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Darrel Raynor

Austin TX usually, see TripIt

Project Management, Business Analysis, & Operations Efficiency Expert. Agile Coach. Assess & Improve Processes Immediately. Recommend & Deliver Training. See www.DataAnalysis.com for full rangle of services. Fortune 50 to startups. Interim Executive, Interim COO, Interim CIO, Turnaround departments, projects, or under $500million firms or divisions. Software, energy, logistics, financial, manufacturing, higher education experience.

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I Will Help You Start or Turnaround Your Project or Project People - Fast.

Project Management expert. PMO Founder twice, advise many clients on reducing and honing their processes. Lean Process Management. Process Improvement. Will work with you to either improve one process at a time or go cold turkey on oldstyle management. Stop, form, or reform your Project or Program Management PMO or Business Analysis Center of Excellence. Use me as your part-time Interim Director or Interim Executive to get you over an attrition, layoff, big new project, failing project, or other troubled performance. We use traditional and new best practice Data Analysis and Process Analysis to help you with your process improvement efforts.

Advice on Turning Around Your Operations. Let Me Help You Recover Your Business.

I've worked with a Hospital Quality SaaS provider, an Energy industry Data provider, an Education data SaaS provider, and a few other firms as their COO/CIO (Interim) to help them either get, or get back, on their feet. I greatly enjoy setting up processes to leverage your firm's capabilities. I love to work with organizations ready for change.

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I am a small business owner. Is it okay if I have the same person who does my annual tax return also do my bookkeeping? Is this a good idea?

To introduce why I am answering this question, I am a recovering accountant (at least Acct degree & Finance degree). My wife does the books (all of it) for our consulting, interim executive, and training business. I handle the setup and complex accounting questions for her and her customers. We advise our clients to separate the cash, payment, and invoicing functions from other bookkeeping. We also advise using a CPA to do taxes, with the bookkeeper having everything organized to minimize back-and-forth and CPA hourly billing. So, best of all worlds... The owner/CFO keeps the cash and near-cash handling in-house, which is really pretty simple. The firm saves money by using an external bookkeeper using either QuickBooks or anything else, preferably online... They get the oversight and tax insights of a CPA without the huge monthly bills.

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Darrel was brought on-board to take over management of a large, priority project with immediate need for daily oversight and direction. Darrel's experience with large IT implementations allowed him to move directly into position and become effective with minimal ramp up. From day one, he was comfortable and confident in client facing meetings and a quick study of the strategic and tactical issues. With confidence, I can recommend Darel for similar situations and for a wide range of others as well.

Gerry Rymes Source: LinkedIn

As the founding Director of The HeliOS Project, it was important to me to surround myself with like-minded and dedicated people.

It wasn't easy. We spend almost every free hour we have accumulating broken computers, triaging them and then building and testing them to give away to disadvantaged kids. It's not easy finding someone who will really dedicate themselves to this intense of an effort.

Darrel Raynor stepped forward and volunteered to do what we needed done. We needed a Director of Asset Management. It's not easy getting corporations to part with decent used machines and parts. Darrel's professional and personal network was a perfect fit for our needs. He was able to quickly step in and start making contacts that were closed to me.

What I appreciate most about Darrel is that when he says he's going to do something, you can be assured that it goes to the top of his priority list and he does as he says.

Darrel Raynor has the talent, energy and character to do anything he sets out to do. The HeliOS Project is more than fortunate that he chose us to demonstrate it.

Ken Starks
The HeliOS Project

Ken Starks Source: LinkedIn

I have had the privelege to work directly with Darrel on a number of occasions while he created our company's project management education curriculum. Darrel is a very dynamic, creative and motivational presenter. Darrel is very knowledgeable in many aspects of project management and information technology. He does an excellent job in blending his past experiences to help students and fellow instructors take away new information and tools they can immediately put in place to be more productive. From a service providers standpoint, Darrel is very hands-on and active in working directly with his clients. I'd hire Darrel anytime in the future if the need arose. Also, Darrel is a great resource for project kick offs and post project reviews.

