thomas rivette

Champion the development of a State-of-the-Art Project Management Office applying Agile and Lean principles blending Onshore and Nearshore Services. which including training, coaching, design, new product development and strategic planning initiatives in Information Technology, Mathematics, Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Transportation, Government, Utilities and Manufacturing.

Project management of offshore software development team focussed on Cloud Services and Mobile App development team for Consumer, Business and Government markets. Support Agile release train in concept development, UX design, market research and prototype delivery. UX design services for mobile app targeting consumer, recreational, sports and lifestyle audiences. Conduct market research on cloud-based services and go to market analysis and planning for digital archiving application.

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Coached a blended twenty-five member onshore - nearshore development team through a blended onsite and remote Scrum adoption program. Managed Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Reviews and Retrospects with Jira and Confluence with seasoned CCMI level 5 certified team. Delivered mobile enabled responsive websites for diverse entertainment, services, and community-based organizations. Managed market research and concept development services to stealth enterprise application initiative. Developed training materials and executive presentations.

Diagnostic testing and disease management company. Maker of the VAP test. Directed strategic reengineering workflow projects for laboratory tests and resulting reports to U.S. hospital practices and physician offices. Managed requirement definition and software development team for creation of a Mobile Field Sales Application. Re-designed CRM and SharePoint integration to support Cloud Based Atlas Patient Outreach Portal applications supporting EMR interfaces and laboratory information systems. Directed weekly Production Change Control Teams in support of laboratory, client services and billing operations. Managed cross functional teams and external vendors through IT security audit, co-location data center migration and disaster recovery planning. Managed $1.5M+ IT budget. Managed Revenue Cycle Management system replacement team for Telcor Cloud Computing solution.

Designed and built multimedia and e-commerce enables websites for small and medium sized businesses. Created Logos, multimedia, and executive presentations for clients targeting potential investors and clients.

Founded renewable energy start-up business and sold technology into a division of a publicly traded company. Designed new product, led research and development teams in Canada and the US. Built Business plans and budgets, hired staff, built strategic partnerships and managed diverse stakeholders for small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine using advanced composite materials and state-of-the-art electronics and electricity generator. Led project management and executive leadership teams through pilot product demonstration and certification testing phases.

Managed multi-site project teams on wireless Smart Meter installations using Verizon Cellular radio products for investor owned utilities including Baltimore Gas & Electric, First Energy, PacifiCorp, Tampa Electric, PG&E, Itron and General Electric. Trained international utility clients in Spanish on product installation and integration with network operation and billing systems. Provided strategy consulting for Smart Meter implementations and upgrades supporting multi-national sales force.

Develop and execute strategies to eliminate firmware network wireless provisioning issues for investor-owned utilities. Conduct sales based training for wireless meter technologies. Manage sales and product teams to upgrade firmware to remove protocol inconsistencies and security settings from preventing over the air upgrades. Train partners and clients on product installation and provisioning security to maximize account growth. Develop and maintain solid business relationships with customers to secure incremental revenue spend. Selected Accomplishments:  Increased customer base 40% through partnership to preinstall of Cell Readers at the GE meter factory.

Independent AT&T Authorized Reseller/Alternate Channel Partner. Developed financial, transportation and software development messaging applications for Fortune 500 clients. Reengineered business processes with network, messaging and data integration tools to facilitate just in time manufacturing, distribution automation and finance for diverse stakeholders. Grew sales $6M within 3 years through the design, development, marketing and sales of a unique virtual storage offering. Installed executive management team. Built channel partner product and sales relationships with AT&T, Sun Microsystems and Oracle. Managed product branding, channel sales strategy and offshore software development team of over 15 consultants. Completed EDI purchasing projects with Smithsonian Institution. Managed telecommunications service sales teams for Comware Venezuela and Comware Colombia.

Managed international team of manufacturing and finance directors through business process reengineering projects supporting JD Edwards rollout in the Americas, Europe and Asia for 3 business units and over 50 users. Integrated IT infrastructure from desktop to mainframe and midrange systems for accounting, product design, purchasing and manufacturing. Evaluated and managed vendor selection and support relationships with AT&T, IBM and GE for global accounting, sales, manufacturing and treasury operations. Managed campus wide operations of Digital, IBM AS/400 and Mainframe, Novell LAN and Sun SPARC stations. Designed and built complex network protocol translation infrastructure to support LAN, VAX (DECNET and LAT), IBM (5250, 3270, RJE, VTAM and NCP) within Novell networks to support a single desktop solution (RUMBA and Reflections).

Design new mobile data applications integrating legacy and client server systems. Manage vendor technology relationships including IBM Business Partners, Motorola and Ericsson. Design and develop data messaging protocol for CIS and Gas Leak reporting systems. Develop, test, and implement systems for clients in Colorado, North Carolina and Wisconsin. Designed, built, and implemented advanced data queuing infrastructure protocols using APPC, FTP and Asynchronous communications through private radio bandwidth on various emerging mobile radio technologies devices and communication gateways. Designed communications interfaces and management platforms using Ericsson, Itron, Motorola and Data Radio products. Selected Accomplishments: Generate over 2 million dollars in new sale revenues through product design and development.

* Manage team of senior consultants in the acquisition, redesign, data conversion, and system migration phases for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida contract. * Author winning proposals for Medicare Part B system services contract awards in Utah, Wisconsin, and Montana. * Led GTE Commercial Sales Division market entry into the Health Care Financing Administration Medicare Part B claims processing service industry. * Designed and implemented Managed Final Audit System data conversion and enhancements managing six senior consultant team. * Led software development team for telephone billing system enhancements to incorporate FCC mandated divestiture of long distance services for AT&T, MCI and Sprint. * Architect the FCC accounting system standardization of the GTE billing system. * Resolved billing systems issues in support of national call center consolidations by eliminating complexities and redundancies of non-value add costs in legacy systems design. * Selected Accomplishments: * Design system modifications to eliminate $240,000 in daily operating expenses and 3.2 million claim backlog.

Design, Program, Test, Distribute and Support Point-of-Sale enabled Mini-Computer applications on Honeywell and IBM mid-range platforms. Provide 24 hour telephone support to clients across the United States for Retail (Drug and Hardware) and Wholesale (Feed and Electrical Supply) systems.

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