Brian I. Davidson Mobile: +1.310.997.2213 E-mail:
Summary
Six years project management experience with more than twelve years technical consulting experience, including international work experience. Project Manager on projects up to $16 million with teams of 5-60. Managed cross-functional teams (development, engineering, manufacturing, service, and functional). Requirements analysis, user acceptance testing, sales support, managerial support, product/service training onsite for clients, hardware & software installations, and the writing of technical specifications, white papers, and RFQ/RFP/RFI answering. Excellent leadership and management skills. Strong communication, analytical, and project management skills. Solid and broad technical expertise.
Work Experience
May 2009 -	Zygbotics, Inc.	Watertown, MA via Telecommute
November 2009	Business IT Consultant Developed the business plan and corporate strategy. Managed a geographically disperse project team on the requirements gathering and implementation phases of the corporate website and blog. Business development and consultant to the CEO.
April 2007 -	Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. via MRI Los Angeles	Torrance, CA
March 2009	IT Project Manager Supported the project team on a $16 million Siebel implementation project following PMI/RUP methodologies by maintaining the project plan in Clarity/Workbench and documenting meetings. Created weekly and monthly status reports for project-, program-, and enterprise-levels. Created technical deliverables and "Toyota A3" presentations in Visio for C-level executives. Contract negotiations with software vendors (SAP, Siebel, Genesys, Avaya). Statement of Work/Requirements development and negotiations with systems integrator. Liaison between Toyota associates and Deloitte consultants. Project administration and resource management.
December 2005 -	Nationwide Insurance via Modis IT	Columbus, OH
September 2006	IT Project Manager Managed technical leads, engineers, architects, and SMEs for enterprise-wide infrastructure projects including Windows and UNIX based servers in a multi-tiered environment. Delivered expected results for all projects; consistently worked to exceed expectations. Supervised project risk, operations, and financials in accordance with PMI methodologies utilizing Clarity. Vendor management for an enterprise-wide wireless access point deployment. Managed acquisition and allocation of project resources. Operational and analytical management of the project portfolio including resource and pipeline project planning together with upper management. Performed pre-screen interviewing for Modis IT. Coached and mentored new Project Managers.
February 2004 -	European Computer Telecoms AG	Munich, Germany
August 2005	IT Project Manager Acted as the project manager for telecom application development and infrastructure projects in Euro-ISDN, SS7, IN, and GSM networks for leading carriers throughout Europe. Managed and deployed a televoting proof-of-concept project in Poland. Served as the primary interface and point of contact with the customer and representatives on technical and project issues. Supervised project operations by developing procedures, planning, and directing execution of all supporting efforts and monitoring and reporting progress. Managed acquisition of project resources. Performed user interface, web client, and switched routing testing, and the writing of technical specifications, and white papers.
January 2003 -	Instructional Technology & Infrastructure Services, St Cloud State University	St Cloud, MN
January 2004	Web Manager Graduate Assistant Project leader for the redesign process of department websites, including conducting focus groups, surveys, and user testing. Converted student organizations' websites from a UNIX server to a Microsoft server. Performed web design and maintenance for student organizations and departments.
September 2001 -	Computer Store, St Cloud State University	St Cloud, MN
January 2003	Senior Computer Technician Delivered and installed new hardware and software on Macintosh and PC-based computers for customers. Repaired and troubleshot computers on campus. Setup new computers for faculty/staff. Consultant to helpdesk staff.
March 2000 -	Brivo Systems, Inc.	Arlington, VA
December 2000	Manager, Information Technology & Networking In-house Windows NT server administrator. Email administration and support. Network administration, support, and cabling. Maintained corporate firewalls and setup VPN solutions. Connected phone lines for new employees. Built and maintained corporate intranet in PHP and HTML. Installed, repaired, troubleshot, setup, maintained, and upgraded PC-based and Macintosh networked computers. Tier 2 support for newly created helpdesk. Purchased computer hardware. Technical assistant to entire company including secondary support of Sun server farm. Researched new technologies. Created nightly network backup solution.
December 1999 -	COURE Technologies, Inc.	Manassas, VA
February 2000	Network & Systems Engineer Windows NT server administration for in-house and client servers. Mail and web server administration for all hosted sites. Installed, repaired, troubleshot, setup, maintained, and upgraded PC-based networked computers for clients. Provided technical assistance to clients. Performed network backups and restored lost data as necessary. Researched new technologies.
December 1998 -	STAR Center, George Mason University	Fairfax, VA
December 1999	Senior Computer Network & Support Technician Installed, repaired, troubleshot, setup, maintained, and modified Macintosh and PC-based networked multimedia computers. Lab-wide multimedia peripheral support. Windows NT and Macintosh server administrator. Assisted/trained students with multimedia software usage.
September 1998 -	T-Group UltraMedia	Falls Church, VA
December 1998	Computer & Web Technology SME Provided hardware and software support to all in-house computers. Designed and developed websites, including bleeding-edge audio and video. Technical assistant to clients. Research and development of existing and new technology. Technology industry information update and information gathering for the CEO.
September 1997 -	Computer Store, St Cloud State University	St Cloud, MN
May 1998	Senior Computer Technician Delivered and installed new hardware and software on Macintosh and PC-based computers for customers. Repaired and troubleshot computers on campus. Setup new computers for faculty/staff. Consultant to helpdesk.
Education
	St Cloud State University	St Cloud, MN
December 2003	Master of Business Administration in Information Systems
August 2002	Bachelor of Science in Business Computer Information Systems
Summer 2003	Fachhochschule Ingolstadt, University of Applied Sciences (graduate study abroad)	Ingolstadt, Germany
Summer 1999	Sophia University (undergraduate study abroad)	Tokyo, Japan
Achievements
Boy Scouts of America	Eagle Scout with Bronze and Gold Eagle Palms.
Order of the Arrow	Brotherhood member.