Allan Rothfarb

Current
Past
  • Program Manager at Nortel
  • Project Manager at Nortel
  • Project Manager at Periphonics
Education
  • University of Florida
Connections
313 connections
Industry
Computer Networking
Websites

Allan Rothfarb’s Summary

Quality-driven, PMP-certified leader with over 15 years experience implementing full development life cycle projects.
A strong project manager with a great sense of humor. Unsurpassed leadership, coaching and counseling skills which enable project teams to achieve optimum results. Proven history of successfully leading multi-disciplinary teams, meeting aggressive schedules, and achieving both his company's and his customers' satisfaction goals. An individual who seeks responsibility, takes charge of projects, and drives others to excel. Strong analytical, negotiation and problem solving skills.

Allan Rothfarb’s Specialties:

• Managing multiple projects in matrix organization
• Mentoring and developing people as functional manager
• Exceeding expectations of large corporate clients (ie., Kaiser Permanente, HP, PG&E)
• Building strong, lasting relationships with customers
• Inspiring and leading team members to achieve Corporate goals.


Allan Rothfarb’s Experience

  • Sr. Project Manager

    Narus, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    2009Present (less than a year)

  • Program Manager

    Nortel

    (Public Company; NT; Telecommunications industry)

    20062009 (3 years )

    Led world-wide multi-disciplinary teams in the introduction of new interactive voice response (IVR) products;

    This position required leadership, conflict resolution, influencing skills, developing and managing high performance cross-functional teams and reaching stretch goals with tight Time-To-Market schedules.

  • Project Manager

    Nortel

    (Telecommunications industry)

    20012006 (5 years )

    Managed the implementation of customer-specific projects by achieving rapid and timely delivery, and low defect rates, while mentoring both Developers and other Project Managers. Created strong partnerships with customers, resulting in follow-up business opportunities. Provided technical and functional leadership to Developers.

  • Project Manager

    Periphonics

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19992001 (2 years )

    Managed the implementation of customer-specific projects. Mentored both Developers and other Project Managers. Created strong partnerships with customers.Provided technical and functional leadership to Developers.

  • Project Manager

    Information Resources, Inc.

    (Consumer Goods industry)

    19961999 (3 years )

    Participated in the pre-sales process to determine customer needs. Directed customized database projects from start to completion. Managed client expectations during the project.

    • Delivered a Data Mart with customized IRI data to Clorox as part of their Data Warehouse initiative
    • Managed the first IRI implementation of EDT technology for Clorox
    • Received the “President’s Award” for the Hunt-Wesson UNIX Conversion.

  • Project Manager

    Triad Systems Corporation

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19891996 (7 years )

    Managed major releases from requirements to general release. Supervised a group of 5 – 8 application programmers. Field-tested 3 major releases of Triad software, and worked closely with users to understand their requirements.


Allan Rothfarb’s Education

  • University of Florida

    BA , English Literature, Broadcasting, Computer Science , 19661972


Additional Information

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Allan Rothfarb’s Interests:

project management methodology, literature, American history, golf, racquetball

Allan Rothfarb’s Groups:

PMI (PMP Certified)

  •    Project Manager Networking Group
  •    PMI Certified PMPs
  •    Experience Unlimited, Contra Costa
  •    Nortel Connection
  •    Contact Center Professional
  •    IVR World
  •    Agile Project Management Group
  •    Peri People

Allan Rothfarb’s Honors:

"Award of Distinction", Nortel, 2008


Allan Rothfarb’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
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  • reference requests
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