Joseph Flahiff
Start-up Coach,Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Author

Startup-Your-Startup

Websites:

• http://www.Startup-Your-Startup.com
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I enable people to reach thier business and personal goals through a unique application of specific project management skills, tools, and techniques.

You can contact me at: 206-276-1386 or joseph@josephflahiff.com

I help people turn thier ideas into successful and profitable businesses. As an entrepreneur myself I have started several businesses some have been successful and other have closed.
In coaching my clients I walk through a process to clearly define your personal passions, develop a businss idea and quickly launch and test the ideas in the market. This appraoch has been refined through yeasrs of expertise in my personal entrepreneural efforts, coaching clients as well as large-scale corporate efforts. I have 14 years of experience in Project Managment. As a seasoned PM I have coordinated the details of multiple complex multi million dollar, highly political projects across orginizations, customers and vendors.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) Certified Scrum Master, Practicing Guest lecturer at Seattle University *Profiled in Baseline Magazine.

Specialties: Innovative startup businsses, International trade,and social networking for businss

Author: Artilces in Lighting Dimensions Magazine and Irish Dancing Magazine

I enable people to reach thier goals through a unique application of Agile and Traditional project management skills, tools and techniques

People who are doing projects and want to talk with someone who has experience.

BS: Business, Central Washington University Certified Project Management Professional, PMI Certified Scrum Master

A seasoned professional, mentor, coach, senior project and program manager with over 15 years of leadership and project management experience; experienced in PMO implementation, complex and large-scale project and program management, and leading and mentoring diverse teams on cross-organizational initiatives.

Representative Experience

Freelance Business and PM Success Coach Present

Project Management overview workshop for University of Washington Acedemic Support Staff Retreat keynote speaker

Ideas Into Action - A project management approach to your art career

*Teach classes on the fundamentals of Project Management.

*Provide Project and Business planning and management coaching.

Regence Blue Shield: 2007 - Present Senior Project manager. Leading one of the 2 key initatives for Regence. Managing a 3-year budget in excess of $4 Million.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC): 2002-2007 Sr. Project/Program Manager

*Developed and managed the Facilities Projects Portfolio. Managed PMs who executed the Facilities projects. Provided strategic oversight of the program and reporting to management.

*Developed a real time Program dashboard for portfolio reporting. This dashboard is being modified for All IT Projects.

*Responsible for resource assignments, forecasting and quality oversight for all work within the IT Facilities Portfolio.

*Developing the Security Program for the implementation of a suite of security policies across the enterprise though multiple multi-year projects.

*Lead the development of a Professional Development Ladder for the PMO which defines areas of knowledge and levels of expertise for project managers to use as a guide for PM Development.

*Leads strategic, multi-million dollar initiatives for the Center. Called upon for his ability to manage large complex projects and communicate clearly with diverse groups of people from systems technicians and desktop support personnel, to senior management.

*Lead strategic projects such as (selected projects): IT Architecture Baseline, Security Policy development for HIPAA compliance, Project Management Methodology Development, Disaster Recovery Planning.

*Directly mentors junior project managers in industry best practices for IT Project Management.

*Developed a PM concepts training program using monthly brown bag sessions for junior PMs, Project Leads, and team members.

*Facilitates annual budgeting through strategic planning and project justifications which are used to communicate with Senior Management in the fiscal year budget planning process.

Seitel Leeds & Associates consultants: 2000-2002 Sr. Consultant/Sr. Project Manager

As a senior consulting project manger, lead the IT components of the construction and rollout of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a strategically critical project for FHCRC. Developed the Project Management Methodology for the FHCRC.

Moss Bay Group: 1995-2000 Sr. Consultant/Chief Network Architect

Western Washington University: Served as project manager and chief network architect for the $5 million Integrated Signaling Digital Network (ISDS) project.
City of Kirkland: Served as the Senior Consultant for the City of Kirkland's multi-year relationship with MBG. *Seattle School District: Served as the project manager and chief network architect for this five-year, $10 million project. The system integrated voice and data systems in a dynamic network, taking advantage of the traffic patterns of each service, providing increased service, and potentially reducing future costs.