Andrew J Thomas – PMP

Scottsdale, AZ acxcvi@r.postjobfree.com

480-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/andythomas

Summary

Demonstrated leadership with Business Transformation and Program Management. Certified Project Management Professional and Certified Scrum Master with in-depth experience leading and mentoring globally dispersed Hardware and Software development teams. Track record of gaining and maintaining trust and respect of executive stakeholders, teams and partners. Extensive experience volunteering in community.

Certifications: Scrum Master Certification; Business Process Reengineering Certification; Project Management Professional Certification; CMMI Level III experience

Professional Experience

Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ 1995 – 2016

Network Platforms Group, Software Defined Networks Program Manager, 2015 – 2016

Led Enterprise and Cloud Segment Core Team, as well as Engineering Teams that were charged with developing Open Source and Proprietary Networking Software having annual influencer revenue of $140M

Established Core Team model using Scrum methodology to manage portfolio, backlogs and deliverables.

Oversaw development efforts involving cross-functional internal/external teams with $30M potential revenue.

Platform Enabling Group Hard IP, Lean Project Manager / Scrum Champion, 2011 – 2015

Mentored a worldwide organization of more than 1100 people in Agile and Lean Six Sigma principles. Led efforts to identify waste in Circuit Design processes and recommend solutions. Spearheaded Scrum for Hardware Development, and represented Hardware Agile in the Scrum community.

Scrum Master for “lead-vehicle” analog circuit design teams on 14nm design program; coached Product Owners and teams to prioritize effectively, remove obstacles and deliver blocks and micropartitions on-time.

Trained 380 Design Engineers on Scrum Principles (hardware-focused); mentored scrum masters and oversaw implementation of scrum on 12 different circuit design teams.

Led a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project that improved Hard IP’s handling of “stale data”; with projected savings of $2.1M in hardware costs over 5 years.

Mentored several Lean Six Sigma projects, including Reliability Verification, Scan, RTL and HAS development that resulted in significant savings over time (> $5M) and improvements in quality (Scan up to 98% coverage).

Corporate Platform Office, Operations Program Manager, 2008 – 2011

Consulted on internal and external programs to identify waste and provide solutions for improved organizational processes.

Worked with Atom System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Design Group using business process re-engineering principles to reduce hand-offs and re-work resulting in more than $700K per program saved.

Built a team to improve internal key business processes, including Request Intake, Portfolio Management, Partnership and Decision Making (RAPID) processes; this resulted in a 92% reduction of customer project request wait time.

Andrew J Thomas – PMP

Scottsdale, AZ acxcvi@r.postjobfree.com

480-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/andythomas

Corporate Platform Office, Resource Management Tool Program Manager, 2008

Hand-picked to assume program management of Resource Management Tool (RMT) on an emergency basis; RMT was a critical web application used by >2000 users for tracking actual and forecast spends

Re-energized and re-focused team of 20+ software developers, deployment experts, project managers and business analysts to improve process, people and software (up to 70% faster transaction time) in < 10 weeks

Influenced customers and senior stakeholders by cutting waste, pet projects and low priority efforts while creating a predictable release cadence.

Corporate Platform Office, Program Lifecycle Management Program, Project/Program Manager, 2006 – 2008

Managed risks, schedule, purchasing and communication plan for PLM program. Provided Program Lifecycle Management (PLM) System (Teamcenter) deployment expertise to a major Server Products Group program.

Led data migration team in moving unstructured customer data from numerous disparate sources into a structured, integrated PLM system, decreasing the migration period from > 2 weeks to < 4 hours

Performed business analysis, developed use cases and testing criteria, and facilitated fair testing in support of PLM vendor software selection, ultimately a > $20M decision

IT Greater Asia Region Flex Services, Project Manager / Business Development Manager, 2002 – 2006

Managed web application development projects utilizing CMMi Level II methods. Managed, mentored and assessed a team with up to eight software development resources. Proposed custom Web solutions or staff augmentation contracts, ranging in magnitude from $10K to $1M, using globally (US, China, India, Costa Rica) dispersed resources

Assembly/Test Manufacturing Information Systems, Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead, 1999 – 2002

Managed Data and Business Intelligence team in developing breakthroughs (technology, schedule and otherwise). Delivered most projects within 6 weeks using MS SQL Server to build data warehouses and OLAP cubes. Saved engineers worldwide ~2-3 hours per engineer per week.

Components Automation Systems, Software Engineer, 1995 – 1999

Worked with manufacturing, corporate planning and financial customers to gather requirements, develop software and operational solutions (including 24x7 support) enabling high-volume manufacturing facilities to meet customer demand.

United States Army Reserve, St Paul, MN 1989 – 1995

Avionic Flight Control Systems Technician, MOS 68Q, Spec E-4

Troubleshot and performed regular maintenance on helicopter navigational equipment. Organized technical manual and schematic libraries, flexed general combat and PT muscle as required.

Education

Masters of Business Administration in Global Management

Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, AZ

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

University of Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, MN

Military Occupational Specialty: Aviation Electronics

US Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, GA

Additional Information

Computer Skills: All MS Office Applications, numerous programming languages (e.g. VB, ANSI-SQL) and databases

Andrew J Thomas – PMP

Scottsdale, AZ acxcvi@r.postjobfree.com

480-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/andythomas

Résumé Addendum – Volunteer Experience

Project Manager 2015 – 2016

Intel Chandler Campus Employee Safety Team

Led team of employee volunteers to re-invigorate employee attitudes and promote on-campus safety. Promoted safety awareness for more than 6,000 campus employees across individual contributors to Executive Management. Developed and executed successful campaigns which positively influenced employee safety and morale.

Mentor, Speaker 2015

US Veterans Initiative, Phoenix, AZ

Developed and presented a strategy to identify Skills, Interests and Job Market Demands to a group of displaced veterans. Coached veterans on résumé, interview and discussion skills.

Project Manager, Software Developer, Business Architect 2014 – 2015

Deer Valley Unified School District, Deer Valley, AZ

Recommended process to tie goals and action items to desired academic outcome. Designed and built web solution using PHP and mySQL to automate strategic objectives, goals, action items and budget consistently across 34 schools.

Saved district staff > 150 hours annually.

Parent Volunteer, Book Fair Chairperson 2009 – 2016

Kyrene School District, Phoenix and Chandler, AZ

Regular classroom volunteer for Cerritos Elementary School, including leading computer lab and field trip chaperone. Chairperson for Scholastic Book Fair, which used > 30 volunteers and raised > $10,000 for the school library. Mentored high-schoolers on STEM and using the military as a route to get to college.

Flag Football Coach 2011 – 2015

i9 Sports, Phoenix, AZ

Coached young football players of varying skill level through the intricacies of American Flag Football. Taught fundamentals of team sports, encouraged children to try new positions, and navigated a tricky emotional landscape with (often overzealous) parents.

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