. PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
. M.S., Computer Science, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK,
November 1985
. Post-Graduate Research, Systems Analysis/Operations Research,
University of Aston, Birmingham, UK, November 1982
. B.S., Math, University of Sierra Leone, July 1977
SECURITY CLEARANCE - ADP Level II (January 2000 to present) / US Citizen
and able to obtain other security clearances
EXPERIENCE
6/1998 to Present, National Information Technology Consulting, Inc.
(NITC)
Vice President, NITC.
Specialized IT Management Experience:
. Providing day-to-day project management throughout project life cycle.
Define new processes where applicable. Manage business stakeholder
management and issue escalation when necessary. Define scope of
requirements for new systems or modification of existing system
. Develop and implement processes which provide for the consistent
initiation, management, tracking, and closure of projects across
various technology product centers and organizational divisions.
Develop project management procedures that fully support the
successful and timely delivery of new software development and other
business initiatives run by project managers. Oversea all project
management practices and standards within the IT organization.
. Provide guidance, direction and motivation to project managers who are
actively managing projects within the current business portfolio.
Evaluate and assess the current project environment and recommend,
develop and implement a set of universally executed project processes
as well as a comprehensive set of project materials to support those
processes. Develop procedures for maintaining all financial, labor-
based and status-related information for all projects and be
responsible for any project management software that is used to
support those procedures.
. Develop enterprise-wide project portfolio reports for review by senior
management
. Experience to work autonomously, accept accountability, have superior
communication skills, insist on data accuracy, and find creative means
to drive positive change through the organization. Develop
partnerships with leaders and representatives of various organizations
to maintain an inventory of current and future projects.
. Coordinate closely with project managers and provide guidance and
direction in their daily activities. Develop and maintain a
collaborative work environment, set standards, give clear instruction,
provide decisive and positive feedback, and empower individuals to
take initiative and responsibility for their projects. Maintain sound
ethical and professional behavior in accordance with corporate values.
. Coordinate with business and technology leads to demonstrate how to
build well-structured project documentation to segment projects into
pre-defined phases. Develop and provide tools to project managers to
deliver high-quality project deliverables. Identify project issues
and escalate to senior management as required on the effects of
modifications to project schedules and budgets as well as project
implementation options that affect cost, schedule, quality, and risk
to stakeholders.
. Motivate and collaborate with project teams to deliver successful
projects. Interface with senior management and build a strong
partnership with individuals at various levels within the
organization.
. Maintain project controls documents including project work plan,
charter, financial workbook, and related documentation. Track project
progress including status updates and escalation as appropriate of
issues, risks, action items, dependencies, and decisions
. Oversea the delivery of project deliverables via team meetings,
resource management and issue resolution. Project communications to
all stakeholders. Maintain work plan tasks, resources, timeline,
allocations, issues, risks, dependencies. Keep stakeholders informed
of key issues and changes which may impact expected business results
. Identify appropriate IT methodologies to identified clients needs.
Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques, and
standards. Responsible for the management of significant projects
(e.g., strategic change management, new business and product
initiatives, process re-engineering, establishment of control
procedures)
. Provide input for software quality assurance, configuration management
and software risk evaluation. Experience in system development life
cycle and methodologies, emerging IT technologies and trends, IT
procedures, and best practices.
. Over 20 years experience working with HP/EDS on a variety of major DoD
IT contracts. Experience in managing large scale multi-million dollar
development projects. Experience in managing Information Technology
software development projects using SDLC life cycle.
. Developing, leading, and supporting strategic corporate campaigns.
Assessing opportunities and advising on strategic fit. Selecting and
managing partner relationships. Supporting and leading various
aspects of marketing.
. Making strategic hires. Engaging senior level customers and other
stakeholders in the industry. Working with resources from multiple
teams to conceive innovative architectures and solutions in support of
bid and pre-sales efforts.
. Devising the overall portfolio strategy and direction. Owning P&L and
delivering results in alignment with corporate targets. Growing the
organization and improving competitiveness through key hires and
ongoing training and mentoring of existing resources. Developing or
enhancing the technical organization to be focused on innovation and
core competencies by forming and managing engineering practices
devoted to primary industry levers. .
. Establishing a solutions-delivery mindset, process, and methodology
that drives immediate results and establishes a strong baseline for
growth and emerging opportunity capture. Growing, challenging,
managing, mentoring, and improving team effectiveness. Managing
quality and innovation in solution delivery as a fundamental tenant
for success.
