Experience

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  Multnomah County

  • Portland, Oregon

  • IT Project Manager

    • Apr 2011 - Apr 2013
    • Portland, Oregon

    - Manage project scope & budget to ensure deliverables are met.- Manage project team to provide working software to meet project deliverables.- Communicate project status to management teams at all levels.- Lead and perform quality assurance using Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and other tools required.- Plan and track project activities using MS Project, PlanView and Pivotal Tracker and other tools.

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  PSMFC

  • Senior Program Manager

    • Jan 1992 - Jan 2008

    Managed combined staff of +70; Plan, organize, develop and implement budgets, staffing, work plans and schedules. Developed and implemented strategies for more than 12 federally funded projects valued at $8 million annually. Created Statements of Work and Requests for Proposals to hire transition project teams. Served as key advisor for mission critical programs to provide technical and management expertise to a variety of federal, state and local entities.Designed and implemented RFID data system R&D, construction, installation, data collection and reporting for Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tag Information System PTAGIS www.ptagis.org.Managed project re-design to enable integration of tag distribution system with existing infrastructure to support annual growth of RFID tags to more than two million units. Directed projects encompassing development and implementation of replacement for the single user PC based system to perform in a web-based, multi-user environment. Directed entire implementation of the www.ptagis.org web site that provides a state-of-the-art system that provides web-based, ad-hoc query capability, real time status updates, automated report generation and other features.Developed work plans, budgets and managed project staff to design and install multiple RFID detection systems at fish ladders on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in response to biological and operational requirements. Managed $2 million conversion from Columbia Basin detection systems from 400kHz FDX-A to International Standards Organization (ISO) standards 11784 and 11785. Developed rationale for executing changes and presented program to regional decision makers and stakeholders. Improved overall data quality and detection rates. Decreased equipment failure rates and delivered technology infrastructure to implement larger detection system developed and deployed on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.

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  TEKTRONIX, INC

  • Senior Software Engineer - Project Lead

    • Sep 1978 - May 1992

    Developed mainframe inventory and shop floor production control application software. Provide corporate relational database management administration, user training and technical support. Lead projects to automate database publication of Tek Engineering Component Parts Catalog.COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT