Project Manager

***********@**************.*** ● 602-***-**** ● 4938 E. Apache Rain Rd., Cave Creek, AZ 85331

Michael D. Rich

Business and IS/IT Experience Summary

Senior project management with 20+ years experience of increasing responsibility in project and program management, software application development, middleware integration/development including IS / IT management, and training

oIS / IT 20+ years, Government 12+ years, Medical 10+ years, Military 7+ years of Project Management

oScope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk, Procurement, PMBOK, SDLC, Waterfall and Agile

oMS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, SQL/ODBC, HTML, XML, Photoshop, video & audio editing

oUser training strategy, conversion planning, system testing, system implementation, maintenance and enhancements

oHardware/software evaluation, alternative evaluation studies, communication with customers to build trust and confidence

Professional Experience 1991 – Current

Media Computing, Inc., Cave Creek, AZ

Director PMO / Senior Project Manager

IS / IT and Project Management consulting company, custom software application development, hardware automation through software applications, training, and TV/web information/graphics presentation automation. Consulting includes:

FEMA Subject Matter Expert (SME) Search and Rescue June – November 2013

oFEMA National Integration Center Resource Typing and Supplemental Job Aid to Resource Typing format design and creation

Air Search and Reconnaissance, Wilderness Search and Rescue Team, and Radio Direction Finding Team

Air Search and Rescue pilot 2003 - Current

UAV Predator/Reaper Close Air Support Tactics Instructor for US & Coalition Armed Forces 2009 - Current

oSr. Project Manager custom air and ground based systems including design, installation, testing, and training

oIntelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems SME (Subject Matter Expert)

o400+ sorties Green Flag, Emerald Warrior, Cactus Starfighter, etc.

oSecret Clearance - April 2011

Automated SQL / ODBC Database Updates Sr. Project Manager 2007 - 2008

oDownload web pages, FTP site files, and/or local files in HTML including tables, XML, and text

oExtracts desired data per user defined configuration and updates the SQL database with the latest data

oEnable any SQL / ODBC system that needs the most up to date data contained in non-SQL files to be made available without the requirement of designing and developing custom data source interface software applications

Information Digitizing System (IDS) Health Records Management System Sr. Project Manager 2005 – 2014

oPlanning, design & project execution to eliminate health records off-site storage, increase patient data retrieval speed while meeting HIPAA compliance via turnkey document archiving system

oEasily and cost-effectively digitally stores paper records into searchable electronic documents

oSoftware completely automates scanner functions and automatically determines document storage and retrieval locations

oEnsures portability to any Electronic Medical Records (EMR) product developed current or future using the PDF standard

NewSport Application Development and Prototyping $1 million contract, 90 people, 26 teams 1995 – 1997

oSr. Project Manager Point – multi-point remote control of hardware via encoding location IDs with associated commands into the satellite’s signal. Decoding hardware/software located in US Eastern and Central time zones

oEnvisioned, designed, and fabricated hardware decoder automated bypass system prototype. Conducted all phases of manufacturing vendor management, including circuit board layout, signal interfacing, production timing and delivery coordination. Sample end product hardware available for inspection.

oAchieved project requirements of greatly enhancing cable headend capabilities without any human intervention at remote sites thereby eliminating the need for full time headend personnel

United States Senate Totally Redundant Robotic System Control $750,000 contract, 50 people, 6 teams 1994 – 2008

oSr. Project Manager application development one-year automation software system project for daily US Senate floor sessions

Command redundant robots to load/unload videocassette tapes and automate the recording of US Senate sessions

Tapes created for the Library of Congress and the National Archives

oSystem capable of operating for 36 hours unattended which reduced staffing by 10% while system in use for 14 years

