Program Manager Team Leader
Resume:
Jerry M. Striplin
Atlanta, Georgia
*************@**********.***
www.LinkedIn.com/in/JerryMStriplin
Bio and Profile
https://app.box.com/s/2zryq5uyihetec6v03i2cwtfennv88or
Team Leader, Sr. Program Manager, Expert in Strategy, Business and Operations Management, Healthcare, Private Sector Development and Economic Growth, Skilled in Communications, Collaboration, Innovation, and Analytical Thinking
In 2000, I began my career as an independent consultant. I completed three years in Afghanistan in late 2019, followed by a two-year contract in Saudi Arabia. In both programs, I served as Program and Project Manager, Team Leader, and Sr. Advisor for The Palladium Group. I provided leadership, direct client relationships, stakeholder management, program design, project management, implementation and delivery.
Prior to operating in Milledgeville, Georgia, I worked overseas, advising developing countries in construction and maintenance; I have worked in the medical field in multiple countries including the CDC in Saudi Arabia, hospitals in Afghanistan, retirement and hospice facilities in Georgia and mosr recently participated in the construction and handover of a cancer treatment facility in Milledgeville Georgia.
PROFILE
I am known for my ability to accomplish a mission anywhere in the world, under complex circumstances and the toughest of conditions. I have 35 years of experience across 54 countries and over 40 Business Sectors. A proven track record of leading and motivating multi-disciplinary, geographically remote teams and operations across a number of locations. Significant senior leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of high-quality development programming, influencing and humanitarian strategy, with and through partners or directly, in challenging locations. Experience of managing complex change processes and relationships involving a wide range of both internal and external multicultural stakeholders across a variety of disciplines and geographical areas:
Planning and Design
Senior Business Leader
Private Sector Development
Research and Benchmarking
Value Chain Specialist
Market Assessments Mapping
Program Design and Implementation
Manager and Exceptional Team Leader
Domestic - International Economic Development
Free Trade and Economic Zones
Operational and Business Planning
Foreign Direct Investment - Management
Risk Mitigation and Facilitation
Private and Public Partnerships-PPP
Alliances and Partnerships
Staff and Partner Training
Capacity Development and Knowledge Transfer.
Summary:
A senior business leader with a unique blend of experienced-based leadership and hands-on delivery, management and operations. Specialist in private sector development and economic development and complex program management and a deep background in client leadership, operations, technical solutions, and business management.
Expertise includes business and operations management, domestic and international entrance strategies, market capture, cross-cultural adaptation, complex program management, sector and market analysis, value-chain assessment, market awareness, readiness assessment, M&A, partnership and alliances, physical presence, business development-sales and training and interim management.
Tactical expertise includes leading teams in the design and execution of business solutions, educational sector assessment and policy, change management, industry/sector analysis, technical impact and solutions, contractual compliance, value chain assessment, trade policies, export promotions, market strategies, economic analysis, capacity development and training, and expansion of services and products into new markets and geographies.
I have worked in the medical field in multiple countries including the CDC in Saudi Arabia, hospitals in Afghanistan, retirement and hospice facilities in Georgia and mosr recently participated in the construction and handover of a cancer treatment facility in Milledgeville Georgia.
Total hours worked within my chosen profession in international business management, operations, program management, capacity development, program leadership and economic growth total more than 60,000 hours.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Private Sector Development
Business and Operations Strategy and Execution
Economic Development
Complex Program Management
Risk Mitigation
Security and Public Engagement
Program & Project Design and Execution
Impact Analysis
Business Divestitures, Consolidation and Integration - M&A
Change Management
Foreign Direct Investment
Value-Chain Mapping & Assessment
Process Mapping, Analysis & Redesign
Organization Development
Customer and Company Needs Assessment
Workforce Development
Alignment of Services
Technologies – ICT
Outsourcing and Shared Services
Grants Management
Trade and Export
Special Economic Zones
Partner and Staff Assessment and Training
Target Market Identification
Sector/Industry/Market Analysis
Market Research, Assessment and Mapping
Firm-Level Readiness
Operations and Management
Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP)
1-Stop-Shops
Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
Business Readiness
Master Program Management
Digital Media, VR and AR
Micro and small business training and development
Industry Expertise:
Construction and Infrastructure,
Security,
Healthcare,
Public and Private Sectors,
Transportation, Logistics,
Hospitality,
Media and Entertainment,
Digital Media,
Tourism and Travel,
NGOs and Associations,
Farmer-2-Farmer,
Free Trade and Special Economic Zones,
Value Added Services,
Media,
Construction,
Wood processing,
Education,
Vocational-Technical Education,
Management and Business Consulting,
Manufacturing, Automotive,
Banking/Financial,
Oil and Gas,
Energy High-Tech,
ICT - Information Communications Technology,
Outsourcing,
Software,
Telecommunications,
Mobile Messaging,
Managed Services,
E-Business-commerce,
Logistics and Delivery,
Food Processing.
Countries of Work Experience:
Afghanistan (3 Programs over 10 years), Armenia, Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Croatia, Denmark, Dubai, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Holland, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Ireland, Jordan, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, UAE, UK, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia.
CV
Jerry M. Striplin
Atlanta, Georgia- USA
*************@**********.***
www.LinkedIn.com/in/JerryMStriplin
Team Leader, Professional Program Manager, Expert in Private Sector Development and Economic Growth
Professional Experience as an Indepent Consultant
Global Business Group 1/2024 – Present
I designed and led the analysis and recommendations on behalf of a European investor, a $200 mil start-up seeking to define and create a facilities management business in the US.
My role was to define and lead the team through the entire process from Vision - Implementation - Operations - Management and international expansion. This included a full value chain analysis, and the identification of professional facilities management markets based on need, local capabilities, international standards, laws, and regulations.
This work was based on similar work in central and eastern Europe as countries, including Slovenia, Macedonia, and Kosovo, as they began to rise from emerging to developing nations by seeking to attract FDI and create a new private sector./employment.
Softude 12/2022– 03/2023
Consultant and Senior Leadership Advisor – New Delhi, India
Consultant and advisor to the CEO and Founder of Softude - Providing strategy, advisory board design and governance, identification of growth constraints and GAP analysis, operational analysis, key-customer and stakeholder engagement, dashboard design and impact drivers, organizational design and change management, communications and marketing plans and implementation.
ASCEND – Saudi Arabia 2/2022– 6/2022
Program Director and Sr. Advisor – Health Sector – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Currently working within Saudi Arabia as a consultant and advisor to the consulting firm, ASCEND- Providing strategy, program design, and implementation planning for the National Health Command Center.
The Palladium Group – Saudi Arabia 12/2019 – 11/2021
Program Leader – Health Sector – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Working within Saudi Arabia Health Sector as Director of Program Manager, Consultant and Advisor- Providing leadership, direct client relationships, stakeholder management, program design, implementation, management of local, international staff, consultants
The Palladium Group- Afghanistan 09/2017 – 11/2019
Senior Program Manager and Private Sector Advisor – Health Sector, Afghanistan
Leadership of local staff, multiple international consultants and local sub-contractors, creation of the National Private Sector Health Strategy, established the Private-Public-Partnerships (PPP) unit and secured over $40 million in Foreign Direct Investments; Established a 1-Stop-Stop for Health Investors, conducted a Process-Flow assessment of 5 government business licensing units, provided recommendations for a Quality Improvement Framework and Provided Capacity Development and Unit Assessment of the Ministry of Public Health’s Private Sector Coordination Unit; Responsible for the design and recommendation of the Nationwide Accreditation and Standards programs for Private Hospitals and; Designed and conducted the 1st Nationwide Private Sector Healthcare Assessment.
Avatron Development 09/2015 – 01/2017
Senior Consultant – Corporate Planning, Alliances, Investment UAE/Qatar/Saudi, PPP, Workforce and Logistics
Serving as a Senior International Consultant and Program Manager to Avatron Development for the development of Avatron Smart Park, providing corporate planning and organizational design, partner identification and assessment, business operations, risk mitigation, import logistics, customs bonded facilities, public-private-partnerships, stressed-community development and advisory services to senior executive, management and program teams.
Cartus International 08/2014 – 8/2017
Senior Consultant
Direct consulting, training exercises and advisory services to senior executive, management and program teams by teaching the skills necessary to establish and successfully conduct business in multiple countries.
VEGA International 03/2016 – 03/2016
Senior Consultant – Ghana Farmer to Farmer(F2F )
FHi360.org 05/2014 to 08/2014
Senior Program Manager
Served as Senior Program Manager within the USAID Jordan Local Enterprise Support Program.
Bahamas Air 04/2014 to 04/2014
Senior Program Manager
Senior Program Manager in the development of the master program plan for the proposed privatization of Bahamas Air.
