Technology Strategist
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Consultant, Founder at Rubis Business Solutions
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- Senior Manager at Click Commerce, Inc.
- Project Manager at Click Commerce, Inc.
- Business Analyst at Elance Inc. (Click Commerce, Inc.)
- Consultant at Grant Thornton
- Director at Natfusion Infotech, Ltd.
- Project Manager at DoubleBridge Technologies
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Shawn Cheatham’s Summary
Accomplished global software development/delivery lead with on-the-ground experience in Beijing, Shanghai and London. He spent 4 years in Beijing and Shanghai managing local software development teams and has worked extensively with other offshore development teams. His expertise in product management and distributed global delivery has been leveraged by companies such as BP, American Express, Sun Microsystems, and SunTrust to name a few.
Shawn's hybrid technical and business skill-set affords him the ability to drive strategy from concept-to-market for complex solutions across multiple vertical markets. Among his strongest traits is his dedication to ensuring customer satisfaction and appropriate guidance by partnering closely with his customer.
Shawn Cheatham’s Specialties:
Certified Scrum Product Owner, Ruby on Rails,
Shawn Cheatham’s Experience
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Consultant, Founder
Rubis Business Solutions
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
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Senior Manager
Click Commerce, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; CKCM; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Developed global product deployment strategy between third-party integrator and leading Fortune 200 technology firm.
Managed projects and associated budgets to exceed 30% margin targets.
Led teams of 3-6 consultants – set objectives, tracked progress and provided feedback.
Initiated development of corporate professional services methodologies and tool-sets, resulting in increased quality assurance and retention of tier 1 customers. -
Project Manager
Click Commerce, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; CKCM; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — January 2007 (1 year )
Responsible for the complete implementation life cycle including application design, development, data conversion, process engineering, change management, and production support.
Simultaneously led 5 project teams and customer relationships valued in excess of $4 million.
Ensured clients’ custom requirements complied with key policies and controls for corporate reporting, including Sarbanes-Oxley. -
Business Analyst
Elance Inc. (Click Commerce, Inc.)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Conducted enterprise software requirement analysis to meet client needs.
Developed comprehensive requirements documentation used to manage engagement scope and product configuration. -
Consultant
Grant Thornton
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Accounting industry)
March 2004 — October 2004 (8 months)
Supported the Naval Audit Service in completion of Strategic Sourcing Reviews.
Assisted strategic planning and enterprise reorganization utilizing activity based costing and management tools.
Researched Department of Navy business processes to develop a cross-functional tool used in determining ‘core competencies’. -
Director
Natfusion Infotech, Ltd.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — February 2004 (2 years )
Led team of 6 in requirement analysis and development of bilingual content management system.
Defined business process needs across internal management and IT department, resulting in customer relationship management solution.
Objective included departmental process definition to develop cohesive order management system that tracked client, inventory and project details.
Managed the development of ‘n-tier’ platform functionality that enabled the client to reduce project data replication by nearly 80% within 3 months of implementation. -
Project Manager
DoubleBridge Technologies
(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
November 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 5 months)
Led implementation of financial system upgrade using US and China-based resources.
Defined quality assurance plans for clinical trial application.
Conducted design analysis for development of a Human Resources Management system.
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