1. WILLIAM R. WHITE, PMP®, LSSGB, MCTS, SMCTM,
Downers Grove, Illinois 60516
Residence: 630-241-6064
Cell: 847-387-2760
Bill.White.PMP@comcast.net
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
A certified Project Management Professional, Scrum Master, and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with expertise in
planning, development, testing, and quality assurance of hardware/ software and software products. Skilled in a wide
array of business tools/processes. A dependable commitment-focused project manager with experience in building
and leading high performance teams. Skilled decision maker and collaborator who is results oriented, and who is
experienced in the development of complex products in rapidly changing business and technology environments.
Competencies include:
• Excellent leadership qualities.
• Experienced in the delivery of complex technical projects.
• Experience collaborator with Product Owners, Business Managers, Executive Leadership, and Business Clients
across multiple business functions.
• Ability to collaborate with a diverse mix of domestic and international team members.
• Proven track record of delivering high quality products/services on time and under budget.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FUJITSU AMERICA, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 2008 – 2015
Fujitsu America delivers enterprise-class IT consulting services, offering Clients unmatched expertise with strategic
management consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, and much more.
Sr. Project/Program Consultant, on contract with AT&T Services, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL
Provided project, program, and test management professional services for AT&T’s Enterprise IT organization.
• Manage multiple Enterprise IT projects with budgets ranging from $0.3M to $15M.
• Member of PMO team that managed several of the companies’ top strategic initiatives including recently the
AT&T / DTV merger from an integrated workforce management system perspective.
• Experienced in leading the development and delivery of several small and complex project simultaneously.
• Collaborated with Business Clients, Requirements Leads, Technical Architects, Development and Test Mangers,
Vendors, Deployment Coordinators, Release Managers and other Project/Program Managers to plan, execute,
and deploy over 25 projects in last seven years.
• Facilitated weekly project meetings with IT team, Sr. Management, Business Partners, and Vendors.
• Experienced in leading off-shore development and test teams.
• Mentored many new PMs as well as my peers in how to follow AT&T’s project management tools and
processes.
• Performed Test Management roles on two high visibility corporate strategic initiatives directing the testing
efforts between as many as 71 application teams.
MOTOROLA, Inc., Schaumburg, IL 1999 - 2008
Leader in design and manufacturing of broadband and wireless communication products for consumer, industry, and
government customers.
Program Manager, Mobile Devices Business, Libertyville, IL (2006 – 2008)
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Coordinated and managed several software portfolio planning activities in a department with a budget of $138M. Co-
Led a team of Project Managers to oversee the management 2100 Managers, Software Developers, and Test
Engineers.
• Simplified and enhanced the ability to perform Human Resource Management within a business unit of 384
employees by launching a new Portfolio Planning tool that included training 38 PMs located in six countries.
• Improved and simplified the monthly operations review process used by 34 Managers as a result of creating,
enhancing, and maintaining custom reports and templates.
• Created a real-time financial report showing both planned and actual costs, enabling senior management to
review and analyze data needed to forecast and track software release costs.
Senior Project Manager, Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Schaumburg, IL (2005 – 2006)
Managed the development of mission critical transport networks for North America high-tier private radio systems
for public safety customers. Tracked and evaluated project performance to established milestones through use of
project schedules, financial reports and quality metrics.
• Enhanced project management practices used by 8 Project Managers by researching and reusing best project
management practices and institutionalizing the use of a new spreadsheet for the purpose of collecting and
reporting project metrics and performance.
• Recognized by a project’s Senior Leadership Team as most consistent Project Manager in a significant product
release that resulted in a record number of new systems shipped in a given quarter and over $38M in sales.
• Strengthened Project Management teams’ knowledge of risk management by delivering four separate two-hour
risk management training sessions.
Software Engineering Section Manager, Networks and Enterprise Business, Schaumburg, IL (2001 – 2005)
Managed the Radio Products and Accessory division’s Software System Test Team consisting of 17 Test Engineers
located in Schaumburg as well as Malaysia and Israel. Managed all facets of software box-test team activities. Liaison
between Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Project Management, Business Team, and Senior Engineering
Management.
