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"Jim Coleman gets our teams organized, clarifies complex issues, and gets decisions made.  His experience and ability to communicate help to remove barriers for our technical managers.  This keeps them accountable and keeps the projects moving as well.  He often does what in-house project managers can't."

Dennis R. Mally
VP Business Ops,
The Cross Company
Division of Cross & Trecker

Jim Coleman has led these successful projects through jhColeman LLC and others.  Projects are organized by management and reviews and controls.

Management and Reviews

  • Product development, managed a research project developing a device for soldier cooling; for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

  • OEM-supplier interface management, coordinated schedules and technical interfaces during product development projects; for Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, The Budd Company (body), Lear (interior), EDS (services), International (truck engines), Autodie International (dies) . 

  • Vehicle development, supervised development of automotive program and system level workplans for several major $500 million+ vehicle programs; for Ford Motor Company.

  • System development, supervised planning of automotive system development activities; for Cross & Trecker (machine tooling), CalsonicKansei (engine cooling, exhaust),

  • Manufacturing systems development, supervised the development and coordination of plans for system (information, controls) development and launch for a new $1 billion fabrication and assembly plant; for Saturn Corporation.

  • Airbase construction, supervised construction planning of a $1.5 billion foreign airbase (strategic, tactical buildings; infrastructure; runways) funded by the US government; for Negev Airbase Constructors.

  • Subway construction, integrated structural and finish contract schedules for the construction of the $5 billion subway system; for the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority.

  • Power plant modification, supervised planning for multiple simultaneous plant engineering projects on coal-fired and nuclear power generation facilities; for Detroit Edison. 

  • Project planning, developed and delivered custom training to technical staffs and managers; for Saturn, EDS, Ford, General Motors, CalsonicKansei, Integrated Management Systems, Inc. (services), Comshare (IT), and Bechtel Power.

  • Product planning, developed and delivered custom training to engineering staffs on product requirements and testing management; for Ford Motor Company and International.

  • Management planning, developed and delivered custom training to executives and directors on project management processes and strategies; for Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, The Cross Company (machine tooling), American Sunroof Corporation (various systems), and Integrated Management Systems, Inc..

  • Cost and contract management, developed and delivered training to project managers to prepare them for the Project Management Professional exam; for International Institute for Learning.

  • Problem solving, developed and delivered training to skilled trades on planning and solving problems based on plans; for the United Auto Workers. SERVICES   TOP

Controls

  • Product requirements, designed and supervised development of the system used to define functional requirements on all North American vehicle programs; also, a system for providing current information on packaging and ergonomic requirements; for Ford Motor Company.

  • Resource planning, designed and supervised development of a system that models technical staffing requirements based on product development cycle plans; for Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation.

  • Engineering productivity and performance, designed and supervised development of a system that plans and tracks engineering hours (budget, earned, actual) against time to management multiple simultaneous projects; for Bechtel Power and EDS.

  • Integrated controls, designed and supervised development of a system that incorporates document, deliverable, issue/action, change, and resource management tools; for Integrated Management Systems, Inc.

  • Deliverable management, designed and supervised development of a system that defines deliverable requirements at project events, enables posting of deliverable documents, and creates project deliverable-event templates; for CalsonicKansei.

  • Custom controls, supervised a department that specified project controls for new corporate projects and maintained a center-of-expertise on project management software; for Bechtel Power.

  • Project websites, designed and developed intranet-based sites to store plans, updates, and deliverables; for Ford Motor Company and CalsonicKansei.   SERVICES TOP

 

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