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rdwatkins on May 9th, 2009

Previous Clients & Employers

Unilever Global Infrastructure Organization [GIO], Unilever Home and Personal Care, Unilever Best Foods, Unilever North America, Marathon Oil, NovaCare  Inc, Kraft Foods, Stonebreakers, Breyers Icecream, Oscar Mayers,  Oscar Mayers Lunchables,  Capri Sun, Koolaide, Micro Integration.

Major Projects

• RCI Web Presence [Relationship Capital Institute]
  • Conceptualize, design and develop a Social Media based Wordpress presence to host blog content created by RCI editors. This presence required business strategy planning and SEO tactics and training for the management and sustainability of the site based on a virtual and all volunteer team.
• HouseNet portal Self-serve [BDG, LLC]
  • Provide project management consulting and and assist in presenting a proposal to create a self serve portal for the US House of Representatives.
• PlumTree Portal [Unilever]
  • Managed the Project to deliver the  implementation of Plumtree portal in the DMZ to support the sales teams in NA.
• Global Service Request [Unilever]
  • PM the gathering of Global requirements to support the implementation of SunID Management tools across five regions. Gather and re-engineer/negotiate a standardization of ITIL compliant processes for provisioning user and application accounts and hardware compliant with organizational standards.
• NA Consolidated Messaging Project [Unilever]
  • PM the Migration of 16,000 North American email users to a  new Linux based architecture minimizing the impact to the users base and coordinating around 6 other projects with overlapping time lines and system conflicts.
• Gentran OS Migration [Unilever]
  • Managed the project to migrate the Current Mainframe based Gentran product to a Unix based High availability Cluster and consolidate Best Foods and Home and Personal Care instances to this platform.
• Aztec Scripting Lab Application Program [Unilever]
  • Managed an outsourced Indian project team tasked with scripting of desktop and laptop application suites specific to the needs of 13 separate business unit’s. The scripting and user acceptance testing (UAT) was in scope and the apps were deployed via  SMS to 10,000+ hosts across North America.
• Wise Scripting QA [Marathon Oil]
  • Script several hundred applications for SMS deployment in new Windows 2000 environment as Project QA team manager

Soft-Skills

• Leadership Skills. I quickly establish rapport and am able to engender trust with team members. I appropriately communicate my intent to be a value-add portion of their life in the workplace. I always have their best interest and that of the organization at heart when mentoring,  providing guidance or recommendations.
  
• Strong Work Ethic. Tirelessly motivated and dedicated to getting the job done with integrity and honesty. I am willing to communicate hard truths to management to maintain my personal integrity.
• Positive Attitude. Always optimistic, cooperative and upbeat; endeavoring to generate good energy as a relationship capitalist.
• Good Communication Skills. Verbally articulate and a good listener with an acute awareness of how people think, I can make my case and express individual and organizational needs in a way that builds bridges with stakeholders, colleagues, customers and vendors.
• Time Management Abilities. Quickly and dynamically prioritizing objectives while working on a number of different projects at once I  use resources wisely and with a critical eye to outcomes and risks.
• Problem-Solving Skills. Reliant on a wide array of business context experience and applying common sense I am able to creatively solve problems that will inevitably arise. I take ownership of problems as a believer in the “culture of accountability” and expect the same of those whom I surround myself with both personal and business associates.
• A Team Player. I work well in groups and teams and able to find the middle ground and play the peacemaker when positioned to do so. Always cooperative I take a leadership role when appropriate and excel in inter-cultural communication and team building opportunities.
• Self-Confidence. I truly believe I can attain the results I commit to deliver. I project a sense of calm purpose and inspire confidence in others.  I have the courage to ask questions that need to be asked and to freely, firmly and respectfully contribute my ideas and recommendations without deference to those in a position of power.
• Ability to Accept and Learn From Criticism. I am able to handle criticism as well as be coachable and open to learning and growing as a person and as a professional.
• Flexibility/Adaptability to suit Changing Situations. I am able adapt to new situations and challenges;  embracing change and be open to new ideas and perspectives. This adaptability allows me to handle the stress and uncertainty that accompanies crises and changing strategy or tactics.

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