Bill Struve
More than 10 years of project and program management experience. Currently working as Consultant Program Management at Fujitsu Consulting, Inc.
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Skills: | Business, Management, Sales |
| Groups: | Linking Indiana |
| Interested in: | Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Upper Iowa University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Fujitsu Consulting, Inc. / Cendera / Ameriss |
| Position: | Consultant Program Management |
| Time period: | December 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Managed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for six major and 12 minor software releases annually into production at a cost of ~250M
Developed and implemented controls to manage the movement of projects from one software release to another Performed as Point of Contact for all of Marketing on project release activity Managed exp. to $104M – 13% under budget and delivered three months ahead of schedule Exceeded premises engineered by 19%, Premises passed by 20% and premises validated by 11% |
| Employer: | netKaizen, Inc. |
| Position: | Vice President – Sales |
| Time period: | May 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Developed Sales’ strategy to address dental market
Established three business partner arrangements benefiting all parties Project managed implementation of signed contracts resulting in $257K of billed new and incremental revenue. |
| Employer: | Verizon (formerly GTE Communication Corporation) |
| Position: | Various positions of increasing responsibility including Director - Network Integration |
| Time period: | March 1973 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Project managed integration of Verizon facilities into the supply model resulting in reduced dependency on MCI/WorldCom and $59M reduced cash flow out of Verizon.
Project managed implementation of service supplier specific pricing resulting in $100M billed revenue first year. Achieved operational goals and managed the budget within 3.0%. Achieved significant savings by operational efficiencies and management focus, while completing all year end commitments. Demonstrated ability to orchestrate a major turn around within 120 days by approaching all projects and activities with a business perspective, in addition to technical considerations. Managed a 40 member workforce supporting customer service order processing and network integration with an expense budget of $4M |
EDUCATION
| University: | Upper Iowa University |
| Degree: | Business Administration – 60 Course Hours, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Hazel Dell Christian Church Adult Bible Fellowship Leader – 2005 - Present
Locks of Love – 2008 - Present – 50% Complete Toward Goal to Donate 10” Lock of Hair. |
| Awards: | Various awards and letters of recognition - Verizon Excellence Award 2003, Spotlight Award 2003, Verizon Excellence Award Nominee 2002, Bronze Individual Chairman Leadership Award 1999, Two Silver Team Chairman Leadership Awards 1999, Employee of the Year Nominee 1999, Bronze Team Chairman Leadership Award 1997,Team Leadership Nominee 1997,Team Leadership Nominee 1996, Winners Circle 1995, Team Leadership Nominee 1994,Team Leadership Nominee 1993, and various other awards, memos and certificates recognizing performance excellence.
Verizon’s highest sales award – Winners Circle - 1995 YMCA Volunteer of the Year - 1995 GTE’s Prestigious Morris Felton LaCroix award. |
