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Dean Holm

Dean Holm

Waukee,IA

Summary

Customer focused, detailed project leader with 10+ years of expertise in large scale multi-platform system planning and integration spanning multiple industries. Creative and effective at aligning business strategy with objectives to achieve maximum outcomes.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Golf Associate

Dick’s Sporting Goods Golf
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Interacted with customers to show passion, knowledge, dedication, and commitment to golf
  • Certified Callaway custom fitter.

Owner

DBA Design Your Own (PlayMakers)
West Des Moines, IA
01.2008 - 01.2021
  • Responsible for operations, quality assurance, accounting, marketing and leasing contract negotiations
  • Oversaw the product development, equipment procurement, sales and pricing, and budget management
  • Developed customized graphic design solutions for a variety of products and printing services
  • Hired, trained, managed and compensated staff
  • Developed social media strategy resulting in a 30% client increase by expanding outreach to 4 applications.

PlayMakers LLC
Des Moines, IA
01.2008 - 01.2021
  • Procured exclusive rights and distributed top globally recognized apparel brands
  • Conducted industry research, identified fashion trends, product sampling and determined product viability
  • Analyzed past present and future market and product trends
  • Executed vendor contracts, negotiating pricing and licensing agreements
  • Ensured product quality and pricing profitability and competitiveness
  • Integrated and customized new technologies to optimize the apparel product quality.

Independent Consultant/Owner

Advanced Solution Corp
01.2003 - 01.2010

Software Engineer

Sprint Communications
Overland Park, KS
01.2001 - 01.2003

Accenture Consultant

Sprint Communications
Kansas City, MO
01.2000 - 01.2001

Project Manager Scientist

Pace Analytical
Lenexa, KS
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • Managed projects for fortune 500 companies (e.g., BP Amoco, Hershey’s & Friskies) in excess of $2M in revenue.

Program Manager SME Consultant

Nextel Partners Inc.
Eden Prairie, MN
  • Led Revenue Assurance evaluation for Wireless Number Portability and completed end-to-end application, processes and testing validation for launch command center Porting Phase II.

Project Manager

GeoLearning Inc.
West Des Moines, IA
  • Developed and implemented North America launch for Teletech University.

QA Test Lead Manager

Wells Fargo
Des Moines, IA
  • Created and implemented daily Issues log meeting and drove issue resolution
  • Composed and tracked use cases, test scenarios, test scripts, and results.

Director of Project Management Office

Red 5 Interactive Inc
West Des Moines, IA
  • Defined scope, success criteria and established delivery schedule
  • Managed resources, project budgets and customer expectation.

Senior Project Manager

Executive Project Management Office
Des Moines, IA
  • Executed project management routines according to SDLC-Waterfall Development
  • Removed impediments to ensure projects delivered on-time and within budget.

Senior Project Manager

Concorde Acceptance Corp.
Dallas, TX
  • Executed project management routines according to Agile within a distributed scrum team
  • Increased product quality and client confidence by reducing production defects and system downtime
  • Provided oversight and governance release schedules for the loan origination applications.

Education

Skills

  • Business acumen
  • Budgeting
  • Vendor and contract negotiations
  • Joint application development (JAD) sessions
  • Testing and quality insurance
  • Strategic planning & Implementation
  • Process Improvement

Affiliations

  • Project Management Institute
  • Scrum Alliance

Certification

  • Certified ScrumMaster
  • Executive Management Leadership: Leadership through people skills

