David A. Clark 1400 Hubbell Place, #1404, Seattle, WA 98101 - DavidClark425@outlook.com - 206-218-7817

What are you looking for in a Project Manager? The right fit for your needs is imperative to the success of your team and project. Having a broad range of experience equips me to fit into the needs of the team and adapt to what is needed. I’ve been the teacher, guiding teams into new projects and processes, training and educating. I’ve been the firefighter, diving into the crisis situation and resolving it. I’ve been the process creator, documenting and establishing efficiency. I’ve been the organizer, creating repeatable processes and driving detail. I’ve been the technical PM, working with industry experts to create highly technical project releases. I’ve been the low touch PM, identifying risk, managing issues, finding solutions, letting managers above me work on other issues. I’ve worked with multiple offshore teams at once, managing performance around the clock. I’ve worked in volume, always completing more projects concurrently than peers. I’ve started new business units, devised strategy, created processes, metrics, goals and made them repeatable.

I believe my experiences in personnel management, diverse background outside project management and technical Project Management skills put me in a position to adapt to the needs of a company. I work easily with professionals in sales, marketing, development, testing and management having performed all those roles myself. My unique training and experience in emergency services then allows me to easily adapt and resolve issues in times of turmoil.

I believe in transparency, detail, continuously building efficiency and repeatability. I believe agility and extensive detail are not mutually exclusive. I’ve found working in extensive detail on project plans leads to greater flexibility and agility in schedule. With detail, repercussion of change is known, resources can be balanced. Project direction can be changed and the path to success is quickly known. The level of detail I use has built confidence in every team I’ve worked with, team members know they can complete a task as all information is provided and is on time. Detail has allowed me to drill down to specific steps and make corrections prior to project impact.

I’ve found adding repeatable, predictable, structure in project plans adds speed, efficiency and simplicity for the team. It helps me identify the project steps that have created delays so I can focus on improvement. It allows for realistic time tracking so current plans can set expectations for future planning. Resource allocation and project prioritization become more interactive and the whole process scales through the team and upwards to management. I have been able to report up across hundreds of active projects and thousands of lines of plans with individual task detail on demand. The same repeatable steps are then easily changed across multiple projects with ease.

To meet these beliefs I work to make sure I have put all the team members in position to be successful. Handoffs should be clear and complete, I strive to make sure both parties have expectations set ahead of delivery. If data will be needed to complete a project step, I make sure it’s clearly defined and delivered ahead of time if possible.

I believe Project Management done properly brings a tremendous benefit to technology businesses. I believe an effective Project Manager doesn’t just manage the project at hand, but provides teams with efficiency, removes potential blockers before they occur, manages the risks to the project early, finds solutions and reports progress and difficulties equally. The Project Manager should be the face of the team, giving credit to all, but taking all criticism in and using it to improve the project.

David A. Clark 1400 Hubbell Place, #1404, Seattle, WA 98101 - DavidClark425@outlook.com - 206-218-7817

What do you need to have done to succeed? I’ve done it before, I can do it for you.