Project Manager Management

John Davis, PMP

**** *. **** ***** - **. Vernon, WA 98273 - 360-***-**** - ************@*****.***

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johndavispmp

Senior Project Management Professional

Highly experienced project management professional with expertise in PMO formation and leadership, establishing project management standards and performance metrics, organizing project data into useful business information, and leading and mentoring productive teams. Strengths include building productive relationships in all areas of the organization such as finance, operations, logistics, and sales and marketing. I have successfully applied my experience in companies ranging from 50 - 1000 employees and in industries as diverse as hydraulic equipment manufacturing and supercomputing, consistently improving productivity and profitability.

* Project leadership and process development

* Project data organization, analysis and reporting

* Critical Path, Critical Chain, Agile/Scrum, Theory of Constraints and Earned Value Project Management

* Training/Coaching/Mentoring

* PMO formation and leadership

Professional Experience

Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Everett, WA October 2011 – Present

Integrated Scheduling Specialist

Contract employee through PDS Tech. Develop and maintain resource loaded integrated schedules for the 787 Dreamliner Program. Lead, direct, and facilitate schedule development and ensure integration of project/program plans and schedules, horizontally and vertically, across company functional, product groups, suppliers and partners. Lead, direct and facilitate schedule-related risk and opportunity analysis, identification and resolution of critical path and network logic conflicts. Lead, direct and facilitate, to status and measure progress. Coordinate with management to develop a corrective action plan for performance variances. Lead the integration and schedule impact analysis of complex and/or multiple schedule changes. Oversee configuration control of integrated program plans and schedules.

Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA June 2011 – September 2011

Sr. Consultant (Project Manager)

Led cross-functional team in the scoping of an Enterprise-wide / Master Data Management solution using Agile project management processes. Led daily standups, prepared monthly sprint plans and provided status to senior company management.

Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA 2010-2011

Senior Project Manager for Research and Development

Management of local, remote and cross-organization teams of hardware and software engineers for the Knowledge Management practice of Cray’s Custom Engineering department.

* Took over a complex troubled project with high schedule demands and limited resources and led the project team to a successful project conclusion; delivering a prototype high-efficiency, cloud data-center cabinet architecture that significantly reduces total cost of ownership.

* Introduced a SharePoint-based project site for centralized communication with the project team and company management.

* Provided regular tracking reports to management on project performance to plan.

* Managed government contracts for software and next generation supercomputer hardware. Contract performance led to regular contract renewals.

* Developed project management plans for future supercomputer product development using MS Project 2007 and 2010.

* Evaluated MS Project Server for possible deployment company wide.

Janicki Industries, Sedro-Woolley, WA 2004-2009

Director, Project Management Office (2005-2009)

Formed and managed a team of project planners, business systems analyst and contract software developers to establish standardized project management processes and reporting.

* Conceived of, proposed and formed a Project Management Office (PMO) to standardize and streamline project management processes and to serve as the information center for project performance measurement and reporting.

* Architected and managed the consolidation of disparate data systems from project management (Primavera P3e & P6), finance (Great Plains/MS Dynamics), production, timekeeping and purchasing into a cohesive project management information system using SharePoint and SQL Reporting Services. This effort involved building strong cross-functional relationships and managing both internal and external resources.

* Established standard project management processes and metrics, including Earned Value Analysis, for objective measurement of project performance resulting in increased project manager productivity and 20% average increase in project profitability.

* Introduced critical chain scheduling techniques (drum-buffer-rope) for critical production resources resulting in 20% increase in resource throughput.

* Introduced rolling-wave planning techniques for projects with high scope/schedule/budget uncertainty.

* Produced resource utilization reports to inform management decisions on department staffing, workload, and availability for additional work.

* Evaluated PDM solutions (TeamCenter, SmartTeam) for potential adoption by Janicki Industries.

Project Manager (2004-2005)

Manage projects to produce composite molds and tools for aerospace and marine customers.

* Planned/Scheduled, tracked and reported on design engineering and production activities for construction of composite tooling for fuselage Sections 47 and 48 of Boeing 787 aircraft using Primavera P3e and P6. This was a complex, multi-tiered, resource-loaded schedule with thousands of individual tasks performed by internal and external resources.

* Managed project to produce molds for ceramic turbine blades for Boeing.

* Proposed to management the creation of a Project Management Office (PMO) to standardize and streamline project processes and reporting.

Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA Fall Semester 2007

Adjunct Faculty, Business Management Department

Taught a course in Project Management to a class of 30 students in a community college setting. Instruction delivered via in-class lectures and online via BlackBoard.

* Prepared lesson plans and supporting materials for course. Subjects included: critical path methodology, project risk management, triple constraint, project scope management, change control, project management lifecycle.

Team Corporation, Burlington, WA and S. El Monte, CA 1989-2004

Project Manager (1991-2004)

Manage projects to produce vibration test and simulation equipment for aerospace, automotive, telecommunications and transport customers.

* Led a project to deliver a man-rated vehicle vibration simulation system to Ford Motor Company.

* Led production of a multi-degree of freedom vibration test system for a Korean automotive testing agency.

* Wrote numerous proposals, articles for publication, technical papers and brochures.

Applications Engineer (1989-1991)

Technical sales of custom-engineered vibration test systems.

* Prepared proposals and quotes.

* Oversaw production of marketing materials, including photo shoots and graphic design.

* Increased sales to automotive industry from $0 to > $2M/year. (Company gross sales averaged $5M/year)

Software and Technology Expertise

MS Office Suite, Access, Visio, Project 2007, Project 2010, Primavera P3e, Primavera P6, SharePoint, SQL Reporting Services, BlackBoard, Linux, HTML, CSS, Wordpress, Unigraphics, Catia v5 (entry-level), OpenPlan Professional.

Education

BS, Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

AA and Certificate in Drafting and Design, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Training & Professional Development

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Professional Affiliations

Mt. Baker Chapter, Project Management International

Community Service

Served on the finance committee for Immaculate Conception Regional School (4 years)

Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 1, Skagit District, Mt Baker Council, Boy Scouts of America (2 years)

Cubmaster, Pack 125, Skagit District, Mt. Baker Council, Boy Scouts of America (2 years)

Mt. Baker Council Boy Scouts of America Cubmaster of the Year 2005

Webmaster, Skagit District, Mt. Baker Council, Boy Scouts of America (3 years)

Track Operator, Bakerview BMX Track, Mount Vernon, WA (2 years)

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