JACK BLONSKI, MBA, PMP
15747 W Shiloh Ave.
Goodyear, AZ 85338
602.363.5542
Project Management Professional
Helping my employer and customer achieve their business objectives through well
planned and implemented technology projects
“You identify problems, areas for improvement, and issues to be resolved,
address them promptly and show
tenacity and persistence in bringing the issues to resolution.”
Overall Skills & Experience
20 Years I.T. Experience & Leadership
I.T. Project, Program, & Department Management
Resource Management
For Profit and Nonprofit Experience
Policy, Standards, & Procedure
Development
Technology Integration
Strategic & Operational Planning
Budget Development & Management
Systems & Services Acquisition (incl. RFP/RFQ development)
Employee & Team Development
Benchmarking
Pilot Implementation
ERP
AS/400 -- iSeries
Business Requirements Definition
MS Visio
MS Project Professional 2007
MS Project Server 2007
Sample Accomplishments
Developed a highly committed and competent I.T. Department through a period of
rapid growth (400%+ since 1995).
Institutionalized project management standards to enable the organization to
complete more I.T. projects annually.
Facilitated the development of the City’s first I.T. Strategic Plan; steering
committee member for the first organizational strategic plan.
Helped bring state of the art mobile computing technology to the City’s Police
Department at an estimated $300,000 cost reduction.
Successfully managed a web development project for online City job applications
before any other Valley city.
One of the lead engineers in modernizing the core technology of the Arizona
State Lottery.
Co-Employee of the Year. Awarded for high initiative and a highly successful
system migration project.
One of the first to successfully integrate IBM mainframe, IBM AS/400, PCs, and
3270 terminal operations.
Attended month long training at Monotype, Inc. World Headquarters. Applied
learning resulted in no less than $1.25M revenue within the first two months
after training
Education & Certifications
MBA in Management, Western International University
BA in Computer Science, Southern Illinois University
Certificate in Project Management, University of Phoenix
PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification
ITIL Foundation Certification
Professional Experience
City of Goodyear, Goodyear, AZ 1995-2007
Senior Project Manager (March 2007 - November 2007)
Coordinated and managed resources (people and money) required to successfully
complete technology projects; network infrastructure, software systems, and
process improvement.
Project management responsibilities included the addition of two new facilities
to the voice/data network, implementation of a new e-mail/messaging security
system, development of an RFQ and vendor selection process for the network design
of a baseball spring training facility (Cleveland Indians), assisting customer
and contractor staff in the development of an RFP for a Legal Case Management
system, and management of a consultant engagement to develop plans, strategies,
and standards for wireless communications, WAN infrastructure, and Voice over IP
communications (VoIP).
Developed and refined project management standards and templates.
Developed RFQs/RFPs (request for qualifications/request for proposals) for the
acquisition of technology and professional services.
Utilized MS Project Professional and MS Project Server to develop project plans
and monitor progress.
Director of Information Technology ( August 1997- February 2007)
Led the acquisition, development, administration, and support of organizational
technology for a City of extraordinary growth (Over 400% rate of population and
City employee growth in the last ten years).
Orchestrated and delivered state of the art technology to the Police Department;
changed procurement practices to achieve the objectives at a cost savings of
approximately $300,000.
Overall responsibility for I.T. Project and Program management including the
installation and upgrade of several enterprise system modules.
Provided leadership to develop an IT team skilled, motivated, and capable of
implementing and supporting the technology that most cost-effectively meets the
growing needs of the organization.
One of the architects of the City’s first strategic plan and led the efforts to
develop the first Technology Strategic Plan.
Established the City’s first web site and oversaw subsequent redesign efforts.
Provided oversight for several migration projects including a Novell Netware to
MS Server migration, SAN installation, and HP Bladecenter installation.
Systems Support Administrator (1995-1997)
Responsible for the implementation, support, and administration of all
organizational technology including desktop software and hardware, local and wide
area network, PC and midrange servers (AS/400 - iSeries), and enterprise software
applications (ERP).
Designed and implemented the City’s first PC-based network.
Migrated the IT department from a manual to automated help desk system.
SEA Group, Springfield, IL & Phoenix, AZ 1990-1995
Senior Systems Engineer
Designed and implemented integrated hardware and software solutions for
customers in various industry sectors (state and local government, private
utilities, law firms, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail).
Most billable systems engineer within the Arizona office.
One of two lead engineers on a $1.5M+ project to modernize the technology of the
Arizona State Lottery.
Specialized in combined PC network and IBM AS/400 installations and S/34, S/36,
and S/38 migrations.
Co-employee of the year in 1991.
CNE certification achieved as well as several AS/400 specialist certificates.
Moorman's Mfg. Co. (an Archer Daniels Midland Company), Quincy, IL 1989-1990
Systems Programmer
Managed mainframe, midrange, and telecommunications systems for this large
manufacturing company.
Early adopter of the IBM AS/400 midrange server; one of the first to
successfully integrate the operations of this system with IBM mainframe and PC
systems in order to more fully integrate the manufacturing and office systems
within a common user environment.
Monotype, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL 1988-1989
Applications Programmer
Developed interactive programs in Assembler language for the Laser Typesetters.
Developed a disk management utility to manage, reorganize, or reinitialize the
disk space of the typesetters saving several hours of staff time during setup at
a trade show or re-installation at a customer site.
Selected to attend 30 days of training at Monotype, Inc. world headquarters
(London, England) on the newly developed dual-processor typesetter. Installed 5
machines within two months ($1.25M+ Revenue).
Federal Life Insurance Company, Riverwoods, IL 1987-1988
Programmer/Analyst
Developed batch and interactive programs in various programming languages
(Assembler, COBOL, Basic, C) within a large IBM mainframe environment.
Lead conversion programmer. Extracted, transformed, and loaded property title
information into formats that could be utilized to help market and sell various
insurance products.
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