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Project Manager Management

Location:
Boyce, VA, 22620
Posted:
September 27, 2014

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T om L ipscomb

● P hone: 540-***-****

E-mail: t acf5xn@r.postjobfree.com

Project Manager

Professional Profile

Mr. Lipscomb possesses 22-years of successful management and technical accomplishments that demonstrate

outstanding analytical and problem solving skills, computer expertise, and highly skilled with follow-through on

p rojects from inception to fruition. His accomplished background includes a wide range of skills throughout SDLC

(Software Development Life Cycle) with depth in project/product management, business analysis, software

a rchitecture, and software development. He has supported a diverse client base including DoD, Civil Service,

healthcare, non-profit organizations, and commercial entities.

Mr. Lipscomb has broad experience in project management and technical business analysis in the managing of

p rojects/product devolvement, including the formulation of requirements and identification of r isks. He also creates

p roject schedules (via MS Project/MS Project Server) and assigned resources. He works closely with clients and

development teams using either Waterfall or Agile/SCRUM methodologies. This background provides him the ability to

i nterpret customer business needs and t ranslate them into application solutions and operational requirements.

M r. Lipscomb has received numerous letters of commendation from his employers and customers that give an excellent

i ndication of the level of effort, professionalism, and skill that he has provided to them.

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Career P rogression

Atebion, LLC ( http://www.atebionllc.com/ ): P resident/Founder ( * Part Time prior to June 2014)

J an 2010 Present

Atebion’s D ocument Analyzer (DA) is a software product that parses legal type documents (e.g. Request

for P roposals (RFP)) and identifies keywords wi thin each parsed segment. This software tool has been

sold throughout the United States and the Eu ropean Union (EU) and is typically used by P roposal

M anagers to create a Compliance M at rix, but is also used by attorneys for cont ract and agreement

r eviews.

Since June 1, 2014, M r. Lipscomb has been r unning Atebion L LC full-time and has significantly

i mproved sales via inte rnet exposure, and product demos wi th Business Owners and Stakeholders

( including senior management). Additionally, he has redesigned User I n te rface (U I) and User

E xpe rience (UX) for process simplification. Now fi rst-time users can analyze thei r documents w ithout

t he need of t raining or reading any documentation.

D uties include daily business operations, sales and marketing, communicating directly wi th C-Level

M anagement, user support and working wi th various technologies (e.g. C#, VB.NET, .NET 4.0

f ramework, X M L, H T M L5, CSS3, JavaScript and X M L).

* P rior to June 2014, Mr. Lipscomb’s wife, Kathy Lipscomb, provided nearly full-time support, except for some technical needs. This

f reed Mr. Lipscomb up to work full-time at MicroLink. After Mr. Lipscomb is hired for another full-time position, Kathy Lipscomb

w ill take over Atebion’s daily business operations, sales/marketing and help desk responsibilities.

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M icroLink, LLC: P roject M anager M ay 2005 May 2014

Provided annual reviews for all MicroLink’s Microsoft technology-centric software engineers/developers and supported

recruiting assets. During my nine years with MicroLink, none of my hires were let go due to any deficiency.

F ood and D rug Administration (FDA) 2014 & U.S. Depa rtment of Homeland Security (D HS)

2012 2013

FDA M anaged, supported and coordinated teams of Developers, Database Administrators (DBAs), Business

A nalysts, and Testers (Quality Assurance (QA) Teams) throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for a

complex custom SharePoint 2010 acquisition and resource solution, using Agile project management methods,

i ncluding daily SCRUM meetings.

D HS M anaged, supported and coordinated teams of Developers, SharePoint Administrators, Business Analysts,

Web UX Designers, Data Migration Analysts and testers for various projects, including data migration from different

data sources (structured and unstructured data) into SharePoint 2010, web applications development throughout

SDLC, and custom SharePoint Master Pages development.

The following duties and responsibilities were common for both FDA and DHS:

Requirement Analysis: eliciting requirements via client documentation and stakeholder interviews. Managed and

supported the recording of requirements as a System Requirements Specification (SRS), Business, User (as User

Stories), Functional (as Use Cases) requirements. Facilitated the mapping of the requirements to functional,

performance, and design specifications, and then created a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that could be

used to maintain and control the requirements associated with the solution’s Test Cases for Unit Testing and User

Acceptance Testing (UAT). Additionally, created User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) storyboards using

M icrosoft Visio, based on user stories, Unified Modeling Language (UML) Sequence diagrams, requirements and client

feedback.

Risk Management : established and managed procedures to identify business processes and application deficiencies,

t rack independent testing and analyze test issue reports and system change requests, and increase communication

w ith the SMEs to mitigate any r isk. Managed r isk by identifying, evaluating vulnerability, prioritizing, and mitigating

potential issues, using a color-coded Risk Mat rix.