Amtrak Embedded Locomotive Speed Limiting System $150,000 contract, 70 people, 5 teams 1992 – 1993

oSr. Project Consultant – Project in imminent danger of failing because embedded system would not allow locomotive to go at a speed above zero mph

oEstablished and implemented troubleshooting procedures, which solved the problem and got the client “back on track”

oProject completed on time and within $4.7 million budget

Automated News Gathering Information System (ANGIS) System Sr. Project Manager 1991 – 2015

oANGIS provides powerful, automatic, near real-time data updates of displays and web pages in seconds through automated data retrieval from news feeds, FTP sites, and to-and-from websites and databases

oAutomated Output to the Web ANGIS Sub-System

Any information contained in the ANGIS database may be automatically formatted into web pages, based on client-designed templates, and automatically uploaded to the website as new data arrives

At the client’s discretion, the system will automatically generate navigation pages with the latest links to the latest data Navigation pages automatically grow as additional web pages are generated

Automatically produces web pages much faster than humanly possible and eliminates human error

oAutomated Input from the Web ANGIS Sub-System

Remote users with internet and/or intranet access may manually input information into the system

Web-based input forms are automatically generated based on client-designed templates, using automatically generated navigation pages with links to the web-based input forms

Automatically produces web pages much faster than humanly possible and eliminates human error

Information received via the web-based forms is immediately available for output and/or display, including output to SQL and/or ODBC-compliant databases

oAutomated Data Feed Ingestion ANGIS Sub-System

Automatically extracts information from data feeds at rates 100s of times faster than humanly possible and eliminates human error

Interfaces include ANPA, Associated Press, CA Secretary of State, Canadian Press, Chicago Closing, Seattle School Closings, SportsTicker, Reuters, Voter News Service, etc.

oSpreadsheet interface enables automated database records generation via user-defined templates

oUser defined if-then-else logic may be incorporated in database records to check input validity and/or adjust graphical output “look and feel” and/or trigger user defined events

oSystem functionality includes elections, sports, weather, school and road closings, financial data updates, automated creation of web pages with the latest information, and continuous data crawls

oANGIS delivers increased data throughput, eliminates human input errors, and reduces staffing

oPerformed over 100 system deployments with user training on associated software and/or hardware

Implemented organizational process assets acquired over the years to facilitate installation and training

Identify client key stakeholders and conduct interviews to define how system is to be customized to meet client’s requirements

*This is done through rolling wave planning enabling one team member to execute work packages on a previous subsystem, while another team member develops next set of work packages based on ongoing client interviews

*As the client learns more about the capabilities of the system, their requirements change to take full advantage of the system’s functionality

oSee ANGIS enterprise version discussed below in CBS Network News

CBS Network News Graphics Presentation Automation System 1992 – 1998

$2.75million contract within $90 million project budget, 300+ people, 9 teams

oSr. Project Manager using Enterprise version of ANGIS and Implementing SDLC and Agile to greatly mitigate risk and readily adapt to changes in requirements. This provides the means to integrate third party software and hardware as it becomes available which results in rapid, continuous delivery and acceptance of fully tested software (sometimes as often as twice a week) and a very happy client.

oVendor management including COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) or RFP generation – as required to facilitate third party software/hardware evaluation and integration and prototype development of proprietary, programmable keyboard

oCross-department/discipline integration with integrated project team including bi-lingual simulcast

oSpreadsheet interface enables automated database records generation via user-defined templates

oSystem operations include: 30+ general and primary and elections, voter exit polling input and output, OJ Simpson trial, and State of the Union productions

oAchieved 210 times increase in efficiency through response time compression from 7 minutes on mainframes to less than 2 seconds through the use of distributed processing on 150+ PCs

Project management certifications and additional credentials

oPMP (Project Management Professional) - PMI (Project Management Institute) – April 2009

oState of Arizona Project Management Certification – GITA (State of Arizona Government Information Technology Agency)

oGeneral RadioTelephone Operator License – FCC (Federal Communications Communication)

oHelicopter and Instrument Current Fixed Wing Airplane Pilot – FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

oBS, Communications with Electrical Engendering minor and post-graduate work in computer science and business – ASU

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