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Brian Russell Dalmer
US born Citizen willing to relocate anywhere in the USA
brian.dalmer@yahoo.com
+1-802-238-8933
PROJECT SCHEDULER / RESOURCE PLANNING
Earned Value Management
PMO Support, CA PPM (Clarity), Open Workbench, MS Project,
Master Project Scheduler, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator,
Resource Planning, Resource Assignment, Resource Demand,
Hands-On, Mentor, Briefings, Classroom Training
23 years assisting PMO, PM & RM efforts, responsible for Project Plans, preceded by
12 years of programming, program & system design, SDLCs & PM methodology.
A Project Plan includes both a Project Schedule AND Resource Assignments.
Project Scheduler
Views, Templates, WBS, Estimate-to-Complete, Start/End Dates, Duration, Intra/Inter
Project Dependency Links, Auto-Schedule, Gantt, Critical Path, Compliance Masks.
Resource Planning
Resources/Roles, Skills, Availability, Allocation, Assignment, Loading Pattern, Leveling,
Over-Commitment, Unused Availability, Demand Forecasting, Resource Reporting.
OBJECTIVE
Seeking contract or permanent work where I can be readily effective and appreciatively
supportive. Ready to self-relocate for the duration of a contract, or permanently if long-
term.
EXPERIENCE CHRONOLOGY
ABT PPM & Niku PPM are predecessors of CA PPM (Clarity).
ABT Workbench & Niku Workbench are predecessors of Open Workbench.
Oct2014-Spt2015: Portfolio Decisionware, Manhattan, NY
Contracted, as needed, to help market and service software used for resource management, or for the
allocation of resources to satisfy project effort forecasts and time constraints. This software is similar in
many ways to Open Workbench and MS Project.
• Customer Engagement Manager
• Project Schedules, Effort Forecasts & Resource Assignments
• Installation, documentation, data loading, Pivot Tables, Reporting, Training
• PDWare: Portfolio, iTeam, ResourceFirst

• Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project 2010
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Jul2014-Spt2014: Transitioning from the sale of Burlington Hostel back to IT life.
Apr2014-Jun2014: Clarity r13 Self-Study & Open Workbench Case Study Preparation
This effort was home based, in preparation for hands-on and/or classroom training work involving the
newest release of Clarity PPM, and involving Open Workbench.
• Completed a series of CA Clarity PPM r13 presentation courses
• Clarity PPM r13 has some interface updates which are more easy to navigate
• Clarity PPM r13 has more functionality which is familiar due to my Open Workbench experience
Apr2012-Mar2014: Burlington Hostel, Burlington, VT – Owner/Designer/Manager
Employment with gray highlight are more major/longer-term engagements.
Oct2011-Mar2012: Walmart, Bentonville, AR
Contracted to support the PMO by creating a program-wide Critical Path, to elevate the maturity of the
PMs using Clarity PPM & Open Workbench, and to establish a process for Program Managers and
Resource Managers to evaluate project status and resource usage/demand.
• Brazil Stores Opening Program of Projects
• Project Scheduler, Project Administration & Project Coordinator
• Resource Management, Project Health Reports, Mentor & Classroom Trainer
• Created a Program Critical Path after ensuring each Project Schedule had a Critical Path
• Mentored the PMs on how to create intra & inter project links & a Project Critical Path
• Developed Compliance or Audit Masks for the PMO Manager to evaluate project status
• Demonstrated use of Compliance Masks in PMO Status Meetings & for Resource Management
• Delivered two Project Management classroom sessions using Open Workbench with Clarity
PPM
• Clarity PPM r12, Open Workbench
• Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
Apr2011- Spt2011: Burlington Hostel, Burlington, VT – Owner/Designer/Manager
Jul2007-Mar2011: MetLife Insurance, Brooklyn, NY
Contracted to support the EPM Help Desk, which had the responsibility for creating, maintaining, and
implementing company-wide program, project & resource methods and practices.
