Senior Program Manager at Xtreme Consulting Group, Inc.
Greater Seattle Area
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- Senior Program Manager at Xtreme Consulting Group, Inc.
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- Client Technology Lead (Independent Consultant) at Safeco Insurance
- V.P., Technical Program Manager at Studio B Productions
- Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Inetium, LLC
- Computer Book Author (Self-employed)
- Systems Engineer at Mall of America
- Maintenance Technician at Camp Snoopy
- Machinist's Mate First Class at US Navy
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Dave Field’s Experience
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Senior Program Manager
Xtreme Consulting Group, Inc.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
In this position, I directly support Microsoft in the preparations for the launch of Windows 7. I also am building the framework for expansion of the organization into direct IT Infrastructure Consulting.
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Client Technology Lead (Independent Consultant)
Safeco Insurance
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)
Contract Windows Vista deployment consultant. Led team of client technology professionals and provided direction to project team for a successful operational pilot of Windows Vista at Safeco Insurance, an 8,600 seat enterprise. During the acquisition of Safeco by Liberty Mutual Insurance, I provided support of the integration of the Vista deployment efforts of the two organizations.
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V.P., Technical Program Manager
Studio B Productions
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)
With this job at Studio B, I was able to combine my two interests—writing and technology. I joined the Studio B staff in May 2007 to assume the role of Technical Program Manager on the BDD project at Microsoft. I grew in that role, eventually assuming control of all Microsoft projects for Studio B. In this role, I directly supported up to a dozen projects at once; filling the roles of Sales, Project Manager, Lead Author, and Subject Matter Expert—depending on the circumstances.
I was promoted to V.P., Technical Delivery in the spring of 2008. -
Senior Infrastructure Consultant
Inetium, LLC
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — May 2007 (9 months)
Microsoft deployment specialist. I worked with SMS 2003 and Business Desktop Deployment BDD 2007. I conducted engagements in organizations that had as many as 17,000 desktops.
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Computer Book Author
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)
November 2001 — May 2007 (5 years 7 months)
I have written several books on Information Technology certification topics and consumer computing. Among my most recent are a college-level Windows XP certification textbook published by Microsoft Learning and Fire The Phone Company, a consumer Voice over IP book. Current projects include a book on portable media devices and corporate articles and whitepapers.
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Systems Engineer
Mall of America
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1996 — September 2006 (9 years 10 months)
I worked up from the position of Network Analyst to Systems Engineer. I led projects in the following areas:
• Complex Data Migration – Led the migration of financials from AS/400 to Windows/SQL solution. Migrated HR and Payroll from AS/400 to Windows.
• Windows Server and Desktop Operating Systems – From Windows 3.1 to Vista and Office 4 to 2007.
• Microsoft SQL Server – Point-of-sale systems and retail management systems using SQL Server, as well as timekeeping and IT management systems.
• Microsoft Exchange Server – Performed the initial implementation of Exchange 5.0 in 1997 and managed all subsequent migrations through the current Exchange 2003 implementation. The last migration included an Active Directory migration to a new domain.
• IP Networking and Security – T1 Internet connectivity, firewall, virtual private network, and hosted e-mail antivirus and anti-spam solutions. Also managed over 50 active domain names for the Mall of America and the associated theme park. -
Maintenance Technician
Camp Snoopy
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
July 1992 — November 1996 (4 years 5 months)
Started as Maintenance Technician 1992
Transitoned to Electronics Maintenance and eventually to Information Technolog Department. Assumed management of Mall of America systems following merging of the two business units. -
Machinist's Mate First Class
US Navy
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)
1986 — 1992 (6 years)
Served USS Sandlance SSN-660 and USS Mississippi CGN-40 (both decomissioned).
Nuclear Propulsion Mechanical Operator
Desert Storm
