Financial Economist, Strategist, PMP, Systems Functional Champion

Thomas R. Ward

Falls Church, Virginia

703-***-**** (h) / 703-***-**** (m)

Email: l9y5g1@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Seasoned Strategy Consultant, Project Manager (PMI certified) and Systems Implementer with cross-functional and technical capabilities having lead and consulted in multiple agencies and teams, world-wide ERP system implementations, business intelligence, and transition management leadership. Focus is on attending to client needs, verifying goals, risks, and exploring/developing viable options. Lead and managed the implementation of simple, effective, and innovative solutions for bottom line results. Strive for results that are sound in improving managerial and project management effectiveness and efficiency. Throughout project management experiences, have continued to apply London School of Economics strategic economics and experiences to transitional countries, sectors, and corporate structures.

CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Strategy and Policy Analysis

Cost, Economic, and Business Case Analysis, EVM

Budget and Resource Management

Transition and Performance Management

Gap, Risk, Financial and Portfolio Analysis

ERP/CRM System Implementation

Knowledge Management Program/Project Management and Evaluation

Data Quality and Data Integrity

Data Mining, Analysis and Data Warehouse

Requirements Gathering and Design

Relationship Building based on Client Service

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

08/08 – 12/09

IFCI International

Senior Technical Specialist / Consultant

Client: Department of Homeland Security / Infrastructure Security Compliance Division

• Combine financial economic principles with systematic data to best derive a strategic vision and implementation baseline for a solid system implementation performance. This includes championing transition, systems integration, resolution facilitation, evaluation, budget, and performance measurements.

• Designed, mapped, and built a Budget and Reporting system for new stand up division.

• Responsible for Logic models and Economic forecasting.

• Utilize mix of Financial Economics, Strategy, PMP, and Systems skills.

08/06 – 05/08

Booz Allen Hamilton

Associate

Client: Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs (Wounded Warrior) – Healthcare Disability Evaluation System pilot

• Pilot Cost Benefit Analysis and Process Mapping / Governance.

• Scheduling, Project Management and Risk Mitigation.

Client: Department of Defense - BioMetrics Task Force

• Lead for the FY06-09 fiscal capability spending portrait (pre-audit preparation) and budgeting review with design and implementation of a tracking system.

Client: Department of Defense – Navy’s Nav8

• Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution (PPBE) system integration and tracking through a data and system deep dive review of the ERP (SAP) implementation.

Client: Department of Homeland Security – Grants and Technology

• Supported grant implementation and processes.

• Developed a Capacity Performance Portfolio Model and Tracking System.

Client: Department of Homeland Security - Private Sector Office, Policy and Economics teams

• PMO - Performed multi-state economic cost-benefit analysis, and regulation economics.

Client: Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Patrol, Telecommunication

Modernization Project

• PMO - Developed an integrated budget and acquisition tracking system through a SAP implementation alignment

Client: United States Agency for International Development - Global Acquisition System (GLAS) and

Joint Assistance Management System (JAMS)

• On-site PMO overseeing development and ERP acquisition system implementation.

• Completed a Business Process / Regulation review of GLAS system implementation.

• Reviewed and managed Grant System selection, earned value and schedule.

Client: Booz Allen Hamilton strategic concepts, white papers, and proposals

• Sovereign Wealth Funds research.

• Financial Analytics Services and Systems / Intelligence working group.

• Framework for the National Intelligence Council.

• Production of an FBI Strategy Model.

• Overhead and IT Line of Businesses.

06/97 – 08/06

The World Bank / Corporate Strategy Group

Consultant

Extensive engagements across the group included strategy, project management, financial operations, project cost/benefits, the "Sigma 6" – organizational effectiveness and efficiency, budget/performance management, and transition agenda. Integrated business intelligence, system, and strategy responsibilities expanded across multiple levels and across the Institution’s corporate and operating levels through 6 Simple S’s for Success. On Global SAP/ERP implementation, responsible for program execution, control, team leadership, requirements, design and functional facilitation and scheduling, business modeling, governance, and cost analysis.

Responsibilities:

Corporate Strategy and Systems Champion:

• Advised senior management and facilitated implementation of new corporate policies for governance, financial, human resources, and operations. Creating of systems to assist in monitoring alignments across the World Bank’s mission(s) strategies, budgets, performance indicators, risk scans, and policies to facilitate corporate governance of the results chain.

