EVAN CAMPBELL

 

 

SUMMARY

Dynamic technology executive and management consultant. Proven expertise building, leading, and coaching technology-driven organizations through large-scale change. Delivers breakthrough business agility and instills passion for continuous improvement. Recognized Agile and Lean thought-leader, presenter at leading industry conferences and published in whitepapers and industry journals.

 

EXPERTISE

·          P+L Responsibility to $25mm	·          Lean, Agile & Scrum Organizational Transformation
·          Professional Services Leadership > 250 persons	·          IT Steering, Governance, Portfolio Management
·          Product Development Leadership > 100 persons	·          Mergers and Acquisitions (Diligence and Integration)
·          ALM, Wireless, Mobile, and ECommerce Systems	·          Venture Capital Sourcing and Board Relations
Credentials and Certifications
·          Certified Scrum Coach – Scrum Alliance	·          Certified Scrum Practitioner and Master – Scrum Alliance
·          Certified Information Systems Auditor - ISACA	·          MBA and MA

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chinook software consulting - Niwot, Colorado                                                                                                                    2009-Pres

Chinook provides Lean and Agile IT, software, and product development consulting services. Services offered address the needs of development and product management organizations, to transformations of Fortune 100 corporate IT organizations. Clients include Aetna, AOL, Cisco, EBay/PayPal, Ericsson, Fidelity Investments, General Electric, GHX, Federal and State agencies, McKesson, Thomson Reuters, Vignette, Yahoo, and many more. www.chinooksoft.com

Founder, Principal

 

 

RALLY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT - Boulder, Colorado                                                                                                                2007-2009

Rally is the #1 Agile Application Lifecycle Management product (4 time Jolt Award winner) in a SaaS model. Recognized as the leading Agile training and consulting services partner to ensure success with Agile and Lean at scale.

Vice President of Professional Services

Responsible for Training Product-Implementation & Consulting P+L, and US & India-based Customer Care

·          Tripled division revenue the first year, at increased gross margin

·          Generated order-of-magnitude increase in license pull-through, and 3x improved renewals

·          Developed world-class capability and successfully delivered Large Enterprise Transformations and Organization Change Management services to Fortune 100 IT and large software ISVs

·          Directed Net Promoter Score, customer self-training, and satisfaction survey initiatives

·          Established flex-capacity and services-channels via large network of subs and business partners

·          Contributed Product Management of Agile Portfolio Management Suite, and other product initiatives

·          Led and delivered consulting engagements, coaching software development teams in Scrum and XP, to facilitating and integrating Lean and Agile business strategy with clients’ “C” level leadership

 

 

SOLUTIONSIQ - Redmond, Washington                                                                                                                                             2003-2007

400 person professional services firm offered practices delivering: Agile training and consulting, custom application development, lean process reengineering, game development studio, PMO portfolio and governance consulting, CRM & ERP systems integration, others.

CTO and Vice President of Professional Services

Responsible for building and leading a $25 million P+L for all project and consulting practice areas, managing Administrative, Operational, and Sales functions

·          Tripled project and consulting revenue first year, doubled it again year two, delivered peak earnings in 25 years

·          Established offshore development facility in India, and distributed development capabilities

·          Formalized practice-based organization and led Product Management for service offerings

·          Deployed Agile development methodologies to all projects, transitioned customers to Agile contracts

·          Defined and deployed development process and tools, estimating models, standardized engagement models/proposals/SOWs, Lean/Agile quality program, set project and business standards, metrics, and auditing

·          Negotiated, closed, and contracted many multi-million dollar engagements

·          Established and managed VAR, SI, and channel partnerships

 

 

VERSATILE MOBILE SYSTEMS - Seattle, Washington                                                                                             2000-2003

$50mm public software company serving Distribution and Logistics with wireless applications for mobile devices for route and delivery applications, inventory and POS, supply chain mgmt, warehouse management, and ERP systems.

