Project Manager Management

David M. Feller

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Business Technology Executive

IT Strategy and Execution * Business Process Transformation * Investment

Governance * Technology and Application Architecture *

Project Management

Business technology executive with strong record of success in

establishing, transforming and integrating solutions to achieve business

success. Collaborative IT executive with demonstrated ability in

establishing and developing cross functional strategic alliances and trust

relationships with business partners and key stakeholders. I have led the

design and implementation of several datacenters, cloud and collocation

strategies, business application solutions and I am skilled at serving as

an in-house leader and advisor to the Board. I have an extraordinary track

record in recruiting, developing, motivating, and retaining skilled

information technology staff that are dedicated to their customers,

business stakeholders and the bottom line of the organization. My industry

experience is very diverse including 25 plus years in oil and gas, product

distribution and transportation (business avionic services), with

significant international experience.

Chief Relationship Officer - Stellar Forest Consulting - 1/2014 - present

Recruited to join new technology organization to deliver application and

infrastructure technology solutions to select scientific-based

organizations including advanced compute nodes, multi-dimensional modeling

and integration of R&D environments. Provide the development of business

relationships with clients, contract solution providers and key research

stakeholders to deliver results that could be duplicated in ongoing

business ventures.

. Develop and implement organizational strategy to forge and build key

business relationships, and design and execute specific initiatives

that drive the relationships.

. Develop, implement and manage the organization's Relationship Asset

Management strategy, co-owning key business relationships and

collaborating with those business partners to ensure timely and

successful implementations.

. Provide ongoing personnel and project management for key client

engagements, and the integration of personnel assets into scientific

and technology delivery strategies.

. As a key member of the management structure, define and manage the

relationship strategy for key customers and prospects, and manage the

organization's operational and capital budgets.

. Identify and implement strategic partnerships with complementary

organizations and subcontractors

Sr. Director, Infrastructure and Chief Technologist - Universal Weather and

Aviation, 8/2006 - 12/2013.

Advanced through various leadership positions within Universal Weather and

Aviation (UWA). UWA is the leading international flight planning and

flight support provider ($1.0B company) with 1500+ global employees and 40+

international support locations. Trip support services include: flight

planning and permitting, route specific weather briefings and graphics,

fixed-base ground handling, fuel, security, inflight datalink services,

online product services, and catering. Services are required to be

delivered 24X7X365 with near 100% availability.

. Set strategic technology and architectural direction

including software strategies, hardware strategies, and

operational application system strategies

. Led the design and implementation of 2 new private cloud

facilities and the transition of all processing to those

facilities. Managed and delivered the solutions under the

approved budget of $14MM.

. Led and directed personnel (30 internal infrastructure

resources; 12 application resources) required to implement

70+ new environments to support ongoing organization

project deliveries ($40MM) while controlling the cost of

personnel, equipment and licenses required to deliver

strategic services.

. Implemented technology strategies that improved client

delivery and availability metrics from 98.0% to 99.95%

(reducing client outage from 160 hours to less than 10

hours per year).

. Collaborated with senior leadership to define business

technology requirements, developed appropriate IT ($19MM in

operating and $5MM in capital) to meeting defined business

schedules under approved budgets.

. Designed and led technology strategies for new ERP

solutions including personnel, budget and technology

project management. Provided oversight and direction for

external delivery consulting firms.

. Reduced business disaster recovery timeframes from 5 days

to less than 4 hours by implementing new business

continuity processes (Disaster Recovery), including

technology and personnel recovery.

. Led the application teams in the planning, redesign,

development and implementation of the core online client

delivery systems allowing support staff to focus on

increased critical client requirements while maintaining

existing staff levels.

. Implemented improved ITIL based incident, problem and

change management processes, and led the design and

implementation of DTSPF (Development, Test, Staging,

Production and Failover) environments.

. Directed the implementation of processes for the

organization's Help Desk support for domestic and worldwide

locations. Oversaw a 67% growth in service requests (1500

to 2500 per month) while restricting personnel growth to

12%.

. Led the restructuring of voice contracts resulting in $

200K annualized savings and let the implementation of

redundant WAN and voice networks achieving near 100%

reliability to production and failover facilities.

. Led the design and implementation of application data and

network security standards to support the continued success

of external audits (PWC) and client reviews (SOX, HIPAA).

Corporate Information and Technology Manager (Texas) - Republic National

Distribution Company - 7/2003 - 7/2006

Republic Beverage Company (now Republic Nation Distribution Company) is the

second largest alcohol distributor in the U.S. with revenues in excess of $

4.5B. RBNC has operations in over 20 states employing more than 7000

employees). The organization employs an extensive sales force and

sophisticated ordering and deliver service that requires 24 hours per day

system operations. Technology systems provide client and provider online

reporting, laser-based sorting and loading systems as well as extensive

sales/order solutions.

. Developing client-facing and operational IT processes

(internal and outsourced) for the Texas organization.

. Led the integration and support of systems required to

achieve business objectives of the joint venture partners.

. Designed the strategy and led the transformation and

integration of technologies to support subsidiary

acquisitions into existing business solutions.

. Provided project management, design and build-out of a new

computer facility providing centralized, redundant

processing support for all subsidiaries of Republic

Beverage Company delivering services 24 hours per day/6

days per week.

. Reduced telecommunication costs 30% YOY by developing and

managing strategic partnerships with voice providers and by

implementing VOIP technology.

Director, Enterprise Technology - CMS Oil and Gas Company - 7/1996 -

10/2003)

CMS Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of CMS Energy, was the upstream

business for CMS Energy. CMS Oil and Gas was the operator in domestic and

international locations including northern and western Africa, Texas

onshore, Michigan, Wyoming and Colorado, and was a joint venture partner in

other locations. CMS Oil and Gas was a 1.5 B company, with 400 employees,

and 100 contractors worldwide. Information Technology was responsible for

supporting drilling operations, production operations including data and

voice communications, purchasing, logistics, worldwide financial

applications and engineering application support.

. Member of management team that set strategic business technology

direction. Responsible for the management, hiring, project management,

planning and budgeting of the IT department to meet those strategic

requirements.

. Led the integration of technology solutions with joint venture partners,

including international locations.

. Member of corporate technology committee to establish and implement

technology that integrated into parent company systems.

. Completed the design and completion of 2 data center processing

facilities to support worldwide oil and gas activities and 24X7 energy-

marketing business requirements.

. Led the development and implementation of systems and processes to

provide support for local and remote computer operations, server and

desktop support, data management, and international voice/data

communications.

. Reduced by 50% the cost of seismic application systems by leading the

transition from Landmark Graphics systems with a lower cost-based

technology.

. Led the implementation of integrated financial application systems (multi-

currency) for international locations. The systems were implemented

systems without increasing communication costs.

. Reduced communication costs $100,000 YOY by implementing WAN connectivity

world-wide. The solution allowed for 24 hour/day real-time data and voice

communication which also helped to reduce operational expenses.

. Led the design and implementation of SCADA and remote telemetry systems

to support up to 3000 wells in Wyoming operations resulting in payout in

18 months and a 25% ROI.

. Led the upgrade of critical PLC systems on FPSO. Required the change of

1960's/1970's systems to support Y2K requirements. Accomplished with

zero outage or downtime for worldwide systems.

. Successfully managed the growth of IT from 3 to 30+ staff members.

Responsible for setting goal for the department and for the successful

mentoring of staff members.

. Responsible for management of contract and vendor support activities,

including outsourcing arrangements of $500,000 annually.

. Responsible for data backup and recovery and implemented the disaster

recovery process for the organization resulting in successful recovery of

data and voice capabilities.

Maxus Energy Corporation (Diamond Shamrock Corporation) - Dallas, TX,

1985 - 1996 - Multiple management and leadership roles

Maxus Energy was the upstream and midstream operating units formed as a

spinoff of Diamond Shamrock Corporation. The organization had revenues in

excess of $ 1B, over 1500 employees worldwide, and was the operator for

domestic and international locations.

Sr. Manager - Technology and Systems - Ecuador

. Member of senior management team for upstream operations in Ecuador

setting strategy for technology solutions, personnel support and joint

venture collaboration.

. Responsible for, the design, hiring, management, and development of the

local Information Technology staff.

. Led the implementation of international finance and equipment systems and

for automation of data sharing with home office systems.

. Managed and led implementation of communication systems for processing

facilities in remote jungle locations, including physical towers and

satellite delivery

. Implemented management controls to pass PWC system development and

controls audit for this location.

Project Manager - Systems Development

. Managed the design and development of a Preventive Maintenance System for

use in domestic and international locations.

. Provided leadership and collaboration with internal SMEs and external

development resources.

. This key business system was delivered on time, under budget, and

integrated into the organization's financial system.

Sr. Manager - Internal Systems Audit and Control

. Responsible for planning, budgeting, administration, and execution of

Information Systems Control application system audits, development

process audits and engineering operational audits for the corporation

including domestic and foreign locations

. Conducted semi-annual reports to Board of Directors and established and

managed strategic partnership with external audit partner

. Provided refinement of internal controls surrounding the system

development processes and to include the integration of security controls

in the process.

Sun Company, Incorporated - Dallas, TX (ORYX Energy) 1978 - 1985

Technical Support / Systems Programming

Provided technical support/systems programming functions (MVS operating

system) for the corporation's business computer center with multiple IBM

mainframe computers. Developed and implemented backup and recovery

processes to support the start up of SunGard Disaster Recovery Systems.

Information Systems Control Specialist - Technical Support Team

Responsible for leading and performing information systems audits of data

processing facilities, and for documenting and conducting end-to-end

application systems, system development and operational audits of the

corporation and its subsidiaries.

FORMAL EDUCATION

University of Louisiana - Lafayette, Bachelor of Science '77, Statistics

and Mathematics

Other course work completed includes:

Graduate work in Information Systems Management (University of Dallas),

Organizational and Leadership Strategies, Business Management, Quality

Control and Project Management.

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