Project Management : Created and executed Project Management Plan (PMP) which included Project Scope, Milestone

L ist, Schedule Baseline and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Also created a Change Management Plan to control

client requested changes (scope creep), including Impact Analysis (IA) (included schedule and resources adjustments

constraints). Appraised development progress on a daily basis after morning SCRUM to determine probability for

reaching established milestones and identified possible roadblocks, then adjusting resources as necessary.

Wrote and presented weekly status reports in Microsoft PowerPoint slides and in an Excel as line-item tasks status to

management and client teams.

F ederal M a r i time Commission (F MC) 2011

2013

Managed business analysts, developers and DBA resources for ASP.NET and Window applications for new

development and maintenance. Worked with the Government COTR to establish schedules and priorities. Created and

executed Project Plans per requirements and Level of Effort (LOE). Determine LOE based on personnel input and

h istorical metrics. Led daily SCRUM meetings, assessed daily progress to determine if schedule milestones were to be

reached.

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Early in the contract phase, assessed client’s existing applications for reliability and consistency. Then managed

developers and DBA resources to stabilize at r isk applications. Established governance and administration procedures

based on applications assessment findings.

U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard 2007

2011

Managed software developers on different projects to ensure schedules and issues were being properly addressed.

Assisted with contract details, (e.g. accounts). Provided technical advice and assistance as necessary. Provided weekly

status reports to and held discussions with Government clients. Visited and communicated weekly with personnel from

A rmy National Guard bases throughout the United States and US territories.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 2005 2007

Elicited requirements from user interviews, document analysis, workshops, business processes, use cases, and task

workflow analysis. Designed and developed ASP.NET web applications. Used Agile methodology.

SoftRight I nc.: P resident/Founder J an 2004

Ma r 2006

Invented algorithms to analyze data and documents that became a commercial product known as the R FP Analyzer .

T his product was branded/marketed, help-desk supported and sold by Privia.

• Developed/Designed a Windows commercial product

• Technologies: VB6, .NET 1.1, and XML

• Business Operations

The Centech Group: Senior Software Engineer/Analyst Sep

2004 Jan 2005

Responsible for development of the Employee and Company Clearance modules for the Management Application for

Security (MAPS) web application.

• Developed an ASP.NET solution

• Technologies: .NET 1.1, C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, and SQL Server

• Wrote the Administrator Manual

Science Applications I nternational Corporation (SAIC): Senior Software

E ngineer/Analyst/Technical Lead

A pr 1999 Sep 2004

Responsible for leading development teams, researching technologies for solutions, conducting requirement analysis,

designing software architecture, and developing software applications.

• Developed Windows solutions

o Contractor Cost Data Reports (CCDR) for DoD

o Geospatial mapping tool AMBISS for Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD)

o Health Insurance Financial Management module for OPM

• Technologies: .NET 1.1, C#, VB.NET, MS Visual C++, JavaScript, Oracle and SQL Server

Previous Employment

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M E I Software Systems: P roduct M anager Non-profit Organization Softwa re Products Sep

1997 Apr 1999

• Managed development, testing, and technical writing teams

• Created and managed schedules

• Conducted meetings with customers and team members

• Worked directly with corporate management to manage revenue with product releases

• Carried out many other duties as well

DynSolutions: Senior Software Engineer/Analyst I ndependent Consultant J un

1997 Sep 1997

• Developed various software components for a software product

American Management Systems: Senior Softwa re Engineer/Analyst I ndependent Consultant A ug

1996 Jun 1997

• Developed proof-of-concepts to help determine technical usability

o Speech activated solutions

o Message Broker

o Object Manager

Life Cycle Technology Corporation: Lead Analyst/Programmer F eb 1994

Aug 1996

• Design and developed Proposal Solution System (PSS) product

CBIS: A nalyst/Programmer I ndependent Consultant O ct 1993

Feb 1994

• Designed and developed a company-wide timecard system

Belcon Engineering: Lead Analyst/Programmer I ndependent Consultant A pr 1991

Aug 1993

• Designed and developed electronic equipment measuring solutions

Education / T raining

• Currently working on SCRUM Master certification

• Business Courses, Phoenix University, 2003 2004

• Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Courses, Northern Virginia Community College, 1984 1985

• Certificate in MS .NET Framework, Using C#, Microsoft Training Facility, 2002

• Certificate in JAVA Hands-On, Learning Tree, 2001

• Certificate in Drafting, James Rumsey Vocational School, 1980

• On-going, independent professional research in various Technologies and Management Studies

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