Ramsay Millar, CBAP, ISP
Integrate IT LLC
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Ramsay Millar, Practice Leader spends his working days as close as anyone can get to applying emerging trends for professionals searching for more effective ways to deliver and evolve business-critical Enterprise Architecture and related software development products.
Ramsay is a proven industry practice leader who provides his clients with services at the intersection of consulting, coaching and leadership to support your process change initiatives. His many clients are as diverse as the Fortune 18 McKesson Health Systems, the Federal Reserve Bank to smaller bottom-line sensitive leading edge software development shops. Ramsay transfers industry best practices to highly leverage re-usable Architectures and Best Practices over the entire life-cycle to 'close the gaps' across silos of dysfunction.
BACKGROUND
Please read the Dr. Dobbs interview "Closing the Gap" a conversation with Ramsay Millar" http://www.in2grateIT.com/DrDobbsOct232008.pdf
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Ramsay is a proven consultant and leader who effectively utilizes emerging trends in BPMN, Unified Process and Model Driven Architecture using UML tools to deliver quality and highly re-useable business service frameworks. Ramsay has contributed to direct savings in the millions of dollar for his customer base by applying process improvement and flexible architectural designs which result in demonstrable savings.
A lateral thinking and dynamic systems consultant with 26 years of progressively responsible experience in medium to large business and government accounts, encompassing numerous business areas in finance, personnel, asset management, civil engineering & graphics, forestry, tourism, marketing & communications, telecommunications, computer operations, and software research & development.
Ramsay is a proven project manager, Senior Business Analyst & Development manager, with excellent leadership and team building skills. He is communicative, approachable and solutions-oriented and contributes the ability to attract, motivate and develop quality technical people, communicates a clear vision, and fosters a positive, service driven and financially responsible environment
KEY STRENGTHS
Business Process Improvement and Enterprise Architecture - Possesses the capability of remaining highly technical while being strategic in approach. Demonstrates industry and initiative and enjoys working with people, listening and leading or managing to organizational goals He has successfully managed numerous IT projects with budgets from $20,000 to $6 million with multi-disciplined teams of 3 to 40 workers, contractors, clients and vendors. Ramsay utilizes individual and partnered strengths to achieve shared and stated goals. Ramsay has contributed to direct savings in the millions of dollars for his customer base by applying process improvement, flexible architecture design patterns and highly effective ROI based best practices.
Certified Business Analyst Professional - A highly practiced visionary and planner experienced in providing professional services to define and manage business and software requirements using practical and proven methods that rapidly and effectively deliver business value. Ramsay is a highly effective facilitator who encourages communication and agreement on issues. The Business Analyst is one of the most strategic skills an Business may nurture.
Customer Driven - Builds effective, integrity-based professional relationships with a demonstrated commitment to client involvement, feedback, skillful diplomacy and customer service. Ramsay has displayed the ability to manage high risk and highly effective teams across very diverse cultural areas. Ramsay is an integrator of people, culture, tools and methods and brings people together.
Consultant-led Team Coaching - Learn by doing from a highly practiced UML and Agile Unified Process consultant skilled in working across a wide variety of business areas to define and meet client specific needs using Business Process Management, Agile Development, CMMI software process improvement, Legacy and object oriented development projects, where Mainframe, web server and Client/Server deployments are required. Over ten years experience as a public and onsite IT consultant and trainer with strong facilitation skills to get things done.
Read the Dr. Dobbs interview of Ramsay Millar, Practice Leader to learn what smart organizations are doing to dramatically cut costs, reduce time to market and improve quality.
June 2-3, 2009 - Business Rules Workshop: How to Express, Analyze, Organize & Manage Rules
by Ronald G. Ross & Gladys S.W. Lam"The skills and techniques every analyst needs to know to develop business rules and business vocabularies effectively, taught by the foremost world authorities in the field."