Linda Pelekoudas

E-mail: pelekoudas@gmail.com, Phone: 781-632-2844; Tyngsborough, MA, 01879 USA http://www.linkedin.com/in/pelekoudas

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a thought leader and change agent, with over 25 years of experience in process engineering and business solution development, I have led teams in business transformation initiatives and have enabled large programs that led to tangible progress and measurable results. I have a diverse background characterized by innovative organizational design and development, creation of high performance teams and execution with the highest levels of quality. Educated in Process Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, I became a Sr. Programmer Manager in IBMs Software Group and Sr. Systems Engineer / Engagement Architect in IBMs Global Business Services Systems Engineering Architecture and Test services practice. As a process and method expert supporting complex technology driven systems, I have a proven track record in new business development. I have applied my background and experience to architect custom solutions and by accentuating reusable assets and leveraging creative engagement models I have delivered timely innovative strategies for clients in multiple sectors. Skill Keywords: organizational development, systems engineering, internet strategy / marketing, innovation, design thinking, social design,
technological innovation, innovation consulting, design leadership, technology trends, requirements writing, government proposals, technical staff management, engineering economics, organizational structure, research, enterprise solutions, statistics, product development, data analysis, process engineering, quality assurance, cloud computing, program management, architecture, engineering, business intelligence, software development, product management, project planning, enterprise architecture, IT strategy, business strategy, it service management, team leadership, business analysis, strategic planning, management consulting, agile, consultancy, IT management, enterprise software, software project management, change management, system architecture, team building, security, application development, business management, virtualization

Business sector experience: Financial Sector Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance; Public Sector Federal, State and Local Government, Education and Health Care; and Commercial Sector Telecom, Utilities, and Media and Entertainment INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Strategy and Design Solutions, LLC Founder / Principal Managing Partner April 2009 Present
An entrepreneurial startup company, SDS delivers 1) Management and IT consulting, 2) Product Incubation and 3) Strategic Research services to clients across industries. A qualified as a woman owned small business SDS is a fully registered as a government contractor. Accomplishments to date include: Performed market expansion strategic research, created business operations strategy and resource planning for a Cybersecurity company Active contributor to NIST Cloud Reference Architecture workgroups. Contributing on Security and Extended Actor sub-teams. Provided meeting facilitation, task structuring, template creation, team leadership and logistical support from within the private sector. Architected solutions and prepared technical and budget volumes for RFP, Government Solicitation, and Grant responses Completed Projects: o o o o o o o Prepared products for market for emerging technology companies Architected and built quality management system for mining company in Norway Authored usability assessment and system documentation for HR management product; Delivered design, development and data load for multiple e-Commerce websites Information researcher and ghost writer for technology comparison and contrast briefing Redesigned marketing for late stage entrepreneur Built a Sales Team for specialized performance engineering solutions shortening sales cycle to weeks rather than months; Increased technical support capability for a late stage entrepreneur by 800%

OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROJECT HISTORY

Engagement Architect for New Business Development Prepared market plans for assigned sectors; Created collaborative communications to integrate pipeline opportunities and relationship management with Partners; Provided pursuit support for client teams; Architected proposal solutions inclusive of engagement design, pricing and presentation delivery; Manufactured reusable marketing assets for use in presentations and proposals; Performed delivery excellence project reviews for both project management and technical engineering. Engagements models used include Transition and Transformation, Change Management, Portfolio Assessment and Management; SDLC process assessments and planning, Test Planning and evaluation, Center of Excellence creation, Risk Management and Mitigation, Project Audits, and Critical Situation Management.

SDLC Assessment Lead Perform organizational, process and method assessment of government run offices for system development and strategic plan creation. Provide actionable recommendations for achievement of state of the art system development services, and sustainable continuous improvement. Sr. Advisor - Process and Methods Provided guidance to project teams supporting business transformation portfolio for Software Group Technical Support business in IBM project methodology and software engineering best practices. Enablement Manager and Business Finance Coordinator Provided communication, systems and financial executive support for management of worldwide organization. Architected method for organizational management of skills gap planning and education management. Manager of Support Tools Strategy - Set strategy and direction for creation of several advanced corporate systems, several high performing departments. Designed high performing virtual organizational team structure. Architected state of the art collaborative portal. Designed and built supporting hardware infrastructure environments Sr. Software Engineering Development Manager - Managed enterprise system performance testing applied research software development team. Defined experimental design strategies, and physical simulation testing methods. Designed organizational structure for diagnostic tool development, established pipeline for sustained tool creation. Emerging Technology Evangelist - Established groupware practice, designed organizational structure, Established worldwide groupware infrastructure, architected, built and deployed critical business applications Quality Systems Engineer Performed ERP process research, documented and recorded supply chain master records, item masters, bills of materials and production schedule. Built and maintained project plans for project manager of MRPII implementation in corporate division. Taught roles and responsibilities curiculum to establish Material Management organization. EMPLOYER HISTORY
2006 2009 1999 2006 IBM Global Business Services, Application Services, System Engineering, Architecture and Test Practice, Armonk, NY USA Sr. Systems Engineer; Engagement Architect, Solution Architect, Business Development IBM Software Group, Westford, Massachusetts USA Sr. Advisor - Process and Methods for eSupport, Manager of Support Tools Strategy, Worldwide Enablement Manager, Sr. Software Engineering Development Manager Aspen Technology Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Manager of Groupware Systems CGI Systems, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA Sr. Consultant, Lead Architect, Project Manager Ziff-Davis Publishing, Medford, Massachusetts, USA Application Developer, PC/LAN Support Engineer Independent Contractor, Massachusetts, USA R&D Research Scientist; Application Architect; Technical Trainer; Quality Assurance DuPont, Medical Products division, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Quality Systems Specialist / Executive Program Assistant / Staff Chemist Government Agency, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Staff Research Chemist, Analytic and Organic Chemist, Environmental Researcher Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA Research Assistant

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EDUCATION
IBM Managers Certification IBM Project Management Curriculum IBM Consultant Certification University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI - Bachelor of Science Resource Development / Chemistry Harvard University Cambridge, MA Fairfield University - Fairfield, CT Northeastern University Boston MA Roger Ludlow High School - Fairfield, CT - National Honor Society Languages English, Modern Greek