GARY J. EVANS, Ph.D., PMP

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Over 20 years in Information Technology, including 11 years in management, with proven expertise in:
  • Project Management / Program Management
  • Project Management Office Strategy,Startup,Management
  • IT Management Consulting
  • Full Life Cycle Software Development Methodology, OOA&D
  • Business Process Analysis and Redesign
  • IT Consulting; Global Team Management
  • Project turnaround / Recovery
  • Public Speaking
  • IT Management; Department Start Up
  • Hands-on admin (WinNT/Win2K)
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Rational Software Development Tools (e.g. ReqPro, ClearCase, ClearQuest, RUP)
  • Client Relation Management
  • Project Management Consulting
  • Project Management Training; curriculum design
  • Creating a Project Management Culture
ACCOMPLISHMENTS and WORK HISTORY
Feb, 2002 - Present CVR/IT Consulting, LLC, Raleigh, NC  
  • 2007: Facilitate implementation of a Project Management Office for Cisco Systems.
  • 2006: Deliver a fully customized Project Management Methodology and template set to Cisco Systems. Provide quality testing services for the updated website.
  • 2005 and 2006: Facilitate Organizational Project Management Maturity Assessments for Cisco Systems.
  • 2005: Serve as Project Management Office consultant to Martin Marietta, a major building materials supply company. Guide IS in establishment of the PMO; provide Project Management training; assist in development of a custom PM Methodology and related tools.
  • 2005: Deliver workshops for Matrix Resources Executive Seminar series.
  • 2003: Release a complete suite of Project Management templates to the Global Project Management Community.
  • 2002: Design and develop an e-Learning application for Project Managers.
Aug, 2002 - Mar, 2007 Covansys, Raleigh NC
Saber Consulting 		Director
June, 2006 - March, 2007

Serve as Director, Practice Support Office for Saber Corporation. Duties included:
  • Director of the Raleigh Office
  • Contract Officer for the Health Information Systems (HIS) project ($27M)
  • Delivery Manager for the Practice's Staff Augmentation business
  • QA manager
  • Project support for HIS project
April, 2004 - Jun,2006

Working under contract through Covansys / Saber Consulting as Project Management Specialist for the NC Department of Transportation. Duties include:
  • Develop a strategy to enhance and extend the impact of the new EPMO throughout IT
  • Develop a Charter and Roadmap for the EPMO
  • Serve as PM Methodology expert for a statewide Project Portfolio Management project
  • Update the PM Methodology and tools (e.g. templates)
  • Develop curriculum and deliver Project Management Training to Project Managers, Teams and IT management staff
  • Develop content and manage implementation of the EPMO web site
  • Co-develop and implement a Work Tracking System suitable for mainframe and PC-based teams
  • Manage select projects including including introduction of a formal SDLC, implementation of Business Warehouse based reporting, and content design of the EPMO and IT department web sites
August, 2002 - March, 2004

