Daniel James, MBA, CITPM

Current

Senior Consultant at Larkinsoft (division of Larkin Industries, Inc.)

Past

Technical Product Owner ● Project Manager ● Business Analyst ● Semantic Technologist at Semantra, Inc.
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

7 people have recommended Daniel

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500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

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Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Summary

There is no such thing as job security, especially in the IT industry. It matters not whether - like me - you have 30+ years of experience, an MBA, are a Certified IT Project Manager, have published a book, or any other past accomplishment. Potential clients or employers only care about the value you can bring to their organization today. It was this way in 2001 when the tech industry tanked, and is again in this economy, forcing us to continuously adapt, retool, rethink and re-behave.

No longer is it "safe" to rely on a single source of income. No longer is it a "sure thing" that our 401-Ks will even retain their values, let alone provide gains over time. According to IRS statistics, 93% of public stock market traders lose money each year. According to the Social Security Administration, over half of Americans must continue working at age 65 or later to supplement their "retirement".

In an environment where our "superior" resumes are thrown in a stack of thousands for consideration, we must change our approach.

The solution is to think strategically, but from from new angles; to find new ways of attracting customers, clients or employers; to become the hunted rather than the hunter.

We do this by becoming mentors, experts in our field, leaders willing to educate and train others without expecting anything in return. Only by first earning trust and respect will our prospects be willing to do business with us, hire us, or invest their precious capital.

Finally, we must retool ourselves technically, by investing time branding ourselves and syndicating that brand via a Web 2.0 presence on social media. By doing so, we attract traffic to our blog, resume, product or service, which results in higher SEO rankings.

● Follow me here as well:
My Blog: www.DLJames.com
Twitter: @Danorator
Ecademy: www.ecademy.com/user/danjames2

Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Specialties:

Web Marketing Domination ● IT Management ● Agile Project Management ● Business Analysis ● Training ● Website Design & Development ● Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ● Contract Management Systems

● Author of "The Stock Market Mercenary: Beating the Insiders at their Own Game" (ISBN: 0974241687)

Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Experience

Senior Consultant

Larkinsoft (division of Larkin Industries, Inc.)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

LarkinSoft, the Texas division of Larkin Industries, Inc., specializes in custom Website Development, Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Contract Management Systems, Business Consulting, and other Enterprise solutions. LarkinSoft is a distributor of ContractAnalyst, a comprehensive contract management system for any size of business.

Marketing solutions include Pay-Per-Click Dominance, Magnetic Sponsoring strategies, Social Media Syndication, Online Passive Residual Income Streams (PRIS), Low-budget Business Startups, Attraction Marketing, Online Network Market Recruiting methods, Ad Copy Writing, Email/Newsletter Campaigns, Demo or Training Videos, and other online magic.

LarkinSoft can also help you set up WordPress blog sites, Membership sites, and Forum software, complete with all the right plug-ins, widgets and SEO to tell the world what you're up to.

For more information, please see the company site at www.larkinsoft.com. Dan is available as a consultant, project manager, or administrator.
Technical Product Owner ● Project Manager ● Business Analyst ● Semantic Technologist

Semantra, Inc.

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

January 2004 — December 2008 (5 years )

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. (see www.Semantra.com for more details and a demo)

Was Technical Product Owner of "Semantra for Siebel CRM" development project. Was project manager for recent build-out and relocation logistics for Semantra's move to its current offices.

Was Project Manager & Professional Services Director during Semantra's first commercial software deployment at the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality.

Was on Semantra's Advisory Board from August, 2000 through December, 2003, during which I wrote Semantra's first strategic business plan. Consulted with Semantra part-time through January, 2006, and have been full-time since.
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!).

Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’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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Daniel James, MBA, CITPM’s Interests:

Attraction Marketing ● Web Marketing Dominance ● Contrarian Investing (The Stock Market Mercenary) ● Making money from Energy Deregulation ● Software to Manage Enterprise Contracts ● Tri-lingual: English, Portuguese, Spanish.