Resume of Paul Blumstein, Senior IT Project Manager

1. Paul D Blumstein, PMP®
, PMI-RMP®
, LSSGB
6820 Shrine Court, Annandale, VA 22003
pbandj@pobox.com cell: 310.714.3721
SUMMARY
A seasoned Systems & Software Management professional with broad-based technical
expertise. Outstanding skills in project management, risk management, development
management, user interface, people management, establishing and maintaining
relationships, Business Systems Analysis and Process Re-Engineering, planning, design,
configuration management, release management and deployment using multiple
technologies. An effective and creative goal-oriented person whose persistence,
flexibility, versatility, communication and negotiation skills and multi-tasking ability
make him a successful team player.
SKILLS
 Project Management Expertise: PMP and PMI-RMP certified through PMI. SDLC
from Inception to Deployment. Project Charter, Requirements Analysis, Integration,
Planning, Scheduling, Change Control, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost
Estimating, Cost Budgeting, Cost Control, Quality Planning, Quality Assurance,
Quality Control, Resource Management, Communications Management, Risk
Management, Mitigation Planning, Vendor Management, Relationship Management,
Integration, Release Management, Deployment Management, Process Re-
Engineering, GANTT, PERT, WBS, MS Project. Waterfall and PMBOK methodologies.
PMO experience. Mentored other Project Managers and participated in Peer Reviews
and Code Reviews.
 Software expertise: C, C++, Pascal, HyperCard, ToolBook, Fortran, assembly
languages, database management languages, modeling languages, COBOL, Basic,
etc. Additional experience with: Internet systems, expert systems, neural networks,
Visual Basic, Smalltalk, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint,
Visio, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
 General level knowledge of Visual Basic, Java, ASP, XML, SQL, Oracle, ActiveX,
IIS, Perl, Networking Protocols, Rational, .NET, CMM, Agile Programming, Extreme
Programming (XP), Iterative Development, SharePoint, Groove, Lean Six Sigma.
 Training & other: Taught classroom and one-on-one to students, programmers and
customers. Managed vendors producing interactive training materials and delivering
train-the-trainer courses. Managed User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Evoke Research & Consulting, LLC
Project Manager, Release/Deployment Manager, PMO Support
Assigned to Transportation Security Agency (TSA), Application Development
Division. Worked with Senior Management and assisted Government Project
Managers in the Office of Information Technology; plan, acquire and use metrics and
dashboards to track projects from cradle to grave. Performed assessments of existing
projects to assure that the SDLC was followed and looked for unidentified risks and
suggested methods for minimizing risks in future projects. Supported and enhanced
Release and Deployment Management by facilitating and verifying plans and
schedules for development, test, build and deployment created by project managers.

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Facilitated the scheduling of emergency releases. Performed Independent Verification
and Validation (IV&V). Created Statements of Work (SOWs) and Requirements
Documents for contracts in support of the Acquisition effort. Worked with CORs to
monitor projects for adherence to the SOWs. Created and managed many of the
processes used to enhance project governance. (5/08-9/13).
CACI International
Senior Project Manager & Planner
Assigned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Planned and managed deployment,
asset management and infrastructure projects. Developed metrics to illustrate
department performance. Created and updated policies and processes. Researched
and conducted a study of wireless WAN technologies resulting in regional policies and
an important tool during the 2005 hurricane cleanup efforts. Evangelized use of
Groove and SharePoint Collaboration Tools. (8/04-5/08).
 Matrix Managed a project to create an efficient, yet secure, communications
network for a remote site.
 Established and maintained client relations to maintain and enhance CACI’s
position as the preferred vendor.
 Re-engineered existing processes which resulted in a new set of policies and
procedures.
 Created and managed a research project for Remote Wireless Access which be-
came a pilot test project that resulted in a standard policy for the region and facili-
tated emergency data communications for Hurricane Katrina response.
 Designed and implemented an IT Asset Management System to eliminate non-
mission critical IT assets and to prevent purchases of future ones.
TEKsystems
Project Manager/Business Analyst
Assigned to WM Financial Services, a subsidiary of Washington Mutual: Analyzed
and audited data quality, flow and process for Annuity, Insurance, Mutual Fund and
Retirement Fund commission compensation system. Performed Requirements
Analysis and managed projects to automate and streamline parts of this system as
well as to introduce new products, including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds
and retirement plans. (11/03-8/04).
 Worked as Business liaison to IT, acting as an evangelist to facilitate a common
dialog and negotiate priorities. Managed projects related to Mutual Funds and
Retirement Plans.
 Audited the financial consultant commission process flow to determine where flaws
existed and recommended remediation steps.
 Designed business processes for new financial products, created their IT
requirements and worked with the IT department to create functional
specifications. Continued managing these projects until they were deployed.
TBM Technology, Inc.
Manufacturer of biometric recognition system for credit cards: Analyzed their
technology plan, providing specific recommendations for hardware and software,
interface with banking systems and procedures, risk management and security.
Participated in the creation of their Business Plan. (4/03-5/03).

