Joseph Tafoya has extensive experience managing software projects and IT organizations. He is seeking a part-time position and has a history of delivering projects on time and within budget for both startups and large corporations. Tafoya brings leadership skills to help build and improve organizations. He has experience across the software development lifecycle, including agile and waterfall methodologies.

1. Joseph J. Tafoya
42601 Drennon Ct
Temecula, California 92592
(408) 896-8363
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY & OBJECTIVES
Extensive history in the management of software organizations and IT projects. I have consistently
delivered commercial products and enterprise-wide internal applications on time, within budget to customer
requirements for both startups and billion dollar public corporations. Success has been based on having
excellent interpersonal, motivational, organizational, analytical and technical skills needed to nurture an
environment that fosters partnership, communication, trust and success.
I bring energy and experience to the challenge of building or improving an organization with the use of
leadership skills acquired over a career. The challenges facing a company in this or any economic
environment are many and individuals like myself are able to bring a sense of stability, growth and
competence to an organization. I find it necessary to be accountable and be given the opportunity to make
a difference.
Would prefer a part time position. Salary / rate is negotiable.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Program / Portfolio Management
Project Management (OTS and Custom Build)
Business Process Re-engineering
(BPR)
Project Management Office (PMO) Strategic Planning
Vendor Relations / Offshore Mgmt. Object Oriented Design(OOD)
Quality Management Data Warehousing
Managed Architecture (SOA / SAAS) Software Selection
Budget Planning & Cost Control MS Office
Apple applications (Keynote, Safari, Utilities)
SDLC – Agile, Iterative, RAD, Waterfall
Relational DB’s (Oracle, SQLServer, MySQL, IDMS, DB2,
Informix)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Genomic Health, Inc. – Redwood City, CA. (2013 – 2016 )
Hired as the Senior Project Manager for the organization and in the two years my major
contributions were as the:
Integration Project Manager for the successful OSM (Order to Cash) Project which literally
replaced, implemented, or modified every significant GHI application:
 Led and held regular team problem meeting with the projects 5 to 6 Project Managers
 Created, maintained, and provided status on an Integrated Project Schedule gathering input from
the PM’s
 Established standard Project processes; e.g. status reporting, change control, issue management
 Led the planning for the highly successful 3 day Cutover / Deployment of the OSM solution
 Collaborated with the Program Manager to support the successful delivery to the business
customers
 Project duration of 1+ years and as many as 80+ project members (tech and business) utilizing a
‘hybrid’ Agile model

2. Senior Project Manager, I developed a Software Project Framework document for GHI that
provides Project Managers with the guidelines and standards for managing software projects at
GHI. The framework covered: processes, tools, and deliverables
 Processes, tools, and deliverables for small and large Agile Projects
 Processes, tools, and deliverables for small and large Waterfall Projects
 Processes, tools, and deliverables for ‘hybrid’ programs consisting of both Agile and
Waterfall type projects
Vivo, INC, San Jose, CA. (Jan. 2010 – 2013 )
Principal Project Manager (client – Genomic Health, Inc.)
In the past 18 months I’ve project managed and provided support in the capacity planning for the
Business Intelligence team. The key projects and activities are as follows:
 Successfully project managed the delivery of 8 key BI projects.
 Led the BI Capacity Planning efforts providing leadership and building useful models.
 Supported the successful deployment of the key Prostate project, by project managing the final
system and integration test phases.
 Nurtured relationships within the team and in the business community by promoting broader
communications (e.g. status websites and effective status meetings).
Principal Project Manager (client – Nvidia )
In the 19 months at Nvidia, I have been dedicated to Project Management; successfully managed 5 major
IT projects.
 cunderstand project objectives related to requirements, budget, schedule, and change management.
 LSI project – Saved over $2M per year through development of an HW platform infrastructure
used to host a suite of Litigation Support applications. This involved managing the project at all
levels, setting schedules and providing status to senior management.
 BYOM (Self-purchase mobile program) – Implemented the industry best solution, Good
Technology, for allowing Android mobiles and iPhones to access the Nvidia network in the most
manageable and secure manner. Critical to supporting Nvidia’s graphical chip strategy. Program
has been implemented globally.
 InterCall project - Within a two month time frame replaced the existing conference call services
vendor with InterCall’s similar services. Projected savings are approximately $400,000/year.
Coordinated the project, setting up schedules, training, and communications necessary to execute a
smooth transition.
 HDVC Project (CHAT) – Project Managed acquisition and deployment of High Definition Video
Conferencing services to Nvidia offices globally. To date 12 globally distributed systems have
been implemented. Involves analysis, working with vendors and internal support teams to select
sites, procure, design and implement equipment to ensure a successful implementation. Payback
period per room is less than 17 months with a significant positive impact to the environment.
 OS Deployment Project – Involved in a program to automate Windows 7 imaging and deployment
of thousands of Nvidia desktops / laptops. Automated deployment will have a significant impact
to delivery and quality of OS deployments / upgrades to Nvidia personnel. Completed first
phase of the project on time and within budget.
The successful delivery of these projects is driven by the experience, management, interpersonal,
organizational, and communications skills that I bring to this position.
VALEDGE SOLUTIONS, INC, San Jose, CA. (2006 – 2009)
VP & Principal Consultant (client – Apple )

