David Kevin Huff

E-mail: acsbq0@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 336-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

A versatile and effective Senior Program Manager and Project Management Professional (PMP) with high-level experience across industries and across functions. Significant achievements in Project/Program/Portfolio Management, Product Management/New Product Development, Process Improvement, Business Relationship/Engagement Management and Consulting. Exceptional strengths in Communication, Motivation, Cross-Functional Interaction, Stakeholder Management and Team-oriented Leadership. A proactive problem-solver known for creative and insightful approaches to the identification and resolution of business, personnel and process issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADECCO ENGINEERING AND TECNOLOGY Greensboro, NC 11/2011-Present

Business Technology Consultant

Provide Project/Program and Portfolio Management Services to:

Syngenta

Report to Head, North American R&D Project/Portfolio Management

North American R&D Project Manager

Manage portfolio of Chemical and Biological Products through full development life-cycle.

Shepherd Projects from Ideation/Evaluation stage through Product Launch.

Ensure proper project definition and resource demand estimation through collaborative project scoping meetings.

Promote proper governance through formal project reviews of progress at defined gates in the Stage Plan. Develop proper documentation for stage promotions and Release to First Sales. Ensure Technical/Business review and approval by the North American and Global Development Committees.

Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) launch teams (multi-functional project teams comprised of legal/regulatory affairs, supply chain and sales/marketing management) with goal of seamless transition from product development to first sales.

Promote Portfolio Investment Cycle (PIC) prioritization process as informed participant and process advocate.

Create project tasks/milestones through Portfolio Management tool. (Planisware)

Update project documents and deliver timely status reports as scheduled/requested.

Lead project team meetings.

Interact with and facilitate communication/coordination between other departments (Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Supply Chain and Technology Projects/Engineering)

Consult for North American IS Business Partner’s group – Assist with Design and Implementation of Value Driven IS Strategic Project Portfolio Prioritization process and coordinate interaction with Business Analysts, Process Consultants and 3rd party Integrator.

RICOH AMERICAS CORP Atlanta, GA 4/2002-6/2009

Global document, network management, and professional services solutions

Ricoh corporation 2011 $26 billion global revenue and 109,000 employees worldwide

Senior Manager, New Business Development and Marketing Strategic Projects, 5/2008- 6/2009

Reported to SVP US Marketing

Responsible for the identification, investigation and implementation of new business initiatives. Charged with planning and executing projects to advance new global platform strategy. Ensured alignment with strategy through management of New Business Development, Integrated Solutions and Business Transformation associated with Business Model Change.

Coordinated interaction of Product Management, Field Sales, Client Services, Implementations, Training, Operations and Field Service Delivery

Primary OEM contact with candidate ISV / IHV

Interacted with and advised Global R&D Development organization.

Accountable for Portfolio of Projects associated with Enterprise Business Transformation.

Defined, Developed and Delivered new Services/Solutions Business Model.

Identification and Selection of best-of-class 3rd party Solutions partners.

Identified, Analyzed and Responded to new technology trends and directions.

Director of Technology Solutions, 10/2005- 5/2008

Reported to SVP Technology Services with dotted line to VP Global Sales

Manage Solutions Sales Engineering Program and Project Management Office. Responsible for direction setting and successful outcomes of all technical aspects of client engagement from pre-sales engineering support through implementation of large outsourced business process solutions consisting of hardware deployment, software integration and managed services implementation.

Defined, developed and delivered National Technology Solutions program.

Coordinated integration of Solution Sales Engineering, Project Management and Business Analysis organizations to better align with strategic direction of company and expectations of sophisticated global customers.

Developed and implemented training path for national team of engineers and project managers

Integrated Enterprise Solutions Engineers (ESE) into Global Account Selling Organization.

National Manager Project Implementation, 10/2004-10/2005

Reported to VP Technology Services

Responsible for portfolio of global and major account implementations of enterprise level technical solutions and professional services.

Creation and set-up of Project Management Office (PMO)

Standardized approach/process to conform to PMBOK guidelines.

Defined segmentation/specialization within the Project Group (PM1, PM2 and SPM)

Developed and Implemented Training program for Project Managers

Instituted best practice benchmarking of PM function (within and across industries.)

Ensured quality delivery of product within world-class field service organization.

Project Manager/Senior Project Manager, 4/2002-10/2004

Reported to Director of Technology Solutions

Oversight of large/complex projects requiring considerable corporate resources

Led project teams in environments requiring high level of functional integration

Scoped, planned and managed hardware, software and managed services implementations

VERIZON WIRELESS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Winston-Salem, NC 10/2000-3/2002

Business to Business Marketing Consultant

Prospect, Develop and Sell Business Solutions to small/mid-market businesses.

Customer relationship management as Technology Vendor of choice.

Set Rookie Sales Record in first six months

Consistent quota attainment, clean sales orders and no order cancellations.

GMAC INSURANCE – PERSONAL LINES Winston-Salem, NC 5/1998-9/2000

Marketing Product Manager

Designed, priced and marketed automobile insurance products to 1500 independent agents in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Had profit/loss and general management responsibility for these states.

Tripled new business applications in Missouri and Illinois while returning those programs to profitability.

Developed business plans and presented them to CEO/CMO/COO.

Managed a multi-state sales force.

Collected industry intelligence and coordinated competitive rate analysis through actuarial staff.

Negotiated regulatory approval of rate programs through state’s Dept. of Insurance.

Chaired record-setting corporate United Way Campaign.

Recognized as “Key Manager” within organization

President’s discretionary bonus recipient.

EDUCATION

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Babcock Graduate School of Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

High Point University, High Point, NC

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology/Psychology

Master of Project Management (MPM) Program

Western Carolina University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS / ADVANCED TRAINING

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification - #1628377

Advanced Project Management, Harold Kerzner

ITIL Foundation training

Six Sigma Green Belt certification

Six Sigma Black Belt training (ASQ)

Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Assessor training

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