CTO and Acting CIO

Responsible for leading Product Development, Professional Services and IT functions

·          Oversaw simultaneous large-scale product implementation and system integration projects in US and Europe

·          Contributed to sourcing capital and analyst coverage

·          Led technical due diligence teams, integrated people and products through several acquisitions

·          Designed and led Lean and Agile development processes

·          Managed and directed internal IT functions (network, help desk, phone, email, IVR, etc)

 

 

MOBIQUITY / DENIRO CORPORATION - Seattle, Washington                                                                   2000

The Mobiquity Suite provided SaaS wireless mobile resource management and optimization (people, trucks, routes, schedules and inventory), and POS functions to businesses with mobile workers. The Mobiquity E-Commerce module offered our clients’ buyers direct online purchasing and scheduling functions seamlessly integrated into clients’ websites.

Co-Founder, CTO and CIO           

·          Led all technology functions. Built Product Development team, designed and architected solutions, oversaw implementation services.

·          Was principal in promoting and selling the company to VMS (above), providing a successful exit to our investors in the challenging VC and M+A climate of 2000

 

 

AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES – Seattle, Washington                                                                                                    1997 - 2000

Manager, Business Care Systems, Headquarters IT, Seattle, Washington                                           

Participated in project steering committees, product selection boards and project recovery teams

·          Evaluated and led deployment of software development methodologies (XP, Unified Process, OOAD / UML, Software Development Framework, CMM and PMBOK) throughout IT

·          Managed process reengineering initiatives

·          Developed processes and systems to stratify customers and differentiate Customer

Care processing

·          Designed and integrated Customer Care and Billing system enhancements

 

Manager, Data Products, Headquarters IT, Seattle, Washington                                                               

Managed Development staff of 40+ (Developers, QA, Project Managers, Analysts), plus 30 person Database Sustainment Team responsible for Billing and Care systems’ data conversions, data integrity, optimization and tuning, archiving, data-warehouse feeds, and synchronization/replication with backup sites.

·          Responsible for account management of internal customers through full product life cycle for six enterprise software systems

·          Developed AWS’ first enterprise Java application and first CORBA services

 

Sr. Project Manager, South-East Region IT, Orlando, Florida                                                                     

Primary IT liaison for Customer Care, Retail Store, AR, and Collections Executives in SE Region

·          Tested, deployed, and integrated computer telephony/IVR system handling 20,000 calls per day

·          Successfully managed development, integration, and deployment of Knowledge Management, CRM, Trouble Ticketing, GIS, BI, and Call Routing and Management systems

·          Managed maintenance and upgrades for 1600+ Unix workstations in call-center

·          Managed point of sale system rollout to hundreds of stores

 

Analyst/Developer, South-East Region IT, Orlando, Florida                                                       

Analyzed and reengineered business processes. Developed project financial models and business cases, managed projects through steering and approval. Developed requirements, specifications, designs and code

 

 

CCI – Winter Park, FL                                                                                                                                                             1995 - 1997

Contract manufacturer serving commercial, military, and government verticals with electronics subsystems and assemblies used in aerospace, simulators, laser, robotics, medical devices, weapons and telecommunications systems.

Manager, Assembly Division

P&L responsibility for Division, managed Sales, Marketing, QA, some Ops and IT functions; hired as a change agent

·          Reorganized operations and targeted new market segments to deliver record revenue and profitability in first year

·          Implemented QA incorporating UL, ISO, IEEE, and MIL-Standards, to pass first MILSPEC QA inspections

 

Additional Employment History on Request

 

EDUCATION

MBA - Executive MBA Program, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1998

Master of Arts - International Affairs, Finance, Economics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1993

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, 1991

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified Information Systems Auditor - Information Systems Audit and Control Assn

Certified Scrum Coach, Certified Scrum Practitioner, Certified Scrum Master- Scrum Alliance

Executive Leadership Development and Coaching

Project, Program, and Portfolio Management

UML, OOAD, RUP, Java Development Programs

US Army: Airborne Ranger (2^nd Bn), Special Forces (12^th & 20^th SFGA)