Edward J. Fern

President

Time-to-Profit, Inc.

35662 Po Avenue

Mission Viejo, California 92691-3846

Phone 949-378-5407

edfern@time-to-profit.com

Mr. Fern is president of Time-to-Profit, Inc., a consultancy focused on project management and product development. His career in Information Technology and Product Development began in 1973. He has held director level positions with Sprint, Control Data Corporation, and TRW. He earned an MS in Technology Management from Pepperdine University in 1992 and his Project Management Professional designation in 1998. Ed teaches project management, business process improvement, and product development. 

 

SERVICE:

·        Director of Education, American Society for the Advancement of Project Management, 2005-2006

·        Sponsor, Project Management Institute, California Inland Empire Chapter, 2002

·        Board Member, Product Development and Management Association, Southern California Chapter, 2001 to 2003.

·        Board Member and Vice-President of Professional Development, Project Management Institute, Orange County Chapter, 1999 to 2003.

·        Board Member, Newsletter Publisher, and Specialty Show Secretary, Irish Setter Club of Greater Kansas City, 1974 to 1976.

·        Board Member and President, Country Club Homes Association, Kansas City, 1973 to 1982.

ASSOCIATIONS:

EDUCATION:

·        Master of Science in Technology Management, Pepperdine University, 1992

·        Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, 1998

·        New Product Development Professional, Product Development and Management Association, 2003

 PUBLICATIONS

·   Time-to-Profit Project Management: A Primer for Project Managers in Commercial Project Development, Time-to-Profit, Inc., 1999 published in English, Russian, Romanian, and Brazilian Portuguese.

·   Six Steps to the Future: How Mass Customization Is Changing Our World, Time-to-Profit, Inc. 2003 published in English, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese.

·         "Time to Market Project Management: Expanding the Role of Project Management in Commercial Product Development," PM Network, January, 1999

·         Successful Innovation Management: System or Serendipity?” Cutter IT Journal, November 2004.

·         Разработка Продукта И Роли Менеджеров ПроектарррРрррр” (“Understanding Product Development and the Roles of Project Management”), Управление проектами и программами (Managing Projects and Programs), a publication of SOVNET, a Russian project management association, November 2006.

·         How Words Limit Our ThinkingPM Practice Magazine, December 2007

·         How Words Limit Our Thinking, Part 2PM Practice Magazine, February 2008

·         "Opportunities in a Problem"  PM Practice Magazine, April 2008

EXPERIENCE:

1994 to Date - Time-to-Profit, Inc.

President and Principal Consultant

For Kazakhstan Technical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

For Project Management Research Committee (Beijing, China)

For Mxi Technologies (Ottawa, Canada)

For X.25 (Brasilia, Brazil)

  • Provide public classroom instruction in Active Risk Management

For Russian Aluminum (Moscow, Russia)

  • Provide Project Procurement Management training for project managers charged with management of a $10 Billion construction portfolio.

For Institute for Sustainable Development (Vladivostok, Russia)

  • Provide Procurement Management training for graduate students.

For Spider Management Technologies (Moscow, Kiev, Bucharest)

  • Provide public classroom instruction in product development and project management subjects.

For Technopark Idea (Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia)

  • Provide risk management instruction to representatives if start-up companies fostered within this new business incubator.

For Kavaq Business Intelligence (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Singapore)

  • Provide public classroom instruction in product development and project management subjects.

For the United States Navy Region Southwest – NAVAIR

  • Provide project management training to civilian engineer employees charged with restoration of military hardware.

For Varco International

  • Provide large scale product customization consulting and training

For Lawson Software

  • Provide training in preparation for the Project Management Professional certification examination. 

For the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

  • Provide Project Management instruction and coaching for sworn and civilian Information Technology department personnel.

  • Provide training and support for the development of policies and procedures for a virtual project management office.

For Motorola Corporation

  • Provide business process improvement consulting and training.

  • Provide training in preparation for the Project Management Professional certification examination.  Developed procedures for multi-project management.

For Aztec Engineering

  • Provide project management methodology support for Caltrans process design policies and procedures.

For The Orange County Register

  • Provide Project Management instruction and coaching for the Director, Project Management Office and her direct reports.   Composed procedures for multi-project management.

