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BUSINESS ANALYST - PROCESS ENGINEER
Analyze, plan and manage on-time/in-budget projects that improve business
performance and business agility. Relationship builder who values people,
teams and customers. Expert in business process engineering and software
development life cycle, including analysis, marketing, design, development,
testing and implementation of software applications.
Solid Experience in gathering requirements and creating Business
Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirements Document (FRD)
Facilitated the development of new processes and improvements to existing
processes by focusing on efficiencies, risks and controls.
Focused on the identification of risks, controls and efforts to address
gaps as part of process development and maintenance.
Extensive experience in creating and revising Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP).
Experienced in Business Acceptance Test (BAT) and End User Test strategy
Involved in executing the plans and evaluating them for existing processes
and proposed solution to improve quality.
Acted as a key advisor as a Business Analyst for the business process
requirement by making SOP
Involved in providing training materials, content for the website as well
as analysis of financial data for trends issues, etc.
Created design specifications for projects and enhancement models based
business requirements in order to determine test plans and objectives.
EXPERIENCE:
RichHawk LLC. May
2004 - Present
A management and operations consulting firm.
Consultant
Robert focused on how to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of
operational and management processes. Projects included, but were not
limited to:
Performance Improvement Project.
Business Analyst, Responsible for the Analysis, and Solution design of
medical system processes, procedures, protocols, and pathways. Robert
focused on quantum improvements through Virtual Improvement Collaboratives,
Best Practices, Metrics and Measures.
Healthcare Robert led a market and product evaluation as part of a Due
Diligence on a healthcare information platform company. Focusing on
clinical workflow, and using a strategy that took into account multiple,
effective data delivery formats created by legacy departmental systems the
evaluation focused on:
Continuity of Care Record (XML based Standard championed by AAFP)
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Database "abstracting" and consolidation
Human factors analysis & Multiple Device Form Factors
Wireless Handheld Devices
Marketplace analysis
Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Robert worked with a consulting
company to develop a collection of methods to apportion resources, manage
risk, and track value, in a dynamic environment, using alignment,
innovation, and fit including periodic evaluations of controls and
governance effectiveness within a broad array of business areas.
Additionally Robert authored several of the methods at the task level and
integrated several delivery methods into the method umbrella, including a
project management method based on the Project Management Institute's
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Convergent Technologies Project
(including physical infrastructure wire (cable, wire, fiber), wireless, and
digital services) Robert functioned as a product manager consulting with
design engineers on converged infrastructure requirements to support a
collection of digital services including business critical information
building blocks - voice, data networking, messaging, group productivity and
Internet access, as well as entertainment on demand (regular cable and
extra entertainment features such as gaming, movies, & music) on an
extensible platform, (Entertainment Center/set top box design, Residential
Gateways, SOHO networks, and other Internet Attached Devices)
Eucid Corporation June 2000
- May 2004
A management and operations consulting business, specializing in: Supply
Chain Management, Marketing Strategy, and Operations Analysis
Practice Director - Operations Manager
Robert focused on strategy and business development for operational
projects and establishing consulting operations in North America.
Additionally Robert was responsible for the establishment of supply chain,
value proposition (CRM & SCM combines) and statistical process control (six
sigma) consulting teams, which included method, marketing and team
leadership.
Robert also worked on specific international projects in China and
operational projects of strategic importance to Eucid.
Global Operations Center (Mission Control) - Robert lead the establishment
of mission control program office, mission control organization strategy,
mission control operations and procedures, mission control physical plant
design, mission control technology architecture in 12 weeks.
IBM Corp. January 1999
- July 2000
A multi billion dollar world leader in consulting services, information
technology hardware and software, and outsourcing solutions.
Senior Project Manager
Responsible for managing stakeholder expectations, and primary point man
for business development on assigned projects. Robert also performed
project & program management, enterprise architecture planning, and
strategic IS/IT effectiveness solutions to major clients. Development of
project plans, functional specifications, and operational models for
operational projects.