Patricia (Patti) Kassel, PMP Source: LinkedIn

Darrel was a very innovative and dedicated Director for the Austin Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Darrel and I served together for years. He was always looking for way to better the organization and promote the project management discipline. His efforts have made the chapter one of the best.

Gaylyn A. Miestchovich, PMP Source: LinkedIn

Darrel Raynor was recommended to me by the Executive Director at Discover Hope Fund. He assisted us in the start up phases of a new company that several colleagues and I are investing in. He was incredibly creative and knowledgeable at identifying tactical areas for improvement and new business strategies. His personable style was a wonderful fit for us and we benefited greatly by his expertise. In addition to his tactical and strategic guidance and advice, Darrell exhibited a very high level of integrity and professionalism. We really enjoyed working with him and would recommend him to anyone starting up a business or wanting to further and expand their existing market share.

Laura Pressley, Ph.D. Source: LinkedIn

With a strong software development process background, Darrel brought valuable organization, rigor and rational thought (no pun intended) to programs influencing around 1000 engineers. All the while maintaining positive personalized relationships with those involved.

Jon Sanders Source: LinkedIn

Darrel is a can-do executive who is highly professional and quite diligent in his work ethic. He possesses exceptional strategic and analytical skills, which he smartly wields to build intelligent operational processes that not only save money but also vastly increase ROI. Darrel has a rock-solid combination of technical, financial, and operations experience that reinforces his ability to promote positive change. He’s also an engaging instructor!

Nicki James, PMP, CSPO Source: LinkedIn

Darrel Raynor’s Project Management class at St. Edwards was extremely beneficial to my career. As a project manager with a wide range of experience working in non-profit, advertising, and digital, the class was an excellent way for me to gain exposure to PM best-practices and connect with peers from a wide range of industries. I learned a lot from the diverse group of students, and I feel that the training focus on real life examples and scenarios was deeply enriching.

Now that I am working in New York City at a PMO for a top advertising
agency, I am extremely grateful for the solid PM education I received in
Austin. Darrel and his fellow teachers’ subject matter expertise, real word applications, and entertaining learning environment created a holistic model from which I draw in my day-to-day management of projects.

Darrel was especially helpful when I asked for his guidance in figuring
out the best-practice approach to solving a process-oriented problem I
had with organizing vast amounts of project documentation. I appreciate
his willingness to provide continuing education support and share his
expertise—and my projects are all the better for it!

I feel confident that my experience at St. Edwards was exactly what I
needed to advance my career. I would recommend this class to anyone
who desires to be best equipped for an exciting and challenging career in project management.

Kelledy Francis, PMP Source: LinkedIn

Darrel has the business acumen that enabled the organization to move forward in a progressive and compassionate way. He has extensive experience in managing and moving people to accomplish more than is expected and yet also understands the people aspect of a business. Darrel has high energy and focus on the goal. He follows through with promises and expectations to fulfill the needs of customers and employees.

Sylvia McMullen Source: LinkedIn

Darrel was great to work with and is a natural leader. Specifically at Triand Darrel led an overhaul of our sales and marketing programs which resulted in significant new revenue and customers. He also made significant improvements in our Operations business process reengineering for Development, Support, and IT. Darrel's finance, accounting, M&A, and equity events expertise was incredibly helpful too. I consider Darrel a close advisor and recommend him wherever there are challenges to overcome. Darrel works collaboratively, faces challenges as they arise, provides leadership and guidance, and is not afraid of the hard decisions sometimes necessary. I learned a lot from Darrel and hope to work with Darrel again.

Nikolas White Source: LinkedIn

A cross-divisional leader who knows how to get his team's best thinking accepted and implemented, Darrel has uncommon vision to remedy acute process gaps even in the face of wildly disparate views. A people-builder at heart, Darrel is generous with his time and insight: I am lucky to know Darrel as both a mentor and friend and would happily work together again!

Bob Levy Source: LinkedIn

Member since April 2014