Project Management

Gregory T. Kopp

PO Box ***** • Garfield Hts., Ohio • 44125 • H: 216-***-**** • ********@*****.***

Summa ry

IT leader with over 15 years of successful planning, monitoring and driving the on time and within budget

delivery of complex technology, business and improvement solutions.

Experienced in managing high-value initiatives utilizing onshore, disconnected and offshore teams.

Proficient in all aspects of the software development life cycle, from initial capture of requirements through

development, testing, delivery and enhancement. Skilled in building, training, and mentoring high performing

teams in consistently delivering strategic software projects.

Known for building bridges between Technology and Business divisions to eliminate historic conflicts,

improve understanding and cooperation, and drive overall project results.

Demonstrated strength in introducing and leading the adoption of standards and best practices across the

entire project life cycle.

Accomplishments

• Managed an initiative to incorporate a business partner’s transportation software with a centralized

integration service supporting multiple applications across multiple offices resulting in millions of

recognized revenue.

• Conducted on site client visits to develop requirements documents for custom application enhancements

and performance improvements.

• Architected and built a scalable, user configurable dashboard application integrating data grids, custom

controls and map visualization in a windows forms application.

• Refactored the data access layer of a large-scale enterprise transportation dispatch application to be

scalable, failsafe and database agnostic.

• Coordinated the development of a unified mapping visualization component that is consumed by multiple

office locations using various software development environments.

• Developed project specification documents, workflow diagrams and user experience requirements for

domestic and offshore development teams.

• Authored and presented detailed software training presentations at annual conferences.

• Managed development teams for multiple projects, delegating task responsibility, tracking progress, and

coordinating inter-departmental communication.

P rofessional Experience

TMW Systems, Inc. M arch 2010 to Present

Currently leading a team of developers and managing software products for use within the brokerage space

of the transportation industry, leveraging Microsoft .NET technologies. Responsibilities include coordinating

development effort of enterprise applications across multiple offices and partner companies, meeting with

clients to discuss business needs and determining feature roadmaps. When necessary, provide on-site

client support for new installations and enhancements. Participated in customer roundtables at trade shows

and conferences to get insight into industry needs.

IdeaStar, Inc. November 1999 to March 2010

Responsible for managing the developers tasked with the successful completion of ASP.NET projects.

Developed project plans, produced estimates, code reviews and weekly client meetings. Projects include e-

commerce applications, content management systems, health insurance quoting and application tools as

well agent productivity portals. Developed and implemented a software versioning system using Subversion

and in-house project tracking systems.

Gregory T. Kopp

PO Box 25475 • Garfield Hts., Ohio • 44125 • H: 216-***-**** • ********@*****.***

Whittman-Hart, Inc (a.k.a. MarchFirst) September 1999 to November 1999

Architected, designed and developed the user experience for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and

Schoolbelles web sites.

Haselow Marketing Communications, Inc July 1996 to September 1999

Developed web sites and multimedia applications using applications such as Macromedia Dreamweaver,

Director and Flash. Maintained the network infrastructure. Created digital illustrations from client provided

artwork.

Cuyahoga Community College A ugust 1997 to August 1999

Member of the adjunct faculty. Taught classes in Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Director.

Dennison Advertising, Inc. May 1993 to July 1996

Functioned as a desktop publisher and illustrator. Retouched project photography. Maintained the network

and Macintosh workstations.

KSK Color Lab, Inc. October 1991 to May 1993

Processed color and B&W negative and color slide films. Managed the digital imaging lab. Specified and

installed digital imaging equipment.

United States Air Force July 1989 to March 1991

Still Photographic Specialist, participated in all aspects of photography including journalistic, portraiture and

forensic.

Education

Cuyahoga Community College Fall 1998/Present

Current coursework in Business Management with the intent to transfer to Cleveland State. Current GPA

3.97.

Community College of the Air Force Fall 1989

Successfully completed photographic career development course with a final examination score of 92%.

University of Akron Fall 1985/Spring 1986

Declared Major: Electrical Engineering

Gregory T. Kopp

PO Box 25475 • Garfield Hts., Ohio • 44125 • H: 216-***-**** • ********@*****.***

P roject H ighlights

IAC - Health Insurance

Developed three related web sites for different lines of business of an independent health

insurance provider. The sites’ audiences were agents licensed to sell the policies to

individuals. Each had a rating engine that, when given the demographics of the proposed

insured, would generate a health insurance policy quote. Each site’s rating engine was similar,

but had unique criteria as each product differed. Once the individual accepted a quote, the

agent would guide them through the online application process. Upon completion of the

application, a dynamic PDF was generated, the data collected, encrypted and transmitted to

the underwriting provider.

A companion Windows Forms application was developed that leverage the same rating data

as well as business logic. The “Quote Disk” was used to generate quotes for paper

applications where an agent was unable to access the Internet portal.

Collectively, these sites generated tens of thousands of applications resulting in many millions

in revenue.

MyAgency Agent Portal / Web Site Creation

MyAgency was a site creation/agent management tool designed for medium to large

independent insurance agencies. Each agency was able to select a theme and features of

their site. Each agent was able to create a theme-based individual site as well. The portal

managed agents, their sales, as well as products an agent was licensed to offer.

IdeaStar - CreataSphere

CreataSphere was a framework for creating content managed web sites. The backend

framework was installed for a client and template pages created with placeholders for specific

media content. Many former clients are still actively using CreataSphere today.

Russell Assessments - Employment Assessments

Based on the Umbraco CMS, Russell Assessments provided employers with pre-employment

psychological assessments of potential job candidates, or of existing employees seeking

advancement. Developer an assessment engine where each assessment can be constructed

using an online administrative page. Candidates are sent email invitations to participate in the

assessment. The employer tracks assessment progress via email and an online portal.

TMW – DAL

Refactored the current Data Access Layer classes of a transportation industry ERP system to

be database agnostic. The previous DAL was tightly coupled with SQL Server. There was a

Gregory T. Kopp

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desire to port the application to DB2 or Oracle. The task was to strip all SQL Server specific

functionality from the implementation using a provider design pattern.

TMW - ALK Mapping

Directed by the TMW CEO after acquiring ALK Maps to develop a single mapping component

that all business units within the organization would consume. This provided the various

products a unified look and way to visualize geospatial data. Coordinated development effort

across multiple offices in the USA and Canada.

TMW - Company Planner

Developed a flexible, customizable transportation management dashboard component within

the ERP system. Administrators can create an unlimited number of dashboards containing any

number of cells. Each cell can be as simple as a grid of data, a map showing a given truck’s

location, or specialized cells to assist in transportation planning. A system of events and

subscribers can be configured to link the functionality of one cell to another. Created a SDK to

allow customers to create their own specialized cell types.

TMW - 3G Integration

Currently in process, managing the development of a RESTful integration system, linking the

TMW ERP applications to a third party transportation rating and optimization system. Each

TMW application, TMW Operations (.NET), TruckMate (Delphi) and Innovative (RPG) will

communicate with 3G over a single Web API designed for optimum stability and upgradability.

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