• Help Desk Support for Enterprise Program Management, Clarity PPM & MS Project
• Project Scheduler, Project Administrator & Coordinator, Project Administrator
• Resource Management, Methods Architect, Mentor & Briefings
• Documented & resolved issues reported by Program, Project & Resource Managers
• Teamed with others to execute upgrades, testing, rollouts & training
• Transferred my knowledge to an off-shore Help Desk Center in India
• Clarity PPM r8/12, MS Project 2007, Quality Center, Service-Now, Marimba, Live Link
Jul2006-Jun2007: TTX Company, Chicago, IL
Hired for one year simply to implement Clarity PPM’s Demand Module.
• Railcar Provider
• System Administrator, Mentor & Trainer
• Configured & implemented the Clarity PPM Demand Module with classroom training
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• Clarity PPM r12 & Open Workbench
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Jan2006-Jun2006: MGM/Mirage & Harrah’s Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
Contracted to join the planning of Clarity PPM rollouts, and to focus on Open Workbench usage.
• Clarity PPM Mentor & Open Workbench Classroom Trainer
• Attended the Clarity PPM Functional Boot Camp
• Clarity PPM r8 & Open Workbench
Jul2003-Dec2005: California DHS Medicaid, Rancho Cordova, CA
Contracted to liaison between the business department (Department of Health Services) and the IT
department. The goal was to remediate Medicaid as per the federally mandated HIPAA requirements.
• California Medicaid, HIPAA Remediation
• Business Analyst, Liaison & Systems Analyst
• ANSI ASC X12 4010 format
• Focused on Eligibility Benefit Inquiry & Response (270/271 EDI Transaction Sets)
• Analysis, Requirements, Design, Development, Implementation
• Technical Writing, Course Preparation, Training
• SpecBuilder, COBOL, CICS, programming, testing, documentation, implementation
• Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project 2003
Apr2003-Jun2003: Great West Life, Denver, CO
Contracted to manage conversion of schedules and to oversee any PM learning curves.
• Employee Benefits Information System
• Project Scheduler, Mentor, Briefings
• Managed conversions of MS Project schedules to Niku Schedules
• Solicited issues, researched resolutions, delivered briefings
• Compiled Q&A material, managed the Help Desk
• Niku Workbench, MS Project 2003
Jan2001-Mar2003: American Express, Jersey City, NJ - Brighton/Portsmouth, England
Contracted to resolve an issue. Executives were receiving high-level reports on program progress and
resource needs from the PMO, and they were making decisions based on these well formatted and
attractive reports. But, the decisions did not satisfy what the reports reflected.
• Banking Division / Credit Card Systems
• Business Analyst, Liasion, Project Administrator, Resource Manager, Project Scheduler, Mentor
• Drilling down from executive reports, I discover underlying project plans erroneous &
incomplete
• Solicited major issues experienced by PMs using ABT Workbench, researched solutions
• Designed & developed compliance/audit masks to highlight project schedule error &
ommissions
• Developed ABT PPM training curriculums, case studies & on-going maintenance procedures
• Delivered classroom training, held impromptu briefings & mentored PMs & RMs
• Designed & produced new resource forecast reports for RMs using MS Access
• Facilitated the assessment of PMs in preparation for the PMP exams
• Converted MSP schedules to ABT Workbench
• Sent to England to mentor PMs in proper schedule development using ABT Workbench
• ABT PPM & ABT Workbench, MS Project 2003
• Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio
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Jul2000-Dec2000: Cablevision, Long Island, NY
Contracted by the PMO to maintain schedules for 12 PMs and their most critical projects, and to
transfer this knowledge to their 12 assistants in schedule creation & maintenance.
• Digital Set-Top Box Project
• Project Scheduler & Mentor
• Created new views so Managers could better understand the status of projects
• Mentored 12 PM Assistants in how to create & maintain Project Schedules
• ABT PPM & ABT Workbench
Apr2000-Jun2000: Matria Health Care, Marietta, GA
Contracted simply to assess Y2K remediation work progress & remaining work planned.