Fiber Optic Manufacturing Company - As the senior IBM Consultant, reporting
directly to the CFO, Robert worked with senior management, to understand
the impact of becoming a global player on all continents. Drawing on
previous experiences in Acquisitions and Mergers, Richardson planned and
set up an operational program office supporting the horizontal integration
of assets on 4 continents while simultaneously supporting vertical
integration by a new parent using a different consulting partner. Robert
became IBM's "senior man on the ground" developing relationships,
delivering impromptu presentations on subjects ranging from:
Organizational and cultural issues and approaches in a global
organization,
Global Program Management,
Globalization of Business Processes (how to do it w/plan)
Multi-country manufacturing process cost optimization (tariffs,
taxes, etc.)
Retail Data Warehouse - Project Manager - Implement Showcase for JD
Edwards suite for an upset customer. The fixed price project was delivered
in 1/3 time with perfect client reviews and high profitability, for a
project projected to loose three to four times the price.
Oracle Corporation, Senior Principal Consultant September 1996 -
December 1998
Program manager for global (6 continent) Application roll out of financial
and manufacturing applications as well as large amount of custom
development effort Application of FastForward (AIM) method for rapid
delivery to subsidiary organizations, with attention paid to global
financial and inventory issues of parent programs of projects employing
Enterprise Solution Strategy and Enterprise Solution Method (formerly PGM).
Other methods employed include Custom Development Method (CDM) for
extensive customization effort required to support global operations.
Other duties included creation of project infrastructure to support global
roll out of application suites including but not limited to: Environmental
Configuration Management, inclusion of quality assurance and business
process improvement using six sigma rigor, reporting structures and risk
mitigation, training and education, application and technical architecture
planning and roll out of new infrastructures. Management of multiple
Project teams implementing Oracle application suites globally.
Enterprise Architect financial application suite implementation.
Responsible for information systems strategy and planning using a dynamic
architectural model for complete financial application suite implementation
as well as interfacing, conversion, and redirection of all concurrent
development projects underway. Additional duties included: project
planning using the Oracle Application Implementation Method (AIM),
coordination of the AIM project with multiple projects using Oracle Custom
Development Method (CDM) using Oracle Project Management Method (PJM);
Technical Management of conversion and interfacing teams.
Commercial Bank, Technical Consultant
Responsibilities included project leader in the development of an
enterprise-wide mortgage data architecture. This effort was conducted as
part of a larger data warehousing initiative. Developed a detailed project
plan applying an Information Engineering methodology and managed the
project team. The team analyzed existing data models for completeness and
fitness for re-use, and set standards for modeling and data administration.
The architectural components included a conceptual data model for the
enterprise, an appropriate high-level process hierarchy (business models),
data principles, constraints, and assumptions, location types, and an
initial pass at an enterprise logical data model for detail-level process
and data modeling. Identified the need for more in-depth standards and
procedures to maintain the project deliverables and led the development of
the standards and procedures as well as IT work flow model. Additionally,
research was done and a project was created to build an appropriate
technical infrastructure to support a CASE (Bachman, IT) and repository
(R&O) environment as well as the Enterprise Logical Data Model (ELDM)
product from the data architecture project. Implemented a Data
Administration training program. 2K - lead initial efforts to establish
millennium (year 2000) program as well as 2K tool selection and
configuration, methodology/approach.
Other Oracle Experiences: Project planning for complete financial and
manufacturing suite implementation including customizations, subsystem and
external system interfacing and conversion, Development of Oracle Year 2000
strategy (Solution/2000) ) program including tool selection and
configuration management and methodology; Implementation planning for wide
scale Oracle product implementation at a customer site including:
technology transfer and migration, information systems strategy and
planning. Internal Instructor/Mentor Project Management, provided project
management and Team Leader instruction to Senior Oracle consultants
selected to be project managers or project team leaders. Methods
Instructor FastForward,AIM, PJM. Senior Mentor: Project/Program
management, Project/Program estimation, Fixed price contract management,
Bid & Proposal, Account management.
