I have over ** years in information technology mostly with the federal, state and local government as a computer operator, programmer, system support specialist, network support technician, IT manager, IT Division Chief, IT consultant, and as a business owner providing IT professional services to state and local governments. The Project Management Institute (PMI) has certified me as a Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2000. I am certified in the Change Management process in accordance with the Prosci methodologies and tools. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in Information Systems Management with a minor in Business and Technology.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project and Portfolio Management

Project Management Office

Large-scale, multi-site, multi-vendor technology implementation projects

Software development projects

Feasibility Studies and Procurement

Strategic Planning

Organizational Change Management

Leadership and team development

Business Process Re-engineering

FORMAL EDUCATION

BS Information Systems Management, University of Maryland, 1987

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Prosci’s ADKAR Change Management Certification

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech), Olympia, Washington August 2016 – December 2016

Program Manager

Program Manager for the for the Cloud Enablement Program which include the Identity and Access Management (IAM), Infrastructure for Cloud Services, Office 365 (including SharePoint), and Brokerage for Could Services Projects.

Apex System, Austin, Texas May 2016 – August 2016

Requirements Analyst

Business Analyst for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Regional & Local Health Services (RLHS), for the High Consequence Infection Disease (HCID) Technical Assessment. Responsible for requirements gathering to identify the business needs of new COTS systems or enhancements to the existing COTS systems.

Texas Attorney Generals Office, Austin, Texas December 2015 – April 2016

Project Portfolio Management Office, Director

Project Portfolio Management Office, Director, for the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Child Support Division, Responsible for establishing IT Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) to provide project & portfolio management, business analysis services, testing, release management, and change management services for the TXCESE child support system. Supervised 4 direct reports with 16 staff assigned to the PPMO.

ARC Staffing Solutions, Austin, Texas March 2015 – December 2015

Project Manager

Project Manager for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Regional & Local Health Services (RLHS), responsible for the technical and application infrastructure rollout, data conversion, training, and transition & change leadership for the Texas Syndromic Surveillance (TxS2) COTS implementation.

M Corp, Austin, Texas March 2014 – March 2015

Project Manager

Project Manager for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’ (DFPS) Information Management Protecting Adults and Children in Texas (IMPACT) Batch Modernization Project. The project converted thirty-sever (37) COBAL batch jobs to Java using automated and manual code conversion tools and processes.

Continuity Consulting Inc., Folsom, California July 2013 – March 2014

Project Manager

Project Manager for the Model IT Project engagement for the California Department of Technology. Interviewed key stakeholders from the state’s control agencies, the program and service delivery departments, and the vendor community. We developed and delivered and delivered a Model IT Project structure using lessons learned as the primary input.

Sacramento County, Sacramento, CA September 2012 – July 2013

Chief of E-Government and Business Services

Served as the Chief of E-Government and Business Services. Managed a budget of almost two million dollars annually with four direct reporting IT Managers and over 100 assigned staff. The division provides application development and support for: Enterprise e-Government Solutions, Mobile Applications and Web Services, SAP (County ERP system) Support, Document Management, Geographical Information System (GIS), and Project Management Office (PMO) services for the entire department.

METAVISTA CONSULTING GROUP, Sacramento, CA May 2005 – December 2012

President and Principal Consultant

Served as the President of MetaVista Consulting Group. Ensured that the company established a strategic direction and that all company activities contributed to meeting the strategic direction. Over 8 years supervised up to 4 office staff and 10 to 15 consultants, and managed 10 to 15 subcontractors.