• Project plan assessments & project health reporting
• Verified Deliverables due, audited forthcoming plans & produced recommendations
• ABT PPM, ABT workbench
Jan1998-Mar2000: USAA Insurance, San Antonio, TX - Consultant
Contracted to Manage a time constrained, highly critical and highly visible $6,000,000 program of
property & casualty Y2K remediation projects & their 12 PMs with 60 team resources.
• Property & Casualty Systems, Y2K Remediation
• Program Manager, Mentor & Trainer, Project Scheduler & Coordinator
• Multi-project planning & scheduling, budgeting, mentoring, execution, control, reporting,
testing
• Systems recovery & business resumption planning
• Project Scheduler & Project Coordinator
Oct1997-Dec1997: Staples Office Supplies, Burlington, MA
Contracted to simply establish ABT PPM security and maintenance procedures.
• Systems Administrator
• Refined the security & created administration standards & procedures.
• ABT PPM, ABT Workbench
Jan1997-Spt1997: National Grange Mutual Insurance, Keene, NH
Hired for one year research the popular tools and methodologies to be used by the Project Managers,
and to implement these.
• Property & Casualty Systems
• Project Scheduler, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator
• Implemention & rollout of the ABT PPM & ABT Workbench
• Developed all user policies & procedures
• PM Mentor & Trainer
• Designed & conducted monthly interactive resource loading & management of strategic
projects
• Project QuickStart Software Development Methodology
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Apr1996-Dec1996: Sybase Professional Services Division, MA
Contracted to develop their service methodologies and to embed these into the ABT PPM software
which they used to manage project intelligence.
• Systems Administrator & Methodologist
• Developed Sybase PM & SDLC methodologies
• Embedded these methodologies into the ABT Methods Architect & Bridge Modeler
• Exhibited Sybase Services at the Orlando PowerSoft User Conference
Apr1992-Mar1996: National Life of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
Hired to research the popular tools and methodologies to be used by the Project Managers, and to
implement these.
• Project Scheduler, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Systems Administrator
• Implementation & rollout of the ABT PPM, including ABT Workbench
• PM Mentor & Trainer of ABT Repository, ABT modules, & ABT Workbench
• Taught Total Quality Management & the Keane, Inc. SDLC & PM Methodologies
• Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Doc-to-Help
Jul1979-Mar1992: Unisys (MA Medicaid), Datamann, Cone-Blanchard, Bird Machine,
Morse Shoe, Simmonds Precision, Purity Supreme, Bath Iron Works, Union Mutual
Insurance, National Fuel Gas Distribution, Mount Saint Mary’s Hospital
I owned my own consulting company with nine employees. We contracted out to numerous companies
to do COBOL and CICS programming.
• Owned & Managed an Agency with Nine Employee/Consultants
• Medicaid, Manufacturing, Insurance, Gas Distribution, Hospital Systems
• COBOL batch, CICS, IBM Mainframes, MVS, JCL, VSAM
• Program & System Analysis & Design, Development, Testing, Implementation, Documentation
• SDLC & PM Methodologies, WarnierORR DSSD, Structure(s), GeneratOrr, CASE
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
o 105 credit hours, Business Administration, University of Utah, Buffalo, Vermont
o Clarity PPM Functional Certification, CA Technology Services
o Planning to sit for PMI-SP (Project Management Institute Scheduling Professional)
o Computer Programming Diploma, Advanced Training Center
o ACP (Associate Computer Professional), COBOL language specialization, ICCP
o Certificates in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, Project, ABT PPM & Workbench
o Certificates in Project Management, TQM, Quality Assurance, Carnegie Mellon SEI-CMM
o Competent Toastmaster, Toastmasters International
REFERENCES
Scanned written references and verbal contacts are available upon request.
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