Project Management Principal Consultant

Jon Soll

West Linn, Oregon 503-***-**** *******@**********.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonsoll

PROGRAM LEADERSHIP PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY EXECUTION

Dynamic principal consultant with deep experience in project and program leadership in a variety of sectors, focused on helping organizations solve complex business challenges and execute strategic business initiatives. Highlights include managing technology investments, business transformation, and regulatory compliance projects across a variety of industries including government, utilities, healthcare, and transportation. Skilled at rapidly aligning teams and projects around a clear strategic vision. Demonstrated success in planning and delivering business and technical solutions that generate measurable value and advance strategic goals. Known for a results-driven approach and a strong commitment to delivering exceptional client outcomes.

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project & Program Leadership: PMP Certified (2004), Stakeholder Engagement, Risk Management, Strategic Planning, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Value-Driven Execution, Vendor Management

Project Delivery Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid Approaches

Technology: Enterprise and ERP, Data Management and Warehousing, DOT GIS Systems, LRM Architecture and Design, Business Intelligence and Reporting, Cloud and SaaS Solutions, Infrastructure and Automation.

Organizational Change Management: Strategy and Planning, Communications, Enablement, Readiness Assessment and Impact Analysis, Sustainment Planning and Realization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Greenway Business Consulting, LLC

Founder, Principal Consultant April 2023 - Current

Business Transformation Program Leadership Strategy Execution

Project Lead – Local Utility Company (Portland, OR)

Project recovery focused on alignment with client expectations and critical dependencies.

Lead a team of consultants to complete critical deliverables for a major IT program.

Completed all deliverables based on approved timeline adjustments for Q4, 2023.

Program Advisory - Healthcare Technology (Lake Oswego, OR)

Deployment platform design supporting multi-state hospital roll-out (1099 contractor)

Developed a comprehensive and reusable deployment platform template for multi-state roll-out activity.

Detailed gap analysis and assessment of existing team to identify additional resource needs.

Completed an overall risk assessment for the CEO including technical vendor capabilities.

Point B, LLC.

Public Sector Practice Leader December 2022 – March 2023

Senior Account Leader

Led $5M+ the Public Sector practice supporting State, Federal and Local agencies.

Developed a Public Sector strategic plan with aggressive growth targets.

Implemented a Public Sector RFP decision, prioritization, and response process to contain COGS.

Drove new business development across agencies leveraging new and existing relationships.

Management Consulting Services Practice July 2010 – December 2022

Senior Managing Consultant

Program Advisory - Healthcare Technology (Lake Oswego, OR)

Deployment platform design supporting multi-state hospital roll-out (Point B employee)

Developed a comprehensive and reusable deployment platform template for multi-state roll-out activity.

Detailed gap analysis and assessment of existing team to identify additional resource needs.

Completed an overall risk assessment for the CEO including technical vendor capabilities.

Project Lead, State Government, Oregon Department of Transportation (Salem, OR)

Federal MIRE Transportation Information Reporting Compliance

Complex GIS data warehouse project requiring extensive upfront analysis and client management.

Led project team to extend GIS data model to integrate a non-state roads network.

Implemented enhanced annual HPMS reporting process for Federal 2026 MIRE compliance.

Program Lead - Washington Healthcare Authority (Olympia, WA)

Agency Program and IT infrastructure to support new Pharmacy legislation regulating costs.

Lead IT, clinical and data analytics team to build and operationalize a new reporting Program.

Developed long-term roadmap to drive Rx industry stakeholder reporting requirements.

Managed internal and external client technology teams to meet business and IT critical dates.

Project Lead, Consultant – Portland Based Electrical Utility Company (Portland, OR)

20-year strategic plan to provide real-estate guidance on short-term and long-term expansion investments

Led consulting engagement to develop a facilities and infrastructure strategic master plan.

Managed internal and external client technology, engineering, real-estate, and facilities teams.

Project Lead – State Government, Department of Forestry (Salem, OR)

Complex pilot implementation of a state-wide SaaS eProcurement solution - OregonBuys

On-time and on-budget delivery of a new eProcurement solution to the Oregon Department of Forestry.

Successfully managed oversight relationships and deliverables including OSCIO, iQMS, and DOJ.

Managed challenging vendor relationship including all deliverable acceptance reviews.

Collaboration across state agencies to leverage resources and promote long-term value.

Lead Consultant – Large Regional Healthcare Provider (Portland, OR)

Parking Study and Playbook Solution for Healthcare Facilities Management Team

Reviewed client and employee parking logistics, behavior, and capacity at 13 facilities.

Published parking study with recommendations to maximize parking capacity and limit daily driving.

Organized parking management collaboration across regional healthcare providers for ongoing parking management strategy, technologies, and process improvements.

Project Lead – Maritime Logistics Company (Seattle, WA)

Design and Construction for a Global Maritime Safety Center and Operational Consolidation

Completed a full technology refresh for operating vessel port location on the Columbia River.

Implemented a remote back-up site supporting all critical IT systems and business continuity policy.

Completed project while maintaining critical 24x7 maritime safety and port operations.

Program Lead, Consultant – Seattle Based Airline Company (Seattle, WA)

Large acquisition lead for both San Francisco and Portland, OR airport stations

Broad stakeholder management in a critical lead program delivery role including airline senior executive leadership team and multiple airport authorities.

Design and construction of employee operations and guest facing airport spaces (10,000 + sf)

Management of all scope including IT to integrate a major airline merger at the San Francisco and Portland, OR airport hubs.

Project Lead, Consultant – Global Sports Apparel Company (Beaverton, OR)

Finance Transformation - FutureFi Global Finance Strategy Implementation

Led strategic IT business technology outsourcing solution for finance organizations in Europe, China, and North America.

