Summary
David is the president of Technology As Promised, LLC and seminar leader for its learning portal, TAPUniversity.   In Technology As Promised LLC, He has created a company focused on developing technology leaders and leading technology into organizations.  

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TAPUniversity highlights include:
*Grow a committed, enthusiastic online and in-person community of learners and educators in business analysis, IT compliance, leadership, management, project management and six sigma. Highlights include
*Creation of TAPUniversity -- an elearning portal. Over 150 people have received PMP®'s since 1/1/05; 1,050 have enrolled since 10/1/06.
*Providing seminar and keynote speeches at regional and national conferences to over 12,000 professionals (since 2001).
*Research of best practices of virtual teams and delivery of Effective Virtual Team workshops
*Professional and social networking mentoring and research

Technology As Promised, LLC highlights include:
*Configuring MS Project Server 2007 for Pamida including installation and administration, web page design, and training.
*Providing project, RFP & req. management, RUP mentoring, Rational ReqPro and XDE imp. and group facilitation for the NE Dep't of Labor: U.I. projects (2003-04). Develop requirements, facilitate groups, compose UML 2.0 diag. and complete gap analysis for Employment Services in 2007.
*Providing JRP/JAD facilitation for the KS Motor Vehicle and Driver Lic. Feasibility Study; capturing "as-is" requirements in 2007.
*Delivering (RUP), (MSF) and (CobiT) courses.
*Shaping the software management and risk management strategies of a human resource management information system (HRMIS).
*Providing risk management and IV&V consultation to the SMB market

Summary
David has a demonstrated ability to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of an organization. He has over seventeen years of hands-on project management experience. He also provides a strategic view through ten years of senior management experience. He has led, consulted or trained on product development, software delivery, network infrastructure and process engineering projects at several vibrant organizations. Those organizations include Ameritrade, ConAgra, Boeing, ES&S, FiServ-ITI, Gallup, Microsoft Press (iUniverse.com), Motorola, NEAPCO, Omaha Police Department, State of Nebraska, St. Louis University, Southeast Community College and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

He is a frequent keynote speaker, trainer and seminar leader at regional and national conferences on a range of topics from conflict resolution to leadership development. He has equipped over 10,600 professionals in class room and seminar settings since 1996. He also has developed curriculum for software applications, risk management, conflict resolution, career development, communication and project management. He also has written and published best practice articles on project management and software development in IBM’s Rational Edge, ALLPM, ESI-INTL Horizons, PMI ISSIG and ProjectConnections. Examples of his work and writing can be found at www.aspromised.com/articles.html

He holds a Master's of Arts in Management, MIS (1994), a Master's in Community and Regional Planning (1990) and a Bachelor's of Science (1988) from the University of Nebraska.  He has Microsoft Certified Programmer (MCP, 2004) Microsoft Solutions Framework Practitioner (MSFP, 2003) and MS Project 2000 (MOS, 2002) certifications from Microsoft and a Project Management Professional (PMP, 2000) certification from the Project Management Institute.  He also served as the President for the PMI Mid-Nebraska Chapter (2002-04).  David is a member of PMI, American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

Additional Employment History
As a Professor for Bellevue University since May 2002, David has created project management curriculum and delivered it to corporations and individuals in classroom and online settings. He has selected and developed adjunct faculty. He also teaches an accelerated Bachelor’s of Science in Management program and courses within the Bachelor’s of Strengths Based Management in Lincoln, Omaha and online.

As a Senior Project Manager with FiServ ITI, David implemented a project management office and enterprise-wide project management system from 2001 to 2002. He created a portfolio management tool to track over 126 projects across thirty-four product areas. He created resource-tracking systems to monitor over 180,000 person hours for a large development staff. Additionally, he led the company's efforts to reshape its electronic commerce tool sets.

As a Web Program Manager with iUniverse in 2001, David led an effort to deliver an on-line custom book web- site for Microsoft Press in only sixteen weeks. In addition to this project, he mentored thirty-six people in project management techniques and supported their development as project managers. He also created and implemented quality assurance processes for project management, defect tracking and software enhancements.

As a Director of Software Development with the Gallup Organization, David created a software development team from 1999 to 2000. He crafted the strategy, mission, and tactical plans for three departments. He recruited, hired and retained over sixty-eight professionals. David implemented software development methodologies leveraging Microsoft's Solution Framework as well as the Capability Maturity Model. He maintained aggressive gross margin standards and improved top-line opportunities.

As the MIS Director with the City of Omaha, David created a technology division that enabled quick decision making for the Police and Fire Departments from 1995 to 1998. He hired and retained skilled professionals. He managed forty-six professionals. David managed vendor delivery and performance and served as a systems architect for the county's criminal justice projects. He also led the physical remodeling of a record center involving eighty personnel, without work interruption.

Through three progressively more responsible roles with State of Nebraska from 1989 to 1995, David developed and managed health and human services solutions in the environmental health, mental health and substance abuse areas as well as led the State Criminal History improvement efforts for the State Patrol. He brought in two critical systems in his role as the Criminal Identification Manager from 1993 to 1995: managing the implementation of the state’s first Automated Finger Print Identification System in 1995 and modernizing the Patrol Criminal History System in 1994.

As an instructor with MicroAge, David developed and delivered database and spreadsheet application software training from 1993 to 1995.

Education and Involvement
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Bachelors of Science, Cum Laude, 1988.
Master's of Community and Regional Planning, 1990.
Master's of Arts in Management / MIS, 1994.

Bellevue University
Adjunct Professor, Professional Studies and Applied Management, 2002.
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Certificate in Training Program, 2003

Certifications
Project Management Professional certification, Project Management Institute, 2000.
MS Project 2000 certification, Microsoft, 2002.
Microsoft Solutions Framework Practitioner, Microsoft, 2003.
Microsoft Certified Programmer, Microsoft, 2004.

Associations
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), 2004 to present
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), 2005 to present.
Project Management Institute (PMI), 1990 to present
 President, PMI Mid Nebraska, 2002-04.
 Professional Development Day Coordinator, PMI Mid-Nebraska, 2001.

Management training
• High Impact Management, Gallup, May 1999.
• Covey 7 Habits Training, May 1996.
• Facilitative Leadership and Managing Meetings for Results, Interaction Associates, June 1991.

Methodologies
• UML and Rational Unified Process.
• Waterfall and spiral software methodologies.
• Microsoft Solutions Framework and use case approached development.
• Joint Application Design (JAD) and Rapid Application Design (RAD) facilitation.
• Sixth Sigma quality management and measurement

Technical Skills and Training
• Microsoft Project and Office (all versions since 1990).
• Rational Requisite Pro, XDE and ClearQuest.
• Oracle Database Administration (7.0), MS SQL (6.5 – 2000) and DB2 QMF.
• Unix, OS390, CICS, RACF, Novell NetWare and Windows NT 4.0 - XP administration.
• Blackboard, Front Page, Dreamweaver, Flash Java 1.2, Cold Fusion, XML, DHTML and JavaScript.
• C, Dbase, Paradox, Pascal, Visual Basic and Delphi.
• Defect Tracker, Mantis, CVS and MS Visual Source Safe.