DENNIS D. McDONALD, Ph.D.

SUMMARY

  • Extensive project management and consulting experience.

  • Services include proposal writing & support, content and business development, market research, and strategic planning.

  • Member of of Alexandria Virginia’s Public Records Advisory Commission.

  • Web site: www.ddmcd.com. Email: ddmcd@ddmcd.com.

  • Linkedin profile: here. Resume: here.

BASICS

  • Residence: Alexandria, Virginia, USA

  • Graduate education: MLS & Ph.D., Library & Information Science, Univ. of Maryland. Ph.D. Dissertation: Mathematical Modeling of Journal Selection Decisions by Cancer Researchers and Astrophysicists. Undergraduate: BA, Psychology, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio.

  • Writing & research samples here.

EXPERIENCE

Business Development

  • Pre-contract: Market Research, Business Prospecting, Requirements Definition, Technical Sales Support.

  • Proposal Development: Technical & Cost, Work Plan, Staffing.

  • Post-contract: Project Oversight, Case Study Development, Implementation Planning.

Project & Program Management

  • Requirements Assessment, Data Governance Strategy and Tactics, Technology Strategy & Business Alignment, Project Planning, Costing, and Administration, Process Analysis & Documentation, Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing, Database & Portfolio Transformation & Consolidation, PMO Setup & Operation. CMMC Registered Practitioner (RP).

Marketing & Communication

  • Special Interests: Application of AI in Project Management, Data Governance, Technology & Media Adoption, Planning & Assessment, Open Data & Data Access, Data Literacy, Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing.

  • Writing & Editing: Proposals, White Papers & Presentations, Blogging & Social Media, Marketing Collateral, Website Contents, Book, Movie, & Media Reviews.

Industries

  • Government: Federal Agencies (e.g., VA, EPA, CMS, NIH), Local Governments.

  • Nonprofits, Community Colleges, Trade & Professional Associations, International Development (e.g., World Bank).

  • National Science & Engineering (e.g., National Academy of Engineering).

  • Industry: Auto & Truck (e.g., Ford, PACCAR), Insurance (e.g., AIG), Appliance (e.g., GE, Whirlpool), Computer Hardware & Software, Publishing, Medical Technology, Energy Utilities.

  • Work throughout US and in England, France, Hong Kong, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland.

EMPLOYMENT

McFunk Corporation, Alexandria, VA, Aug. 2005 – Present

  • Proposal development for Federal and State contractors providing services related to program and project management, cybersecurity, data governance, media and communications, collaboration technology, and other application areas.

  • Data governance stategy and roadmap for community college.

  • Editorial and writing support for international development proposals.

  • Email-based communication and business prospecting via Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics 365, ClickDimensions, and Mailchimp.

  • Assessment of CMS ACA system testing data governance processes and systems.

  • Communication plan, metrics, and social media for GI Bill.

  • PMO support for pharmaceutical insurance data center consolidation.

  • Development of web based municipal open data portals.

  • R&D program collaboration plan for large Federal agency.

  • Collaboration strategy and metrics for SharePoint adoption.

  • Enterprise collaboration software strategy & assessment tool.

  • Project & program management via SharePoint and Office 365.

  • Social media promotion of engineering and STEM careers.

  • Communication plans for professional & trade associations.

  • Management planning for disaster response information.

VP & Co-Owner, Technology Consulting Associates, Atlanta, GA, July 1999 - July 2005

  • Management, business development, financial P&L control for boutique consulting firm. Managed systems integration, database consolidation, strategy, and IT cost analysis projects.

  • Program management office (PMO) for a NY-based energy utility's 18-month, 300-person, $30M+ customer system database and software consolidation effort.

  • Enterprise wide IT service cost analysis and application portfolio assessment, retirement, and consolidation planning for a Midwestern energy conglomerate.

Senior Principal, Technology Solutions Company (TSC), Chicago, IL, 1997 - 1999

  • Knowledge management, IT strategy, and customer service consulting.

  • Managed Lotus Notes for IT strategy business development.

  • Customer relationship management system tool assessment and planning for insurance firm with Chinese & international markets.

  • Enterprise IT cost analysis & IT strategy development for insurance firms.

  • Metrics-based approach to project portfolio selection.

Additional Contract Work

  • Cost benefit analysis of intellectual property registration systems comparing US with France, England, and Sweden (for US Copyright Office).

  • Research on upgrading Egyptian research and academic libraries’ scientific and technical book and journal collections (For US National Science Foundation).

  • Research on international exchange of bibliographic information in machine readable form (for IFLA).

  • Cost and Usage Study of the Educational Resources Information Center (For US Dept.of Education).

  • Research on adoption of a collaboratively developed database on hepatitis research (for US National Library of Medicine).

TOOLS

  • SharePoint & Jive; Google Drive & Google Docs; Tableau; ChatGPT and GPT-4; Squarespace; Socrata; MS Project, BaseCamp, and Artemis; MS Access; Microsoft Office and Office 365; Microsoft Dynamics 365; ClickDimensions; Visible Thread; Mailchimp; EmailOctopus.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

VOLUNTEERING

  • Member (2023), NIST Generative AI Public Working Group (NIST GAI-PWG).

  • Member (2023-2025), Alexandria Virginia’s Public Records Advisory Commission.

  • Alexandria Film Festival (2016-2023), Festival promotion, email & newsletter management, grant applications, film curating & reviewing, event photography.

  • Alexandria Country Day School (6 years as board member & secretary).

AI & DATA GOVERNANCE