• Provided leadership, resource management, and technical leadership for several successful new product launches
resulting in 18% increase in market-share.
• Decreased test time by more than half, improved test reliability, increased overall coverage by more than 35%, and
increased phase screening effectiveness as a result of improved product quality assurance by increasing GUI test
automation from 40 to 93%, as well as embedded test automation from 10% to 42%.
• Advanced the capability maturity of the software organization from SEI CMM level 3 to level 5 through task force
leadership provided in association with the organization’s Software Engineering Process Group.
• Achieved project cost and performance goals by developing a unique method of monitoring project performance in
terms of earned value for cost and schedule.
• Managed the execution of several eight-month to two-year projects simultaneously.
• Received worldwide employee recognition awards in 2002 and 2004 for contributions to the organization.
Software Engineering Section Manager, Network Solutions Sector, Arlington Heights, IL (1999 – 2001)
Managed several software engineering projects consisting of web based GUI software tools written in SQL and Java
while responsible for 13 direct employees. Collaborated with internal customers across the business sector to gather,
document and prioritize software requirements. Managed the development of various software tools used by
Managers and Test Engineers to collect and report on metrics gathered during software testing.
• Improved and enhanced both Human and non-Human Resource Management processes across a business of 1800
employees by successfully engineering, launching, and maintaining new software tools delivered to internal
customers across the business sector.
• Ensured customer satisfaction by assuring timely response to customer issues/needs through facilitating recurring
meeting, tracking and resolving issues, and discussing new and changed requirements.
• Worked to improve test coordination, planning, coverage, and product quality by introducing and promoting a
departmental wide test strategy.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN Corporation, Rolling Meadows, IL (11 years, 3 months)
Leader in providing a broad range of mission critical integrated systems for U.S. government, civil, and international customers.
Project Engineer, Software Quality Engineering
Ensured the quality of complex defense systems for the Department of Defense Customers.
Engineering Specialist, Software Engineering
Designed, coded and integrated real-time software for state-of-the-art multi-processor electronic counter-measure hardware.
Senior Engineer, Test Systems Engineering
Designed and integrated application software for several different configurations of Modular Automatic Test Equipment.
GENERAL DYNAMICS Corporation, San Diego, CA (2 years, 2 months)
Market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions;
shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies.
Engineer, Test Systems Engineering
Developed software and hardware to self-test mission critical defense systems.
EDUCATION
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
CERTIFICATIONS
Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University School of Business, 2002
Project Management Professional (PMP®), Project Management Institute, 2006 (in good standing)
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), 6sigmastudy, 2016
Scrum Master Certified (SMCTM), ScrumStudy, 2016
Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft, 2016
Microsoft Specialist: Managing Projects with MS Project 2013, Microsoft, 2016
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Achieving Results Through People
Project Management Methodology
Essentials of Coaching,
Counseling, and Mentoring
Resolving Conflicts in Teams
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Exam Prep.
ESI Scheduling and Cost Control
ESI Systems Integration Project Mgmt
ESI Risk Management
ESI Managing Projects
ESI Project Leadership, Mgmt and
Communications
ESI Quality for Project Managers
ESI Leading Project Managers
ESI Leading Global Teams
ITIL Foundations Exam Prep. MS Project 2013 Exam Prep. Scrum Master Exam Prep.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Project Management Institute (PMI); Chicago-Software Process Improvement Network (C-SPIN)
SKILLS
MS Project 2013
Primavera TeamPlay
Portfolio DecisionWare
MS Office 2013
FrameMaker
Visual Basic
DOORS
ReqPro
Test Mgmt System
ClearQuest
Brio Reporting
DDTs
Compass
ClearCase
Insight
MKS Integrity
HP Quality Center TestDirector IT UP/PRISM SharePoint
SDLC: Waterfall SDLC: Agile/Scrum SDLC: XP MiniTab
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