T. Frank Souders

Current

• Business Analyst and Developer at Digital Media Management Consulting

Past

• Senior Systems Analyst / Software Product Unit Representative (SPUR) at BAE Systems (formerly Tracor)
• Senior Support Specialist / Software Developer at Cooperative Computing, Inc. (CCI)
• Accountant at Appliance Center of Austin & Epoch Petroleum Corporation

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Education

• St. Edward's University
• The University of Texas at Austin

Connections

155 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

T. Frank Souders’s Summary

• Knowledgeable of business trends and technologies in the digital media industries
• Strong analytical skills, excels in adapting to new technologies, results-oriented team lead
• Proficient in technical and project leadership with solid experience employing many tools and methodologies to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and report project status
• Practical background applying numerous management information skills and project management techniques backed by a knowledge of several programming languages and operating systems in various software development environments

T. Frank Souders’s Specialties:

Business analysis, development, project management, marketing, branding, business mentoring & coaching, digital distribution, digital product development workflow, intellectual property, business law, research strategies and methodologies

T. Frank Souders’s Experience

• Business Analyst and Developer

  Digital Media Management Consulting

  (Media Production industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  Working with clients to define and execute improvements in business models and structures, promoting ethical and pragmatic business solutions, advocating entrepreneurial practices, coaching and mentoring, developing marketing and branding strategies, and helping customers build stronger interpersonal communications while supporting the use of social networks and digital distribution channels.
  Sample clients:
  • Artists for Media Diversity (A4MD)
  (http://a4md.org/about/activities/),
  • Styler Music (http://www.stylermusic.com/),
  • Datahouse Studios
  (http://www.datahousestudios.com/), and
  • Concordia Univerity Press
  (http://www.concordia.edu/page.cfm?page_ID=642)

• Senior Systems Analyst / Software Product Unit Representative (SPUR)

  BAE Systems (formerly Tracor)

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

  1994 — January 2005 (11 years )

  • Software Project Manager (SPM) on Display Systems and Laser Warning Systems development projects, as well as other software development efforts. Directly responsible for software project estimates, planning, scheduling, risk analysis, metrics collection and analysis, cost account management, project reviews, reporting, and project closure.
  • Software Product Representative (SPUR) for the Display Systems product area and member of the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG). Conducted the review of software estimates across product areas, moderated monthly software project status meetings, and mentored others on organizational software processes and tools.
  • Spearheaded creation and deployment of secure web-enabled applications. Example features: workflow document routing, automated notifications, and persistent user preferences. Example applications: systems to track contract line items, key performance indicators, inventories, proposals, and action items.

• Senior Support Specialist / Software Developer

  Cooperative Computing, Inc. (CCI)

  (Information Services industry)

  1988 — 1994 (6 years )

  • Troubleshot and resolved system and software issues. Collected specifications from customers. Produced prototypes and deliverable applications in addition to developing customized solutions for special customers.
  • Worked with teams to design, implement, and test software, migrate databases, and provided technical as well as end-user application training.

• Accountant

  Appliance Center of Austin & Epoch Petroleum Corporation

  (Accounting industry)

  1985 — 1988 (3 years )

  • Converted accounting data for use with oil and gas industry software.

T. Frank Souders’s Education

• St. Edward's University

  MBA , Digital Media Management , 2005 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Outstanding Masters Award for the Digital Media Management MBA program, graduated with honors, class representative, Delta Mu Delta

• The University of Texas at Austin

  BBA , Accounting , 1980 — 1984

Additional Information

T. Frank Souders’s Interests:

Food (Cooking and Eating), Jogging, Music, History (primarily art), 3D ... Attending & participating in user groups & community knowledge sharing forums: • Most of Austin’s Digital Media Council’s quarterly meetings and events since 2006 • Most of the Executive Seminar Series (ESS) at St. Edward’s University since Fall 2005 • Video Game Development Lecture Series at Austin Community College since 2005 • 3D Users Group presentations since the mid-1990s • Technology Advisors Group (TAG) presentations since 1994 • Historically: Technology and Communications Conferences: Worldwide Lessons in Leadership Series & Lessons in Leadership Distinguished Speaker Series, the Government Technology Conference (GTC), ITEC Conference & Exposition, and Texas Association of State Systems for Computing & Communications (TASSCC)

T. Frank Souders’s Groups:

Memberships
• Austin Music Foundation since 2006
• International Game Developers Association (IGDA) since 2006
• Austin Film Society since 2005
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 2005
• Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Austin PMI chapter since 2002
• Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) since 1993
• Historically: business and technology organizations - International Interactive Communications Society (IICS), Association of Internet Professionals (AIP), Search Engine Watch, and the HTML Writers Guild (HWG)

•    Texas Exes/University of Texas at Austin
•    Austin Texchange
•    International Game Developers Association
•    St. Edward's University MBA
•    Austin High-Tech
•    Geek Austin
•    Music & Marketing
•    South By Southwest (SXSW)
•    Maker Faire Austin
•    Web & Marketing Analytics Group - IQ Workforce
•    Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics
•    Digital Breakfast
•    Serious Games Group
•    Web Analytics Wednesday - Austin
•    Game Based Learning
•    NetworkInAustin.com
•    IGDA - Austin
•    Game Payments
•    Digital Convergence Initiative (DCI)
•    Getting the Gig
•    Austin.Javascript
•    ATX Equation
•    Interactive Scene

T. Frank Souders’s Honors:

• Outstanding Student Award, Digital Media Management MBA Program, St. Edward’s University, 2007
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification 2006
• Team Achievement Award for Extraordinary Support to Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Software Process Improvement, BAE Systems, 2004
• Chairman’s Award for Innovation Bronze Nomination Award for Adaptive Engineering, BAE Systems, 2003
• Project Management Certificate Program, University of Texas Professional Development Center, 2002

T. Frank Souders’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals