CurriculumVitae Xavier

online background and work history

2007/11/29

Social Networking News: LinkedIn Passage???

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    Read this artle quoted from VentureBeat about LinkedIn.com ...
Source: Yes, LinkedIn and News Corp. are working on a deal

By Eric Eldon 11.27.07

linkedinlogo.pngA rumor surfaced last week, in Techcrunch UK, that News Corp. is looking at buying business networking site LinkedIn.

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2007/11/15

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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Strong background in management in research and development, application or solution design, implementation and organizational change for public/private firms.  Leadership for cross-functional teams.

Proven analysis and financial management skills include reporting (included earned value), processes, controls, alliance relationships, cost reduction, technology commercialization or product introduction, and compliance.

Complementary expertise in systems engineering, program/project management especially related to new-product development/introduction.  Experience in planning and directing of complex initiatives.  Managed multi-million dollar project budgets to on-time (often reducing time-to-market), on-budget conclusion.

Cited by reviewers for "strong consensus-builder for high performance ... yet flexible and innovative.  Successfully applies agile methodology ...  Victoria has had a very positive impact development time-to-market, in customer satisfaction, product design, ROI, risk management, and other collaborative efforts." 

EDUCATION

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INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, CAPITAL INSTITUTE, Austin, TX

MS, Science & Technology Commercialization (85% complete)


Mary Washington University - Fredericksburg, VA

Bachelors, International Affairs and Spanish Language / Literature
 

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec - French Language, Literature

International Institute of Learning

Remedy Professional Development

Telesis Institute

 

Languages

Proficient Spanish - read, written, spoken

French/English Bilingual

 

SPECIALTIES

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Management or program management, initiatives, complex projects for:
  • Solutions or Application Development, Software
  • Research and Development,
  • Networking, Internet and telecommunications technologies
  • Systems integration
  • Enterprise integration
  • Convergence architecture

Certified, ISO/IEC 17024:2003 -- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Kerzner Systems Approach PMP Exam Prep Course

(7days - 4.6 CEUs/46 PDUs) -- PMI Compliant

SOFTWARE

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Procurement, accounting, general ledger (G/L),
accounts receivable (A/R), accounts payable (A/P),
asset management, brokerage, private banking,
Client Relationship Management (CRM). 
COBRA.  Service-oriented architecture (SOA)

PROGRAMMING / WEB TECHNOLOGIES

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LANGUAGES-SCRIPTING: BASIC, Visual BASIC. 
HTML.  PHP, object-oriented OOA, OOD, OOP. 
EAI, API, EDI.  UML, GUI, HCI, user-centered design

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

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Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server
Sharepoint
Computer-aided Design (CAD), Visio
Niku 

HARDWARE / OPERATING SYSTEMS

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HARDWARE: Mainframe OS/390 (zOS), mostly client/server.
OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX, LINUX, AIX, SOLARIS, MAC OS X. Java, J2EE, servlets.
Integration, application servers, Websphere. Apache. Open Source.
MIDDLEWARE. Systems integration, data conversion or migration. SOAP

INDUSTRIES

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Software, Applications, Database, Contact Centers, CTI