3. Savings of an estimated $20M+ within the first five years for the PLM implementation associated with
enabling JDM, time to volume, reduction of scrap and rework among other advantages. A much larger
value was in terms of ability to manage and take to market an increased number of new products.
 Worked closely with client management to develop and implement all the major processes and
procedures governing the PLM project to a successful completion (e.g. Change Management,
Problem / Solution Management, Schedule Development, Stakeholder Management and
Communication, and the overall Project Methodology).
 Represented the project as a member of the PMO & Executive Steering Committee.
 Hired and integrated into the project the key Project leads (Configuration Lead, Architect,
Technical Lead and Customization Lead).
 Key Technologies / Applications involved:
Agile PLM Product SAP Interface JAVA WebMethods XML
Oracle App Server MS Project Apple iWorks MS Office HTTP
CASECENTRAL, INC, San Francisco, CA. (2004 – 2006)
Director, Tools Software Engineering
Successfully rebuilt the entire tools development team and implemented a new set of tools that automated
data discovery processing by over 200% while significantly reducing the error rate. Fully automated tools
set using workflow software saving hundreds of hours of manual processing per week.
 Partnered with Project Management to communicate on a weekly basis with our fortune 500
clients to gathering requirements, answer questions, and resolve customer data issues.
 Led development of the technical strategies and tactics for development, evaluating, selecting and
implementing a new set of eDiscovery tools. Continuously improved tools to increase scope of
source data types to be processed.
 Provided key input as a member of the Technical Management team responsible for Planning and
Strategy as related to Product and internal IT, Architecture and Technology.
 Key Technologies / Applications involved:
DataStage (Data Warehouse tool) ODBC XML SOA
SQLServer C++ HTTP Unix
eDiscovery (processes/tools) JAVA MS Office MS Exchange
SOLECTRON CORPORATION, Milpitas, CA. (2003 – 2004)
Director, Corporate ITSS
Responsible for corporate global application implementations until the economic situation halted
Solectron's major application initiatives. Until that occurred I accomplished the following:
 Program Managed large (100+ members), $80M budget, multi–vendor development and
implementation project teams in the successful global (U.S. and Europe) implementation of a set
of configured manufacturing applications (BaaN, Agile PLM, etc.).
 Saved $3M (first year) by managing the closure of the IBM outsourced data centers and
successfully re-distributed all hardware and applications to corporate data processing sites.

4.  Reported directly to the CIO and Solectron’s Board of Directors.
PRISM SOLUTIONS, Sunnyvale, CA. (1995 – 2003)
(Acquired by Ardent Software, then Informix Corp., and finally by IBM)
Director Product Development & Support
As a Director of Development supported and guided Prism through a successful IPO to become the
accepted leader in the Data Warehousing market space. When acquired by Ardent, I played the key role of
re-building the Development, QA and Support teams while successfully introducing product to the Data
Warehousing market.
 One of the initial Prism Solutions Product Directors, I grew product revenues 300% over two
years culminating in a successful IPO. Prism was the startup and pioneer of the Data
Warehousing industry.
 I rebuilt the Sunnyvale and Austin development organizations (Dev., Architecture, QA, DBA,
Config. Mgmt.) while introducing new products and providing technical support, resulting in over
$20M revenue.
 Provided input as an active member of the Corporate Product Planning team headquartered in
Boston, MA and was integral in creating multi-million dollar contract negotiations (e.g. Hitachi,
Japan).
1972 – 2005 Worked at a number of companies in positions of increasing responsibility, from
Programmer to Sr. Project Manager. Acted as an individual contributor as well as responsible for
teams of up to 40 – 50 professionals.