Created a process implementation template for reuse to support future strategic implementations resulting in significant cost reduction.

Program Lead – Federal Government, Department of Energy (Vancouver, WA)

RODS Legacy System Replacement Project

Provided program leadership in the replacement of a 30-year-old critical legacy system with current smart-grid technology and redesigned business process.

Integration of numerous technology platforms including significant changes to all interfaces.

Successful project delivery resulting in on-time, on-quality and under budget ($4M).

Consultant, IT Organizational Development and Strategy –Large NW Healthcare System (Portland, OR)

IT Organizational Strategy – Shared Services and IT Process Optimization

Completed a health services assessment supporting a regional healthcare system.

Provided recommendations for capabilities with shared services potential, opportunities to optimize existing business processes and a governance framework.

Project Lead, LAB Integration Scoping – Large NW Healthcare System (Vancouver, WA)

Clinical Lab Services – Lab Integration Scoping (Non-Profit Affiliation)

Scoped integration work for several large clinical labs to support a non-profit affiliation.

Created a strategic roadmap for process integration and multi-platform system work for internal IT organizations.

Project Lead – State Government, Department of Human Services (Salem, OR)

Plan Administration, Interim Product Management Lead (Medicare / Medicaid)

Led full IT project recovery and resource transitions to meet aggressive May1, 2011 deadline to support Oregon State Legislature commitments.

Implemented project management process and weekly team integration cadence to achieve quick delivery turn-around based on DHS priorities.

Launched broad status reporting dashboard providing progress and metrics across multiple teams to key stakeholders including business units, key vendors, and executive management team.

Project Lead – Early Childhood Education Company (Portland, OR)

Center Management System Replacement

Led requirements gathering and analysis with all business stakeholders for replacement of legacy system supporting 1600+ early childhood development locations in the U.S.

Developed requirements management system and process to support agile development with a development vendor.

Alignment with subject matter experts and governance to create detailed requirements and use cases for system development.

SAP QA Project Leader – Global Sports Apparel Company (Beaverton, OR)

One Program – SAP Upgrade

Led QA test organization and key vendor through ONE Program System Integration Test, User Acceptance Test and Go Live activities.

Implemented processes and integrated multiple teams to stabilize Quality Center testing application to support key SIT and UAT phases in support of testing and weekly PMO reporting.

Bridged implementation gap between the business and external vendor for EP&O Testing Center of Excellence stand-up activities including customization requirements.

Daimler Truck

Senior Program Manager / Project Lead June 1997 – July 2010

SAP Financial System - Global NAFTA Pilot Rollout

NAFTA IT Program Manager and PMO Member responsible for transition from legacy financial systems to a new SAP IFRS template as the leading system of financial record consolidated in Stuttgart, Germany – Daimler AG.

Effectively managed numerous stakeholder relationships and IT delivery work-streams including onsite, domestic, and international.

Successful results include on-time and on-budget delivery targets with 200 new interfaces from 4 key legacy financial systems supporting operations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico ($5B USD).

Commercial Vehicle Plant, Greenfield – Expatriate Assignment, Saltillo, Mexico

Led multi-platform manufacturing system implementation for the 1.2M square foot commercial vehicle assembly plant and execution of $7.5M in foreign assets and labor contracts in Mexico.

Achieved all budget and schedule targets in support of planned start of production date. Total plant investment $380M USD.

Commercial Vehicle Assembly Automation

Planned and implemented IT infrastructure and robotics automation for an east coast commercial vehicle assembly plant in support of a $400M program to launch new commercial vehicle product.

Completed project on-time and on-budget to support new vehicle product automation investment.

Corporate Scorecard Automation

Supervised a ten-member team in strategic data warehouse project chartered to consolidate metrics for enterprise business performance reporting across seven key corporate business units.

Supply Chain Reporting

Directed team of 10 that included global and domestic resources on a strategic project chartered to replace Legacy Reporting with data warehouse reporting solution for $1.4B parts business.

Supervised and implemented numerous process improvements for IT organization in the areas of job scheduling, database management, capacity planning, and Cognos Reporting architecture.

Enterprise Data Warehouse Infrastructure

Led a 12-member team on strategic data warehouse infrastructure project chartered to install IBM Regatta platform and 8TB disk and improve Informatica and DB2 architecture in preparation for Cognos tool set.

Established foundation for enterprise data warehouse and Business Intelligence organization for DTNA.

Project delivery results on time and on budget and within quality.

Federal TREAD Act Regulatory Compliance

Lead Business Systems Analyst on a $3M Federal regulatory project

Presented corporate customer contact reports to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration in compliance with the Federal TREAD Act.

Commercial Vehicles Sales Application Release

Commercial vehicle sales application major release resulting in significant improvements in application ease-of-use as well as support costs and ensured customer satisfaction.

Sales Automation System Replacement

Directed commercial vehicle sales automation into legacy application replacement system in J2EE / web services environment, productively increasing vehicle order reliability, turn-around, and deceased support costs.

Executive Business Analyst, U.S. Bank Office of the CEO (Portland, OR) 1996 – 1997

Branch System Project Manager, M&A, First Interstate Bank (Tempe, AZ) 1994 – 1995

Medical Information Bureau Liaison, Standard Insurance (Portland, OR) 1993 – 1994

EDUCATION TRAINING & CERTIFICATION COURSEWORK

Oregon State University, School of Economics: Completed Economics degree coursework. Focus: Macroeconomic modeling and analysis. Minor: Statistics

Training and Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP 2004) PMI PMP, PgMP Certification Exam Development, San Diego CA Project Performance Management Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

Coursework: Advanced Public Speaking Executive Presence Consultative Awareness LEAN and Six Sigma Quality Process and Methodologies Human-Centered Design Approach

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