1994 - 1996
American General, Strategic Architecture and Technology Planner
Enterprise Technology Asset Management Group Responsibilities included
visualization and creation of a multi-tiered enterprise information
resource management (IRM) process utilizing Enterprise Information
Infrastructure in support of strategic realignment and decentralization of
IT functions with business processes, supporting the objective of creating
a more flexible enterprise better able to respond to competitive threats
and opportunities in the market place. Technology infrastructure support
of Business Process re-engineering effort. Virtualization of the Software
Development Life Cycle. Research included analyzing and employing
techniques including: Information Asset - Intellectual Asset Management,
Systems Reengineering, Information Infrastructures, Object-Oriented
Technologies (Rumbaugh, Gamma, Kowal, etc.), Software Development Process
Assestment, Software Development Process Evolution Organization
Reengineering, Information Systems Metrics, Synergistic Development
Environments, Technology Transfer, Competitive use of Information Systems,
Strategic Decision Support Systems (Environmental Scanning Systems - Notes
based), Development Environment/Development Process, and Data Warehousing,
Process Re-engineering and Process Automation. 2K - lead initial efforts to
establish melinium (year 2000) program as well as 2K tool selection and
configuration, methodology/approach
1991 - 1994
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services,
Methodologies/Software Engineer
Responsibilities included project manager CAMIS project, assistant project
manager special teams FLORIDA project, team leader re-engineering
automation project; team leader software process assessment group; team
leader meta model project; team leader configuration management group
(project independence) utilizing CSP, DB2, COBOL, MVS, and various quality
assurance approaches. 4GL developer, DBA/System Administrator on
distributed information systems project (single data system) utilizing
Oracle, C, UNIX, AIX, and Novell. Research included analyzing and
techniques including object-oriented technologies (Rumbaugh, Odell/Martin,
Booch, etc.), meta models, systems re-engineering, metrics, project
management approaches, virtualization of the software development life
cycle (SDLC),
SKILLS HIGHLIGHT
Oracle Products:
Oracle Application Architecture, Oracle ERP, Oracle CRM, Oracle Data
Warehouse, Oracle Supply Chain Management, Oracle Database, Oracle Method
AIM (2.0), Oracle Method ISS, Oracle Method ESS, Oracle Method PJM, Oracle
Method PGM, Oracle Method CDM, Oracle Solution/2000, CASE*Method,
Designer/2000,
Management/Leadership Business Skills:
Business Development, Sales, Sales Closure, JAD, JRP, Business Analysis,
Business Process Design, Facilitation, Presentation and Orator, Consulting
Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Project Leadership,
Enterprise Architect, IS Functional Management, Architecture and Technology
Leadership, Competitive Information Systems Architect, Product Management,
Operations and Organization - Manufacturing, Services, Government
Life Cycle Expertise:
Principal Architect - Statistical Process Control Method (Six Sigma
approach intigratinf six sigma, five s, SCM, CRM), Principal Architect -
Oracle One to One Marketing (Peppers & Rodgers - CRM) Methodologist -
Enterprise Technology Asset Management Oracle Method AIM, Oracle Method
PJM, Oracle Method PGM, Oracle Method CDM, Oracle Method ISS, Oracle Method
ESS, Oracle Solution/2000, Y2K, Information Engineering, SSADM, Gane and
Sarson, Yordon-DeMarco, CASE*Method, OO - Assisted in the creation of ROAD
MAP - Real Time Object Oriented Analysis and Design, OMT, O'Dell-Martin,
RUP
Specialty Skills:
Six Sigma integration, Project Management, Program Management, Competitive
Information Systems, Tools Implementation, Technology Transfer, Full Life
Cycle Software Engineering, Year 2000 consulting, SEI CMM Migration,
Enterprise Architecture & Technology Planning, Bachman, LBMS, IEF, Pro*Kit
Workbench
EDUCATION
M.C. Project Management George Washington University, Washington DC
B.S. Computer Information Systems, Summa Cum Laude (3.94/4.0 GPA) First in
School, 8th in University graduating class.
B.S. Computer Software, SUNY, Albany, NY
A.A. Engineering, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL
A.A. Business, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL
CERTIFICATIONS
Six Sigma Green Belt - GE
Oracle Master Technical Support
Oracle Master DBA
Oracle Master Developer
Oracle Master Desk Help
PUBLICATIONS
Computer Aided Software Engineering
(CASE) Selection Criteria
Methodologies of Software Development
Systematic Design-Method Comparisons
Maintenance Processes
Flexible Organizations and Processes
Through Integration of Information
Technology
Information Infrastructures