David Tannen

Current

Project Manager at DSoft-Technology
Project Manager (Consultant) at Payless Shoe Source

Past

Project Manager at Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
Principal Software Engineer at Guidant Corp
Project Manager at Boston Scientific

Software Engineer at UDLP
Project Manager at BAE
Software Engineer at DDCI
Software Engineer at DDC-I, Inc
Software Engineer at Motorola
Software Engineer at Group Technologies
Software Engineer at Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems
Task Leader/Programmer Analyst at Pentastar Inc.
Programmer Analyst at OAO Corporation

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Education

Texas Tech University
Sandia High School

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330 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

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David Tannen’s Summary

I am certified Project Management Professional. I am trained in the use of statistical process control methods, MS Project, advanced risk management (both quantitative and qualitative), and well versed in all aspects of software engineering.

I am also a certified Scrum Master ( http://www.controlchaos.com/ ) with two years of experience in using Scrum and Agile development techniques to help teams deliver the right products when the customer needs them.

I am well known for making sure that my teams deliver the right product, on time, with high team morale at the end of the project.

David Tannen’s Specialties:

Project Management Professional, Certified Scrum Master, Agile Development, Software Engineering, Embedded Software Development, IT, 3rd Party solutions

David Tannen’s Experience

Project Manager

DSoft-Technology

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

I provide project management services to Collective Brand at the Payless Corporate site in the IT department. The group I work with is responsible for Retail Operations Application Development. We develop or purchase the software and system solutions which are used at the Payless Retail stores around the world.

Responsible for projects where the cross functional teams would gather business requirements, develop or purchase solutions, and then deploy the solutions into the Payless Shoe Source Retail stores. Created the project scope, allocated resources, created project plans, developed business cases, and project estimates on each project assigned. Responsible for managing project progress, cost, scope and customer expectations.
Project Manager (Consultant)

Payless Shoe Source

(Computer Software industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Authorization Updates – Payless stores were unable to accept Prepaid Gift Cards if there are insufficient funds on the cards. The completed project provides the ability for stores to accept Prepaid Cards even if there are insufficient funds on the card.

Back Office PC (BOPC) replacement – Replace old BOPC with new hardware by using Dell hardware and services to build, image, ship, and install the BOPC at a stores based on a predefined schedule.

Store Self Service Ticketing - This project provided the Retail Global Stores (RGS) stores with the capability to initiate an online self-service ticket (help desk request). In addition, the stores will be able to monitor the status of their request.

PCI OS Patch & Anti Virus Protection for Retail Store systems – The project is to put in place the infrastructure and process to manage the deployment of Microsoft operating system patches as well as keep the Retail device Anti-Virus environment current for all devices in all Payless Retail stores. This infrastructure could be used in the future for 3rd party software product patches and all other software deployments within the Payless Retail Environment. The projects will also provide end point protection in the form of spy-ware along with software firewall protection within the Payless Retail Environment. The solutions must support the current and future needs of Payless Back office PCs (BOPC) and Point of Sale (POS) PCs.
Project Manager

Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)

March 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 5 months)

Project Manager for IT projects which are being developed both by in-house resources and contracting companies. Projects were developed using Agile methods including Scrum and XP.

Project Manager for a team of developers who created a custom mortgage tracking software package which is monitors FHLB of Topeka mortgages which are part of the MPF ( http://www.fhlbmpf.com/ ).

Lead a team which replaced a ten (10) year old general ledger system with the Flexi General Ledger. The previous general ledger system was integrated with other third party products and custom software used at the bank. The project resulted in a smooth transition from the previous system to the new system.

