1. David Bennett, PMP
Address: 13023 Carter, Overland Park, Kansas 66213 Phone: 913.526.6001 E-mail: dwb3590@gmail.com
PROGRAM MANAGER
PROFILE
Highly accomplished and outcome-focused program management professional offering valuable experience in
leading the entire life cycle of complex IT, Ecommerce, security and network projects. Recognized as a savvy
leader with strengths in starting new business units, reengineering business practices, improving processes,
building consensus, recognizing and accelerating peers’ strengths, delegating the “right tasks” to the “right
person,” as well as building powerful teams that can conquer all obstacles. Articulate communicator with the
aptitude to define success criteria and disseminate to all involved parties. Quickly establish rapport with
professionals at all levels of the organization.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
 Software / Databases: Microsoft Project Professional and Server; SharePoint; Microsoft Office Suite; Visio,
Clarity, VPMi, TeamSite, MEGA, WebSphere Message Queue, WebTrends, MAXIMINE, OPX2, LiveLink,
Daptiv, Facets, Connecture, Oracle, Tivoli, CICS, Customer Records & Billing, TCO Manager, and IBM DB2
 Programming Languages: COBOL, CICS, JCL, Java, Centura, .NET, Visual Basic, ETL
 Operating Systems: Windows 2000, NT & Vista, OS/360, MVS, and OS2
 Networking: CDMA, iDEN, LAN, WAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, Wireless, Hubs, Routers, Switches, and SDHLR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN / CIBER, KANSAS CITY, MO
Project Manager Senior Consultant March 2014 – February 2015
Simultaneously managed three of the company’s most challenging projects in a manner that exceeded the client’s
expectations.
 Managed a $1.2M project to re-launch Kansas City Southern’s three websites (external, internal, and
customers).
 Implemented a $600K project to expand the use of the Esri GIS mapping software throughout the company.
 Deployed Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, a call center integration package in the US and Mexico.
COBALT TALON, KANSAS CITY, MO
Program Manager (Permanent) September 2012 – March 2014
Founded new Project Management Office (PMO) for a health care business intelligence company utilizing the
agile framework.
 Consulted with Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City on their $17M migration from one medical claims
processing, member enrollment, and billing services platform to another.
 Implemented a new PMO utilizing the Waterfall framework to stabilize a very chaotic environment and then
gained approval to move to the Agile framework.
 Managed ten to twelve business intelligence projects simultaneously.
COLLECTIVE BRANDS / EXPEDIENT STAFFING, TOPEKA, KS
Sr. Project Manager (Consultant) April 2012 – September 2012
Provided exemplary project management in a highly structured Project Management Office (PMO) environment.
 Led the expansion of Collective Brands into the country of Colombia utilizing the store-within-a-store
concept. This $400K IT project was expected to increase revenues $900K annually.
 Managed the $100K Abandoned Cart Ecommerce project. This was an initiative to solicit the return of
customers who abandon an order when shopping online.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS / APEX SYSTEMS, INC., ORLANDO, FL
Senior Program Manager (Consultant) May 2011 – April 2012
Served as a strong leader in a chaotic environment enabling multi-million dollar projects to be delivered on or
ahead of schedule and within budget.
 Managed the Express Scripts / Medco $30M specialty pharmacy IT migration. This included identifying the
impacted systems (e.g. Referral Processing, Prescription Processing, Fulfillment), forecasting resources,
detailing what changes needed to be made and building/managing the teams necessary to make the changes.

2. David Bennett, PMP
Address: 13023 Carter, Overland Park, Kansas 66213 Phone: 913.526.6001 E-mail: dwb3590@gmail.com
 Managed the Project Managers, Business System Analysts, Product Engineers, Business Analysts,
Development Leads, Quality Assurance Analysts, Hardware Engineers, Network Engineers and a host of
others assigned to the $4.7M ICD-10 transition project.
 Managed a $400K project to offshore the insurance verification and reauthorization functions to the
Philippines. This included working with the business, infrastructure group, development teams and a 3rd
party vendor to capture requirements, change the application software, and configure the data and telephony
networks. This project was implemented ahead of schedule and under budget.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) / N-LINK, KANSAS CITY, MO
Deputy Program Manager (Consultant) Oct 2008-Apr 2011
Program Manager for multi-million dollar cross-departmental initiatives using existing and new processes,
procedures and tools. Led the charge to establish and promote a Project Management Office for FSA. Managed a
staff of twenty-three contractors through tumultuous times by keeping them focused on the achievement of
common shared goals.
