Curt Zielinski

About

Senior project and technical leader with 40+ years of progressive experience across technical/program management, consulting, software development/integration & test, manufacturing & business operations, and AI solutions. Proven record leading complex, cross-functional, enterprise AI/ML and engineering programs using PMBOK/PMP-aligned principles, Agile/SAFe/Waterfall/DevOps approaches, and strong CAM/EVMS and risk/opportunity management. Recognized by DoD for significant CAM/EVMS experience on projects (several hundred million $), and experienced mentoring/coaching 100+ individuals. Currently Sr. Project Manager/Trainer at TELLIGEN, coaching PMs/clients on AI-aligned project management and leading transitions from manual to automated processes incorporating AI/ML and cloud services.

Experience

• Sr. Project Manager/Trainer · TELLIGEN12-01-2021 – 02-01-2026

  Trusted partner for U.S. federal & state health agencies, employer health plans, & managed care organizations, improving health outcomes for millions through AI-enhanced health management solutions & healthcare expertise. ● Coach/train PMs/clients on AI-aligned Project Management standards and practices ● Led project teams that transitioned manual processes to automated, created new and modified existing processes to increase efficiency, created an objective approach for evaluating and prioritizing new AI/technology projects ● Where possible incorporated AI, ML models, and cloud-based services into projects to improve operational efficiency and scalability ● ScrumMaster, led Agile ceremonies for 2 unique teams (Scrum, Kanban) over several years ● Proactively managed and resolved AI program risks, opportunities, defects, and model-related issues to ensure schedule compliance and successful delivery ● Established good customer relationships by successfully negotiating requirement success criteria, routinely communicating status to all corporate and customer stakeholders

• Chief Executive Officer · FINE D-ZIGN SIGNS12-01-2016 – 09-01-2021

  An independently owned, full-service sign and graphics company focusing on a complete range of visual solutions ● Implemented a business strategy system with emphasis on elevating year-over-year conversion rates, sales, and margins, while lowering waste and cycle times using KPI data ● Implemented procedures, training, and administrative systems to actively manage business needs, boost long-term success, and amplify profit levels. Managed operations utilizing Trello ● Increased customer conversion rate by 100% through utilization of consultative sales approach ● Identified potential AI growth opportunities by conducting market research, analyzing emerging ML/automation trends, and evaluating high-value use cases

• Technical Project Engineer/Chief Engineer · LOCKHEED MARTIN03-01-1996 – 07-01-2016

  ● Successful Technical/project lead for System Engineering, Integration & Test Organization Lead (SIT, UAT, Transition, Readiness) on over 80 complex technical/IT/ERP programs and business processes of various size and complexity (over $1Billion) ● Instituted a system of best practices, lessons learned, process improvements and metric management leading to the successful deliveries and resulting in a SEI/CMMI level 5 assessment ● Tapped by Executive leadership to perform Return-To-Green assessments on failing programs and created successful recovery plans while re-establishing credibility with the prime contractor ● Facilitated implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework 4.0 methodology onto the F35 ALIS program to drive consistent agile I&T processes ● Revised the I&T engineering process and implemented test automation to standardize SIT, UAT, Operation testing across Enterprise IT & ERP solutions, reducing unitized costs by 60% while ensuring quality ● Deployed enterprise-wide system for automating test progress metrics resulting in the reduction of collection time by 90% and increasing availability of progress ● Authored the system engineering boot camp I&T curriculum & Established a Test Center of Excellence for Corporate IT. Developed strategy for ensuring consistent and repeatable results while reducing ops failures. ● Trained PMs and test organizations on the appropriate processes, rigors and metrics to be applied throughout the life-cycle from requirements gathering through post-deploy ● Implemented a Test Automation Readiness Assessment to assist programs with test automation, Achieving 25-94% ROI on labor costs and/or schedule reductions ● Reduced test environment setup labor 80% by evaluating and purchasing auto-provisioning software made possible via budget underrun resulting from implementation efficiencies

• Technical Project Manager (TPM) · SYNETICS CORPORATION01-01-1995 – 03-01-1996

  TPM providing project leadership, technical support and software solutions in support of NRaD Warminster GPS-based aircraft landing systems, specifically GPS glide-slope landing programs

• Sr. Consultant (Project Lead-Fortune 100 Co.) · KEANE CORPORATION09-01-1994 – 01-01-1995

  PM providing technical/project leadership to a team of Keane/Insurance Company employees on an IT software upgrade. Authored CM Standards white paper. Led off-site team demo of proposed solution to customer Executives.

• S/W Developer/System Test Lead/Integration & Test Manager - TS/SCI W/ POLY/COMPARTMENTALIZATION · GE AEROSPACE/MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION06-01-1985 – 09-01-1994

  ● Project Test Manager for multiple classified programs with matrix/functional manager responsibilities o Project planning/budget management/staffing/technical leadership for teams of up to 50 and multi-million $ budgets o Supported Project from startup, through implementation, and Operations & Maintenance ● Software Development, Stand-alone Test for classified on-orbit assets/ground system components

Education

• Penn State Great ValleyMaster Credits, Industrial Engineering (Master Credits)
• Arcadia UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Mathematics

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