Worked under contract through Covansys as Director, Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) for Raleigh, NC. In 18 months:
  • Built and managed an Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO)for Raleigh, NC.
  • Defined EPMO goals, work, structure and governance.
  • Led development of a Charter document for the city's EPMO. This Charter was accepted by the executive team and the city began selection of permanent staff for the EPMO in June, 2004.
  • Developed curriculum and taught formal Project Management and SDLC practice to city employees through formal classes and mentoring.
  • Advised City Senior Management on Project Management best practices. Led City project teams in project definition, project planning.
  • Provided IT Management consulting in matters of technology, best practices, staffing, resource management, SDLC practice and tools.
  • Guided project teams in City Enterprise Projects; established formal Project Tracking; implemented Change, Risk and Communication Management best practices
  • Provided guidance in development and management of a City-wide Technology Project Portfolio (value > $4M).
  • Developed a full suite of Project Management templates and trained City staff in their use.
  • Supervised EPMO staff.
  • Defined and staffed additional consulting assignments worth over $500,000 (e.g. business analyst, Disaster Recovery consultant, Internet engineer).
Dec, 2000 – Feb, 2002 Rational Software, Raleigh NC Program Manager
Rational Software manufactures and sells a full range of software development tools. As Program Manager in the Automated Test Business Unit, managed new product development in a multi-site, multinational environment using the full range of Rational software development tools / methodology and rigorous object oriented design techniques.
  • Managed projects through all stages from Inception to Transition and Close-out. Special focus on team organization and communication, requirements discovery, risk and quality management, on time delivery.
  • Created Project Plan, maintained project web site and schedule, led process improvement efforts, chaired program meetings, issued status reports, led defect triage, served as CCB representative. Mentored junior staff.
  • Integrated projects into the program of major Rational product releases
  • Implemented significant improvements in the Service Release process
  • Initiated, designed and found means to implement a hot fix delivery web site
  • Experienced in RUP implementation and use of Rational tools (e.g. ClearQuest, ClearCase, ReqPro)
May, 2000 – Nov, 2000 Nexgenix, Cary, NC Senior Project Manager
Nexgenix is a national consultancy based in Irvine, CA. As Senior Project Manager was responsible for all phases of client engagement (e.g. initial client interviews, analysis / design, construction, test, final rollout).
  • Engaged in B2C (financial) and B2B (manufacturing) projects (JAD, Business Requirements analysis, Statement of Work development, web development, integration and system testing).
  • Installed Cary office computing infrastructure (NT 4 and Win2K servers; Site Server / SQL 7.0 development environment; firewall with DHCP, DNS; daily backup).
  • Initiated and led development of a bug tracking application for internal use during system tests.
Aug, 1998 – Feb, 2000 COMMON, Durham, NC V.P. Information Technology
COMMON is a not for profit educational organization that represents thousands of IBM AS/400 users. While managing COMMON IT from a remote office in Durham, NC, I capitalized on skills as project manager, computing technologist and IT strategist to institute a major reorganization of the Information Technology arm of COMMON.
  • Program manager over IT participation at conference. Managed all major IT projects
  • Renegotiated COMMON’s telecommunication and ISP contracts to produce significant cost savings.
  • Championed adoption of a web-commerce strategy. Explored use of cross platform web development tools (Java, XML, XSL, Domino Developer) for Web site restructuring.
  • Implemented an entirely new PC network (Win 9x/NT-based) and phone system (NEC PBX) for the new COMMON Headquarters in Chicago. Introduced use of VPN software.
  • Built a new data center at COMMON’s Headquarters and centralized all COMMON computing there.
  • Served as COMMON’s Lotus Notes Administrator and actively participated in administration of the NT network and communications system. Implemented effective remote system management tools.
  • Restructured the IT organization to better fit COMMON’s business strategy. Created a partnership of in-house staff, vendor partners and volunteers.
Feb, 1997 – Aug, 1998 ClinTrials Research, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC Project Mgr., Global Application Development
ClinTrials Research (now Inveresk) is a Contract Research Organization (CRO). As Project Mgr, managed the teams responsible for development of new internal business applications (European and US) and the rollout of new technologies worldwide.
  • Initiated development of internal business tools ( CRM ) for both International and US sites. Goal: Improve customer relationships, reduce cost and improve time to market. Successfully championed this "Core Systems" concept among business managers and gained their support.
  • Recruited and led international project management teams that were chartered to examine and redesign core business processes
  • Fully functional business tool prototype exceeded customer expectations for speed and ease of use. In a development environment that included VB 5, Oracle, NT 4, IIS, MTS, Source Safe, ERWin, incorporated this prototype within a highly scaleable and extremely fast n-tier intranet infrastructure. Served as team leader, NT admin, project manager (MS Project), application and database designer, wrote specification docs.
  • Produced three related product rollouts (one international) within 6 months in an enterprise application integration project. Collaborated with European locations to produce an international version of the product.
  • Instituted a disciplined software development methodology (e.g. business analysis, functional and technical specifications, change control, managed project plan, test spec with QC control, controlled move to production.)
  • Project lead for the global rollout of Windows NT, MS Office, Exchange/Outlook and several hundred new desktop computers. This represented a significant upgrade in technology for ClinTrials Research.
1983 – Oct, 1996 Becton Dickinson Res. Ctr., Research Triangle Park, NC IT Manager; Manager Advanced Applications; Project Manager
In a variety of roles provided both long-term strategic vision and day to day management of the Research Center’s Information Technology group. Grew the infrastructure from a handful of PC’s to a world class computing environment that supported all aspects of R&D and business management.
  • Project manager in all areas of computing. Implemented a variety of high impact applications including Lotus Notes, financial and office systems, Molecular Modeling, LIMS, data collection and analysis.
  • Engaged in business analysis, specification writing, application and database design, software development / testing (BASIC, Uniface 4GL / client server development, RDB, dBASE).
  • Consistently delivered best of breed applications to clients by effectively managing diverse platforms (PC, MSDOS, Win 95/NT, AS/400, Sun, UNIX, VAX, VMS, Mac). Systems manager on NT, AS/400, UNIX.
  • Built exceptional client support teams. The Computer Services group was highly regarded as an important technical resource for the enterprise and as the best IT service organization in the company.
  • Successfully managed the "business" of computing through design of IT facilities, establishment of policies and procedures, business continuation plans, management of multiple budgets.
  • Maximized return on computing investment through a successful end-user training program.
  • Developed and implemented successful long-term strategies for general and scientific computing.