. Conduct R&D focused on the delivery of growth opportunities. Ensuring
that all work is performed in accordance with accepted industry
practices and guidelines, while also continually educating and
challenging the organization to adopt the latest and most effective
software development and delivery practices.
. Ensure that project solutions align to defined business strategies and
uses influence to ensure execution meets long term objectives Project
and Program Delivery; Provide direction and oversight for multiple
Project Managers and team leads on complex projects/program.
. Experience managing software application systems development projects
using a variety of software development life cycle methodologies,
including (Rational Unified Process (RUP), Scrum, Agile Unified
Process (AUP), developing software products and/or managing software
application systems development/maintenance projects.
. Extensive experience in project management as defined by the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK); . understanding of the current
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and acquisition/contracting
process in general;
Over 20 years extensive experience in IT Systems Analysis and Systems
Life Cycle (SLC) Development including but not limited to the following
DOD projects:
Extensive experience in the following areas: (1) Manage IT systems
application of procedures, requirements, regulations and policies; (2)
Manage Enterprise Architecture; (3) Ensure application of and
compliance with technology governance standards; (4) Manage IT systems
development, implementation and maintenance, selecting courses of
actions; (5) Provide technical and administrative supervision to IT
Specialist and administrative support staff.
. Large Application Development Projects: DOD/Composite Health Care
System - One of the world's largest medical IT systems - allows
clinicians to electronically perform patient appointment processes and
scheduling, order laboratory tests, authorize radiology procedures and
prescribe medications.
. Large Application Development Projects: DOD/Defense Medical Logistics
. Large Application Development Projects: Department of Veterans
Affairs Health Information System - VA V200P-737 - Studies,
functional requirements definition, systems engineering, database
design,, software customization, network engineering, product
support, technology insertion/refreshment, operations, and inventory
management.
. IT Feasibility Projects: MHS AIS Migration Progress Tracking and DoD
System Registration; Capital Asset Management and Oversight
Directorate (CAMO) Management and Oversight Database; Defense
Enrollment Eligibility System (DEERS) / Defense Manpower Data Center
(DMDC) Project; D/SIDDOMS Web Team Architectural Review Board.
. Studies and IT Systems Analysis Projects: DoD Health IM/IT Concept of
Operations; Technical Management Plan; Management Controls.
Experience in Managing IT systems using the following software
development tools:
. Rational; Microsoft Studio; BizFlow; Websphere; Apache/Tomcat; JBoss ;
Documentum; Oracle
Managing IT systems in the following software development environments:
. HTML/CSS; XML; SQL; Object Oriented Programming; Java; MSVB; C; C++ ;
C#; PERL; Other software development languages focused on Enterprise
Application Integration (EAI). Technology applications to support day-
to-day operations; these include but are not limited to: CAD-RMS,
CCTV, ERP, GIS, telecommunications, and wireless networking.
Software Life Cycle Methodologies:
. Rapid Application Development (RAD); Waterfall; Capability Maturity
Model Integration (CMMI);
. Scrum; Prototyping; SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle); Agile;
Spiral
. Other project management methodology for software development
languages not listed here.
Managing IT systems including but not limited to the following IT areas:
. Managed Information Security Activities
. Manages IT Portfolio Management Activities - DoD Health
. Managed Enterprise Architecture Activities
. Manage Customer Relationship Activities
. Manage Infrastructure Support Activities;
. Manages Independent Verification And Validation (IV/V) Activities.
ITIL Management Accomplishments:
. Ensure a more reliable and consistent approach to service delivery:
Service Level Management; Financial Management ; Capacity Management;
Availability Management ; IT Service Continuity Management - ITSCM
forms part of the organisational Business Continuity Management (BCM);
The Service Desk; Incident Management; Problem Management;
Configuration Management; Change Management; Release Management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
. PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
. Managing IT projects, systems, and services to meet current and future
business requirements; experience implementing and managing IT
lifecycle services, developing and interpreting policies and
procedures for delivery of services; providing technical advice to
management on critical IT issues; applying new developments to
previously unsolvable problems; and developing solutions to
integration/interoperability issues.
. Project Integration Management: Defined the processes and activities
that integrate the various elements of IT Systems project management
including, but not limited to the following activities: Develop
Project Charter; Develop Project Management Plan; Direct and Manage
Project Execution; Monitor and Control Project Work; Perform
Integrated Change Control; Close Project or Phase
. Project Scope Management: Performed the processes involved in
ensuring the various elements of IT Systems project, includes all the
work required, and only the work required, for completing the project
successfully including, but not limited to the following activities:
Collect Requirements; Define Scope; Create WBS; Verify Scope; Control
Scope;
. Project Time Management: Performed the processes that are used to
help ensure the timely completion of the IT Systems project
successfully including, but not limited to the following activities:
Define Activities; Sequence Activities; Estimate Activity Resources;
Estimate Activity Durations; Develop Schedule; Control Schedule
. Project Cost Management: Performed the processes involved in
planning, estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs so that the IT
Systems project can be completed within the approved budget including,
but not limited to the following activities: Estimate Costs;
Determine Budget; Control Costs
. Project Quality Management: Performed the processes involved in
planning for, monitoring, controlling, and assuring the quality
requirements of the IT Systems project are achieved including, but not
limited to the following activities: Plan Quality; Perform Quality
Assurance; Perform Quality Control
. Project Human Resource Management: Performed the processes involved
in the planning, acquisition, development, and management of the IT
Systems project team including, but not limited to the following
activities: Develop Human Resource Plan; Acquire Project Team;
Develop Project Team; Manage Project Team
. Project Communications Management: Performed the processes involved
in ensuring timely and appropriate generation, collection,
dissemination, storage, and ultimate disposition of IT Systems project
information including, but not limited to the following activities:
Identify Stakeholders; Plan Communications; Distribute Information;
Manage Stakeholder Expectations; Report Performance
. Project Risk Management: Performed the processes involved with
identifying, analyzing, and controlling risks for the IT Systems
project including, but not limited to the following activities: Plan
Risk Management; Identify Risks; Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis;
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis; Plan Risk Responses; Monitor and
Control Risks
. Project Procurement Management: Performed the processes involved with
purchasing or acquiring products, services, or results for the IT
Systems project including, but not limited to the following
activities: Plan Procurements; Conduct Procurements; Administer
Procurements; Close Procurements
PM Tools
. Experience with several project management software including, but not
limited to the following tools: HP Project & Portfolio Management
Software; Microsoft Project; Microsoft Office Project Server; Oracle
Primavera EPPM; ClearQuest, ClearCase, VISIO, IBM Rational DOORS,
Remedy, MS Excel, Planview.
Experience in Applying Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Practices.
. Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA); OMB Circular A-123,
Management's Responsibility for Internal Control
Capital Planning and Investment Control Experience:
. Experience in Capital Planning and Investment Control process for IT
investments, projects and systems throughout the select, control and
evaluate phases of the CPIC processes; Utilize automated IT Portfolio
Management systems - such as eCPIC.
Oral and written communication:
. Experience with oral communication and briefing skills; Skills in
written communications in order to develop and prepare correspondence,
reports, and recommendations to resolve customer service issues and
data calls.
7/1987 to 10/2000, National Data Corporation, Federal Systems Inc.
Program Director, Government Systems.
Hours Worked: Full time - 40 hrs per week
Managed several MHS IM/IT projects, supervised and provided management
consulting to Health Affairs in the technical evaluation of I-CASE
techniques and tools as well as consulting in the Government's use of the I-
CASE technology.
Coordinated business process analysis and modeling: including business
process modeling of complex, multi-functional or interdivisional processes
to understand business requirements, determine desired processes and how
they are performed, modeling improved business process rules, process
flows, and policy and procedures.
. Managed IT/IM Projects - DoD Military Health Services IM/IT projects.
. Responsible for supporting capture activities, to include but not
limited to, customer engagement, strategy development, and partner
team development for upcoming military medical IM/IT opportunities.
. Provide direct oversight of complex schedules and work with the
functional areas to ensure that program/project schedules are coherent
and that all action items are addressed in a timely fashion.
Participate in the proposal phase of the various programs and develop
project management plans.
. Lead program execution and has overall staffing, schedule, budget, and
performance responsibility. Develop, maintain, and implement
management plans and responsibility for all deliverables on the
program.
. Significant experience with the Military Health - AQCESS and CHCS.
5/1986 to 5/1987, Strayer University, Washington, D.C.
Adjunct Professor, Information Systems Department.
Hours Worked: Part time - (Two Classes) 8 hrs per week
Taught several computer courses at Strayer University in the District of
Columbia and Arlington, Virginia, campuses, including: information systems
analysis and design; process and data modeling techniques; project planning
and management; data base management systems; introductory and advanced
microcomputer-based software applications.
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