Harding Paul

Current

• Realtor at RE/MAX

Past

• Sr Project Manager at Global Cable & Wireless
• Sr Program Manager at SWIFT/Contractor
• Project Manager at MCI Worldcom/Contractor

• Project Manager at Bayer Corporation
• Business Manager at IBM/FSI
• Project Manager at IBM/Academic Information Systems
• Advisory/Engineer at Satellite Business Systems (IBM),
• Development Engineering at MCI
• Special Circuits Engineer at Continental Telephone/GTE

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Harding Paul’s Summary

I have many years of experience successfully buying and selling homes in the local market.

I know the neighborhoods, schools, market conditions, zoning regulations and local economy.

I do the leg work, keeping you up-to-date with new listings and conditions as they impact the market.

I'm a full-time real estate agent - anything less and you'd be short changed.

I use my connections throughout the industry to get you the best deals possible.

You'll be my only client in the real estate transaction.

I'll guide you through the complexities of buying and/or selling a house, eliminating hassles and stress.

As a standard business practice I preview homes as they become available, keeping you apprised of market conditions as they evolve.

I won't waste your time - when an offer is made, I'll require acceptance or a counter offer within 24 to 48 hours.

You'll have the advantage of personal, one-on-one attention, as well as my dynamic web and e-mail resources.

Harding Paul’s Specialties:

Having lived and worked as a realtor in our area for many years, both buyers and sellers trust my expert service to reach their goals. My service is exemplified by honesty, caring, and hard work.

Harding Paul’s Experience

• Realtor

  RE/MAX

  (Real Estate industry)

  March 1986 — Present (22 years 9 months)

  I traveled the US extensively for major high tech firms as an expert program manager. My “customer first” approach, attention to details, and leadership skills resulted in award winning proposals. These skills complement my love for real estate, providing in-depth knowledge of negotiation, managing people, schedules, processes, and the ability to resolve complex issues.
  
  I began my real estate career in a small way, buying and renovating homes in Northern Virginia area, and selling them for a small profit. I discovered that the secret to selling success was advertising in such a way as to evoke emotional ownership. I learned to make advertising come alive, so that customers could visualize the home and picture themselves living in it. From this, I successfully carved an extensive network and a reputation for selling properties even in difficult markets. A strong network, aggressive marketing, and powerful negotiation skills make me one of the areas best selling agents.

• Sr Project Manager

  Global Cable & Wireless

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2000 — April 2001 (7 months)

  Direct strategic IT project management engagements ensuring consistent use of global standards across business domains, which lead to informed architecture decisions and cost savings. Due-diligence effort maintains global ISP core business focus of procured “plug & play” solutions based upon true business requirements, standards, and protects IT architectural investments
  
  •Recommend organizational modifications to meet critical business objectives
  •Lead international business organizations, driving completed projects within specified schedules, budget, and quality constraints
  •Establish and influence strategic global solutions to ensure scalable, multi-vendor, and global interoperability
  •eCommerce solution development, product offering, channel development
  •Direct product and technology choices driven by best-of-breed solutions that fit business objectives

• Sr Program Manager

  SWIFT/Contractor

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2000 — October 2000 (10 months)

  Managed off-site consultants, responsible for new business development and concurrently on-site PMO consultant services to SWIFT, a co-operative owned by the international banking and securities community
  • Defined IT project methodologies and processes
  • Developed the clients' automated online Document Management System (based on Livelink) as part of the clients quality program
  • Supported multiple strategic technological projects involving complex x.25 transition to secured (PKI) IP
  • Managed project risks by coordinating international business organizations, multiple vendors, consultancy companies and business alliances to assure deliverables

• Project Manager

  MCI Worldcom/Contractor

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 1999 — February 2000 (10 months)

  Consultant providing on-site Project Management services for WorldCom local services. Managed two CASE tool implementation projects supporting CMM methodologies.
  • Developed workflow management improvements supporting release management processes
  • Directed initiative to develop WEB browser "Portal" providing an interface to all business applications
  • Developed the Quality System implementation strategy
  • Developed a Risk Management implementation strategy
  • Managed (2) unified Change Control projects (Rational Rose & Clearcase) replacing PVCS Tracker and home grown applications

• Project Manager

  Bayer Corporation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  May 1996 — June 1999 (3 years 2 months)