Consulting Engagements:

Project Management Consultant, University of Alaska Fairbanks Asset Management Facilities Focus COTS Upgrade Project (Jul 2010 – Jun 2012)

Organizational Change Management Consultant, CA Dept of Public Health strategic planning project (Mar 2010 – Jun 2011)

Organizational Change Management Consultant, CA Dept of Veteran Affairs COTS Implementation (Jun 2009 – Jun 2011)

Configuration and Requirement Management Consultant, CA Dept of Finance – Financial Management Services (FI$Cal) ERP (PeopleSoft) project (Aug 2010 – May 2011)

Organizational Change Management Consultant, CA Emergency Management Agency business process improvement (BPI) project (Feb 2009 – Jun 2009)

IT Procurement Consultant, CA Dept of General Services COTS procurement (May 2008 – Feb 2009)

Organizational Change Management Consultant, Microsoft, Inc. – Professional Skills Assessment and Plan (Oct 2008)

Organizational Change Management Consultant, CA Victim Compensation & Government Claims Board strategic planning project (Nov 2007 – Jun 2008)

Project Management Consultant, CA Public Utilities Commission COTS implementation (Jun 2007 – Apr 2008)

Independent Project Oversight Consultant, CA Employment Development Department COTS implementation (Mar 2007 – Jan 2008)

Organizational Change Management Consultant, CA Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board software development project utilizing Agile methodologies (Feb 2006 – Nov 2007)

Independent Project Oversight Consultant, CA Public Utilities Commission COTS implementation (Aug 2006 – May 2007)

PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTANTS Inc., Sacramento, California June 1999 – May 2005

Vice President

Focused on marketing and servicing contracts to clients in the large-scale IT implementation business arena and provided overall account management for our Sacramento County IT Staff Augmentation clients.

Consulting Engagements:

Project Management Consultant, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services COTS implementation (Nov 2003 – Sep 2005)

CalWIN Implementation Deputy (Contractor), CalWIN Consortia – California Welfare Information Network software development project (Apr 2003 – Jul 2004)

IT Division Chief (Contractor), Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (Jul 2001 – Apr 2003)

Project Management Consultant, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance hardware and software implementation project (May 2000 – Jul 2001)

Project Management Consultant, CA Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training software development project (Feb 2000 – Jun 2000)

Project Management Consultant, Sacramento County Office of Communications and Information Technology hardware and COTS implementation (Aug 1999 – May 2000)

Project Management Consultant, California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training software development project (Jun 1999 – Dec 1999)

GE CAPITAL IT SOLUTIONS, Sacramento, California May 1998 – June 1999

Project Manager

Sacramento County Office of Communications and Information Technology (May 98 – Jun 99)

Senior Project Manager Consultant – Provided project management services and corrective action for the existing DHA MTX Project. The project was in the execution phase of a 1600 user MTX (thin-client) implementation effort. The 1600 MTX (thin client) devices were successfully implemented into production.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Sacramento, California January 1990 – May 1998

State Employee

CA Department of Social Service (Sep 1997 – May 1998)

IT Bureau Chief (Data Processing Manager I) – Managed 14 technical staff, providing them managerial, supervisory and technical leadership. The bureau provided network and systems support, business analysis, application development, and ran a help desk providing second-level support for over 1500 users.

CA Health and Welfare Data Center (Aug 1994 - Sep 1997)

Staff Information Systems Analyst – Member of the SACSS Network Support Unit that provided overall technical leadership and support on the design, acquisition, installation, and maintenance of mini-computers, local area networks and enterprise-wide network used by the SACSS Project and county customers.

CA Department of Social Services (Jun 1992 – Aug 1994)

Associate Programmer Analyst – Member of the Systems Software Support Team that provided systems support for both the legacy Wang system and for the implementation and technical support of the IBM AS/400 mini-computers.

CA Legislative Data Center (Jan 1990 – Jun 1992)

Programmer II – Assigned to Applications Development Unit. Developed applications in both the VAX/VMS and IBM/MVS environments.

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION, Sacramento, CA April 1988 – January 1990

FORTRAN Programmer

FORTRAN Programmer – Assigned to the maintenance of the Fight Data Acquisition and Processing System (FDAPS). Maintained application applications in the VAX/VMS environment.

UNITED STATES NAVY June 1979 – March 1988

Cryptologic Technician Technical

Cryptologic Technician Technical - Assigned to Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Misawa, Japan; Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Okinawa, Japan; and, the National Security Agency (NSA), Ft. Meade, Maryland. Attended technical training in Pensacola, Florida. Provided signal acquisition and computer operations in the DEC PDP-11 series environments.

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