Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Senior Project Manager at Talis Consulting Group
- Past
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- Senior Project Manager at Russell Investment Group
- Program Manager at Lexis Nexis
- Program Manager at Microsoft
- Education
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- Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW)
- University of Washington
- Western Washington University
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Michael Closson’s Experience
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Senior Project Manager
Talis Consulting Group
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
December 2009 — Present (4 months)
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Senior Project Manager
Russell Investment Group
(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)
September 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 8 months)
Corporate IT Solutions – America’s Institutional (AI) & Private Client Services (PCS)
-- Owned aligning strategic vision with tactical implementation for clients through solution selection, project planning / forecasting & design execution with development teams & international outsourced third-party vendors; evaluated & advised IT solution options with Senior & Executive Management on operations impacting global clients from web-applications to enterprise-level projects -
Program Manager
Lexis Nexis
(Public Company; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Applied Discovery (ADI), Legal Litigation Technology Services - Online Review Application (ORA)
-- Program Leader overseeing agile development of Business Intelligences (BI) & reporting for ADI “ORA” programs - providing legal professionals data mining analytics & reports, web-based client & case administration, and search (FAST indexing) workflow customization in their Electronic Discovery (eDiscovery) business operations -
Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)
Enterprise Access & Security Products Division - Microsoft Forefront
-- Owned Microsoft “Forefront” security UX reporting dashboard project with diverse teams (server, client, platform) for development with globally spanned teams (Redmond & Haifa, Israel) through re-design & standardization of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) - ultimately gaining high-positive feedback in Gartner review -
Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — January 2006 (6 months)
Entertainment & Devices Division - Mice & Keyboards
-- Sheppard IntelliPoint & IntelliType Pro (IP/ITP) 5.5 program expanding hardware compatibility list & engineering architectural support for 64-bit Microsoft Windows Drivers - hit top-150 Microsoft downloads within one month of release to web (RTW) -
Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — July 2005 (4 months)
Entertainment & Devices Division - Product Launch Services (PLS)
-- Drove Technical Adoption Program (TAP) for environmental hardware compliance (mice & keyboards) of European Union (EU) WEEE and RoHS - directives to support proper recycling, recovery, and handling of waste associated with electronics -
Software Test Engineer
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2002 — October 2004 (2 years 5 months)
Windows Server, Enterprise Server Management - Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
-- Managed test planning & execution for Windows Server (Enterprise & Datacenter) ADS (v1.0 release) - a solution for operationally managing & rapidly deploying Windows Server onto bare-bones clients / nodes across large, scaled-out installations -
Software Test Engineer
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
May 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 2 months)
Windows Operating Systems (OS) Deployment - Migration/Upgrades
-- Supervised STE team (6) through test planning & resource allocation for regression & UAT testing and QA tool automation & execution; OS Deployment SME supporting cross-functional Team Leads in managing installation & upgrades validation for Windows OS (Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP) -
Business Development
Resource Center for the Handicapped (RCH Technical Institute)
(Computer Software industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
Community Outreach
-- Owned & executed Marketing Campaigns & Business Development programs supporting opportunities for individuals with disabilities in technology careers (IT, Development, Operations) along with evangelized awareness program of assistive technology services (hardware & software solutions) to businesses & public services under Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988
