LinkedIn: Dan James

Current

Semantic Technology Consultant; Business Analyst; Project Manager at Semantra, Inc.

Past

Regional Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst at PROptions
Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst at AgECom
Project Manager, Senior Business & Systems Analyst, CEO at Larkin Industries, Inc.

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Education

Rushmore University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Dan

Connections

19 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Dan James’s Summary

Over 30 years of Information Technology experience, including over 25 years of technical and business analysis, and project management. Technical expertise includes software architecture, requirements analysis and complete SDLC development disciplines. Administrative expertise includes IT management, full P&L, Operations and CIO/CTO abilities. Recent specializations include Semantic Technologies, IT project management adopting iterative Agile and Extreme Programming (XP) methodologies. Recognized for meeting project objectives on-time and on-budget.

Dan James’s Specialties:

IT Management, Agile Project Management, Database Administration, Strategic Planning, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Business Analysis, Technical Writing, Technical Curriculum Development, Training, Computer Graphics Design, Website Design & Development, Web Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Functional & Systems Analysis.

Dan James’s Experience

Semantic Technology Consultant; Business Analyst; Project Manager

Semantra, Inc.

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

January 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)

Agile development environment, creating Ontology-based Semantic Technologies, including enterprise ad-hoc search & reporting tools that enable non-technical employees to use their common business language to access structured corporate databases, without programming.
Regional Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst

PROptions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

Coordinated, organized, recruited for, and staffed the Southwest Region for PROptions (Florida), a division of TrakSoft, LLC, and government services consultancy providing management consulting and systems development, project planning, project budgeting, and specifications analysis, for federal, state, county, and city governments. RFPs included Maricopa County, AZ and the State of California in Sacramento.
Project Manager, Business & Systems Analyst

AgECom

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Ranching industry)

November 2001 — April 2002 (6 months)

Subcontracting through R&D Technologies (San Antonio, TX), led a team of analysts and consultants to perform a complete systems and risk analysis for AgECom (Texas), a ranch management services provider, to be used as a blueprint for the development of a global cattle vaccination and health history tracking system.
Project Manager, Senior Business & Systems Analyst, CEO

Larkin Industries, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1985 — August 2001 (16 years 7 months)

Rose from an IT Project Manager to CEO, serving dozens of clients along the way. Among the clients personally served, most notable were 3M Unitek (division of 3M Corp), Fireman's Fund, Southern Oregon Receivables, Action/Ravon Industries, and many others.

Note that engagements since 2001 are also managed through Larkin Industries (LinkedIn does not allow concurrent positions!).

Dan James’s Education

Rushmore University

MBA, Business Administration; IT Management, 2001 — 2002

One of Dan James' MBA research papers has been published in book form: The Stock Market Mercenary: Beating the insiders at their own game, (2003, WritersCloset, ISBN: 0-9742416-8-7)

Additional Information

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Dan James’s Interests:

Website design & development (recent sites: www.sambatarostudios.com, www.jerrycorley.com, www.lawnmasterstx.com, www.standupcomedyclinic.com); Music composition & production; Computer graphics & animation.