EDUCATION

PostDoc Duke University - Pharmacology
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania - Pharmacology
M.A. Bryn Mawr College - Psychology
B.S. Providence College - Biology

CERTIFICATIONS

2002 PMP (renewed 2005)
2006 PMP Trainer (Certified by NC Chapter PMI)
2007 Project Countdown Facilitator (Certified by Paradigm Learning)

AFFILIATIONS

2001 - Present Project Management Institute
2001 - Present NCPMI (NC Chapter of PMI)
  • Board of Directors, VP Strategy, 2007
  • Board of Directors, VP Programs, 2006
  • Strategy Committee, 2005
  • PMO LIG Vice Chair, 2005
  • PMO LIG Chair, 2004

Public Speaking Engagements

Piedmont/Triad Chapter of PMI , Greensboro, NC
August 13, 2007
A Framework for use of Project Metrics

Cisco Systems
July 17, 2007
Presented a webinar as guest speaker: Executive Guide to Project Stewardship: Estimation and Budgets

Piedmont/Triad Chapter of PMI, Greensboro, NC
June, 2007
Co-taught the workshop: Take Your PMO to the Next Level

NC Chapter of PMI, RTP, NC.
December 8, 2006
Topic: Projects are All About People (workshop)

PMO Local Interest Group, NC Chapter PMI, RTP, NC
November, 2006
Topic: A Framework for use of Project Metrics

NCPMI Information Systems Local Interest Group, Raleigh, NC
June 12, 2006
Topic: Managing very small software development projects

PMI Metrolina Chapter Symposium, Charlotte, NC
June 23, 2006
Topic: Put "People-Focus" in your projects!

NC Department of Transportation, Raleigh, NC
May 30, 2006
Topic: Critical Thinking (workshop)

ASMI PMO Summit, Washington D.C.
March 8, 2006
Topic: Development of a PMO Charter (workshop)

PMO Local Interest Group, RTP, NC November 30, 2005
and
State of NC Project Management Advisory Group, November 21, 2005
Topic: OPM3: An Overview

Matrix Resources Seminar Series, Atlanta, Dallas & Raleigh
July - September 2005
Topic: Executive's Guide to Project Success

NC PMO LIG, RTP, NC
April, 2005
Topic: Managing the Small Stuff; Applying Project Management Technique to Micro-Projects

Digital Government Conference, Raleigh NC
September 14, 2004
Topic: Project Management in the Public Sector

NCPMI Annual Event, RTP NC
September 1, 2004
Topic: PMO - Catalyst for Change

NC PMO LIG, RTP, NC
June, 2004
Topic: Creating a PMO Charter

Association of Government Accountants (AGA), Raleigh NC
2003
Topic: Communication

City of Raleigh Finance Department Annual meeting
2003
Topic: Meaning of Success

NC PMO LIG, RTP NC
September, 2003
Topic: Project Management Templates