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Since March of 2007 I began work to build network connections that could cushion the blow when consulting contracts expire. At that time, I was on the final leg of a contract with Unilever in Trumbull, CT. I knew that I had to grow my contacts in the industry quickly so I could find additional work in the near future. Once I discovered how much it fit my personality, I really started to get serious about it.
I started with LinkedIn and Plaxo to support my growing address book and follow-up with contacts to whom I thought I had some value to offer or that were of immediate value to my jobs search. I then started a bit of expanding the range social networking sites to afford me wider exposure and inbound invitations from others to avoid having to stop connecting to others when I reached the network limitations. (more…)
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rdwatkins on February 25th, 2002
IT Project +
Comptia IT Project + Certified
Key Benefits
- A Project Manager can listen to your needs and requirements and negotiate agreement across departments culminating in a project plan including resource requirements, budget estimates, schedules and change management structures.
- Once the plan is authorized by key stakeholders, the PM will execute the plan using the agreed to resources and budget. During execution of your project a good PM will keep stakeholders well informed with frequent communication utilizing web sites, e-mail and face to face meetings.
- Our PM will complete the project is on time and within budget and provide a completed project report enabling improvement feedback to management regarding strategic planning for future projects.
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rdwatkins on January 15th, 2001
Unilever Contract #1
Contract MCSE.com inks first contract with Unilever North America.
Unilever, via Group Technology (recruiting division), has contacted and negotiated a year long contract with Bob Watkins to provide Wise Scripting Engineering. Unilever is deploying the standardized Aztec II Desktop to various sites and Business Units across North America. As such the application requirements gathering and subsequent scripting of these applications to integrate with the Aztec environment will be critical.
April, 2001 – The Integration Lab Manager has asked that Bob Watkins assist in the creation of training materials and a plan to use offshore resources to provide by Digital India as scripting labor. As the Technical Project Manager, Bob will be training, mentoring and managing the output of these Indian Resources until they are in a stabilized status. Unilever is using this department as a starting point for the OffShore model to be implemented and tested.
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rdwatkins on October 10th, 2000
Syngress Media engages Robert D. Watkins to co-author “CCNA Test Yourself Practice Exams”, 2nd Edition (Exam 640-507).
Syngress Media, a well known publisher of certification exam training materials, has asked RD Watkins to be one of the co-author to the second edition of their newest offering. This book will assist new candidates who are seeking to attain the CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate) certification. My hope is that I can contribute my experience and knowledge to help other pass their CCNA test.
rdwatkins on September 9th, 2000
Syngress Media engages Robert D. Watkins to co-author “MCSE Migrating from Windows NT to Windows 2000 Study Guide” (Exam 70-222).
Syngress Media, a well known publisher of certification exam training materials, has asked RD Watkins to be one of the co-authors to their newest offering. This particular study guide will review and assist MCP’s studying to test on the details of transitioning from an NT 4.0 server environment to the new Active Directory environment introduced in Windows 2000 Advance Server offering.
RD’s particular chapter assignments include the Security advantages and features and how they can be efficiently designed and used in a Windows 2000 OU.
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rdwatkins on January 12th, 2000
RD Watkins inks contract with Marathon Oil of Findlay, Ohio. USA.
Marathon Oil has contracted with Robert D. Watkins via Darwin Partners (recruiters), to assist in the scripting of approximately 1200 application to support their transformation of their current Windows NT 4.0 environment to a full Windows 2000 SMS enabled and automated application environment.
This will require the gathering of multiple divisional application requirements as well as the User Acceptance Testing and Quality Assurance to deliver the most accurate replication of current business functionality to the 10,000 desktops involved. As part of a team that varied from 5 – 18 scripters, and with input from Microsoft who will be on-site, this team will deliver the application aspects of the new Windows 2000 Desktop.
