project manager

Dan Yurman

Macedonia, OH *****

Email: ******@*****.*** Mobile: 216-***-****

Senior Project Manager - Experience with projects $2-10M and PMO/portfolio $10-50M

Expertise in the development and implementation of project plans for new product development of innovative technologies and programs for commercial and nonprofit clients including management of externally sourced new product development hardware, software, and firmware projects carried out by contractors in the U.S., U.K., EU, and India.

Senior Project Manager experience in strategic planning and competitive assessments for business and nonprofit clients.

Work Experience

Independent Consultant

January 2018--January 2023

Strategic Planning Adviser - GoProdigii, a Cleveland, OH, startup offering software as a service using artificial intelligence for ESG reporting. The role involves strategic planning with the CEO, interactions with other members of the senior leadership team, and the board.

https://goprodigii.com/

CSA Group

September 2018-May 2021 Cleveland, OH

Project Manager – Manage nine ANSI focused standards committees, involving over 400 industry subject matter experts in the U.S. and Canada, covering the manufacturing of natural gas burning devices. Work with committee chairs and members to develop new standards for use in the US (ANSI) and Canada as well as to update existing standards to new editions.

Business Volunteers United

July 2017-July 2018 Cleveland, OH

IT Project Manager - This is a consulting role to improve the performance of nonprofits with budgets of $2-5 million in the Cleveland metro area in their use of information technology. The Encore Fellow role is a one-year project funded by the Cleveland Foundation. Final slide deck http://bit.ly/2KVdnhh https://bvuvolunteers.org/

Affinity, Inc. / Thermo-Fisher Scientific

May 2016 – May 2017 Cleveland, OH

Senior Project Manager – Thermo-Fisher Scientific, Radiation Measurement and Security Instruments Division.

As an employee of Affinity, Inc., a contractor, I led the project management function for development of new products in radiation dosimeter devices for the use in the nuclear medicine health services field, for radiation source/contamination detection by first responders, homeland security, and for general use by radiation workers at nuclear power plants and facilities. Delivered a $600,000 R&D to product development effort on time and within budget.

Affinity, Inc. / Rockwell Automation

March 2014 – March 2016 Cleveland, OH

As an employee of Affinity, Inc., I provided project management services for new product development, for their client Rockwell Automation, in Mayfield Heights, OH (Cleveland/Akron)

Ship two factory automation products, hardware, and firmware, in two years in networking and condition monitoring lines. Projects work scope is in the range of $1 to $5 million.

Key element is specialization in project management processes for externally sourced product development efforts for factory automation equipment using remote U.S. and offshore engineering design teams in UK, Germany, and India.

Vantage Partners LLC

August 2012 – February 2014 Cleveland, OH

Senior Project Planner – Spaceflight Systems, NASA Glenn Research Center. Deputy Lead, Project Planning & Controls: Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator Project.

Manage a $50M project portfolio coordinated a team of 22 cost account managers for schedules, work breakdown structures, budgets, earned value reports, information systems, configuration management, and risk management. A key role is as a strategic planning adviser to the Federal Project Manager.

Digital Media Project Management Consultant

2009-2012 Cleveland, OH

Independent Consultant – Products and services include deployment of social media tools, and content management software environments for blogs, websites, Twitter feeds, and webinars.

Increase brand value for clients using online information services for digital marketing communications and social media applications. Develop and execute strategic and project management plans using social media and online information systems. Clients included American Nuclear Society, Fuel Cycle Week, Next Generation Nuclear Plant.

CH2MHill / Washington Group

Idaho Nuclear Technology Engineering Center / Idaho Cleanup Project

January 2005-July 2009 Idaho Falls, ID

Project Manager – Manage budgets, cost, schedule, earned value management, and project controls for $10M/year in operations work packages at the Idaho Nuclear Technology Engineering Center. Work scope is cleanup of radioactive waste generated by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from US Navy ships and submarines.

Bechtel

Idaho National Laboratory

October 1999-January 2005 Idaho Falls, ID.

Senior Project Manager – Lead an 11-member technical team (procurement, legal, finance, IT operations, and facilities) to acquire and deploy a leased $4M Sun Microsystems, 300 server, grid computing facility (hardware, software, application development environment) for nuclear fuel simulation applications.

Strategic Planning Analyst (Bechtel) – Prepare competitive intelligence analyses to support new business proposals and due diligence of technology transfer licensing deals and development of entrepreneurial spinoffs.

Lockheed Martin,

Idaho National Laboratory, 1994-1999 Idaho Falls, ID

Technology Licensing Project Manager - Organize and execute technology transfer and commercialization (spin offs) project plans for environmental and nuclear technologies to bring them to market via licensing, spin-off, or joint efforts under the Cooperative Research & Development Act (CRADA). Technologies included nuclear energy measurement devices and related software and firmware.

EG&G / URS

Idaho National Laboratory, 1989-1994 Idaho Falls, ID

IT Project Manager – Organize, plan, and implement a $4M multi-user, networked geographic information system to map hundreds of hazardous and nuclear waste sites at a 900 sq. mile federal facility. Lead a team of 18 developers and technical specialists to deliver the system. Mange licensing of the system to commercial users.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1983-1989 Washington, D.C.

IT Project Manager 1983-1989

Deploy geographic information systems in 10 regional offices and 4 states for mapping applications supporting the characterization and remediation of hazardous waste sites for the Superfund program.

Manage development of a program to deploy expert systems for use in the EPA Superfund program related to contracting and technical / engineering applications.

Education

University of Colorado, Master, Urban Planning

Fairleigh Dickinson University, BS, Economics

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