For The Irvine Company

  • Provide Project Management instruction and coaching for the Chief Information Officer and his direct reports prior to undertaking a major data-warehousing development project.  Developed procedures for managing multiple concurrent projects.

  • Provided business process improvement consulting and training.

For American Graduate University

  • Teach courses in Project Risk Management and PMP Examination Preparation.

For University of California at Irvine, Riverside, and San Diego Extension Divisions

·        Teach courses in Earned Value Project Management, Business Process Improvement, Project Procurement Management, Capital Budgeting and Project Cost Management, Project Risk Management, and Product Development

For  RCG Information Technology

·        Formulated RCG’s Project/Program Management services plan

·        Conducted training of sales personnel in identifying, qualifying, and proposing Project/Program Management services to customers and prospects.

·        Conduct sales efforts including cold and warm calling, initial sales calls, solution builds, proposal presentation, and closing.

·        Ensure staffing, planning, and profitable delivery of client services.

For Management Concepts, Inc.

  • Teach courses in Project Management, Project Procurement Management, Project Risk Management, and Product Development

For The Eastman Group

·        Formulated an Information Technology / Marketing strategy for travel agency consortia to build, maintain, and exploit customer information independently of the airline owned Computerized Reservation Systems.

For Sprint

·        Assessed and formulated recommendations for an internal help desk supporting marketing personnel using client server applications and an IP enterprise network.

For Southern California Gas Company

·        Formulated the corporation's Information Technology strategic vision to support the Customer Information System and other mission critical client/server applications.

·        Managed a project to define requirements, research, test, select, negotiate acquisition, pilot, and implement Asset Management, Workstation Remote Control, Software Distribution.

1992 to 1994 -  Infonet Services Corporation (British Telecom)

Director, Network Engineering and Operations

·        Improved Infonet’s European marketing effort by implementing a second "showpiece" Network Control Center in Brussels.

·        Enhanced Infonet’s domestic marketing effort by building a new "showpiece" Network Control Center in El Segundo.

·        Introduced an SNMP manager of managers to monitor and control network elements.

·        Optimized Infonet's network topology to reduce circuit costs from 30.4% to 25.6% of network service revenue.

1987 to 1992 - TRW, Information Services Division (Experian)

Director, Data Services

·        Implemented the Bankruptcy Notification product which reduced the average personal bankruptcy notification time from six weeks to seventy-two hours. This product generates in excess of $100K per month.

·        Created a certification program to validate third party systems used by customers in buying and evaluating credit reports and influencing credit report buying decisions in excess of $15 million each month.

·        Consolidated data entry operations from eleven locations to a single operation. Eliminated a customer disturbing 42 day backlog and reduced staff by 34%.

Director, Network Services

·        Integrated the voice and data networks of two nationwide credit reporting entities, driving combined operating expenses and head count down by nearly 17% in the post-integration year.

·        Re-engineered the distribution network to provide diverse data paths to volume customers while reducing running rate costs by 20%.

·        Initiated outsourcing of the X.25, dial portion of the network to achieve a 60% operating cost reduction.

·        Led the disaster recovery team that restored network service within 17 hours following the 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake.

Manager, Advanced Technologies

·        Introduced DB2 to rewrite the billing system to meet customer demand for enhanced reporting capabilities, consolidation, and volume discount flexibility.

1985 to 1986  - Control Data Corporation

Marketing Services Consultant

·        Provided pre-sales marketing and technical support for the Supra-Link product for the electronic circuit design simulation, nuclear power plant, and petroleum reservoir modeling markets.

·        Prepared technical responses to requests for proposals, involving mainframes, operating systems, applications and telecommunications.

1973 to 1985 - United Telecom, Inc. (Sprint)

Director, Systems Development

·        Developed Supra-Link, an integrated hardware and telecommunications software system service offering which provided remote access to United's Cray super computer from user VAX operating system environments.

·        Managed twenty-two systems analysts responsible for maintenance and enhancement of a proprietary operating system software.

1974 to 1986 – Residential Investment Associates

Founder and Managing Partner

·        Arranged financing, acquired, and managed residential rental properties.