Cartus International 9/2013 to 03/2014
Senior Program Manager
Booz Alan and Government of Qatar 06/2013 to 07/2013
Sr. Advisor
Sr. Consultant and Industry Advisor - Private Sector Development, 2022 World Cup
Cox Communications 09/2012 to 06/2013
Senior Consultant/Senior Program Leader
Deliver the divestiture, integration and consolidation of 350 television and radio stations.
All Scripts 05/2012 to 08/2012
Senior Business, Operations, and Technology Consultant
Program Manager and Consultant to a provider of global healthcare software and services.
Client - Confidential 01/2012 to 03/2012
Senior Consultant
Value Chain Assessment, Design and Implementation
Client – US Government – Checchi Implementer 05/2011 to 08/2011
Program Leader - Afghanistan
Value Chain Assessment within Afghanistan across 10 key industrial and service sectors.
Client - Cox Media Group Communications 12/2010 to 04/2011
Team Lead
Led the ICT, application, business management and facilities design teams in the tactical planning, design, and implementation of an Atlanta based Shared Service Center for all HR functions
US Client - Confidential 06/2010 to 07/2010
Senior Consultant
Construction Products – New product design, Business Plan and Capital Investment; Disaster Recovery Planning – Audit Compliance.
PNG Government 11/2009 to 03/2010
Senior Advisor
Feasibility Study into the Establishment of Special Economic and Free Trade Zones.
US Government US Agency for International Development 07/2009 to 08/2009
Senior Associate/Advisor
Senior Program Manager for Management Systems International (MSI)
EU 06/2009 to 06/2009
Senior Associate/Advisor
Egis Bceom International – Conducted a competitiveness analysis and recommendations for Vietnam’s ICT service sectors.
The Republic of Kosovo 09/2008 to 02/2009
Component and Team Lead
Private Sector Competitiveness Program. Conducted key sector analysis, ICT impact analysis, managed local resources and designed the implementation program.
US Government and the Government of Afghanistan 05/2007 to 06/2008
Implementer -Development Alternatives and Land of Lakes
YappiKredit Bank 08/2006 to 04/2007
Program Manager – Created Internet and E-Commerce
US Government and Government of Moldova 07/2006 to 07/2006
Senior Industry Advisor
Senior Industry Advisor, ICT sector analysis, designed and implemented outsourcing programs at the national level.
ACI Worldwide Value 04/2006 to 05/2006
Senior Program Leader
Designed and implemented European Outsourcing Strategy for TSA - ACI Worldwide, Fortune 500, US Software Company.
US Government and the Government of Armenia 05/2006 to 06/2006
Senior Industry Advisory
ICT Advisor, USAID Capacity Development Program, 2015-20 National Strategy - ICT cluster assessment, sector analysis and recommendations.
US Government and the Government of Indonesia 09/2005 to 03/2006
Senior Team Leader
Manager for the Private Sector component for the USAID program to design, plan, staff and implement the overall private sector strategy.
US Security and Exchange Commission 03/2005 to 04/2005
Consultant
Organization Redesign Securities and Exchange Commission
FISERV 05/2004 to 01/2005
Vice President
Developed partnerships, alliances and acquisition targets within the Asian market.
US Government and the Government of Macedonia 10/2003 to 05/2004
Program Leader
Technologies Program, designed and Implemented the ICT Competitiveness Plan.
PRIOR TO SERVING AS AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - WORKED IN SENIOR POSITIONS WITH-
AT&T Europe, Bell Laboratories, Telcordia, Opinion Research Corporation, FISERV, Digital Equipment Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T Global
Skills and Expertise
Technical: MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio, Dashboard
Functional: Value Chain Analysis, Process Flow, Program Management, Project Management, Design and Implementation, Work Plan
Methodologies: SDLC/PMI Program Management
Education
Georgia State University, Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Total hours worked within my chosen profession in international business management/operations, development, program leadership and economic growth approximately 60,000 hours.
US Army, 6 years, Honorable Discharge
Professional Affiliations
Georgia EU Center International Management Consultants IMC World Trade Center Atlanta, Savannah, Hong Kong and Indonesia International Issues Forum International Management Consultants Chambers of Commerce US and European Program of Managers Institutes
Professional Activities
Georgia State University - Subject Matter Expert and lecturer Doctorial classes, Emerging Markets
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