 Promoted from Sr. Project Manager to Deputy Program Manager within four months of starting engagement.
 Managed 23 contractors; actively involved in the hiring, development of objectives, conducting performance
appraisals, motivating, disciplining, and other supervisory activities.
 Utilized the Agile framework to develop and implement the MILC and TAAP farm subsidy programs.
 Devised the Farm Bill Master Plan consisting of 42 individual project schedules that were linked together
through Microsoft Project Server; successfully readied the plan for implementation, by managing a cultural
change through formal training, individual consultation and continually engaging the management team.
 Adeptly managed the retirement of the System 36 / AS400 platform from the FSA environment. This
included migrating 25 applications to the Web and SAP, as well as, decommissioning the hardware and
software from more than 2000 state and county offices.
 Proficiently handled multiple WebSphere Message Queue (WMQ) projects including the implementation of
High Availability-WMQ and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security.
 Played an integral role in the development, marketing, and implementation of governance processes for the
Project Management Office (PMO).
 Redefined existing PMO user’s guide, practices, templates and other deliverables in alignment with the
Project Management Institute’s (PMI) and Capability Maturity Model Integration’s (CMMI) best practices.
CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY / TRIPLE-I CORPORATION, WICHITA, KS
Senior Project Manager (Consultant) Mar 2008-Oct 2008
Provided expert senior-level project management services to executives in cooperation with Six-Sigma Green and
Black Belts.
 Employed Cessna’s Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) methodology purposely to create a project
schedule, define the scope, compile current and future state processes, arrange the conceptual design, and
achieve authentication to submit an RFP to preferred vendors in an effort to pick a new aircraft maintenance
tracking program, Cessna’s third-largest application.
 Crafted the project schedule to secure hardware and software requirements, determine Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) and how they would be measured, obtain funding for the expenditures, and recorded
process flows for a new state-of-the-art call center.
HILTON HOTELS / PALADIN CONSULTING, DALLAS, TX
Senior Project Manager (Consultant) Jun 2007-Dec 2007
Oversaw the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of Ecommerce projects crossing multiple divisions
and driving millions of dollars of incremental revenue.
 Instrumental in the development of the functionality to reserve golf tee times from Hilton’s web sites. This
involved coordinating with the Creative Development and Production, Technology and Business
Development groups. This project was implemented error-free and ahead of schedule.
 Drafted requirement documents for MAXIMINE and WebTrends projects.
 Regularly interacted with clients to determine their requirements as well as managing change requests for
existing systems, such as Travel Agent Portal and Government Portal.

3. David Bennett, PMP
Address: 13023 Carter, Overland Park, Kansas 66213 Phone: 913.526.6001 E-mail: dwb3590@gmail.com
SPRINT / NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, OVERLAND PARK, KS
Senior Manager Project Management Office (Permanent) May 1986-Mar 2007
Managed the overall spectrum of multi-million dollar network projects involving team members from
information technology, network engineering, network development, network operations, supply chain
management, finance, and many other groups internal and external to Sprint / Nextel.
 Promoted multiple times during twenty-one year career at Sprint / Nextel.
 Established the vision and created an environment where seven senior-level project managers turned the
vision into reality.
 Handled the renegotiation of contracts with maintenance vendors that delivered $33M in annual savings.
 Led the strategic implementation of call tones (plays selection when someone calls) service that infused $143M of
revenue within a three-year scale.
 Demonstrated proficiency in setting up a new release of Home Location Register software that enabled
mobile users to receive calls when they are away from their home territory; successfully installed the program
on schedule with no negative impact to 28 million subscribers during the entire process.
 Provided functional oversight in the implementation of a Network Only Pipeline Management process that
significantly reduced time required to initiate a new project.
 Coordinated the launching of iDEN software to the New York market in an expedited manner, avoiding
potential outage of more than 1 million subscribers.
 Reputed as a high-potential employee and was designated by management as the director’s replacement if
the need arose.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Psychology  Avila University, Kansas City, MO
Bachelor of Arts on Business / Psychology  MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS
CREDENTIALS
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification
Certified ScrumMaster
AWARDS AND HONORS
 Received spontaneous award from Apex Systems (Express Scripts/Apex Systems)
 Awarded n-Link’s annual Reliance Award (USDA/n-Link)
 Garnered numerous Sprint Values Excellence awards for successful implementation of multi-million dollar
network projects (Sprint / Nextel Communications)
AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
PMI Kansas City, Mid-America Chapter
Former Board Member, Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center