Program Manager at Avanco International
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Program Manager at Avanco International
- Past
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- Systems Analyst at VeriSign, Inc
- Management Consultant, Founder at AmeriConsultant, LLC
- Project Manager, Management Consulting Services at ThomsonConsulting
- Team Leader at Bell Atlantic
- Team Leader at General Research Corporation
- Programmer at Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Maryland University College
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Connections
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- Industry
- Management Consulting
- Websites
Jeff Edwards’s Summary
Management consultant with two decades of experience in the IT industry. Began career as a software developer and managed teams through all phases of software development. The most recent nine years have been spent in management consulting. Background is fairly evenly divided between work in the private and public sectors.
Enjoy performing organizational assessments to identify opportunities for improvement, improving operations through process redesign, and defining business strategy. While implementing technology may be the answer, I like to explore changes in organizational structure, business processes, and policies first. Changes in these areas of a business are oftentimes less expensive and easier to implement than a technical solution.
Jeff Edwards’s Specialties:
Business Process Redesign
Business Strategy Definition
Organizational Assessments
Structured Meeting Facilitation
Jeff Edwards’s Experience
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Program Manager
Avanco International
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
Responsible for planning and executing business transformation projects for Avanco. Also serve as the Engagement Manager for many of the management consulting types of projects. Have conducted projects to define critical business processes, facilitated many workshops, and coauthored a business justification for a $20M enterprise system.
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Systems Analyst
VeriSign, Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
Worked in IT's PMO. Focused on requirements engineering and project management practices.
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Management Consultant, Founder
AmeriConsultant, LLC
(Management Consulting industry)
1999 — 2004 (5 years )
Established this company to experience a greater variety of business management roles. Responsible for all activities from business development to project closure. Many of the projects planned and executed fit into the following categories: organizational assessments, business strategy definition, and IT project management. Began proprietary research to identify what large IT projects require to be successful. This research continues today.
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Project Manager, Management Consulting Services
ThomsonConsulting
(Management Consulting industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Managed teams for 19 program management assessments. Conducted a few business process redesign projects and led many facilitated workshops.
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Team Leader
Bell Atlantic
(Management Consulting industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Member of business process reegineering (BPR) team that defined solution to reduce operational costs by $10M per year. Improved customer management by redefining payment processes and payment issue handling.
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Team Leader
General Research Corporation
(Management Consulting industry)
1990 — 1995 (5 years )
Led team of five software developers through all phases of the software development life cycle. Later served as Process Improvement Coordinator for 200-member development team. Implemented changes that reduced operational costs by approximately $300K per software release.
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Programmer
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
(Management Consulting industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years )
Developed and maintained satellite data processing software.
Jeff Edwards’s Education
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University of Maryland University College
M.S. , Computer Systems Management , 1988 — 1994
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Indiana University Bloomington
B.S. , Mathematics , 1983 — 1987
Additional Information
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Jeff Edwards’s Interests:
Project Management, Innovation, Backpacking, Astronomy
Jeff Edwards’s Groups:
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Appalachian Trail Hikers
Jeff Edwards’s Contact Settings
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