David E. Tabor, PMP

dave at dtabor dot com

Summary

Customer-focused Software Project Manager with extensive experience in public and private sector business process analysis, application selection and development, staffing, operations, training and support. Hands-on manager with a track record of innovative, agile, integrated solutions using custom-developed or COTS software to solve problems and deliver value.

Technical Skills:

NCI BBRB / SAIC-Frederick / Leidos Biomedical August 2010 – Present

Technical Project Manager: Create a software development team and software development capability in house, from scratch. Hire staff, acquire systems, develop processes and procedures, integrate systems, negotiate contracts with vendors and subcontractors, establish project timelines and deliverables, create and deploy custom and off the shelf software systems for data collection and biobanking support for a National Resource for High Quality Tissue Acquisition Program. Working with Subs, establish Training and Quality Management programs. Develop SOPs and User manuals, Field systems and begin collecting data.

Marriott / TEK Systems June 2010, July 2010

Project Manager: Coordinate with functional leads and other project managers to ensure application development with appropriate resources and timelines for the Execustay project on Marriott.com – e-Business

Howard Hughes Medical Institute May 2000 – May 2010

HHMI is a private non-profit medical research organization headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private philanthropies funding biological and medical research in the United States.

Software Engineering Manager, Advanced Technology Group

Hands on leader who led staff and project teams developing and integrating software (J2EE, PHP) in-house. Created a software engineering culture of excellence. Improved quality and responsiveness to customer demands for internal and external -facing web properties. Improved quality and reliability through introduction of formal structured design, content management, development, testing and release. Managed project budgets up to $300,000.

• Re-Engineering: Eliminate excessive cost of, and dependence on, external contractors. Manage a project budget of $83,000, control project scope, schedule, quality and deliverables to achieve customer goals. Delivery of J2EE applications on Weblogic.

• Speed time to market and deliver on customer expectations by implementing Agile software engineering tools such as Subversion, MediaWiki and Mantis for source control, system documentation, bug-tracking and issue resolution.

• Create documentation to demonstrate business case, return on investment and payback period for project justification prior to initiation. Create a proactive analysis process for helping customers decide on make versus buy for system acquisition. Translate customer requirements and processes into custom or off-the-shelf software solutions, including training and operations.

• Saved time and money by bringing emerging open source technologies in-house. Establish coding standards and develop new language capabilities in the emerging open-source arena, using PHP, Zend and Apache.

• Requirements analysis, technology review, vendor review, budget, RFP, bidding, purchase, acquisition, installation, configuration and integration: Document management system for Office of General Counsel; Records management system for Records & Archives department. Integration, Rollout, training and support, ongoing operation, maintenance and upgrades.

• Implement Web Content Management for internal and external communications: http://www.hhmi.org and Intranet (http://inside.hhmi.org/) (Interwoven Teamsite, OpenDeploy)

• Create and manage Secure SSL PKI infrastructure, Secure bank transactions with PGP, Verisign MPKI for SSL, Entrust.

Allied Technology Group, Inc. January 1993 – April 2000

Senior Systems Analyst

Assistant Project manager for a contract supporting the U.S. Department of Education. Responsible for all aspects of the contract including technical, administrative and managerial leadership. Motivation and leadership of the 20 staff members responsible for all aspects of Web development on the Dept. of Ed Web site. http://www.ed.gov

• Administrative responsibilities include contract issues, proposal writing and executive briefing to the Dept. of Education.

• Technical duties include the administration of Web software and technical products on 7 UNIX servers for of one of the Government’s busiest web sites. The site runs at around 1 million hits/day. Technical oversight includes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products such as:

• Apache, WebTrends, TeamSite, Linkscan, Red Alert.

• Technical lead in implementing a workflow system (Interwoven TeamSite) for enterprise Web Content Management. Website versioning, workflow, HTML document management. Extensive Customer Interface required to determine workflow and formalize requirements.

• Technical Lead on internal company projects: Installing the company\\'s first LAN, Building the company\\'s web site, Designing and implementing an Intranet, and supporting the recruiting effort by linking our career page to WashingtonPost.com.

• Oracle Database development: Systems analysis; User Requirements, DFDs, ERDs Tables, Indexes, Views, Packaged procedures, functions, constraints and triggers; Client development in Visual Basic 3 and 4 on a Developmental Drug discovery program automating laboratory plate readers for NCI / DTP Frederick.

• Winning and running commercial contracts

• Proposal development and capturing federal business.

Senior Software Developer

• Oracle programming using PL/SQL, Triggers, Packaged Procedures, Forms 4.5

• HTML and CGI scripts for Web-based database applications.

Standard Technology Incorporated November, 1991 - January, 1993

Systems Analyst: Army National Guard Force Structure Decision Support System

Expert systems development: functional specification, rule encoding and population of the knowledge base, deployment and support of an expert system to assist Organizational Integrators and Command Plan Managers in the equitable distribution of MTO&E and TDA resources among the 54 States and Territories of the United States of America using Clipper and C++.

• Installation and demonstration of the system at the US Army War College in Leavenworth, KS

• Impact: At the completion of this effort, a college student intern using the software was able to accomplish in an afternoon, what previously had taken large teams (10 -15) of skilled Organizational Integrators and Command Plan Managers 6 to 10 weeks of effort to complete.

• Compliance with MIL-SPEC DOD 2167A and AR 25-3

Westat, Inc. February 1987 - November, 1991

Systems Analyst

Work with the customer and senior management to carry out software development in support of epidemiological research for the National Cancer Institute. Understanding of case control, prospective cohort and other study designs.

• Use Clipper and SAS to collect, manage and report epidemiological data

• Conduct statistical analyses using SAS. Extensive use of SAS Macro and Data Step manipulation

• Reengineering of legacy applications using Wylbur Command procedures, JCL Cataloged Procedures VAX DCL, Informix, PL/I and COBOL

• Compliance with FIPS 38 and 39A

Education

• B.A. in Psychology, Washington College, 1983

• Additional training and coursework in database design, systems analysis, programming and mathematics from Montgomery College Rockville, University of Maryland, Informix, Novell and the SAS Institute, LearningTree, BEA Education (2006), Interwoven (2002), SpringSource (2009), PMP Exam Prep (2008, 2010)

• Shipley Associates: Writing Winning Proposals and Capturing Federal Business (1999)

Publications

Kai-Li Liaw, Andrew G. Glass, M. Michele Manos, Catherine E. Greer, David R. Scott, Mark Sherman, Robert D. Burk, Robert J. Kurman, Sholom Wacholder, Brenda B. Rush, Diane M. Cadell, Patti Lawler, David Tabor, and Mark Schiffman: Detection of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Cytologically Normal Women and Subsequent Cervical Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions J Natl Cancer Inst 1999 91: 954-960

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification# 1333858, PMI ID# 267511, 08-May-2010.

Volunteer

Webmaster: Boy Scouts of America Troop 945 Damascus: http://www.troop945.org/

Webmaster: Clearspring Elementary School PTA: http://www.dtabor.org/cespta/

Awards

Neilsen Norman 10 best Intranets, 2010:

http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/design/awards.html