President and Senior Consultant for RAR Enterprises, Inc., specializing in Project Management, Product Management, Integrated Change & Knowledge Management (ICKM) and Supply Chain Management. Also very experienced in Electronic Documentation Management (EDM), Information Management, e-Commerce, e-Procurement, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Single Sign-on, Food Management, outsourcing Management, and Re-engineering. Engaged as a Consultant, Project/Product Manager, Auditor, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for such companies as US WEST/Qwest (Network Services and Outside Engineering & Construction for The Job Management System, including PKI), BellSouth Corporation (Regulatory and Network Services for Georgia 271 Long Distance Filing), Ameritech Corporation (Procurement Department for secured E-FORMS and Re-engineering, also IT Department for Strategic Planning), Storagetek (Marketing Department for Re-engineering of the Sales Department and creation of Solution Sales Strategy) , FileNET Corporation (Worldwide Marketing Division as Senior Consultant and Product Manager for the Telecommunications Vertical), Shana Corporation (Marketing and Sales Department for Strategic Plan on Telecommunications Sales), The Procurement Centre (Business Development Consultant for the Southeast US), Waffle House, Inc. (Food Services Provider), Electronic Directory Assistance (Consultant and Product Manager for the marketing of Online Directory Assistance to the Collections Industry and secure Internet traffic control through PKI and Single Sign-on), World Financial Group/WMG Securities (Consultant for Insurance and Securities development in the Southeast US), NuPoint LLC, Entrust Technologies (PKI Supplier), ArborText Corporation, JetForm Corporation, Perot Systems, American Management Systems, Bryn Technologies, and Inforte. Also, a Speaker, Trainer and Presenter at many affairs and conferences such as the Telecommunications Information Forum (TCIF), the National Association of Purchasing Management Educational Conference, the Artificial Intelligence Conference, the Atlanta Software Symposium, the Documation East Conference in Boston, the Documation West Conference in San Jose and the Entrust SecureSummit in Chicago (Intrusion Detection Systems).

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June 1998:

Retired from BellSouth as Portfolio Director responsible for all Project/Product Management for the Corporate Services, Network and Procurement Group and Property Services Management Group under the Information Technology (IT) Division.

August 1997 to April 1998:

Portfolio Director in the ITNP Organization of BellSouth Telecommunications within the Information Technology Operations Software Tower, after the IT Organization was outsourced to EDS (Operations) and Anderson Consulting (Software Center). Job responsibilities were to manage a portfolio of systems associated with Corporate Services, a Division of Human Resources (HR), which included the Corporate Resources Division and Property Management Division. As Portfolio Director, was directly responsible for managing the Planning Process for new Projects, Product Solutions, changes to existing systems, Systems Security through PKI, managing the supplier relations functions associated with those systems along with related functions for obtaining new solutions from suppliers associated with our ongoing WEB technology (BellSouth.NET) and Wireless/Cellular activity (BellSouth Mobility). Also manage the Outsource supplier (Anderson Consulting) Project Managers and Product Managers and the CMM Level 3 compliance along with related KPA’s.

December 1969 to August 1997:

Held various positions with BellSouth Telecommunications (Atlanta, GA.), BellSouth Services (Birmingham, AL.) and Southern Bell (Fort Lauderdale, FL.) including Manager - Project Management and Information Engineering (IE) Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tool group for BellSouth Services; Procurement Property and Services Management (PPSM); Mechanization Planning; Staff Manager - Tactical Planning, PPSM Mechanization Planning, BellSouth Services; Purchasing Manager - Purchasing Information Systems Department, BellSouth Services; Assistant Staff Manager - Stock Maintenance, Material Management, BellSouth Services; Assistant Staff Manager - Material Disposition, Material Management, BellSouth Services; Assistant Manager of the West Broward Test Center; Assistant Manager of the Fort Lauderdale Dispatch/Control for Telephone Installation and Repair; Supervisor over various Installation/Repair Crews, Central Office Crews (Frame Technologists), Coin Operations Crews, and the Detection of Unauthorized Equipment (DUE) program for Southeast Florida. Began as a Telephone Installation/Repairman for Southern Bell during winter break from Florida State University. Worked as I/R Tech; Coin Tech; and PBX Tech. Spent four years in the Air Force (1970 to 1974) and served in both the USAF Security Service (Intelligence) and the USAF Special Operations Forces. Maintained a Top Secret Crypto Codeword Clearance in the USAFSOF.

Graduate of Columbia Pacific University with BS in Psychology.

Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI.

Accredited Purchasing Professional (A.P.P.) from ISM.

InfoWorld Magazine (9/23/96 edition) for the Project Management efforts involved in implementing Electronic Forms Management (E-Forms) within BellSouth, which ranked #5 out of 100 in the InfoWorld 100 rating for Client/Server systems.

InfoWorld Magazine (9/29/97 edition) for the Project Management efforts involved in implementing Electronic Documentation Management (EDM) within BellSouth, which ranked #10 out of 100 in the InfoWorld 100 rating for Customer Solutions.

Information Week Magazine (3/23/98 edition) for the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) effort at BellSouth, which saved $5.7 Million on electronic approval of the voucher form.

Purchasing Today Magazine (12/98 edition), a publication of the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), for my article on The Technology Arm of Project Management.

Speaker at many affairs and conferences such as the Telecommunications Information Forum (TCIF), the National Association of Purchasing Management Educational Conference, the Artificial Intelligence Conference, the Atlanta Software Symposium, the Entrust SecureSummit in Chicago, the Documation East Conference in Boston, and the Documation West Conference in San Jose, CA., COMDEX, SuperComm Conference, NetWorld+Interop Conference, AITP Moderator, Electronic Information Management Audit Team.