John Vaccaro

Experience

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  Hewlett-Packard Co

  May 1983 - Feb 1991

  - Responsible for the forecasting, procuring, and production of prototype personal computers for Product Line Release testing. - Successfully managed the disposition of project material to a record gain of $40,000. - Saved Hewlett-Packard $24,600/year while serving as catalyst in the Vectra 486 Set Up Kit cost reduction effort. - Organized a proto production inventory system that contributed to the highest delivery rate ever achieved, 80%. - Successfully managed warranty cost print effort resulting in a yearly savings of $45,500.- Skills Used: Project management, process re-engineering, continuous improvement. Show less - Responsible for the teaching of Total Quality Control Tools and Techniques to all levels of management. - Trained, consulted, and facilitated customer organizations in process identification, root cause analysis, causal elimination, and process reengineering. - Trained Printed Circuit Board Assembly group in TQM concepts resulting in defect reduction from 11% to 0% as well as a 35% reduction in cycle time. - Developed viable TQM cirriculum for instruction.- Skills Used: Process re-engineering, continuous improvement, TQM, consultant, trainer, coach. Show less

  • Planner

    May 1988 - Feb 1991

  • TQM Trainer/Consultant

    Sept 1984 - May 1988

  • Telemarketing Sales Consultant

    May 1983 - Aug 1984
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  WTI

  Jun 1991 - May 1995

  Director of Marketing

  - Responsible for generating and maintaining strategic marketing and field support programs for telecommunications company. Successfully implemented marketing strategies that resulted in a record revenue increase of 47% and established company as supplier’s number two selling agent organization. - Created effective marketing and promotional material that contributed to tripling nationwide sales force. - Cut average learning curve of sales people in half by creating and maintaining effective training programs.- Skills Used: Sales, manager, trainer, coach. Process re-engineering, continuous improvement. Microsoft products: Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Show less

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  Griffin Printing

  Jun 1995 - Jan 1997

  Customer Service Manager

  - Responsible for growing and developing customer base through marketing strategies for California book manufacturing company. employment. - Led sales force in jobs quoted for the year with 25% of all estimates. Led sales force with highest new customer accounts ratio of 57%.- Skills Used: Sales, manager, trainer, coach. Process re-engineering, continuous improvement. Microsoft products: Outlook, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

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  Siemens Business Services

  Oct 1997 - Aug 2003

  - Responsible for the project management of Information Technology projects within the Intel Account of 5,000 employees. - Projects consisted of PC environment OS migrations, hardware upgrades, software upgrades, and various IT technical support projects. - Achieved Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) from the Project Management Institute in August 2000. - Used Project Management Industry Standards and Practices to successfully bring projects in on schedule and on budget. - Responded to Intel RFP’s and RFI’s for possible projects; defined client measureables, goals, and parameters in order to insure they were met; collaborated with internal Siemens team to design and develop project methods and processes for each project; managed project schedules and budgets; held customer satisfaction review meeting; lead internal lessons learned meetings; and was responsible for implementing lessons learned action items to improve internal systems. - Part of a three-member team that designed and developed a web based project management tool that vastly improved project lifecycle management across internal organizations and accelerated collection of a yearly average of $1.2 million of uncollected and late collected invoiced dollars. - Led Project Office organization in internal continuous improvement, process identification, and process re-engineering efforts.- Skills Used: Projects involving PC OS migrations, PC hardware upgrades, SDLC, project management methodologies. Process re-engineering, continuous improvement. Microsoft products: Project, Outlook, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Show less

  • Project Manager, PMP

    May 1999 - Aug 2003

  • Dedicated Account Manager

    Oct 1997 - Apr 1999
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  John Vaccaro Enterprises

  Jan 2004 - Jun 2011

  Project Mgmt & Process Engineering Consultant

  - Operated my own business which consulted, trained, and implemented project management and process re-engineering methodologies, tools, and techniques to management and employees of small to medium size businesses. - Worked cross functionally within organizations to optimize efficiencies and profits. This included, but was not limited to, both intra and inter-departmental collaboration to define process flow, process performance measures, data collection, data analysis, error-cause removal, corrective action, and monitoring. - Conceived, created, and implemented project management methodologies into organizations which either were deficient or void of project management expertise. - Provided Project Management services to organizations in need of project oversight. - Skills Used: Assessing and establishing project management methodologies, process re-engineering, continuous improvement, project management, trainer, coach, consultant. Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint Show less

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  The Rock of Roseville

  Mar 2004 - Jul 2009

  Project Manager/Manager

  - Managed department heads and project managed new building construction.- As Project Manager, represented The Rock of Roseville during their $7.5 million building project. The project was a success and received high marks from the City of Roseville. John Justus—Hammel, Green, & Abrahamson’s (architect) Team Principal who specializes in educational, church, and non-profit clients—stated that he has not “encountered a better, more organized, and more responsive project manager and with an excellent attitude ” in his 30-plus years in the industry. - Worked with client cross functional departments in order to determine desired outcomes, purpose, and needs for their future building. Integrated these results when working with architect to develop concept and design. - Worked with architect and general contractor through development, build, and commissioning stages. - Entrusted by client to make the necessary decisions to meet their desired facility outcome. This involved decisions that would affect both schedule and budget. - Led and coached sixteen direct reports and their staff through reorganization of purpose/mission, vision, goals, and measurements in order to establish a roadmap for success. This provided tremendous insight and clarity for these departments unlike prior plans and methodologies. Introduced process re-engineering concepts and tools to establish consistency, efficiency, and increased productivity.- Skills Used: Construction project management, process re-engineering, continuous improvement, manager, coach. Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint Show less

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2011

  Project Manager (Contract)

  - Project manager for Hewlett-Packard’s California Department of Health Care Services Medi-cal account. - Performed project management disciplines within a well-developed Enterprise Project Office (EPO) system which was put in place to systematize and standardize business processes involving complicated projects generated out of California State Legislature Dept. of Health initiatives. The computing environment was a highly complex array of mainframes and subsystems. - EPO responsibilities included the generation of well-defined weekly project health reports that provided accountability to project schedules, budgets, and business processes.- Medi-cal projects that I managed involved programming changes and rack relocation to offsite facilities. - Skills Used: Project management as applied to rack relocations and re-programming mainframes and subsystems, EPO environment. PlanView PM software, Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Outlook. Show less

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  John Vaccaro Enterprises

  Oct 2011 - Jan 2018

  Contracting Consultant
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  Sierra View General Contractor

  Jan 2018 - now

  Business Development Manager

  Sierra View was launched in 1979 as a one-man operation. Through quality work and dedication, our company has now grown to encompass more than 35 employees, with an annual gross volume of over $40 million. As the greater Western United States area expands and building needs increase, Sierra View will continue to grow, serving the entire region as a premier commercial general contractor. At Sierra View, our service-oriented philosophy makes the construction of quality structures easier for clients, it’s our trademark: Building with a Difference. Show less