Related Experience

  • Independent Consultant/Owner, Advanced Solution Corp, 2003 - 2010, Program Manager SME Consultant, Nextel Partners Inc., Eden Prairie, MN, Led Revenue Assurance evaluation for Wireless Number Portability and completed end-to-end application, processes and testing validation for launch command center Porting Phase II., Project Manager, GeoLearning Inc., West Des Moines, IA, Developed and implemented North America launch for Teletech University., QA Test Lead Manager, Wells Fargo, Des Moines, IA, Created and implemented daily Issues log meeting and drove issue resolution, Composed and tracked use cases, test scenarios, test scripts, and results, Director of Project Management Office, Red 5 Interactive Inc, West Des Moines, IA, Defined scope, success criteria and established delivery schedule, Managed resources, project budgets and customer expectation, Senior Project Manager, Executive Project Management Office, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA, Executed project management routines according to SDLC-Waterfall Development., Removed impediments to ensure projects delivered on-time and within budget, Senior Project Manager, Concorde Acceptance Corp., Dallas, TX, Executed project management routines according to Agile within a distributed scrum team., Increased product quality and client confidence by reducing production defects and system downtime., Provided oversight and governance release schedules for the loan origination applications
  • Software Engineer, Sprint Communications, Overland Park, KS, 2001 - 2003, Coordinated multiple projects as the Project Manager, Business Analyst, and SME for Wireless Local Number Portability (WLNP) - $150M project that impacted over 72 Sprint PCS applications, Conducted JAD sessions, project meetings, reviews, and walkthroughs to gather and create business requirements, Appointed the SME of the Federal Communications Commission Wireless Local Number Portability (The largest telecommunication project in history federally mandated), Established Project Management Professional (PMP) certification course for Sprint and Sprint PCS employees/contractors
  • Accenture Consultant, Sprint Communications, Kansas City, MO, 2000 - 2001, Oversaw multiple application releases through the ITPF (Information Technology Process Flow), Served as the Program Manager in charge of determining, tracking and communicating impacts to all teams and central point of contact for the product test environment
  • Project Manager Scientist, Pace Analytical, Lenexa, KS, 1999 - 2000, Managed projects for fortune 500 companies (e.g., BP Amoco, Hershey’s & Friskies) in excess of $2M in revenue.
  • Golf Associate, Dick’s Sporting Goods Golf (2021- 2022), Austad’s Golf – (2022 – Present), 2021 - Present, Interacted with customers to show passion, knowledge, dedication, and commitment to golf, Certified Callaway custom fitter
  • Owner, DBA Design Your Own (PlayMakers), West Des Moines, IA, 2008 - 2021, A custom digital on-demand printing, laser engraving and embroidery retail store for same day service, Responsible for operations, quality assurance, accounting, marketing and leasing contract negotiations, Oversaw the product development, equipment procurement, sales and pricing, and budget management, Developed customized graphic design solutions for a variety of products and printing services., Hired, trained, managed and compensated staff, Developed social media strategy resulting in a 30% client increase by expanding outreach to 4 applications
  • PlayMakers LLC, Des Moines, IA, 2008 - 2021, A leading sports apparel retailer, Procured exclusive rights and distributed top globally recognized apparel brands, Conducted industry research, identified fashion trends, product sampling and determined product viability, Analyzed past present and future market and product trends, Executed vendor contracts, negotiating pricing and licensing agreements, Ensured product quality and pricing profitability and competitiveness, Integrated and customized new technologies to optimize the apparel product quality

Tools Applications

  • Project Management Software: Primavera
  • Jira
  • Base camp
  • MS Office Suite

Methodology Analysis

  • Waterfall
  • Agile
  • Hybrid. RAD/JAD
  • RUP
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Impact analysis
  • ROI analysis
  • Revenue assurance evaluation

Work Availability

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Quote

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake
Meg Whitman

Timeline

Golf Associate

Dick’s Sporting Goods Golf
01.2021 - 01.2022

Owner

DBA Design Your Own (PlayMakers)
01.2008 - 01.2021

PlayMakers LLC
01.2008 - 01.2021

Independent Consultant/Owner

Advanced Solution Corp
01.2003 - 01.2010

Software Engineer

Sprint Communications
01.2001 - 01.2003

Accenture Consultant

Sprint Communications
01.2000 - 01.2001

Project Manager Scientist

Pace Analytical
01.1999 - 01.2000

Program Manager SME Consultant

Nextel Partners Inc.

Project Manager

GeoLearning Inc.

QA Test Lead Manager

Wells Fargo

Director of Project Management Office

Red 5 Interactive Inc

Senior Project Manager

Executive Project Management Office

Senior Project Manager

Concorde Acceptance Corp.

Dean Holm