  Managed division level strategic planning, developed and implemented strategies to realize critical business objectives. Responsibilities included business case development, requirements analysis, strategic sourcing, IT strategies (desktop, server, core business applications, and network architectures), staffing, forecasting, RFP, contractor selection, project prioritization/phasing, contractor management and budget management.
  •Managed the implementation of regional voice and data network infrastructures
  
  •Directed corporate technology upgrade to enable E-commerce to include ERP, Order Management, Business Process Management, Supply Chain Management, HR and implementation of a Disaster Recovery Plan
  •Responsible for IT projects implementation such as; Year 2000 compliance, application upgrades and compatibility to include SAP, Documentum, Lotus Notes, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and Clearcase compatibility,

• Business Manager

  IBM/FSI

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  January 1990 — May 1996 (6 years 5 months)

  Department of Defense (DoD) and Non-DoD RFP Activity, PMO of a large marketing organization. Recruited to target “new business” opportunities, development and selling of non-DoD solutions
  •Received numerous awards and letters of recognition for winning FSI’s first non-DoD contract resulting in $50+ Mil., Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENET)
  •Developed and managed strategic and tactical marketing activities, including industry/market research, competitive analysis, product and service offering, business proposals, campaign management, budget development and tracking
  •Managed RFP proposal and capture strategy activities such as Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) and supporting automatic fare collections systems
  •Made “partnering” arrangements with contractors/consultants and COTS vendors to bring added value and complement IBM offering
  •OEM vendor and product management

• Project Manager

  IBM/Academic Information Systems

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1986 — January 1990 (4 years 1 month)

  Campus Communication Solutions Development. Provided advanced design concepts supporting integrated voice, data, and multimedia applications.
  •Six Sigma initiative leadership role and managed the IBM Total Quality program resulting in the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
  •Co-authored the "IBM Solutions for Campus Communications Systems"
  •Managed proposal activities providing “Story Board” direction on complex bids (RFP) activities
  •Supported architecture development of high speed, heterogeneous networks for academic research, engineering methodology
  •Interface for Yale University’s advanced solutions development moving LU6.2 protocols over TCP/IP
  •Defined network management requirements for the National Science Foundation Network (NSFnet)
  •Managed partner negations with OEM vendors resulted in a new network management product (Netview 6000)
  •Project-lead for Bank of America’s Disaster Recovery Plan development and implementation

• Advisory/Engineer

  Satellite Business Systems (IBM),

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1984 — January 1986 (2 years 1 month)

  Central Office Development Engineering, McLean, VA. Managed project personnel and contractors, project milestones and schedules related to the Data Collection and Administration System (DCAS).
  •Managed the implementation of a network operation center (NOC)
  •Budgeting, resource allocation and site build out/construction

• Development Engineering

  MCI

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1982 — January 1984 (2 years 1 month)

  Responsible for feature design development of Northern Telcom DMS-250 switch.
  •Managed feature enhancements implemented to demonstrate "Equal Access" compliance.
  •Managed the Answer Supervision project which resulted in re-design of the Northern Telcom’s audio tone detectors

• Special Circuits Engineer

  Continental Telephone/GTE

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  March 1973 — January 1983 (9 years 11 months)

  Designed switched and non-switched Special Circuits. Services included Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), Foreign Exchange (FX) lines, voice, data , alarm circuits, PBX, and Key systems. Configured switch and transmission facilities, recommended appropriate signaling equipment and analysis of traffic data to justify equipment expenditures.

Additional Information

Harding Paul’s Websites:

• My Website

Harding Paul’s Groups:

Member - Association for Information and Image Management, IIM
Auditor - International Organization for Standardization, ISO 9000
BOD – Non Profit, Tradebank International, barter exchange service, non-cash in-kind donations for nonprofit
BOD – Non Profit, Global Bridges, international educational support services for gifted and special needs children
Realtor® - Virginia Real Estate
Volunteer – Food for Friends, Washington DC
Volunteer - Secret Santa program, Winchester VA

Harding Paul’s Honors:

PATENTS

Analog Trunk Testing techniques used to test PBX/CBX lines (MA8-86-0170).

PUBLICATIONS

1990 - Co-authored - "IBM Solutions for Campus Communications Systems"
1991 – Featured articles “Communications for Cooperating Systems” R J Cypser

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