Lead a team which replaced an older version of an Accounts Payable application with a modern version. The same team also started using a Fixed Assets module which replaced the Accounting dept. spreadsheet implementation for tracking fixed assets.
Principal Software Engineer

Guidant Corp

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; gdt; Medical Devices industry)

December 2002 — March 2006 (3 years 4 months)

Project Manager

Responsible for project management of Product Support Engineering (PSE) projects to support Guidant’s fielded implantable defibrillators and pacemakers

Improved customer and upper management confidence in the PSE team’s ability to deliver products to the baseline schedule

Developed consistent project management communications through the use of standardized schedule analysis reports, emails, and project websites

Developed product roadmap for fielded products

Improved team morale by improving scope and schedule management along with clear management direction

Principal Software Engineer

Responsible for project management of software infrastructure/tools development team

Insured on-time delivery of software infrastructure/tools

Developed project planning, management and tracking techniques, including the use of Earned Value and Assignable Cause Analysis techniques
Project Manager

Boston Scientific

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Medical Devices industry)

December 2002 — March 2006 (3 years 4 months)
Software Engineer

UDLP

(Defense & Space industry)

October 1999 — November 2002 (3 years 2 months)

I was one of the project manager for software development portion of the Crusader artillery system. The portion of the project I managed was the critical path for the software portion of the project and software was the critical path for the entire project.

When I arrived the team had just completed an intial delivery, 9 months late. Through my leadership we were able to reduce the lateness to weeks and provide predictive information on when we would deliver. The team also grew from a 20 person team to a 60 person team. I was able to carry out these changes within 12 to 15 months.

Because of the dramtic improvement in deliveries and predictive capabilities I developed, I was asked to develop Project Management process and train other project managers in these techniques. The PM processes became the core processes for this division to reach CMM level 4 (from level 2) in 3 years.
Project Manager

BAE

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA.L; Defense & Space industry)

October 1999 — November 2002 (3 years 2 months)
Software Engineer

DDCI

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

December 1997 — September 1999 (1 year 10 months)

Project Leader

Responsible for scheduling and managing the Tartan and Jovial software engineering team in the development and maintenance of the Tartan Ada cross-compiler technology and Jovial product line (1998-1999)

Developed processes and procedures to insure long-term financial viability of the Tartan and Jovial product line

Solved acquisition issues with Tartan product line during DDC-I purchase of the product

Provided Y2K upgrades and releases for key Tartan products and customers

Interfaced with marketing, sales and customer support to produce $1,000,000 in revenue for 1998 and again in 1999 for the Tartan Product line

Served as point of contact for customers who purchased high level engineering support for the Tartan and Jovial products

Senior Software Engineer

Initially I was hired to work on DDCI's new Ada95 product line, specifically the debugger.
Software Engineer

DDC-I, Inc

(Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Software Engineer

Motorola

(Public Company; Military industry)

1994 — 1997 (3 years )

Senior Software Engineer

Software engineering consultant to over 825 software engineers on 71 projects at SEI Levels 3/4/5.

Provided training to software engineers using CASE, configuration management, databases, number of in-house tools, Object Modeling Techniques, Structured Analysis and Design and life cycle models (spiral, waterfall, V-model)

Developed a crypto-system for the Canadian Armed Services to support encrypted communications for the Canadian military

Developed a trainer for the US Army to support the fielding of the Joint STARS system
Software Engineer

Group Technologies

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Military industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years )

Task Leader/Senior Software Engineer

Responsible for scheduling and managing four software development projects for the Data Transfer Device

Directed technical development efforts for both internal and external development teams

Participated in proposal development, customer meetings, and customer status reports

Senior Software Engineer

Developed crypto systems for the US military, NSA, and other branches of the US government that required encrypted communications
Software Engineer

Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems

(Defense & Space industry)

July 1989 — July 1991 (2 years 1 month)

Participated in the design and development of the World Wide Airborne Command Post Message Processing (WIM) system

Participated in R&D effort to design and implement a universal communications switch
Task Leader/Programmer Analyst

Pentastar Inc.

(Defense & Space industry)

1987 — 1989 (2 years )

Responsible for scheduling and managing the Pentastar software engineering team in the development and maintenance of applications for the Joint Test Forces Identify Friend Foe or Neutral (JTF IFFN) Testbed
Programmer Analyst

OAO Corporation

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1984 — November 1987 (3 years 1 month)

Part of software engineering team in the development and maintenance of applications for the Joint Test Forces Identify Friend Foe or Neutral (JTF IFFN) Testbed