Larry Richman: Project Manager
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Project management
Experience
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Over twenty-five years
experience as a project manager. |
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Attended or taught
scores of workshops, conferences, and seminars on project
management. |
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Taught project management skills one-on-one and in classroom settings to hundreds of employees of corporations such as First Security Information Technology, Inc.; King Bee, Inc.; and Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1986 to present
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Certifications
| Certificate for Project Management
Proficiency, March 1987 American Management Association, NY |
| PMP® (Project Management
Professional®), Project Management Institute, Newton Square, PA,
July 2001
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Books
Published the following
books on project management:
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Improving
Your Project Management Skills. (AMACOM, New York, NY, 2006)
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Successful Project
Management.
Self-study course. (AMACOM, New York, NY, 2004)
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Project
Management Step-by-Step. (AMACOM, New York, NY, 2002)
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Project Management Step-by-Step
Instructor Guide. (Century
Publishing, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002). |
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Project Management: A Strategic
Approach.
Training program published in ring binder. (Century Publishing, Salt
Lake City, UT, 1996).
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Articles Published articles on project management in
the following trade magazines and newspapers:
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Making Team Decisions Wisely. Today's Engineer, November 2002.
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Strategies for
Managing Conflict Between Workers.
USA TODAY Careers Network, 20 June 2002.
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Web
Product Management and Design
| LDS.org.
Former product manager responsible for the content and functionality
through the product's lifecycle. Coordinates content and function
with dozens of other Church Web sites. |
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LDSMediaTalk.com. Product manager and content provider for this
technology blog. |
| EvergreenInternational.org
Non-profit organization. Over one hundred pages. Secure shopping cart
check-out. |
| centurypubl.com
Business site. Less than one hundred pages. Product highlights. Shopping
cart through PayPal.com. |
| projectman.org
Portal site. Less than one hundred pages. Links with hundreds of other
sites. |
| richmanfamily.org
Personal family site. Over one hundred pages. Heavy photographs. |
| earthquake1976.tripod.com/earthquake1976.htm
Biographical/historical site. Less than one hundred pages. Heavy
photographs. Extracts from a book in progress. |
| larry-richman.com Fun and quirky personal site.
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Current Activities
1983-present: Directs the project
management office that handles over 10,000 projects (printed,
audiovisual, information technology, Web sites, events, and worldwide
satellite broadcasts) per year in up to 185 languages. Coordinates
planning, approvals, prioritization, writing, creation, translation,
production, printing, and international distribution in 105 offices
worldwide. Develops and implements computer-assisted project
management systems. Realigned printing worldwide, saving millions of
dollars and increasing quality.
2004 to present: Directed the integration
of processes for planning, producing, and implementing products and
services (printed, audiovisual, Internet, IT systems, events) across
seven departments (Audiovisual, Correlation, Curriculum, Information
and Communications Systems, Materials Management [printing and
distribution], Physical Facilities [events], and Translation.
| Project Management Coach 1986 to present |
Coaches vice-presidents and managers of
various companies on
leadership principles and project management. Teaches project management
skills one-on-one and in classroom settings to hundreds of corporate
employees. Trained as an instructor for the American Management
Association.
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Previous Activities
Product manager for
LDS.org and other Church Web properties (hundreds of domain names;
tens of thousands of pages; over a million unique visitors each month
an 10 million page views per month. Establishes roles, processes, and
governance for the development and maintenance of a suite of corporate
Web sites and services. Provides content synergy for dozens of Church
Web sites. For more information, see
LDSMediaTalk.com. Managed the complete redesign and rebuild of these
properties in 2004-2005, including implementing XML, metadata
standards, common taxonomy, a content management system, portal server
technology, and new search tools.
Professional Organizations
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