• Managed financial and knowledge information systems to support business process, intelligence, requirements, data and system integrity, multidimensional analytic database warehouse super user, OLAP environment, and documentation in providing performance risk and portfolio management.

• Championed SAP / BW utilization, implementation, and design efforts.

• Managed CRM/ERP portfolio and budget monitoring systems for country and sector team managers, and corporate wide $2 billion annual administration budget plus trust funds and grants. Forecasted and monitored annual budgets for the Treasury; Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia regions totaling $250 million, and tracked over 85 investments with a portfolio value of $5.7 billion.

• Project management lead for cross team coordination of design, testing, and implementation of a new Strategic Performance Contract system (SPC). The SPC tracks and records the inputs, outputs, and ‘SMART’ performance indicators with linkages to SAP and multiple other systems and databases.

• Built forecasting models for operations and resource planning as well as monitoring and evaluating indicator scorecards.

• Analyzed policy options for structural harmonization and simplification of processes, resulting in improved managerial effectiveness and efficiency.

Investment / Operations:

Acted as contributing project member in the development and implementation of multimillion dollar investment projects in:

o Countries: Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Romania, Russia, and Turkey.

o Investment sectors: agribusiness, finance and banking, forestry, infrastructure, oil and gas, as well as small and medium enterprises (SME) development.

• Analyzed and developed financial and operational risk models for decision-making based on SAP. Provided fiscal and operational data analysis from enterprise reporting systems to perform quantitative, comparative and gap analysis. Established automated budget monitoring systems for country and sector team managers to link approved spending with deliverables. Monitored macroeconomic indicators for the Chief, regional and country economists.

• Actively involved in all phases of the investment project life cycle, including engagements, negotiations with government entities, budgeting, economic and financial cost benefit models, structure financing, supervision of procurement and disbursement, closure, and post evaluation impact assessments.

11/92 – 05/03

Multiple Consultancy Assignments

Mr. Ward’s extensive engagements provided direct application experience to his transitional economics studies.

Client: Responsibilities:

Louis Berger International, Inc., international engineering consulting firm - Washington, DC

• USAID evaluation mission team member to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic to assess the financial sector and banking supervision policy.

• Provided cost and economic analysis, policy papers, and coordination efforts for the World Bank, USAID, and USDA projects such as the $1.3 billion Nam Theun 2 Dam in the Republic of Laos, (later approved for financing by the World Bank).

United Nations – Food & Agricultural Organization, Bulgaria • Led an assessment mission of irrigation works and knowledge sharing. Advised on project design, economic analysis, and policy framework.

Farmer-to-Farmer programs, multiple USAID related programs, Russia • Acting Director in Russia for a green field ($5 million beef production plant) and Sales Manager for its agricultural import business support through Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs.

• Conducted field assessment on feasibility of the Moscow meat market and related agricultural enterprises, (became a key input for a $1.2 million Overseas Private Investment Corporation loan that facilitated privatization, rural SME growth, and trade opportunities).

• Developed business plans for a farm re-organization project executed by Land O'Lakes, Inc., which led to future investments and SME growth.

United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Saratov and Rostov, Russia • Promoted agribusiness development, taught business planning principles, and business English.

• Facilitated establishment of business center networks email communications system across the former Soviet Republics.

Analytical Tools:

CRM/ERP Systems and Knowledge Champion, Superuser, and Trainer. Costab, Crystal Ball, GLAS/JAMS, Factiva, Lotus Notes R5 designer, Microsoft Products, Momentum/Phoenix, Lexis-Nexis, Open Systems, PeopleSoft, PRISM, SAP/BusinessWarehouse, Strategic Performance Contracts system, SPSS, and Visual Basic6.0.

Languages: English - Native, Russian – Proficient.

Activities and Memberships: Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), community outreach–big brother, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity – VP/Treasurer, volunteer with shelters and persons with disabilities, professional photographer, and coordinator for Presidential advance events and logistics.

Educational Background:

The London School of Economics, London, UK

Economics Degree: Masters of Science

University of St. Thomas,

St. Paul, MN Economics, B.A. & Political Science, B.S.

Certifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Series 3.

Clearances:

Active - DoD Secret Navy/Army/Biometrics BTA; Secret DHS (and suitability) CBP, State/USAID. Inactive Secret - OMB.

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