Norman Taylor
Inhaber, Strategic IT Portfolio Management Executive, Praxis P3M3 Consulting
Concord, United States of America
Timeline
Professional experience for Norman Taylor
Current 9 years, since May 2014
Strategic IT Portfolio Management Executive
Praxis P3M3 Consulting
Founding Partner
3 years and 8 months, Oct 2010 - May 2014
eDiscovery Management Consultant
McKesson Corporation
Provided strategic project management consulting servs. to McKesson, a pharmaceutical company, Corporate Litigation Group righting, guiding and deploying a new eDiscovery Program and EDRM software solution. Successfully architected new eDiscovery policies and procedures. Successfully implemented and deployed a $3M+ Autonomy HP Solution. Managed all vendor, internal IT, and interdepartmental relationships. Launched in April 2014 fully supporting the EDRM lifecycle from Litigation Hold to Review & Production.
3 years and 1 month, Oct 2007 - Oct 2010
Director Project Management Office
Ports America
Consolidated 3 PMOs into one enterprise PMO with new standards, processes, methodologies and metrics suiting new stevedore container shipping transportation business model fully supporting its aggressive growth strategies. Managed $200M project portfolio tracking and managing budgets by line item and monthly cost\time\schedule estimates and variance reports reducing budgetary overruns by 15%.
5 months, Jun 2007 - Oct 2007
Director of Operations
Stacks and Stacks
Managed a $23 mil budget for a major online retailer housewares provider. Reduced shipping costs negotiating long term major shipping contracts shipping based upon standardized product weights and dimensions. Implemented EDI converting vendor supply, shipment, and order info from fax/e-mail to EDI resulting in order accuracy and faster order fulfillment. Managed implementation of MAS 200 Financial/ERP & HighTower POS reducing outages related to custom in house developed applications.
1 year, Jul 2006 - Jun 2007
Director Deployment and Training
Bioscrypt
Managed tech sales support for VeriSoft Access Manager a unified identity framework allowing config of logical access components using physical access credentials (smartcards, biometrics, virtual tokens.) Developed a Channel Sales/Client/Support training program covering use cases, installation, configuration, trouble shooting and an RFP db increasing product knowledge by 40%, channel sales by 30% & reducing com barriers by 40%, sales cycles by 25% & support calls by 30%.
2 years and 1 month, Jul 2004 - Jul 2006
Director of Training Programs
Tony La Russas Animal Rescue Foundation
Utilizing a 3000 sq ft indoor training space and a 5000 sq ft external space and other ARF facilities. Designed and built a World Class training center for TLR-ARF. Starting from the ground up built a training organization that lacked structure, organization, revenue, consistency, and marketability. Built a World Class training facility. Leading to revenue generation of over $100k per year and increasing client intake over 100%.
1 year and 9 months, Oct 2002 - Jun 2004
Strategic IT Portfolio Management Consultant
Praxis P3M3 Consulting
Founding Partner
4 years and 1 month, Oct 1998 - Oct 2002
Director of Project Management
Micromuse
implemented an Enterprise PMO including new standards, processes, methodologies, metrics, & hired, trained, and managed a project management staff of 30 employees. Managed a $212M project portfolio aligning internal development efforts with external customer project demands, optimized resource availability and efficiency, shortened product delivery cycles. Leading to increased market share from less the $2M to over $212M and clients from less than 50 to over 1400.
2 years and 1 month, Oct 1996 - Oct 1998
Project Manager
Edge Information Systems
Manage multiple technical network integration projects insuring customer satisfaction, expectations, and P&L goals are met. Manage group of highly skilled engineers insuring training, certifications, time-sold, revenue generation, customer satisfaction, and personal goals are achieved.
2 years and 1 month, Oct 1994 - Oct 1996
Network Administrator
Risk Management Solutions
Manage, support, and deploy network infrastructure and technologies: IT, MS Windows, Novell, hubs, routers, switches, fiber, LAN, WAN.
4 years and 1 month, Oct 1990 - Oct 1994
Network Administrator
Syva/Syntex
Manage, support, and deploy network infrastructure and technologies: IT, MS Windows, Novell, hubs, routers, switches, fiber, LAN, WAN.
2 years and 1 month, Oct 1988 - Oct 1990
System Test Engineer
Amdahl Corporation
System Engineer testing of 5890 and 5990 Mainframe Computer Systems and Software.
1 year and 1 month, Oct 1987 - Oct 1988
System Test Engineer
Applied Materials GmbH
Systems Engineer testing of Wafer Chip Manufacturing Equipment.
Educational background for Norman Taylor
2 years and 1 month, Oct 2000 - Oct 2002
E-Business
University of Phoenix
eCommerce, Statistics, Finance, Web Design, CRM, ERP, SCM, Project Management, Organizational Structure and Management, Strategic Innovative Design, Effective Communication and Change Management.
3 years and 1 month, Oct 1984 - Oct 1987
Electronic Engineering Technology
DeVry Institute of Technology
Languages
English
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