Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D.

SUMMARY

Career background includes extensive IT related project management and consulting experience.
Current focus: proposal support, content and business development, writing, market research, strategic planning, website upgrades.
Member of Alexandria Virginia’s Public Records Advisory Commission. Web site: www.ddmcd.com. Best email: ddmcd@ddmcd.com. Linkedin profile is here and resume here. Writing samples here. 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.
Undergrad: BA, Psychology, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

I support democracy, voting rights, freedom of choice, equal rights, science, privacy, free speech, responsible government, and respect for the law.

Member (2023-2025), Alexandria Virginia’s Public Records Advisory Commission.
Member (2023), NIST Generative AI Public Working Group (NIST GAI-PWG).
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).