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Madera Associates Service, Inc.,
A company that creates and administers software psychology testing: Performed
Business Process Analysis and Re-engineering to speed up their workflow processes
by streamlining and identifying opportunities for improvement. (8/02-9/02).
Citibank, Los Angeles, CA 1984-2001
A. Senior Project Manager (1997-2001)
Planned and managed on-shore software releases across all functional areas for web-
based Electronic Access System (EAS). This EAS was a major component of a credit card
system sold to government and corporate clients.
 Responsible for the deployment of hardware and software in support of this project.
 Matrix Managed this product when it initially was a client-server. Was responsible for
rollout design and implementation of hardware and software to 24 sites. Managed the
vendor, IBM, which performed rollout.
 Managed contractors, vendors and projects to support the infrastructure of an
Internet hosting center and planned future growth.
 Established and maintained relationships with external peer and service groups to
assure priority for critical path needs.
 Responsible for up to 150 people and kept projects on schedule, within estimated
costs, with minimum risk and maximum quality, and within defined scope. Also,
managed issues and changes to accomplish these goals. Managed a total of 18
releases, with 3 in various stages at the same time.
 Created a team atmosphere that allowed all functional areas to participate in problem
resolution and release content, accelerating problem resolution and creating more
options.
 Re-Engineered manual processes, allowing system changes to be posted a day earlier
and eliminating sources of human error.
 Designed a disaster-recovery system and process for the hosting center.
 Matrix Managed the technical portion of the leading edge stored-value NYC Smartcard
Pilot project.
 Met an aggressive schedule despite high security, risk management and systems
integration requirements.
 Managed technical & project issues as well as proposal, design, development &
deployment of a Smartcard based security access system. Deployment/roll-out
consisted of hardware and software to 18 sites worldwide.
B. Senior Technologist (1990-1997)
Designed, managed and implemented home banking and teller machines projects from
inception to deployment. Researched new and emerging technologies. Designed and
developed concept prototypes of potential future systems. Designed and performed
evaluation studies of various WinNT products.
 Changed architecture of the front-end communication system used by home banking,
allowing five times as many users per server, which decreased number of servers
from thirty to six.
 Co-designer of a patented method to allow visually impaired people to use touch-

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screen ATMs for the first time, allowing Citibank to meet ADA requirements.
 Created a demo of the ADA system from scratch for an executive in only seven days
in a way that simultaneously advanced the development schedule.
C. Group Manager (1984-1990)
Managed the six-member software configuration management administration group.
 Designed the next generation configuration management system and created
procedures for use by programmers and administrators, eliminating the inability to
recreate previous instances of software releases which hindered software repair.
 Responsible for the deployment of software to various data centers. Developed
Application Deployment Plans and schedules to support this activity. Rearranged
schedules and priorities to accommodate emergency fixes through the release cycle.
Cardkey Systems, Chatsworth, CA
Manager of Testing, Configuration Management and Special Projects
Managed a group of software testers and configuration managers. Managed projects
from proposal through deployment and coordinated tasks across many functional areas.
 Created a regression test system that continually included new release changes and
new bugs, significantly improving the quality of software releases.
 Created a release control forum that decided on release content shifting control from
programmers to managers representing each functional area.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Independent Consultant, setting up A/P, A/R, G/L, P/R & Order Entry
Lecturer, Business Data Processing, West Coast University
Management Consultant, Index Systems
Sr. Computer Scientist (Professional Services & QA), Computer Sciences Corp
Electrical Engineer, ISC Telephonics & Grumman Aerospace Corporation
SECURITY CLEARANCES
SAC (TSA): June 2008
NACI: August 2008
EDUCATION
Master of Science: Management Engineering, Long Island University
Minors in Computer Science and Business Administration
Bachelor of Science: Electrical Technology, New York Institute of Technology
Additional Post-graduate: MIS and Finance
ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Awarded Evoke’s Star Performer Award
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt holder 6/07
Co-holder of Patent #5,589,855, 12/31/96
CTM (Competent Toastmaster): Toastmasters International®
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI® 2/04
Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) certification from PMI®
6/10

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Contributor to Unified Objects: Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
Co-Author paper on Software Verification and Validation at a V&V Conference

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Contributor to Unified Objects: Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
Co-Author paper on Software Verification and Validation at a V&V Conference