THOMAS E. PRICE, JR., PMP Mobile 617.947.

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83 Hesseltine Ave., Melrose, MA 02176-1330 tp953a28@westpost.net

SUMMARY

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Certified Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management
Professional (PMP)
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Design and implement Project Management Offices, project management
standards, and tools
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Intervene in troubled projects and drive specialized management
initiatives
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ITIL Foundations certificate V3
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Strong written and oral communications, excellent presenter and
seasoned group facilitator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (EOHHS), Boston, MA

1/06 a" Present
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, IT department a" contract extended three
times
EOHHS is the largest secretariat in the state, with half of the
state budget and oversees 13 disparate organizations. The EOHHS IT
Project Management Office provides IT governance; oversees the
enterprise project portfolio, and manages organizational risks.
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Work with the Secretariat IT PMO Director to develop the PMO
services strategy and execution.
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Provide troubled project interventions, consulting services and
hands on implementation.
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 Execute special projects and initiatives for the Secretariat CIO.
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Serve as the PMO Process Architect to simplify processes, establish
project management standards and leverage Best Practices.
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Establish the enterprise change control processes and the Enterprise
Change Control Board.
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Initiate conflict resolution, co-facilitate phase-gate reviews and
project health checks with internal teams and vendors. Deliver
cross-organizational project management mentoring.
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Ensure integrated services with vendors, Quality Assurance and
technology architecture teams.

REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES (RMV), Boston, MA 1/05 a" 12/05

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PMO CONSULTANT, IT department - contract
extended twice
Brought in by the Director of IT Operations and the CIO to establish
standards, raise the level of the PMO, develop a project management
methodology and document processes. The initiative's stated purpose
was to position the IT organization for improved customer service,
shorten delivery time, and prepare for the introduction of new
technologies including a major rewrite of the core RMV system.
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Provided analysis of parallel functional groups to identify core
workflows and integration points.
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Simplified project requests, re-defined project intake, established
new governance model and portfolio oversight.
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Coached new PMO manager and integrated cross-functional IT
management team.
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Implemented a project management framework focused on defined roles
and accountabilities.
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Formalized the use of project management tools and baseline
documentation.

BIOGEN IDEC, Cambridge, MA 10/03 a" 12/04

 PMO LEAD/ PROGRAM MANAGER, Global Technology Services (GTS) -
contact extended twice
Brought in by IT Director to create, develop and implement a new
Program Management Office with the Biogen Idec merger. Project
portfolio of 350 projects requiring GTS resources, including 150 GTS
internal projects focused on database, servers, networks, telecom,
operations and end user support.
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Led team of three consultants to define PMO requirements, while
delivering real-time results.
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Recruited and managed a ten-person PMO team, interfacing with 60
technical specialists.
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Provided intervention on troubled projects, and mentored project
managers.
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Designed the IT governance process including project initiation
gate, workflow, internal project reviews, and escalation procedures.
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Established baseline project authorization workflow, management
sign-off and started conversion to eDocs and Documentum electronic
workflow.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS & BUSINESS

REGULATIONS
PROJECT MANAGER / PROGRAM MANAGER - contract extended three times
02/01 a" 09/03
Reported to the CIO and a nine agency Steering Committee.
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Implemented projects with multiple third parties, developed RFRs,
proposal assessments, oversaw contract negotiations and managed
vendor delivery and accountability.
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Initiated and implemented team collaboration tools and formal change
control.
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Conducted Best Practice research on 15 state governments' eGov
initiatives as a baseline for initiating state level e-licensing
project.
 TRAINING
The Project Planning and Program Control Process 3/09
ITIL Foundations certificate V3, Boston University Corp Education
9/08
MS Project Advanced Tips and Techniques, PMI Central Mass Bay
Chapter 3/07
Advanced Project Management (Kerzner Approach), International
Institute for Learning 4/05
EDocs/Documentum - Basic, Advanced and Power User, Biogen Idec 8/04
Biogen Idec Project Framework (tools, templates and document
management) 4/04
Biotechnology Project Management, Mass Biotech Council 3/04
Cheetah Learning, Exam Prep for PMP certification 7/03
PMP Exam Preparation with William R. Duncan, Dir of Standards for
the 1996 PMBOK 10/01
Applied Project Management Certificate, Boston University Corp.
Education Center 7/01
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Client/Server Technology
certificate 6/99
EMC Corp. MS Project, basic and advanced 1998
Univ. of CA, Process Mapping and Reengineer Business Process 1997

CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

ITIL Foundations certification V3 9/08
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification 8/03
Maintain 3-year 60 PDU continuing certification requirement Current

PMI Mass Bay Chapter, Director of Membership Services, Volunteer

Board Member 5/03 a" 09/04
Designed and implemented the first formalized Membership Services
Outreach program
Commonwealth of Mass ITS07 vendor 2002-2004